I guess I'm comparing and contrasting this with the infamous Google sexism memo.
They canned an employee for saying something unpopular they disagreed with.
The fact that this went such a different way says something. Maybe that something is "the cultures of Google and Facebook are so different it explains the discrepancy." But maybe it's "Facebook wanted to float this as an ethical trial balloon."
They canned an employee for creating an unholy PR shitstorm outside of the firm.
Basically this is the end of the tech world and all those people who used to join these firms because they believed tech would make the world a better place.
Now its going to be pretty much closed communication and minimal interaction internally. IF you have an issue, well tough balls, tech is no longer good for that - god forbid it shows up on HN. If it shows up on the media thats career suicide.
I suspect its probably time for HN to be shut down soon as well.
They canned an employee for saying something unpopular they disagreed with.
The fact that this went such a different way says something. Maybe that something is "the cultures of Google and Facebook are so different it explains the discrepancy." But maybe it's "Facebook wanted to float this as an ethical trial balloon."