I think we don't know for sure, but can we still find value? Does this open the door for questions to be asked? Maybe the right questions are more valuable than answers?
Well since the claims seem to have come out of left field, we could ask, "are there holes in law or oversight?" I'm not looking at a fishing expedition, rather if we have heard for instance that people are becoming injured building ships. Then maybe we can look ahead to prevent the possibility. No specific place was mentioned in that instance.
I mean looking ahead, rather than looking backward.
It’s a very nice collection of people angry at their employers.
As a general heuristic, I would take the overall severity and veracity if each of these stories, reduce by 50%, and that would probably be closer to the truth.
Isn't this the same kind of thing that gets posted to Ask Reddit every week or so?
Still, these kinds of anecdotes have the same old issues. Namely:
1. It's very hard to tell what's a unique/rare experience and what's commonplace, since the people complaining are a tiny percentage of those working in said industries.
2. You can't verify if anything is true or not, so it's perfect for trolls to slip in overly controversial bullshit to stir up anger.
3. The people posting are obviously more likely to be those who are already angry at their jobs and industries, so see points 1 and 2.
4. This stuff can be framed in multiple ways depending on the site its posted on and the audience the topic is aimed at. Note the amount of identity politics/left wing/anti rich people/anti middle class rhetoric in some of these messages, then note what audience is more common on Twitter. Now imagine what the same topic might be like on Voat or Gab, where the audience is heavily right wing instead.
It's interesting, and some of the stories seem like they could make intriguing news investigations if taken seriously, but you have to be skeptical given its anonymous, unverified, posted on a site with a certain audience and generally posted by people with an axe to grind against a former employer or industry.
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[ 0.14 ms ] story [ 28.2 ms ] threadThis is no different than the stuff that gets posted to sites like 4chan daily.
I mean looking ahead, rather than looking backward.
As a general heuristic, I would take the overall severity and veracity if each of these stories, reduce by 50%, and that would probably be closer to the truth.
Still, these kinds of anecdotes have the same old issues. Namely:
1. It's very hard to tell what's a unique/rare experience and what's commonplace, since the people complaining are a tiny percentage of those working in said industries.
2. You can't verify if anything is true or not, so it's perfect for trolls to slip in overly controversial bullshit to stir up anger.
3. The people posting are obviously more likely to be those who are already angry at their jobs and industries, so see points 1 and 2.
4. This stuff can be framed in multiple ways depending on the site its posted on and the audience the topic is aimed at. Note the amount of identity politics/left wing/anti rich people/anti middle class rhetoric in some of these messages, then note what audience is more common on Twitter. Now imagine what the same topic might be like on Voat or Gab, where the audience is heavily right wing instead.
It's interesting, and some of the stories seem like they could make intriguing news investigations if taken seriously, but you have to be skeptical given its anonymous, unverified, posted on a site with a certain audience and generally posted by people with an axe to grind against a former employer or industry.