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Facebook adds 5 divs, 9 spans and 30 CSS classes to every post in the timeline

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550 points polskibus | 2 comments | 08 Feb 19 16:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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locklock ◴[08 Feb 19 16:47 UTC] No.19116039[source]▶
I'm really thankful I haven't yet had a job where all I'm developing is new ways to force people to see ads. Imagine working on a 'feature' like this for weeks or months, and the end result is simply that people who don't want to see ads now have to see ads.
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badgers ◴[08 Feb 19 16:58 UTC] No.19116176[source]▶
That reminds me of a quote about dentistry: "You're in a career where nobody wants to see you and you're the last place they want to come back to and it's depressing." (https://tonic.vice.com/en_us/article/5344jz/are-dentists-rea...)
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dsr_ ◴[08 Feb 19 17:08 UTC] No.19116302[source]▶
A dentist's parents are usually proud of them.

"What are you doing at work these days, kid?"

"I'm inventing new ways to make people see advertising."

"Have you considered doing something positive with your life?"

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1. hamandcheese ◴[08 Feb 19 18:38 UTC] No.19117266[source]▶
“I’m working a super cushy job making twice as much as I could most other places, mom!”

“Proud of you!”

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2. _underfl0w_ ◴[08 Feb 19 18:51 UTC] No.19117438[source]▶
This is the realistic scenario, unfortunately, since the "users" in this scenario wouldn't understand the distinction between one tech job and another.

Substitute that job for one selling drugs with better, more consistent pay and... well... then it's culturally frowned upon by non-tech-savvy people.

Deliberately spreading "fake news" is the advertising equivalent.