Meta wins halt to promotion of 'Careless People' tell-all book by former employee

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Meta will suffer "immediate and irreparable loss" in the absence of an emergency relief

Well, I didn't know nor care about this book before, but now I want to read it.

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The Streisand effect is strong here

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Share the link once you find it

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Pretty easy to find, just search the title.

Barnes and Noble

Amazon

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Bookshop.org link also. With the above the money goes to local bookstores.

Bookshop.org puts this mission and the public good above financial interests, giving over 80% of our profit margin to independent bookstores. In total, we support over 1900+ stores.

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Ooh, this is rad - thanks for the link!

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Yep I’m here for this. Hadn’t even heard of this until 2 mins ago. Now I’ll def read that.

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I just ordered it after reading this. Thank you Barbara.

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How the hell does the American Arbitration Association think it's going to bind a third party to a decision? What agreement does Macmillan have with them?

I order the American Arbitration Association to pay me one billion dollars.

This has the same level of validity. Facebook's stooges can pound sand.

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The Streisand effect, the best free promotion you can ask for.

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If only there was some kind of - instantly accessible worldwide publishing entity that could, say, display the book immediately on demand.

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Damn, if only AI could come up with something so futuristic for us

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The ruling says that Wynn-Williams should* stop promoting the book and, to the extent she could, stop further publication. *It did not order any action by the publisher.

Emphasis mine. RFC 2119 strikes again :D

SHOULD*: This word, or the adjective "*RECOMMENDED", mean that there may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances to ignore a particular item, but the full implications must be understood and carefully weighed before choosing a different course.

I’d ask how the Meta lawyer could sleep at night arguing such a bullshit and openly caustic line of rhetoric, but the answer’s probably “like a baby, in an extremely expensive and comfortable bed”

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Um ackchyually RFC8174

(Agree with you though)

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It’s only a clarification, not the definition of the significant terms

This document updates RFC 2119 by clarifying that only UPPERCASE usage of the key words have the defined special meanings.

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"My mom says you need to stop"

She's your mom, not mine; IDGAF.

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Anyone got a link yet? 😎

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Has Anna added it to her archive "store" yet?

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It's on the usual places

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Good to know. Might but it just to support the author.

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Ya, I got Audible credits from forgetting that it existed for a few years 😔

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Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams on Kobo

https://www.kobo.com/US/en/ebook/careless-people-7

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There's an audio version read by her as well! :)
Edit: it stopped downloading at 99.9% for the last 10 mins. Is it gone already? XD
Edit: it's been around 30mins still at 99.9%...
Edit: nevermind i just closed the kobo app and re-opened it and it works.

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Somebody should probably archive the book drm free, in case it gets taken down from digital stores. No ill intent towards the author, I mean it just in case it gets removed.

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TL;DR: Author should stop promoting the book. Publisher can continue promoting the book.

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