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Why are Facebookers turning their
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:00 pm
by _Jersey Girl
profile and cover photos to all black? Anyone know?
Re: Why are Facebookers turning their
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:02 pm
by _Some Schmo
BLM?
Re: Why are Facebookers turning their
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:02 pm
by _Some Schmo
Oh, I did see a story about a Facebook employee walkout. Maybe it has something to do with that.
Re: Why are Facebookers turning their
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:05 pm
by _Jersey Girl
Something about blackout Tuesday? Still trying to figure it out.
Re: Why are Facebookers turning their
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:16 pm
by _Some Schmo
Don't know, but I just read the NPR article on it and they had a virtual walkout yesterday (apparently some Twitter folks joined them). Maybe it hasn't ended.
Re: Why are Facebookers turning their
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:17 pm
by _Some Schmo
Just for context, the Facebook staff is largely upset that Zuckerberg won't do anything about Trump's incendiary posts, so this.
Re: Why are Facebookers turning their
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:49 pm
by _EAllusion
The recent Trump stuff is more of a final straw, though, against a backdrop of Facebook enabling genocide, political oppression, etc. abroad and being captured by Republican operatives' PR domestically. Zuck's got money to make and if a few eggs gotta get cracked to make it, then so be it. That's challenging to balance against a liberal, well-educated workforce.
The black boxes though is an attempt to show solidarity with BLM.