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by rippercushions 1264 days ago
It is, however, reality. I used to work in escalations at $MEGACORP and the difference between the viral sob story posted on Twitter etc and the reality of what happened is often jarring. "Boohoo my account was locked for no reason whatsoever!" except, y'know, distributing graphic child abuse material (and I don't mean splashing around in a bathtub), mining Bitcoin with stolen credit cards, etc etc.
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Hear, hear. Unfortunately, social outrage is a good way to have attention from big companies. So, of course, it has become a fraud in itself.