Comments on: The Men and (No) Women Facebook of Facebook Management

By: Facebook CFO Gideon Yu Out; Fast-Growing Social Network Says It’s Doing Fine Financially | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:06:37 +0000

[...] I wrote in mid-2007: “Like that cat named Oscar who can detect death, Yu seems to have an amazing ability to get [...]

By: The New and Improved (??) Facebook of Yahoo | BoomTown | Kara Swisher | AllThingsD

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:06:00 +0000

[...] photo montage and guide I did of the Facebook management ranks of late was well-received, so it is clearly time for one for Yahoo, t if only to aid those [...]

By: Jonathan Trenn

Jonathan Trenn — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:29:17 +0000

No, Kara, that very much was implied sexism. The headliine itself said it all. It’s not just facts. There aren’t any black faces there either. Is Mark Zuckerberg racist? What you are implying is offensive and does nothing to stem sexism.

And while I have long felt that both diversity and multiculturalism are very good things indeed, I’d also say to both David and Robin that getting a ‘differenct perspective’ by bringing in one woman seems to presume that all women will have the same persepective…and that this would be very much different from the universal perspective of men.

If Facebook, or any other type of business of a similar strain wanted to develop diverse perspectives, then they should develop user advisory boards made up of several members of many diverse groups that can add to the overall messages that management receives. Hiring a partiular engineer or tech person that happens to be a women for senior management means nothing.

By: Ides of August? Skype Down, Schwab Down, Sifry Out, Furrier Out, Facebook Shuffles

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 04:55:25 +0000

[...] Yesterday, there was a little management shift at Facebook.. Kara Swisher called it a corporate two-step but then noted today that the dancers were all men. [...]

By: Management Shuffle at Facebook | BoomTown | Kara Swisher | AllThingsD

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:23:40 +0000

[...] an updated post that shows all of these guys in living color, with bios and my running commentary–a kind of Facebook of Facebook [...]

By: Kara Swisher

Kara Swisher — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:19:28 +0000

Oh Charles,

I did not say they were against women. I simply pointed out there were none in the top ranks. Just the facts, ma’am, or really, sir.

But I do believe you need women in your comment!

(I know, cheap shot!)

By: Chopped liver « Fake Scoble

Chopped liver « Fake Scoble — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:11:46 +0000

[...] management skills and highlighted all my previous P&L experience. Seriously, why won’t these guys hire me. I’m asexual, that should help their [...]

By: Robin Wolaner

Robin Wolaner — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:55:50 +0000

A dear CEO friend of mine used to say whenever a company made a boneheaded move, “I bet there wasn’t a woman in the room.” She had to change her one-liner post-HP, but the point remains that diversity at least improves the odds that someone will offer management a different perspective on a critical decision.

By: David Hall

David Hall — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:43:02 +0000

@Charles-Phillippe
It’s not about being against women, its about having diversity in perspectives of how they see the site. Facebook users are pretty evenly divided male and female, but I know from going to developer parties in the valley and comparing using the Facebook Stats application, not only are there no women among these execs, most of them have ratios in their friends of 2/3 male and 1/3 female. At all the parties I’ve been to, I’m the only guy who has more female facebook friends than male.

Not having diversity in perspectives can only hurt your business. This isn’t about sexism, its about not recognizing a weakness in the management.

By: grace moon

grace moon — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:36:00 +0000

Kara, I’ve been reading your posts for the last few months now, and couldn’t help but comment on this one.

Unless you’re in the minority you never notice the exclusionism…

By: Charles-Philippe Girard

Charles-Philippe Girard — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:17:15 +0000

oh common ! Seriously do you really expect us to believe that these guy’s are against women? I must be too since I did not include any women in my commented post?

cheap shot.