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[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. self-absorbed, narcissistic, pointless and useless. Much like Facebook, come to think of it.

[MotherPetrie]

4. +1

[customerserviceguy]

39. Brilliant!

When do you ever hear of anything good that came from Facebook or Twitter? They're usually platforms for stupidity.

[Skittles]

62. ABSOLUTELY CORRECT

[Octafish]

67. Do you have a problem with Facebook™, citizen?

Investigators have been dispatched to interview you in detail.

[enlightenment]

2. Ick.

More and more I think this woman is a distasteful human being. This simply reinforces that perception.

[Safetykitten]

3. Eww.

[penultimate]

6. You don't think women can be horrible people without the patriarchy being behind it?

I think some people just suck. I also think that being positions of power and status can turn people into assholes.

[penultimate]

14. I don't really know much about her, and a few searched on her

didn't show anything too horrible that she has said. What exactly is it about her that makes her such a bad person? To be honest, I was expecting some laura schlessinger type comments about women belonging in the kitchen serving their men, but Sandberg seems to be the exact opposite. So I'm a little bit confused, perhaps I missed something?

[leveymg]

27. Facebook has "authors" now? Pleeeeeeeze!!!! Spare us.

[dsc]

7. In fairness

I can see a situation where she really wouldn't know if people knew or not if she was on the flight. I could easily see myself when I went to Denver if there had been a crash of a plane that was on the same day as mine putting on my facebook page hey folks I wasn't on the plane. The difference is I am not famous so only the people who needed to know I wasn't on the plane would know I wasn't on the plane.

[WolverineDG]

11. I agree

nothing wrong with letting people who know you are there or might be there that you are safe.

[WolverineDG]

9. I had a friend who had a similar status on FB

we (her FB friends) all knew she was travelling out of SFO on Saturday. Should I go beat her up now instead of saying "thanks for letting us know you're safe?"

[Gormy Cuss]

45. Was her status picked up and repeated in the press?

Is she a public figure in a media company who is well aware of the power of free publicity?

That's the difference.

[WolverineDG]

46. So public figures have no rights to post what they want?

Seriously, this "outrage" is ridiculous!

[Gormy Cuss]

47. Who said anything about rights?

Public figures who are execs in media companies ought to understand that their postings will garner attention beyond their circle of friends.

[mainer]

50. Is she responsible for the media picking it up and repeating it in the press?

I thought she was just telling her friends/family that she was OK. If she wanted it blasted to the press, wouldn't she have sent out a press release through her publicist?

[Gormy Cuss]

60. 4100 people liked her FB post. That sounds like more than just friends/family

and that yes, it may in fact have been the social media equivalent of a press release.

[madrchsod]

10. do`t see what the problem is...

hell i've done the same thing on facebook as has some of my friends.

a BIG much to do about nothing...

[Blecht]

13. I agree 100%

This is pure hate. There is nothing wrong with letting people know that your plans have changed when your original plans would have put you in harm's way.

I don't know who this person is -- maybe if I did, I'd be outraged, too.

[MrScorpio]

12. Other than for Porn, the Internet is for Pure Ego. nt

[Skittles]

61. YUP

I cannot believe how many people seem to think FB is absolutely ESSENTIAL now to keeping up with family and friends - W.T.F.

[RevStPatrick]

15. She was letting people who may have thought she was on that flight...

...know that she wasn't on that flight.

This is just silly.

[Bake]

16. And I was SUPPOSED to be on the Comair flight from Detroit that crashed a few years ago

But I changed my flight. No biggie, for me anyway. She should get the hell over it.

Bake

[BlueJazz]

17. I know absolutely NOTHING about this woman but after reading all the posts, I hate her fucking guts.

ik

[MisterP]

35. her FB posts, DU posts, or something on Gawker? nt

[BlueJazz]

36. I was kidding. My Dad used to say that if/when his friends would start "knocking" someone.

He'd say "Well, I don't even know this person but I hate him already" (with a smile on his face)

[MisterP]

43. good on you! I too see nothing heinous in the COO's post: it's a small detail

not some Rove-orchestrated distraction from the Great Struggle Between the Classes for America

[treestar]

18. Does she even have proof she was going to take that flight?

Like a booking that was changed? Possibly she just "intended" to or realized that later it would make a good story.

[HiPointDem]

34. who the hell cares?

[treestar]

38. You feel quite strongly about this

You've taken a lot of time on this matter.

[Logical]

54. Ahhhh, someone needs a nap! n-t

[HiPointDem]

73. enter the usual suspects stage right

[olddots]

19. I believe the world was better place before face book .

this "princess " would still exist but she wouldn't be able to share her retched id with billions of others . May face book ,it's stock and supporters get a fucking clue and walk away but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO .

[Skittles]

57. I HEAR YOU

FB is making narcissism a virtue

[smirkymonkey]

75. No one ever said it better!

I think that should become a famous quote.

"Facebook is making narcissism a virtue". Hah!

[HiPointDem]

20. much ado about nothing. she was letting people know she & colleagues weren't on the plane.

& that colleague who was was ok.

big deal.

[HiPointDem]

23. we don't know who might have thought she was on the plane & neither does the writer. it's

just a stupid & pointless article. we're supposed to be all outraged because she spent a paragraph saying she wasn't on the plane & neither were xyz & a is ok.

big fucking deal.

i don't even know who this person is, but i imagine the op has their reasons for making an issue here, and i'd bet it's about inside baseball, nothing the general public gives one shit about.

