DEI is probably the determining factor. I refused to work in SF/SV after discovering that what passed as jokes and fun in high school were taken as threats aga

DEI is probably the determining factor. I refused to work in SF/SV after discovering that what passed as jokes and fun in high school were taken as threats against a person's life and the consequences were the loss of a job. The public internet has always had a mix of business, pr0n, and awkward communities where each push the boundaries of interactions. Once I started hearing about AI Safety I thought "well that's useless now" because as someone who attempted to build filters for spam, profanities, and 'hate' along with moderating communities - and gave up - the rules cannot be created nor applied consistently without heavy human hands. Professionalism lost to DEI. We can no longer disagree - we must be advocates and allies against whoever is in a position of power to define 'hate'. Like the Great Scott said. This is a hate crime because I hate it.