macleginn2d ago

Author of "Careless People" banned from saying anything negative about Meta

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/technology-uk/article/sarah-wynn-williams-careless-people-meta-nrffdfpmf

Meta stole Sarah Wynn-Williams’s voice. It couldn’t stop her exposé

The author was gagged by the firm after her book, Careless People, alleged sex harassment and censorship. Its actions prove her point, says her publisher

The Sunday Times
Show threadsurprisetalk2d ago

This book was SO GOOD.

It's bleak. I always imagined that rich/powerful people only created suffering if that suffering was required for certain goals. It's easier for me to bear injustice when it's a zero-sum game. But the story of Facebook is not that. Facebook didn't make ethical sacrifices for profit -- its executives just didn't care to understand the consequences of their actions.
I wish those folks could feel how much harm they've caused.

Show threadtruegoric
Why injustice being a zero-sum game would make it easier to bear?
Apr 4 at 4:03pmWeb
Show threadsimpaticoder2d ago
Because at least someone benefits. It's why theft is arguably better than vandalism. If you steal the thing, at least someone gets to use it. If it's vandalized, no-one does.
Show threadbluefirebrand2d ago

> Because at least someone benefits

Arguably this makes it worse, not better

Show threadrectang2d ago

Indeed, that's why "salting the earth" is an age-old military tactic. "If I can't have it, then neither can you."

But I can also see why someone might wish for there to be a reason behind suffering.

Show threadmalfist2d ago
Not op but because there's a reason for injustice. It's not just chaos for choas's sake