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by _bxg1 2181 days ago
Each of us has to decide individually where to draw the line. The important thing is to keep your actions aligned with those words, and to not warp your moral system to accommodate a cushy job.

Personally I would never work for Facebook, but I might work for Microsoft (at least, on ethical grounds). That's based in my belief that Facebook causes more harm to the world than good, and that Microsoft (probably) doesn't. At least not to an egregious level.

If someone presented me a genuine moral argument for why they still believe Facebook isn't a net negative for the world, as their reason for continuing to work there, I could respect that. If someone said they're continuing to work there just because they don't care or don't like to think about it, I cannot respect that.