OUR PRIVACY POLICY: IT’S PRIVATE

“We had a productive discussion where comments were made and questions were asked and answered.”

Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyes, displaying his company’s commitment to transparency and openness after an all-hands meeting to discuss Facebook’s philosophy on privacy, Computerworld, 13 May 2010

WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE

“It’s clear that despite our efforts, we are not doing a good enough job communicating the changes that we’re making.”

Facebook communications czar Elliot Schrage, making an excellent case for his own firing in explaining Facebook’s privacy muddle, Bits, 11 May 2010

WE’RE LIKE PAYPAL, BUT PRETTIER!

“We have a whole team that focuses on making sure every pixel is implemented correctly.”

Square CEO Jack Dorsey, on spending his investors’ money to create the world’s most San Francisco-compliant online-payments startup, Fast Company, 11 May 2010

LET’S SCHEDULE A NOT MEETING

“It’s really strange. I have employees I’ve never had a conversation with, but there I am sitting in my office, dicking around with Chatroulette.”

Meetup cofounder Scott Heiferman, whose workers are no doubt grateful that he’s distracted by strangers on the Internet, The New Yorker, 17 May 2010

NO COMPARISON

“We’ve been compared a lot to Google over the past year and we think we’re really different than Google and Google has a great spot in consumer’s minds and so does Yahoo, and so we were trying to make sure that people understood that we know we’re really different and we think we’re really different and the comparison is a juxtaposition. It doesn’t really make a lot of sense.”

Yahoo chief marketing officer Elisa Steele, summing up her company’s advertising strategy in a single sentence, PaidContent.org, 7 May 2010 via usb geeks