Like Peter Thiel, Tech Workers Feel Alienated by Silicon Valley ‘Echo Chamber’

Re:Like Peter Thiel, Tech Workers Feel Alienated by Silicon ... by mrep on Sunday February 18, 2018 @11:24PM (#16410740)

> I don't care very much but there are a ton of people out there afraid of being damore'd.

Seriously, here is how it went down from what I remember:

Damore writes controversial internal only paper -> another googler takes the document meant for internal only viewing and shares it with the media -> someone removes most/all graphs and citations to make it look more like an opinion piece (most likely to flame up more media attention) -> journalist posts internal document without permission from company.

That is at least 2 people going out of there way (in a most likely illegal way too) essentially trying to start a witch hunt on this guy and ruin his life for writing 1 paper just because they do not agree with him.

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Re:Like Peter Thiel, Tech Workers Feel Alienated by Silicon ... by throwaway1748 on Monday February 19, 2018 @12:29AM (#16410963)

The real problem is how much of a win that tactic was for Gizmodo and others who published the incomplete document in bad faith. Clickbait sensationalism in media, particularly around race and gender issues, created this environment.

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Re:Like Peter Thiel, Tech Workers Feel Alienated by Silicon ... by Chris2048 on Monday February 19, 2018 @10:29AM (#16413418)

And Gizmodo is the new incarnation of Gawker, sued for obnoxious journalism in the first place..

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