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What do the engineers who code stuff like this think? Do they not feel bad or is it masked by the salary they get paid?
by akudha 5y ago
What do the engineers who code stuff like this think? Do they not feel bad or is it masked by the salary they get paid?
- rnd0 5y ago>What do the engineers who code stuff like this think? "Another day, another dollar"
- ergocoder 5y agoTrust me. The way activism is going, they would do it even with no money offered.
- rnd0 5y agoIndeed, both the "woke" and the "alt right" are united in their love of repressing what other people have to say. You are correct!
- DonHopkins 5y agoAnd complaining about how they're the victims of "cancel culture" when they're the ones trying to cancel people themselves.
- ng12 5y agoThe majority of software engineers simply do not care. They're in it for a comfortable career with a fat paycheck.
- brigandish 5y agoThey probably haven’t thought about it to any depth, just have a look at how many HNers - a crowd I’d have previously assumed to be against everything this story implies: censorship, lack of privacy, corporatism etc - will openly support these things on these very boards.
- kypro 5y agoThey’re not told to build censorship tools, they were likely told to build tools to help prevent terrorism and child abuse material. The rationale for tools like this always starts from a place where we can all agree. It’s like asking why scientists would ever invent atomic bombs, they do it to stop Hitler, its only later that those in charge decide it would be good idea to drop a couple on civilian populations.
- bradleybuda 5y ago“Maybe this feature will save a few needless deaths from a dangerous yet highly preventable disease” I mean, I don’t work there, but that’s what I’d think.