I don't understand what you think Facebook did wrong.
They intend to enter this new space, using their technology and their people.
As a courtesy they offered to hire you / throw a lot of money at you.
What would you have had them do instead?
Not compete with you, because you're a precious snow flake?
Acquire you and treat you like a prima donna, giving you your own team and allowing you to take your own technical direction?
Why should Facebook - or any competitor - do either of these things?
Seems to me like they acted pretty reasonably here.
Of all the things you said, this struck me as the weirdest:
> Strangely, your “platform developer relations” executive made no attempt to defend my position.
What do you think the purpose of the “platform developer relations” executive is? To advocate AGAINST Facebook and for random outside developers?
I'm not a fan of the Facebook app (not a member) or the company...but in this case, the firm seems to be acting 100% reasonably.
They intend to enter this new space, using their technology and their people.
As a courtesy they offered to hire you / throw a lot of money at you.
What would you have had them do instead?
Not compete with you, because you're a precious snow flake?
Acquire you and treat you like a prima donna, giving you your own team and allowing you to take your own technical direction?
Why should Facebook - or any competitor - do either of these things?
Seems to me like they acted pretty reasonably here.
Of all the things you said, this struck me as the weirdest:
> Strangely, your “platform developer relations” executive made no attempt to defend my position.
What do you think the purpose of the “platform developer relations” executive is? To advocate AGAINST Facebook and for random outside developers?
I'm not a fan of the Facebook app (not a member) or the company...but in this case, the firm seems to be acting 100% reasonably.