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431 points c420 | 9 comments | 14 Apr 25 13:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.318s | source | bottom
1. vaxman ◴[14 Apr 25 20:21 UTC] No.43685891[source]▶
https://youtu.be/cvVBY4QuA5w

I hope Mark issues a public statement that he is dropping his emergency arbitration against her and will allow her book to Publish. I get why he did it, but it didn't work and now it is hurting more than helping. There is no such thing as Bad PR --but an open wound is a different story. (I am on his side in that I don't neurotically hold people accountable for being dbags back in their 20s and early 30s when they aren't that person anymore...google for "brain development at 30" to see why.)

PS: Was at a startup that was wiped out by Instagram 4.3. This was after Mr. SnapEgo reportedly turned down a cool $1B and McAfee's lost son snapped up the technically troubled Vine (that Mr. FootInHisMouth should probably retool and rebrand as "X Prime").

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2. alex1138 ◴[14 Apr 25 20:29 UTC] No.43685964[source]▶
Mr. SnapEgo referring to Zuckerberg?
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3. matthewdgreen ◴[14 Apr 25 20:49 UTC] No.43686169[source]▶
Lots of people behave stupidly in their early 20s, and then grow out of it later in life. But the key is: they have to grow out of it. I'm not convinced this is true of Zuck.
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4. vaxman ◴[14 Apr 25 20:55 UTC] No.43686229[source]▶
no
5. goldchainposse ◴[14 Apr 25 20:57 UTC] No.43686247[source]▶
> allow her book to publish

You mean "Careless People?" It looks like it's on Amazon.

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6. goldchainposse ◴[14 Apr 25 21:02 UTC] No.43686303[source]▶
Between his fashion accessories and Joe Rogan appearance, I'm convinced he hasn't. Five years ago, Cheryl Sandberg would call him on it. Today, he's surrounded by yes men.
7. vaxman ◴[14 Apr 25 22:24 UTC] No.43686945[source]▶
It's biological https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-47622059 (mankind didn't know this until the relatively recent advent of "live" brain imaging). Something similar happened with SJobs and today people deify him.

Seriously though, Billy was a FB investor (in addition to apparently being a Sith Lord who may have seen an Anakin-echo in youngling Zuck) and it's assumed he didExert influence during the dark period. It must have been intense for Zuck. Can only hope such influence faded with the Epstein scandal, but it's too late for Mark to stay in control of Meta now anyway, unfortunately you have to take the Bad with the Good. Mark's problem now is he's too young to retire and he really, it's not like he can spin-off with Reality Labs and keep going on the Orion stuff --without leadership, that market isLost to Apple now (though Apple's entire C-suite is aging out and since Elon is not available anymore..heh yeah: Zuck, the next CEO of AAPL --halfway callin' it.)

8. vaxman ◴[14 Apr 25 22:30 UTC] No.43686986[source]▶
https://www.thebookseller.com/news/meta-wins-bid-to-prevent-...

It's very sad. She reported to Congress that she faces a $50K per disparagement penalty. Let's say there are 25 disparagements in the book and it sells 100K copies into the Billion+ FB user community. As she pointed out to Congress, a disparagement is a truth. $5B for telling truths from seven or eight years ago.

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9. goldchainposse ◴[15 Apr 25 20:44 UTC] No.43698153{3}[source]▶
She shouldn't have signed the nondisparagement agreement when she had juicy material for a book.

These are usually a severance thing and not a term of employment. Some employers are extra clever and make the contract secret and the arbitration secret, so the public has no idea anything even happened.