Facebook really annihilated any meaning in their mission statement, and all the passive language indicates the leadership doesn't really embrace the new statement or take any ownership over it. Since when is Facebook about open and connected? Facebook connects me with my friends across the globe, in a private forum.
Facebook's mission statement should honestly read "anything for another billion bucks," but instead some marketing stooge wrote this:
Founded in February 2004, Facebook's mission is to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected.
I too am somewhat put off by the various statements from the CEO that his mission is to 'change the world'. I can think of another 2-3 rather manipulative, drive, self-oriented business founders who insist this about themselves, too. "Anything for another billion bucks" would be a much more honest assessment of their personal motivations.
Facebook's mission statement should honestly read "anything for another billion bucks," but instead some marketing stooge wrote this:
Founded in February 2004, Facebook's mission is to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected.