Mark Zuckerberg has mandated wholesale change at Facebook after a year during which the company was rocked by Russian meddling, fake news, and controversies over its role in a democracy.

But there’s an apparent gap between what the big boss wants and the realities of the people that implement his wishes – a fact exacerbated by a culture of outspoken executives that is endemic to Silicon Valley.


That struggle has been evident at the social network in recent weeks. Over the weekend, its leaders scrambled to manage Facebook’s message in the wake of an indictment by Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III that laid out how Russian operators used Facebook and other social media platforms to manipulate American voters.

And just days before the indictment, another Facebook executive disclosed that the company wasn’t yet sure how to put in place Zuckerberg’s latest major directive: Shifting the company’s metrics so that so-called meaningful interactions are valued over cheap likes and clicks, a response to the misinformation and reports about the harms of social media that drew attention last year.

“Even if [Zuckerberg] says, ‘Resolve this right away,” the problems are baked into the fundamentals of the platform,” said Jonathon Morgan, chief executive of New Knowledge, a company that tracks disinformation. “It’s not like Mark Zuckerberg just comes to the floor, makes a command, and everything turns around. The changes are a real threat to the way that these people think about success at their jobs”

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Nawa o

Then get them out of the way.... you are the Boss!

Facebook Will go into extinction soon... keep jonzing ya self

The passion for the job wasn't there in the first place as they just wanted a job!

Secondly the Russian play was a serious and kept everyone busy that throwing in an update will be laborious

It in every organization

What is face book

If its a Nigerian one man business he would sack to get them off his way.

You only fix what is broken