Re:Tell HN: Triplebyte reverses, emails apology
by smt88 on Monday May 25, 2020 @04:13PM
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> On the other hand, once shit hit the fan, you could argue that these people would be extra-careful about fucking it up again
In my experience with Facebook, Google, and a variety of smaller companies, this doesn't happen.
To people who think the way TripleByte apparently does, the fuck-up was getting caught, not violating trust in the first place. If they had no moral issues with betraying users, they won't have any in the future (unless executives and board are replaced).
Instead, they will pay more lip service to privacy concerns and be more secretive about violating user trust.
In my experience with Facebook, Google, and a variety of smaller companies, this doesn't happen.
To people who think the way TripleByte apparently does, the fuck-up was getting caught, not violating trust in the first place. If they had no moral issues with betraying users, they won't have any in the future (unless executives and board are replaced).
Instead, they will pay more lip service to privacy concerns and be more secretive about violating user trust.