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by Barrin92
2329 days ago
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it failed to reliably report on one of the traditionally pivotal elections in the American election cycle. Which is pretty bad in an era when trust in political institutions is low. Given the numerous safety standards and qualifications we require of engineers in the most mundane jobs I'm not sure why interns get to write software that underpins the electoral process. |
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State party officials who made the plans to use the app without clearly any vetting, the management of Shadow who must have been making insane promises on a shoestring budget, the DNC who allowed the app anywhere near an election, and even pushed the state party officials in the direction of using it.
In big tech areas, there's usually a firm assumption of liberal-leaning employees and technologists. Maybe all the democrats who can code are too busy in the advertising industry.