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I don't really understand what significance there is in stating that he is "unemployed." Does that somehow make his actions better/worse or the "hack" more/less
by jack-r-abbit 13y ago
I don't really understand what significance there is in stating that he is "unemployed." Does that somehow make his actions better/worse or the "hack" more/less tolerable?
- beat 13y agoYou're starting to see the fnords. Stop that! Look over there, a celebrity is having marital problems! A pretty young blonde woman is missing! Journalism is always fair and balanced. They would never, ever use potentially biasing words to suggest that you favor the big corporation over the individual.
- quantumpotato_ 13y agoI think it was done to give credence to the web-developers lack of "corporatism", to show an "underdog" narrative. Sort of like "homeless man discovers flaw in millionaire's mansion security".. he's so badass he doesn't need a home, or a job, to be good at what he does. I think. It's gotten nearly impossible to tell w/ modern journalism.
- beat 13y ago"Unemployed" is never a positive word in American English. In America, if you're unemployed, it's because you're a lazy, shiftless bum - and will quickly resort to crime if your own shortcomings won't let you scam a powerful and scrupulously honest corporation. The word "unemployed" has such negative connotations here that trying to use it in an underdog narrative is dooming your story to failure.
- jack-r-abbit 13y agoGot it. "Down on his luck web developer, just trying to make a living helping people, gets screwed out of $5k bounty for reporting a Facebook bug. News at 11."
- skeletonjelly 13y agoTo be fair, Khalil mentioned this several times in his blog post.
- walid 13y agoI think he was displaying his skill to facebook while giving them a hint as to what to do about it ;)