Hacker News Reader

Comment by bachmeier | Hacker News Reader

This is a good example of why it's insane that nobody at Mozilla cares that they hire CEOs that have only a LinkedIn page. If you want to visit the website of the Mozilla CEO, you have to create an account and log in. No big deal if it's a CEO of a plastics manufacturing company, but when the mission is fighting against the behavior of companies like LinkedIn, it makes me wonder why Mozilla exists.

View on HN

The CEO role at Mozilla is unstable. Even if Mozilla didn't require a LinkedIn page, chances are their CEOs would have an up to date account. Also, Mozilla's ARR is mostly their Google partnership.

If you visit the Mozilla website right now, you will see "Break free from big tech — our products put you in control of a safer, more private internet experience."

Marketing slogans are just that, words that sound good.

Better look at their actions than take their slogans at face value. Applies to everyone

"Doctor, heal thyself!"

I don't think Mozilla requires a LinkedIn page. bachmeier is complaining that Mozilla's CEO doesn't have a personal webpage, and only has a LinkedIn page. By not having a personal webpage, and having a LinkedIn page, it appears that Mozilla's CEO doesn't really care about the open web.

It’s hard to be perfect.

The surest sign of incompetence is somebody claiming they are forced into a requirement for perfection when the requirement is simply a basic adherence to virtue

Yes, in the same way it's hard for Tim Cook to not run his company on Windows 11.

Good thing quality isn't binary! It's pretty attainable to at be halfway decent

Reply on news.ycombinator.com