Facebook Loses Top Executives, Including Chris Cox
I&#x27;ve known Chris Cox since freshman year of college and he was an informal advisor to my first startup. The NYT article referenced in hashberry&#x27;s earlier comment includes a key quote:<p>“For over a decade, I’ve been sharing the same message that Mark and I have always believed: Social media’s history is not yet written, and its effects are not neutral,” Mr. Cox said in a note to employees on Thursday. “As its builders we must endeavor to understand its impact — all the good, and all the bad — and take up the daily work of bending it towards the positive, and towards the good.”<p>“This is our greatest responsibility,” he added.&#x27;<p>When the Chief Product Officer says on his way out that &quot;social media is not neutral&quot; and encourages all employees to bend it towards the good... you barely have to read between the lines to understand what&#x27;s really happening.<p>The real story here isn&#x27;t the &quot;spin&quot; from the NYT. It&#x27;s the fact that Facebook is hemorrhaging its best people as those on the inside finally start waking up to the fact that Zuckerberg&#x27;s vision of Facebook as a good thing for the world was a lie.<p>If the guy who is officially in charge of product and who has been there since 2005 can&#x27;t make a difference, what chance does anyone else have?<p>Source: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2019&#x2F;03&#x2F;14&#x2F;technology&#x2F;facebook-chris-cox.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2019&#x2F;03&#x2F;14&#x2F;technology&#x2F;facebook-chris...</a>