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• starttoaster 3y ago
  It could be victim blaming. It could be rational. Have you never been in a situation where a frantic user didn't understand that you gave them the solution to their problem and they just continued lashing out? Sometimes victims are done right by, and they just create victims out of another party.
  • edmundsauto 3y ago
    And someone can be a victim of data loss and simultaneously a bully for trying to harangue Google. Being a victim in one area is not a “get out of being called an asshole” card. Especially when it comes to data loss, where ultimately the data owner is the responsible party.
• edmundsauto 3y ago
  Victim blaming is problematic in general, I agree. But when “shit happens” (as it did here, assuming nobody think Google deleted the data on purpose), at some point victims become aggressors. It sucks to lose your data. It might suck more for the Google employees who lost the data. Have a little empathy for both sides - those who don’t can eat rocks.
  • danaris 3y ago
    ...I'm sorry; are you saying that it sucks more for the poor Google employees (making mad bank, by the way) because they have to deal with knowing there are angry customers out there that they don't have to interact with anyway because Google outsources that kind of support to community forums... ...than for people who lost months worth of work because they trusted, in good faith, that the platform Google promotes as being a great place to keep your data safe, would keep their data safe?