Yeh honestly being an SWE at FB just killed my soul (in part) because the job became so fixated on quantitative measures and experimentation...what we cannot measure cannot be important, surely....! :/ I think the only PMs/ICs who survive at FB are those who are either numbed or not aware of data fallacies like Campbell's Law.
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>>what we cannot measure cannot be important, surely
Which concisely explains why the algos have zero correlation with moral compass, societal value, common decency, or caring for the commons upon which FB earns its wealth.
None of that can be measured, so it is all cut down and falls at the feet of the engagement algorithms. The result is an org whose business model is poisoning the common well for profit.