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Context is everything. The things you're talking about are innocuous with no negative loading or reputation. Facebook isn't innocuous and has a high negative
by crikli 7y ago
Context is everything. The things you're talking about are innocuous with no negative loading or reputation.
Facebook isn't innocuous and has a high negative load and reputation. Tack the word "secret" in front of some internal research they did and it puts a darker shade on something every company does (internal research).
- Retric 7y agoDoesn’t that just mean it’s Facebook with the negative connotation not secret? Something like ‘Secret Facebook network architecture’ is rather neutral.
- vikramkr 7y agoI think it's the interplay between both the words, especially considering that Facebook's scandals are privacy related, it might subconsciously trigger some sort of negative reaction when you hear that they are keeping secrets (though that's obviously not what's going on here)
- eeeeeeeeeeeee 7y ago“Kellogg’s secret research to make cereal taste better” “Tesla’s secret battery program” Neither has negative connotation to me. Like you said, I think it’s because Facebook regularly acts unethically in public view. Anything they do in secret or private will be viewed with even more suspicion.
- ilovetux 7y agoI cant explain it, but > Kellogg’s secret research to make cereal taste better to me, this sounds negative > Tesla’s secret battery program to me this does not sound negative.
- reroute1 7y ago"Facebook Isn't innocuous" This is 100% your opinion.
- orbifold 7y agoAnd that of the FTC...