[vjeux]

It’s really hard as a Facebook employee to engage in those topics. The probability of your comment to hit the front page of the New York times is very high. There are a lot of pending litigation so you’re also likely to be involved in those, which is the last thing you want as an engineer.

[untog]

When have HN comments been featured in an NYT article? I'd say they'd be very hesitant to do that because there's no way to verify anyone is who they say they are, which is usually a requirement.