Meta's decision to specifically allow users to call LGBTQ+ people "mentally ill" has sparked widespread backlash at the company.

Meta’s decision to specifically allow users to call LGBTQ+ people “mentally ill” has sparked widespread backlash at the company.

        •  ExtremeDullard   ( @ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org ) 
          10•3 months ago

          It’s been a long time coming.

          I myself first realized we were going down the proverbial slippery slope when Dubya signed the USA Patriot Act into law. And now with Trump v2, we’re entering the truly active, “official”, darkest phase of the American dictatorship. This is America’s 1933 Germany. And if history is anything to go by, it will end in 12 years and it will not end without tears.

          Plus ca change… Just make sure you’re not among the collaborators when it ends.

  •  mortemtyrannis   ( @mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml ) 
    14•3 months ago

    Meh if you’re LGBTQIA+ and you work for these giant tech companies you don’t get to feign ignorance and outrage.

    It’s been pretty clear for a while how they feel about your existence.

    Quit and go work for places that actually matter. Sorry the pay won’t be good though.

    •  ofcourse   ( @ofcourse@lemmy.ml ) 
      16•3 months ago

      A better suggestion would be to organize and form a union.

      When a company is employing more than 10k people, they are clearly 1. a major source of jobs, and 2. going to find your replacement in a blink while you struggle through countless leetcode interviews.

      •  mortemtyrannis   ( @mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml ) 
        9•3 months ago

        The message is if you really care about this issue and you work there, quit.

        Zuck isn’t going to back track over this unless a significant portion of his workforce withholds labor.

        There are also so many other places to work that don’t have the same society destroying baggage.

        •  RedSeries (She/Her)   ( @RedSeries@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English
          9•3 months ago

          Some could afford to leave, but we should encourage people to try and change things where they work. Abandoning or avoiding it isn’t the only way. I read your comment to suggest that they shouldn’t complain or try to get the policy changed back. It seems you were suggesting they should leave, even if they can’t get an equivalent job. Does that sound right?

          •  thesmokingman   ( @thesmokingman@programming.dev ) 
            3•3 months ago

            Most of the technical staff isn’t getting ahead at Meta. Any engineer that stays is saying it’s okay to call LGBTQIA+ mentally ill. There are a few top engineers at the absolute pinnacle of their specialization in R&D I wouldn’t apply that to; they have to decide if their science is more important than common human decency.

            For non-technical staff, the question is a lot harder. Recruiters, for example, can have a much easier life at Meta than elsewhere. Operations is another area where you can get way better benefits. Everyone has a price on their morals and we can’t judge someone taking that shot too much.

            Here’s a different question: at what point do you think a company has gone too far? Enron? SAC Capital? The Weinstein Company? None of these places said LGBTQIA+ was a mental illness; none of them are places I would work. Meta has already actively enabled genocide (if you don’t believe in Uyghurs or Tibet, Myanmar was very explicit). They have actively built policies to exploit not just adults but children too while baking that into their ethos. Now it’s okay to say my gay peers are suffering from a mental illness. Is there a line too far?