alt Hacker News> 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.
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boelboel • yesterday at 9:47 PM
They earn billions from pushing gambling as well, substantial portion of their ads.
refulgentis • yesterday at 9:59 PM
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...
It's a very different kind of addiction.
Working in sports bettings is like working on an online casino.