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I’m at FB and the nuance between supporting BLM/racial equality and preserving free speech has been lost. If you don’t think Zuck should’ve taken down Trump’s ramblings then you’ll likely be seen quite negatively by people all across the org chart, potentially including your direct and indirect superiors.

Of my own team:

30% definitely support

20% probably support

50% unknown/neutral

0% definitely against

I wrote more thoughts here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23411899



Would people who spoke out negatively potentially receive reprisals, even if not explicitly so? I'd imagine they'd lose opportunities, have their career affected and be treated differently.

In that case, I wouldn't be so sure about your numbers because people will lie about positions if they think they'll be negatively impacted by a "wrong" answer.

This is one of the reasons why the 2016 election polls were so wrong. When polled, a certain number of Trump supporters would lie and say they supported Clinton.




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