this post was submitted on 05 May 2025
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[โ€“] blakenong 17 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Someone came up with it. They ran it through a group of people. The told developers to make it. Dozens of people would have been involved in this.

[โ€“] bright_side_@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I like you pointing that out. It's honestly so creepy, way more than just thinking about a faceless company. Makes you really think which other stuff they are fine with ๐Ÿ˜•

[โ€“] blakenong 1 points 5 hours ago

Can you imagine those meetings? Was it awkward or was everyone like โ€œhaha fuck yeah!โ€ Did anyone oppose it? How far would they go?

There is a kind of person, who when tasked to increase call volume to a suicide hotline, would have no problem increasing the number of suicidal people.

[โ€“] 20cello@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago