Seems like a lot of people screaming about this sort of thing are the same people that support Citizens United. I don't see how they're much different. Free speech is free speech, whether or not you have access to an email list of 10m.
"Interference" in this context is generally reserved for foreign actors. Isn't this CEO American? If so, how is this not a simple exercise of free political speech?
That being asked, while I agree with the message, I don't believe sending it was a good idea. It likely won't move the needle at all (most everyone has made up their mind), and potentially alienates Trump-supporting customers.
Total annihilation is possible for the first time ever if Trump remains. Seriously. That's why scientific American, NY times and many others for the first time in history took sides.
Are you threatening a terrorist attack if Trump wins or is there something clear and obvious that makes you say that 4 more years of Trump is a credible likely cause of total annihilation?
Trump has made enemies worldwide & ridiculed allies, is delusional as he has lied provenly 20.000 times, is personally responsible for promising the virus will go away when it has killed 200k and will kill more than half a million and is the perfect man to not give a damn about things going on in the mediterranean and other parts of the world that could start a thermonuclear war. If one starts ever, there is a great probability it starts during his second term. He has polarized America and endorsed terrorist & underground groups such as Qanon & white supremacists and can bring total chaos in usa which frankly I don't live in. If after all that you still don't get it I understand, it's how evolution made some humans. My comment will be downvoted but it's directed to you and I hope you read it and reflect.I wonder what made you think I am threatening something that's really interesting btw. You can't deduct this from my comment unless you are totally pro trump.Sorry I have forgotten climate change that will doom us and he opted out from the global effort.
So would it be fine if zuckerberg sent out mass message to vote for biden on facebook, instagram, or whatsapp right in your inbox? Blatant misuse of company data.
Why does it matter who emailed who, everyone is entitled to their opinion and entitield to share that opinion.
All the snowflakes going on about inteference ... this is not inteference, this is a company doing what it thinks is best for an election, not a country, not a government, a COMPANY.
This is the same guy who said "We don't hire .NET developers"[0], so he clearly has no problem going on incendiary rants that make people angry.
While I personally agree with this particular message, it's entirely inappropriate to send it over this channel. Especially considering most end-users, such as myself, aren't paying customers, but are employees of paying customers. I doubt this is going to trigger enough uproar in any tech company to have them switch their expense reporting software, but it does set a dangerous precedent. Are representatives from Jira and Asana going to start e-mailing me asking me to vote a certain way in my state elections?
If we don't push back against this, it will become the norm, and we'll have to deal with a cacophony of e-mails with voting directions from businesses every cycle. If you thought GDPR e-mails are bad, this will be much worse.
Wildly inappropriate and an absolute dealbreaker. Expensify has been entrusted with employee contact information for the purpose of providing their contracted service. It's not available to them to send out any message they please.
I can't even imagine considering doing this myself.
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 47.9 ms ] threadI think this is very different from Facebook or Twitter skew feeds in favour of some political cause.
First of all they are essentially public utilities, they shouldn't regulate speech as long as it's legal.
Secondly they do it without people's knowledge. David Barret's embarrassing email is completely honest and open.
Hard no. There is no legal nor moral basis for this. Absolutely not.
They can control speech however they want in their realm. If they want to censor, it's completely in their right.
That being asked, while I agree with the message, I don't believe sending it was a good idea. It likely won't move the needle at all (most everyone has made up their mind), and potentially alienates Trump-supporting customers.
Why does it matter who emailed who, everyone is entitled to their opinion and entitield to share that opinion.
All the snowflakes going on about inteference ... this is not inteference, this is a company doing what it thinks is best for an election, not a country, not a government, a COMPANY.
While I personally agree with this particular message, it's entirely inappropriate to send it over this channel. Especially considering most end-users, such as myself, aren't paying customers, but are employees of paying customers. I doubt this is going to trigger enough uproar in any tech company to have them switch their expense reporting software, but it does set a dangerous precedent. Are representatives from Jira and Asana going to start e-mailing me asking me to vote a certain way in my state elections?
If we don't push back against this, it will become the norm, and we'll have to deal with a cacophony of e-mails with voting directions from businesses every cycle. If you thought GDPR e-mails are bad, this will be much worse.
[0] https://blog.expensify.com/2011/03/25/ceo-friday-why-we-dont...
It exposes way too much liability to have a vendor you hire lobbying your employees without your knowledge or consent.
I can't even imagine considering doing this myself.