I'd absolutely switch jobs if I was required to set up a Facebook for Work account with my real information. Then again, I'm an engineer, and am allowed a certain amount of leeway with my crackpot privacy theories.

Consider using a service like Pocket (https://getpocket.com/) for reading. I've never tried it on articles with embedded code snippets (gists, etc.) but it works fine with most plain-text articles posted on HN.