| ▲ | mrighele 3 hours ago | |
> I'm in senior leadership, and have made it clear that anyone who has worked on these products should not be hired. I appreciate your approach, but I wonder: would you hire somebody with a past in Meta, or ByteDance (to just name two)? They are at least as bad in pushing addiction to people, maybe worse if you think about the scale. | ||
| ▲ | ymolodtsov 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
It's a very different kind of addiction. Working in sports bettings is like working on an online casino. | ||
| ▲ | boelboel 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
They earn billions from pushing gambling as well, substantial portion of their ads. | ||
| ▲ | refulgentis 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
A feed is optimized for engagement. A casino is optimized to take your rent money. The broader move, "you don't like X? so Y is good?," can extend forever. Defense contractors, payday loan apps, ad-tech... | ||