An Open Letter to the FB Recruiter Who Gets Ordered, Every Quarter, to Email Me

> How were they rude?

Suppose you don’t like cars. And your neighbor car owner came to you and invited you to have a cup of tee.

Polite person responds with thank you maybe another time.

Rude person would say that your car is ugly, I hate cars, and I know you are just a car owner because you need to bring your kids to school, but all cars must be destroyed especially yours, we need to save the planet, cars destroy communities.

People can write blog posts with criticism of cars. But they don’t attack car owners personally.

People can write blog posts criticizing Facebook. But they should not direct their anger to employees.

It’s a pretty useless article. The author is seeking attention. I’m not a fan of Facebook and don’t use the platform.

Looks like tabloid journalism to me. FUD, speculations, broad interpretations given as facts etc.

Just this unsubstantiated phrase “this effort by Facebook is going to result in more dead suicidal people than simply doing nothing” is enough to ban that website forever.

If the addressee replied "please don't write to me ever again", then writing again is rude. But I guess TS did not do that: there's no indication that he did, and even this "open letter" doesn't contain an explicit ask to stop mailing in the future. It's more likely that he replied with standard "thank you, I'm not interested in joining your company now" or quietly ignored the message.

I personally find repeated messages from recruiters useful. Maybe I'm not interested in switching jobs now, but things may change in 3 months. Maybe a new position is opened. Maybe the salary range or compensation scheme is changed. Maybe I need more money because I got kids. Maybe I'm so desperate to find employment because of my visa status. Maybe I change my mind about the company. Maybe the company changes (like Microsoft changed in the last 5 years).