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An update: last night I started reading #CarelessPeople and I cannot emphasize enough HOW GOOD it is. A real page-turner.

No wonder #Meta executives are trying to shut down its promotional tour. They come across as shallow, greedy and irresponsible.

The author wrote in the prelude that working there was "like watching a bunch of fourteen-year-olds who’ve been given superpowers and an ungodly amount of money, as they jet around the world to figure out what power has bought and brought them."

Update no. 2:

Yesterday my 4-year-old woke up at 7am thus thwarting my plans to read #CarelessPeople for a good hour.

So today I woke up at 6am to resume reading the book. It’s THAT GOOD.

The leaders at #Meta have been shockingly irresponsible in their decisions since the early days. All they care about? Gathering data and influence and making big bucks. I’m so glad I got out of all their platforms and I’m on the #Fediverse instead.

History books won’t be kind to Zuck, Sandberg et al.

Excerpt from #CarelessPeople :

« When we start to run into politicians who put up roadblocks to our expansion, the growth team is quick to suggest that we “juice” the algorithm to help them bolster their Facebook presence. The way they put that? “Let’s dial up the algorithm to give politicians some love.” »

BTW Javi Olivan, who led the growth team at the time, has been elevated to the role of Meta’s COO (since the departure of Sheryl Sandberg).

: https://bookshop.org/p/books/careless-people-a-cautionary-tale-of-power-greed-and-lost-idealism/22213433

@_elena I'm pretty happy with Germany's part in that book so far.
Still 2/3 to go! #merkel

@sturmsucht have you gotten yet to the trip to Indonesia and them playing a board game with Zuck? I’m absolutely (won’t spoil it for you, but it’s a priceless anecdote)

@_elena not yet!!

@sturmsucht OMG you’re gonna love that part Chris. It’s such a delicious roast

@sturmsucht you should have seen my face when I was reading that part. How embarassing!!!

I mean, I would let my toddler win at things but now that she's getting older I understand it's better for her character building to see she can't win every time...

Zuck lives in a whole other galaxy. No wonder he has so much hubris

@_elena Totally. A bunch of kids with infinite money and he is their king.

And then the other parts where they want to sacrifice an employee for jail to see if Zuck gets arrested in South Korea. Or the board defining motherhood as a you problem you should not talk about. Or willingly betraying identities of their Hong Kong customers to the Chinese government to be able to enter their market ...