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Flock is rolling out a voluntary severance program

136 points · 104 comments · bundie

  1. smt88 · · focus · HN ↗
    How could those innocent employees have predicted that helping to build out a surveillance state would make them unpopular?
    1. SoftTalker · · focus · HN ↗
      I'm actually surprised. The usual thing is that people don't care, or think "I have nothing to hide" and just go on with their lives. That's mostly been the case with online surveillance, tracking, etc. done by Google, Meta, and the ad industry.

      For some reason, Flock became a rallying point on both the left and the right.

      1. Zigurd · · focus · HN ↗
        One reason is that the CEO comes off as a raving lunatic. I saw a video snippet of him ranting about how anti-flock activists are terrorists. That's going to become a classic in how not to do crisis communication.
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