[HiPointDem]

28. yes, because it's so obvious no one cares about this, or should care, except whoever has their

personal or professional issues with this person.

it's a completely stupid op, & dishonest.

if this person is such a creepy billionaire perhaps you could post an article about things she's done that actually matter to the public rather than this kind of teenage crap.

[HiPointDem]

31. i'm responding *because* i find it completely stupid & dishonest. i usually respond to posts like

that because keeping things honest is an important democratic value.

and actually, apparently there were people concerned that sandberg et al *were* on the plane.

heryl sandberg

ABC News

Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg reschedules flight, avoids plane crash
USA TODAY ‎- by Jon Swartz ‎- 4 hours ago

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg was scheduled to be aboard the Asiana Air flight that crashed landed at San Franciso International Airport ...

Sheryl Sandberg: My Family And I Were Supposed To Be On The Plane That Crashed
Huffington Post‎ - 15 hours ago

Sheryl Sandberg Switched From Crashed Asiana Airlines Flight
ABC News‎ - 1 day ago

[moondust]

22. But...she's a BILLIONAIRE!!!

A BILLIONAIRE!!!!! That's what's important!!! Pay attention, little people!!!

[Orrex]

24. Who the fuck is Sheryl Sandberg?

[BlueJazz]

33. Well...Christ Man !!... She's THE Sheryl Sandburg !

[Orrex]

42. Wait! Isn't she the one who didn't die in a plane crash that she was nowhere near?

Oh, that Sheryl Sandberg!

[DainBramaged]

25. We switched so we could use bonus miles for my family

Afucking BILLIONAIRE needs to use miles.....could have donated them to dozens of charities who fly sick kids around the country for treatments.


Asshole, effete asshole.

[Dash87]

29. Who the heck is this?

[HiPointDem]

32. a person the general public doesn't even recognize but the OP apparently doesn't like.

not news, not important public information, petty inside politics.

she's the coo of facebook.

[dipsydoodle]

40. Self seekers of attention do such things unfortunately

because they have no other life.

[MisterP]

44. I agree: this tech columnist took the fact that someone posted about their own close call

and spun it as some PR effort to force the whole Internet to ignore the actual victims
thanks for realizing that this chattering-class Biddle is spinning fabrications about something--with a few Google hits, one CNN byline (out of maybe dozens surrounding this crash), a brief Wiki blurb--only in order to get his own name and face out

[Nye Bevan]

41. I hadn't seen this anywhere until I saw your post.

If you really think that this person is an attention-seeker, isn't the best thing to ignore her?

[mainer]

49. It's something I might post on Facebook

to let friends and family know immediately that I'm OK. Does that make me a narcissistic, self-centered twit too?

[Skittles]

51. I thought that was SOOOO egotistical

disgusting

[mainer]

52. telling friends that she's OK is egotistical? Really?

Many of my friends and family members find that the quickest and most efficient way to announce important news is through Facebook. I expect she thought the same way.

[Skittles]

55. that's not what her message says

she doesn't say "I'm fine" or ANY other message that would convey the same - she makes the plane crash - a human suffering event - about HER

[mainer]

56. No, she just says she wasn't on the flight, nor were her colleagues

That's hardly saying "it's all about ME ME ME."

[Skittles]

59. LOL

yes, she just had to let 1.2 million people know

[mainer]

63. 1.2 million people who CHOSE to follow her. She didn't force them to.

I have a lot of followers on Facebook too, and I never invited them.

[Skittles]

65. and THAT is fucking sad

[vanlassie]

76. Just saying. If they're your "friends" it means you accepted them.

[mainer]

78. No, I have a public Facebook page

I don't have to specifically accept them. They follow me as fans, and they like to know the latest news in my business.

[vanlassie]

80. Fans? Ok.

[Arugula Latte]

53. I don't think it's so bad. People were concerned about her and her colleagues

and she let them know they weren't on the plane and that the friend who was on the plane is okay. Doesn't strike me as awful ...

[mainer]

58. I find it fascinating, the things people get purple with rage about

A simple Facebook posting that none of us would have heard about except for that tech article -- and it has some people here ready to have strokes out of fury, spitting with rage about a woman none of us has ever met.

Really, people, is this the sort of thing you waste your rage on? Really?

[ProdigalJunkMail]

64. it's easy to get outraged about stuff like this

there's no real substance to it... it's safe. it is the rage-aholic's dream.

sP

[mainer]

66. I try very hard to avoid rage-aholics. They're mostly unpleasant people.

Angry all the time, at things that make me go "huh?"

[B2G]

69. Some folks are just outrage junkies. nt

[Logical]

74. What does purple mean? Someone is actually purple? n-t

[tammywammy]

68. I don't get the outrage

[KG]

70. who?

[sufrommich]

72. The vast majority of facebook posts are pure vanity.

Doesn't everybody have a couple of facebook friends who post every inane thing that happens to them daily? I can't be the only one.

[joeglow3]

77. This says a shit more about those posting and not her

She used social media to let those she is connected to that she is okay and is thinking of those affected.

Those posting this come off as Whiney pieces of shit.

[mainer]

79. Damn straight. People who get outraged over this are looking for things to get angry about

Which tells us about them, not about the subject.