operations contact @ facebook?

Mon Oct 5 17:10:05 UTC 2009

Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
> On Oct 5, 2009, at 11:10 AM, Alex Balashov wrote:
>> Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
>>> On Oct 5, 2009, at 10:46 AM, Leland Vandervort wrote:
>>>> Would anyone happen to have an operations contact at Facebook by
>>>> anychance?  Our systems are being overwhelmed by a facebook application
>>>> that we were neither aware of nor condoned.
>>> Clearly I do not have all the information, so please forgive me for 
>>> being confused.  But since when do I[*] have to ask you before I put 
>>> an application on my server?  If FB put an application on your 
>>> server, that seems like something you should have known up front.
>>
>> The original poster is from Paris.  Do consider the possibility that 
>> there are different jurisdictional rules or service terms in force 
>> from your own.
> 
> I certainly did not.  And I would suggest we refuse to do so as an 
> industry.
> 
> The UN lists 192 countries, and there are several others (e.g. Vatican 
> City, Scotland, etc.) which others may count.  Many of these have 
> provinces or states or whatever, and almost all have cities, towns, 
> counties, etc., each of which may have its own laws & regulations.
> 
> Operationally speaking (see, this is on-topic :), trying to consider 
> every single one of those possible laws, rules, social norms, 
> preferences, political slants, religious authorities, and whatever else 
> may come into the mix when putting an object or code onto the Internet 
> is simply not possible.  Giving in to it, even a little bit, leads to 
> ridiculous restrictions and stifling of many things on the 'Net.  We 
> should all push back HARD whenever someone over here tries to tell 
> someone over there what to do.
> 
> The OP responded with a quite reasonable answer (shared infrastructure) 
> that had nothing to do with local jurisdiction.  That is an operational 
> issue. What laws your country, province, county, town, or church has set 
> up for you should have zero operational impact on me if my gear is not 
> in the same place.
> 
> And maybe someday we can even get away from that whole "in the same 
> place" idea.  (Hey, one can dream.)

That is a very fair point.  I cannot come up with any appealing 
counterarguments.

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