Marissa Mayer wishes she could be more evil - Valleywag Comments

Marissa Mayer wishes she could be more evil

bigdowro — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:50:30 PDT

Don't be evil... is a stupid mantra.

If Google were not evil, it would not cause depressions to top people that complain online how they failt their interviews, and making lesser mortals jealous...

Eventually, Don't be evil... might blow into Google's face. I wait for some unbalanced dude to play Unabomber pranks & blaming it on them.

bigdowro

Marissa Mayer wishes she could be more evil

ScalaWag — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:39:53 PDT

Here is what she meant: "We are the Diet Coke of Evil!"

ScalaWag

Marissa Mayer wishes she could be more evil

CaliforniaCajun — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:22:22 PDT

"We're taking this seriously"

Corporatese for "we don't give a rat's ass".

Give me a break. I worked customer and executive relations for a major computer company named after a fruit during some of the worst product quality issues that company ever had. I dealt with the most pissed off customers ever. And I never condescended to tell someone that I was "taking their issue seriously".

See also: The Consumerist, with their super-great "we're taking it seriously" watch.

CaliforniaCajun

Marissa Mayer wishes she could be more evil

snarkotic — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:53:14 PDT

Four legs good, two legs BETTER!

snarkotic

Marissa Mayer wishes she could be more evil

t1p5t3r — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:47:45 PDT

Marissa Mayer is hotter than the core of NGC 2440 .

t1p5t3r

Marissa Mayer wishes she could be more evil

FlakJack — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:40:04 PDT

She's just making an existential argument. I believe the crux of it is: Evil is an objective criterion, that exists on an independent (or otherworldly, if you will) moral plane. The personal judgments of man do not enter this plane; inherently, people's evaluations of Google are doomed to be subjective inasmuch as they are based on that which "you personally don't like" (or do like, for that matter).

Put another way: Google's mission statement is, in reality, meaningless to mere mortals. Only a spiritual entity which can transcend the moral plane -- God, or perhaps Marissa Meyer (when she's wearing her favorite purple sweater) -- can assess with pure certainty the morality of Google. And everyone knows God and Marissa are up to their tits in shares of GOOG.

FlakJack

Marissa Mayer wishes she could be more evil

Fidel on the Roof — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:46:48 PDT

@deathbychichi: two words: cottage cheese

Fidel on the Roof

Marissa Mayer wishes she could be more evil

categorically — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:59:18 PDT

Glad someone over they has to say it. You can't afford to live in the Four Seasons if you let your ethics get in the way of profits. The smart thing though is to get your underlings to do that for you so if you get caught you don't pay the price.

categorically

Marissa Mayer wishes she could be more evil

deathbychichi — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:23:29 PDT

You're slipping, Owen... Always include a picture of Marissa when writing about her. That's view count 101. (Naked, if possible. ;-))

deathbychichi

Marissa Mayer wishes she could be more evil

the_gdude — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:11:17 PDT

so whats your point? she didn't say anything bad.

the_gdude

Marissa Mayer wishes she could be more evil

westphalia — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:58:17 PDT

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westphalia

Marissa Mayer wishes she could be more evil

sample032 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:32:13 PDT

Any why am I not meeting women like this? There's something hot about trading one's ethics for the almighty dollar.

sample032