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Not OP, but it’s kinda besides the point. Using Twitter for this makes it global by default.

• lazyasciiart 7y ago
  It's not beside the point when the point is "he was trying to make non-americans feel bad".
  • j7ake 7y ago
    Indeed the original tweet could have been more US-centric than I originally read (the replies came from all over the world, I pointed out Nigeria because there was one reply from there) My main point wasn’t that he was trying to make non Americans bad but rather I don’t believe his premise that he was disclosing his salary information for a greater good of helping minorities and disadvantaged people. Again I support disclosing salary openly but disguising it as an act of social good sounds distasteful to me.
    • lazyasciiart 7y ago
      There is a lot of data showing that salary differences for women and minorities are reduced in environments where there is more available information about everyone's salaries, to the point where I thought it was generally taken for granted. I absolutely believe that the poster was sincere in his intent. If you haven't considered this before, here's an article that covers some of how it can help: https://www.bustle.com/p/sharing-salary-information-at-work-is-a-powerful-way-to-fight-the-gender-pay-gap-heres-how-to-do-it-8711500 https://www.bustle.com/p/sharing-salary-information-at-work-...
  • badfrog 7y ago
    > the point is "he was trying to make non-americans feel bad". I think it's much more likely that an American simply didn't bother to think that non-Americans would see the post.