[Kiro]

I can't believe the amount of "you are a horrible human being for working at Facebook" comments I keep seeing as soon as someone says they are working there.

HN is great because you normally get comments straight from the source, but I'm worried we will inevitably shame Facebook employees into not posting here at all.

[imw]

To be clear, I don't think parent commenter is a horrible person. I think they are misapplying their talents and hurting society.

I do understand your concern. Dialog is critical. But dialog only seems worthwhile if it is honest and open.

[tudelo]

So do you think most big tech companies are evil? Google must be evil as well correct?

[Yizahi]

Especially Google, more so than FB.

[matz1]

Its not surprising, there are many people who are fb haters in this forum.

[gjulianm]

Saying "haters" makes it look like the people criticizing Facebook don't have serious concerns about the influence it has on the world. It's not being a hater of Vim, or Python. This is far bigger.

[matz1]

At least for me, Haters also include people who doesn't like the influence fb has on the world.

[newscracker]

If we could indeed shame people into not doing something (focusing on actions and not people), I’d rather spend my energy on shaming people to quit Facebook en masse and shut it down. Seeing that this sounds ridiculous and unlikely to happen, I doubt any other intent of shaming would work either.