[waylandsmithers]

Yeah, Facebook is just the company that everyone loves to hate, and the NYT often joins in the chorus. This one seems especially agenda-laden, however:

> absentee leadership,

> Mr. Zuckerberg, 38, is on parental leave after the birth of his third child

> The company’s stock price has dropped 43 percent from its peak 19 months ago

This is pretty disingenuous, considering nearly all tech stocks fell off, and Meta stock has more than doubled since bottoming out at around 90/share several months ago.

The metaverse is stupid and nobody wants it!

> While the company has sold 20 million virtual reality headsets — more than any other company producing similar tech —

[roland35]

It's not just Meta, journalists and commenters even on tech sites like Ars Technica or Verge seem to love piling on any negative coverage about working at big tech companies (Google, Uber, even Apple occasionally).

I think Meta and Google are particularly disliked by journalists due to both specifically cutting into news industries. But I think a bigger part of it is the idea that software engineers are overpaid and spoiled brats!

[sahila]

Perhaps the simplest explanation is these kinds of articles get lots of clicks and views, I doubt most writers have a big agenda when starting an article like this.