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713 points greenburger | 4 comments | 16 Jun 25 13:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.073s | source
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d3vmax ◴[17 Jun 25 06:18 UTC] No.44296182[source]▶
Alice Newton-Rex, head of product at WhatsApp: “Alongside of private messaging, people were saying they wanted to hear more about topics, teams and organizations across WhatsApp.”

- I am pretty sure NO ONE asked to hear about more topics and organizations across whatsapp.

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camillomiller ◴[17 Jun 25 06:49 UTC] No.44296318[source]▶
How do one cope on a day to day basis with this level of blatant bullshittery, apart from justifying it with a golden salary? Is this person aware that her role is to enact a farce, or even engineer such farce?
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lynx97[dead post] ◴[17 Jun 25 08:09 UTC] No.44296769[source]▶
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1. Cipater ◴[17 Jun 25 09:19 UTC] No.44297178[source]▶
The idea that more diverse leadership leads to better outcomes doesn't mean women are incapable of wrongdoing. Nobody said women are perfect angels who can do no wrong. That's a strawman and you know it.

Be better, come on.

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2. lynx97 ◴[17 Jun 25 10:54 UTC] No.44297639[source]▶
> Be better, come on.

I am male. I can't "be better", I am already "the problem". Which is a reason why I am so fed up be the fight of the sexes. Its overboarding accusations on all sides. And I am not willing to "turn the other cheek" anymore.

> Nobody said women are perfect angels who can do no wrong

Ahem, the "believe all women" crowd did and do.

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3. gjm11 ◴[17 Jun 25 12:10 UTC] No.44298146[source]▶
Less of this culture-war nonsense here, please. Especially in a thread about something completely unrelated. (No, the fact that the exec in question is female doesn't make it related. If they'd been male then someone could equally-relevantly make the argument "see, this shows that we need more women in leadership".)
4. latexr ◴[17 Jun 25 16:18 UTC] No.44300830[source]▶
> I am male. I can't "be better", I am already "the problem".

Whether you are the problem or not is unrelated to your maleness. Being willing to be and do better is the first step on the journey that enables you to realise that truth.