"More than a dozen engineers worked throughout the year on this hack, with a goal of creating a collaborative space where friends can share photos from weddings, reunions, vacations, and other can’t-miss moments."
To me this seems to be yet another dilution of the word "hack" which (as I understand it) has the connotation of doing something quick and dirty.
More likely it's how management is selling high risk projects. This is actually a good thing. None wants to work on a dozen-people project that might not ever hit production after US$ 3 million were spent. But a "hack"? Oh boy! That sounds sexy.
Deceptive? Sure. But if the overall company culture encourages and rewards risk taking, it shouldn't matter how it's called. As long as when it fails, proper care is taken.
At first I was "Ohhh, favorite hacks" but then i was "facebook.com, really... it's almost 2014" so I didn't click. Anyone have a mirror of this on a non-privacy-devastating website?
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[ 3.7 ms ] story [ 26.8 ms ] threadTo me this seems to be yet another dilution of the word "hack" which (as I understand it) has the connotation of doing something quick and dirty.
Deceptive? Sure. But if the overall company culture encourages and rewards risk taking, it shouldn't matter how it's called. As long as when it fails, proper care is taken.
with that said, I'm assuming you don't care about what facebook does with its website and app.