Gotta pump it to jump it.
And the heat has risen, yet again, under the already hot seat occupied by the world’s 5th richest man, Kauai local, Mark Zuckerberg with much-loved Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen declaring that her former leader should step down instead of “devoting resources” to a surf-infused rebrand.
Speaking publicly for the first time at a tech gathering in Lisbon, Portugal (very near famous big wave Nazare and the name of Facebook’s new Google Glass), Haugen told the wall-to-wall crowd, “I think it is unlikely the company will change if [Mark Zuckerberg] remains the CEO. Maybe it’s a chance for someone else to take the reins… Facebook would be stronger with someone who was willing to focus on safety. Over and over Facebook chooses expansion and new areas instead of sticking the landing on what they’ve already done.”
The adoring audience burst into roaring applause numerous times, especially at the very pointed “extreme foil” reference to “sticking the landing.”
It will certainly sting Zuckerberg to hear that he has not “stuck the landing” but also he may find some small comfort in knowing that he is working on it every day with good friend Kai Lenny. Knowing that “You’ve gotta pump it to jump it.”
Back to Haugen, though, and there she sat on stage positively beaming, a modern tech angel.
Saint Frances of Menlo Park.
Do you think all the beatification deserved?
Do you think that Zuckerberg is a real boy?
More questions than answers.
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if everyone just stop using the platform for a week he would pull his head in or go broke
Whistles blowers’ blow. god damn narcs
If Alec Baldwin shot up the metaverse with his prop gun, would anything happen?
No, Mark is not a real boy. He’s not even real-ish. He’s more relish. Yep, that fucker is straight up pickled.
Something seems off with that whistleblower. Most likely just a grifter but can’t shake the feeling of a limited hangout.
dude! do you read Alan Weinberg by any chance?
Weisbecker
(Weisbecker) correction!
Facebook is bad. Give me the CEO job. Maximum grift.
Zuckerberg needs a good public dacksing, followed by a noggin and a dead arm. That should bring the uppity little nerd in line. What’s Stiffler doing nowadays?
Im starting to think there is some jealousy involved. Chas, were you snubbed on the latest foil trip? https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
Stick to “applied linguistics” this will get you a job in the service industry , des frites avec ça?Your investment advice and mocking others success is questionable. I assume you do not mock your wife for making multiples of your own income? FB which I have never used seems objectionable in many facets, but a clever idea and excellent investment since a $38 debut.
I note multiple FB links on every BG page. Hypocrisy?
Presumably his pump and jump thing is similar to the fraudulent pump and dump stock market scams when they put lipstick on a pig and then sell it at an overly inflated price after fooling everyone that it’s actually a supermodel.
P.S.
Also not too dissimilar to what’s often happened in the surfwear/accessories industry and even the (generally) once honest board building game…
The tribe have spoken – more Johan Hill, less Zuckerberg!
that’s like choosing which turd you would prefer to eat. bring back Beth!
Zero of both would be ideal.