Friday, 1 October 2021 The Talk Show: ‘A Pretty Generic Thing You Stick in a Hole’ ★ That’s what it takes for these researchers to think about quitting Facebook? Their research shows that Facebook is doing harm to society and harm to teenagers, but what makes them threaten to leave is having their work disparaged? What a magnet for sociopaths this company is. They have congregated on group chats to decry theĬharacterizations as unfair, and some have privately threatened ThatĪngered some employees who had worked on the research, three Suggesting that the findings were limited and imprecise. Research that The Journal had partly based its articles on, This week, the company downplayed the internal Mike Isaac, Sheera Frenkel, and Ryan Mac, reporting for The New York Times:īut some of Facebook’s containment has at times backfired with “Now, more than ever, Safari is it.” Facebook in Crisis Mode Amid Wall Street Journal Exposé ★ Unlike a lot of messaging platforms - not mentioning any names here - Quill looks great on both iOS and MacOS. Messaging is their favorite way to collaborate, but not if it’s overwhelming or disorganized. Quill is a new messaging app for teams, made by people who love messaging - many of them grew up on IRC. My thanks to Quill for sponsoring this week at DF.