"On the web today, we don't use protocols, we use applications"

They make an statement and this guy talks like he has their source code.

Totally. Facebook and their subsidiaries are the gold-standard for privacy.

Like the backlink spammers on the article, which are winning?

but yea "narrative"

Ironically, there's no "Unsubscribe" link anywhere visible on the author's website for his newsletter.

You have to wait for his weekly mail or add "unsubscribe" to the URL.

Seconded, I wrote about an issue I encountered on facetime and I was sent many iPhones to test how widespread the problem was.

This. Facebook is a small startup and don't have moderators to check the validity of the report bombing at all. It's totally a glitchy algorithm. They're totally not waiting to use the «glitch» argument to counter it the moment there is a public outcry.