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"It's like Uber but for tattling!" I kid, I'm down for this sort of citizen engagement when it comes to externalities.
by notreallyserio 5y ago
"It's like Uber but for tattling!"
I kid, I'm down for this sort of citizen engagement when it comes to externalities.
- kingcharles 5y agoWe can call it: https://www.tatler.com/ https://www.tatler.com/
- pawelmurias 5y agostich.es?
- black_puppydog 5y agoThanks for this look into a bizarro world. :)
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- allisdust 5y agoYou mean snitch.ai.of course. Get your own personalised snitches to avoid stitches.
- FooBarBizBazz 5y agoIt's like the Texas approach to abortion. The whole thing just doesn't feel right. I don't care if, in this particular case, the cause is not-terrible (preventing pollution). There's just something "off" about the enforcement mechanism. Serious crimes? Sure: Do your civic duty; call the police. But this? Mind your own business. It feels vaguely East-German.
- wpietri 5y agoNot to me. East German reporting was about controlling the citizenry to support the regime in power. This is about protecting the health and comfort of one's neighbors and oneself. That is very much my business.
- notreallyserio 5y agoThe Texas approach is quite different -- it encourages people to sue other people with completely artificial standing. In fact the Texas approach was designed to be entirely different from a government run bounty program in an attempt to undermine the constitution. This is more similar to whistleblower laws that pay a bounty for taxes recovered by the IRS. In both cases the government is the one taking the action that fines the perp. In any case, pollution is my business.
- tekknik 5y agoI’m Texas’ approach the gov is not involved in taking any action. That’s why the law can stand as there is no gov office enforcing it. In both cases it pits citizens again citizens, which is what’s starting to feel creepy.