Hypothesis: the internal operations of any sufficiently large organized crime group become indistinguishable from those of a corporation.

I suspect that the primary difference is that "being fired" has a more literal meaning in the Mafia.

The Mafia /g has teams that all do the same thing. Google has teams doing different things: here, in one corner, a team makes something benign or maybe even positive, over there, other "googlers" are doing suspect things, like putting together the [AI] surveillance infrastructure. They are all "googlers" but only some used to have TSCs. So "respect each other".

Now as far as "the user", well the joke is apparently on GP, as everybody and their dog knows that 'on the internet, if the product is free, you are the product and not the user!'. Even dogs on internet know this, but alas, HN has forgotten. So, "respect the user" means respect the folks who are paying us to track everybody and their dog on the internet.

Respect "the opportunity". Translation: This is a "Golden Time' for the few to lord it over the many! So the respect the user, and respect each other, and the rest should be grateful for having 'the permission' to use our platform.

Hope this helps.

> TIL the Mafia has a pretty decent, humane code of conduct.

Towards other Mafia people.

Which is a key point. People who aren't in the Family have different opinions of people on the other side of the tommy gun barrel and its humane usage.

It's a nothing code. It's so vague it's a rorschach blot - it's whatever you want it to be.

The OR ELSE part or 'moderation procedures' probably didn't need to be written down.