That app is known for casual unchecked trolling. It's the 4Chan of tech despite employer email verification. Mashable is trying to make it more than what it is for easy clicks. I read the exact thread where the employee posted that comment.
The follow up comment posted by the same employee was this:
"Yup! That's the sign on a loser. Look at my paycheck at FB! That all I have and I am proud of it. Fuck ethics and morality.
We FBers love to brag about our paycheck size!"
You decide for yourself if that sounds like someone who's being serious. Also keep in mind that employee headcount at FB is well over 35,000 globally. People will be people. Sense of humor varies wildly in a population that large. Again, it's pretty shitty low-class trolling, but trolling nonetheless in my opinion.
This is not a very convincing argument. You are who you pretend to be. A large part of what it means to _be_ a nice/mean person is _acting_ like a nice/mean person.
while that's generally true (I'm a big believer in the idea that belief is action), trolling is clearly a case where people break away from their usual behaviour. Though in this case it reads to me like the employee is being sarcastic in the face of accusations that FB employees are knowingly and cynically engaging in unethical behaviour. Not that I know for sure, intent is tricky to judge especially over a text medium.
I think you are under an assumption that people are decent. You'd be surprised how many people are assholes if they know that they can get away with it.
I have no doubt that this person is working at FB, because why wouldn't he be?
The follow up comment posted by the same employee was this:
"Yup! That's the sign on a loser. Look at my paycheck at FB! That all I have and I am proud of it. Fuck ethics and morality.
We FBers love to brag about our paycheck size!"
You decide for yourself if that sounds like someone who's being serious. Also keep in mind that employee headcount at FB is well over 35,000 globally. People will be people. Sense of humor varies wildly in a population that large. Again, it's pretty shitty low-class trolling, but trolling nonetheless in my opinion.