Even in private, Mark Zuckerberg has to act like he’s speaking to the public. Facebook users face a similar problem. bafeldman writes
Photo: Facebook Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg found himself in a bit of a dilemma this week after the Verge published leaked audio of one of the Q&A sessions he regularly holds with employees. To journalists and other Facebookologists, these sessions have a sort of legendary aura around them — in part because Zuckerberg is reportedly very candid in them, and in part because Facebook is generally an extremely leakproof company.
Coincidentally, Zuckerberg is encountering a problem that countless Facebook users have struggled with for years, context collapse. Zuckerberg is addressing one group , but his remarks are being shown to an unintended audience and could potentially be taken out of context. Zuckerberg, who often goes to great lengths to maintain his privacy, has the same problem as his users.
Maybe these broad, performative tics are normal, but I’d have no way of knowing, since Facebook has kept these meetings largely under lock and key. There’s a little bit of “big government” bogeyman in there, but Zuckerberg clarified that he supports the National Institute of Health; he just wants to use his billions to take a different approach to funding research.
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