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> everyday is some new incident or outrage Welcome to the age of social media. It's a two-edged sword. Your company can use it to get some viral sharing of you
by thephyber 9y ago
> everyday is some new incident or outrage
Welcome to the age of social media. It's a two-edged sword. Your company can use it to get some viral sharing of your great new concept car, coverage of how many pre-orders you sold, or it could be used to organize boycotts or spread word of "a hostile work environment" (whether true or not).
And now the class-action attorneys can find their plaintiffs faster than ever before.
> This kind of stuff is such a distraction from the business and the goal
I bet if you ask Travis K if he would rather have hired full time "sensitivity trainers" or still be CEO, the answer would be easy. You seem to be arguing that there should be a third option, but that's a counterfactual world where civil liability is different than it is today in the USA.