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Gonna be honest. This isn't a level playing field.

It's not like Zuckerberg sat there and wrote this. They have the money to find the best psychologists etc etc to write a response in such a way that resonates more with people vs a whistleblower that's taking on goliath, is stressed, etc.

What really should happen is calling a few random employees based on an organizational chart in and making them testify under oath what they're doing. No NDA, no right to fire the employees afterwards for at least a few years.



Well for all the money & resources they have, it's a pretty tone deaf message. No remorse or even the slightest admission that they could be doing better. Pretty much asking everyone to not believe what we've all been experiencing for the last few years.


Apparently the lack of remorse is part of Zuck's new "no more apologies" PR strategy, as reported in the New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/21/technology/zuckerberg-fac... (archive link: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/21... )


I don't remember him communicating with much remorse ever since Facebook started. His communication style seems very similar to how I think it's been over the years.

Does it seem different to you?


Yes, it does seem different to me. I remember him often publicly apologizing after big controversies caused by Facebook's actions.

If you search the web for "timeline of zuckerberg apologies" you'll find articles enumerating his public apologies over the years.


Ahh ok, maybe they just never seemed like genuine apologize to me so I overlooked them. I'll check 'em out, thanks for the heads up.

*edit: found some of them here! https://www.fastcompany.com/40547045/a-brief-history-of-mark...




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