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Geofeedia cuts half of staff after losing access to Twitter, Facebook
- JumpCrisscross 10y ago> [Geofeedia] has let go 31 of its approximately 60 employees, a spokesman said Tuesday We need to watch these people like hawks for at least five years. Too easy for them to jump ship and/or restart this crud under a new name.
- sparky_ 10y agoAlthough I feel the product / business was unethical, that reflects more on leadership than it necessarily does on the individual employee. It's never a good outcome when decent people lose their livelihood; I wish all involved luck on the road ahead.
- x0x0 10y agoquite a stretch to call them decent. They knew what the product was and what it was used for.
- ideophobia 10y agoThey knew it was a social media aggregation tool which collects publicly shared information. They also knew it was used by law enforcement, public safety, emergency management, first responders, ambulance authorities, search and rescue orgs, and other people who benefit from a tool which streamlines the deluge of openly and decidedly public info people post online during emergency, crisis, and potentially criminal incidents. Sound like decent folk to me..
- x0x0 10y agoPretending employees weren't very aware of the precise use case is being deliberately obtuse. It was well known for feature planning, prioritization, and development.
- draw_down 10y agoIt's sad to see people lose their jobs, but this sounds like something that the world would be better off without.
- Neliquat 10y agoNow the other half, then the 200 other similar firms, and we have a start.