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by fairity 1639 days ago
Has anyone considered that this is simply a viral stunt created by the gossip website (which I'd rather not name) in order to promote itself?

Even if the commentary isn't fake, it's just one engineer within a huge organization. For those upvoting this story, shouldn't our outrage/attention be directed elsewhere?
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dymk 1639 days ago
> which I'd rather not name

Why? It's the primary source where this was first "reported".

Many many DoorDash employees confirmed that this was really happening on Blind.

https://www.teamblind.com/post/Doordash-making-engineers-del...

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fairity 1639 days ago
I'm not disputing that the policy is real. I'm saying there's a possibility that the engineer's disdainful reaction to the policy is fake -- and done to stoke outrage and promote the gossip site.

> Why [not name the source]?

Because my intuition is that there's a high probability of this being a viral stunt -- in which case, I'd rather this site not exist.

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say_it_as_it_is 1639 days ago
This was absolutely a promotional piece.
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