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Things against Facebook rarely fail to rise to the top of HN. Anything not favoring Facebook gets up here quickly. Why am I surprised.

by HBSisBS 12y ago

kyrra 12y ago
There are a lot of Facebook employees on HN, just like there are a lot of Google employees here. Those employees will do some level of astroturfing. Unless HN prevents us from voting on topics where there is a conflict of interest, it's hard to keep the bias out.
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- Kiro 12y ago
  Why would employees vote up negative articles? I think you misread what HBSisBS said.
  - bitJericho 12y ago
    Employees vote up anything related to their employer.
r00fus 12y ago
Facebook has made a lot of questionable or incite-ful moves lately (Fwd.us, Slingshot, many acquisitions without a coherent vision) while it's quality and usefulness to many has become of marginal importance. This isn't 2009/2010, where Iranians and Tunisians were using FB to coordinate peaceful protests. Instead, fear of the encroaching security-industrial-complex revealed by Snowden has people concerned about posting stuff to FB.
- HBSisBS 12y ago
  Fwd.us is questionable? I'd like to know a solid reason other than "get foreign workers bs". Also note that fwd.us has nothing to do with Facebook. Its a personal initiative.
  - drzaiusapelord 12y ago
    > I'd like to know a solid reason other than "get foreign workers bs". The way companies use and abuse the H1B visa program and what that does to domestic wages is controversial. You can dismiss it but then don't demand more things to dismiss.
  - r00fus 12y ago
    http://allthingsd.com/20130510/elon-musk-and-david-sacks-depart-fwd-us-mark-zuckerbergs-political-action-group/ http://allthingsd.com/20130510/elon-musk-and-david-sacks-dep... Buying influence can look dirty, especially when it runs opposed to your stated goals.

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Things against Facebook rarely fail to rise to the top of HN. Anything not favoring Facebook gets up here quickly. Why am I surprised.

by HBSisBS 12y ago

Things against Facebook rarely fail to rise to the top of HN. Anything not favoring Facebook gets up here quickly. Why am I surprised.

kyrra 12y ago
There are a lot of Facebook employees on HN, just like there are a lot of Google employees here. Those employees will do some level of astroturfing. Unless HN prevents us from voting on topics where there is a conflict of interest, it's hard to keep the bias out.
- deleted 12y ago
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- Kiro 12y ago
  Why would employees vote up negative articles? I think you misread what HBSisBS said.
  - bitJericho 12y ago
    Employees vote up anything related to their employer.
r00fus 12y ago
Facebook has made a lot of questionable or incite-ful moves lately (Fwd.us, Slingshot, many acquisitions without a coherent vision) while it's quality and usefulness to many has become of marginal importance. This isn't 2009/2010, where Iranians and Tunisians were using FB to coordinate peaceful protests. Instead, fear of the encroaching security-industrial-complex revealed by Snowden has people concerned about posting stuff to FB.
- HBSisBS 12y ago
  Fwd.us is questionable? I'd like to know a solid reason other than "get foreign workers bs". Also note that fwd.us has nothing to do with Facebook. Its a personal initiative.
  - drzaiusapelord 12y ago
    > I'd like to know a solid reason other than "get foreign workers bs". The way companies use and abuse the H1B visa program and what that does to domestic wages is controversial. You can dismiss it but then don't demand more things to dismiss.
  - r00fus 12y ago
    http://allthingsd.com/20130510/elon-musk-and-david-sacks-depart-fwd-us-mark-zuckerbergs-political-action-group/ http://allthingsd.com/20130510/elon-musk-and-david-sacks-dep... Buying influence can look dirty, especially when it runs opposed to your stated goals.