quite right
and this is HN. and one may well wonder in how far FB does NOT seriously interfer with discussions here [and elsewhere, ofc too, for that matter]
As for commenting, I can’t speak for other Facebook employees but I made it a point to never comment on Facebook related discussions while I was still employed there. Frankly I didn’t see the point. Most threads would get so vitriolic and emotional that there wasn’t any space to have a discussion. There would be people spouting conspiracy theories like “Facebook controls discussions on HN”. No real point in engaging in such discussions, I figured.
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