trashhalo@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoShort Video. Why is Etsy so bad now?www.tiktok.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down10
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minus-squarefbievan@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up20·1 year agoI think it’s mostly because etsy stood for something, then shifted over time to something else.
minus-squarePostColonialMyAss@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoSeems to be par for the course. When did Google remove “do no evil” as their mantra again? They start off all stary eyed and idealistic, but almost always go “alright give it to the sociopath”.
minus-squareHyperreality@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoGoogle isn’t evil. Human morality doesn’t apply to an algorithm. They’re amoral.
minus-squareAdminWorker@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoCan you start moral and end amoral? I would say that giving up morality is immoral (even if a snapshot of your end state is amoral)
minus-squareadderaline@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoits not an algorithm. its a legal box made of people who make choices, and we can make moral judgements about those choices.
I think it’s mostly because etsy stood for something, then shifted over time to something else.
Seems to be par for the course. When did Google remove “do no evil” as their mantra again? They start off all stary eyed and idealistic, but almost always go “alright give it to the sociopath”.
Yeah, very unfortunate there
Google isn’t evil. Human morality doesn’t apply to an algorithm. They’re amoral.
Can you start moral and end amoral? I would say that giving up morality is immoral (even if a snapshot of your end state is amoral)
its not an algorithm. its a legal box made of people who make choices, and we can make moral judgements about those choices.