I suppose I just don’t find any of those things very admirable? The fact that their product is associated with so much bad shit and still alive is a terrible thing for society. I just cannot reasonably call someone that led all that a ‘good CEO’, because they represent nothing that I’d like a CEO to be, regardless of what Wall Street things.

I’d also argue that it just means that Facebook was very successful at following all the trends and purchasing what they couldn’t replicate.

> associated with so much bad shit

Reputation vs harm ethics.

> I’d also argue that it just means that Facebook was very successful at following all the trends

Yeah foreseeing and executing on those trends is the hard part.

The CEO is captain of their ship.

Saying ‘I hate their ship, and that it hasn’t sunk’ doesn’t mean they are a bad CEO.

If anything, it means they might be an even better CEO because it’s still doing well, running around rampaging, despite all the hate.

After all - who is the better pirate? The one who is hated and infamous (and still alive pirating), or the one no one has ever heard of?