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by craigsmansion 2778 days ago
> you don't get billions of users by being evil.

Tobacco companies would disagree, no, actually, they would agree, full-heartedly, and pay well for your study that backs that up.

> Their engineering team, quality of life, and compensation is extremely hard to beat.

Working for Facebook in any meaningful technical capacity makes one a Machiavellian opportunist. For some, that's never worth it.

> As a recent college graduate

Yes, money is great and alluring. You can buy stuff with it, except for stuff you can't buy.

> there really isn't a better way to keep up with friends, family

Facebook puts a tax on being human, on trying to exist outside of a social vacuum. Doesn't that bother you?

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> Facebook puts a tax on being human, on trying to exist outside of a social vacuum.

I don't know what "trying to exist outside of a social vacuum" means. I also don't know what type of "tax" Facebook puts on being human that isn't levied--to at least some extent--by every other technological advance (telegraph, phone, internet, email, SMS...)