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Comment by gfosco | Hacker News Reader

"Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity" poisoned everything in tech. Honest authenticity is a relic of the past, only the most empty, patronizing, virtue signaling pretenders can flourish there now.

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FWIW, I think it’s probably appropriate to disclose that you’re the CTO of a reactionary social media competitor when you make a post like this.

Sure. I also worked at Facebook for 7.5 years first, and witnessed this performative cancer growing in real-time.

I’m not any particular fan of Facebook, but to run with the cancer analogy: normally a cancer consumes and destroys its host. To the best of my knowledge, Facebook’s market valuation has basically only gone up for the last decade. The only (and very recent) bumps for then have been privacy related, which are closer to the core business than to any diversity initiatives they might have. So where, exactly, is the cancer?

To run further with the analogy: it can go years without being diagnosed. Right now Facebook is in the 'I feel fine, I don't need to go to the doctor' phase. By the time the market starts penalizing a company things are usually on the decline, if not in free fall.

Still killing its host.

Perhaps expanding his hiring pool might lead to his site getting pwned less.

“empty, patronizing, virtue signaling” is basically why all office jobs used to expect employees to wear ties.

I'm a hardcore leftie. so I agree with the sentiment behind these initiatives, and also agree with you that the current treatment is somewhat facile and annoying.

but really? if being offended by this is the most important thing about your choice of employment - maybe your priorities are a little skewed?

Just so you know, the parent is the CTO of Gab.

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