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This is unauthenticated, unverified, anonymous. There is an enormous difference between journalism and this.

Anyone reading this thread right now can post any random text to a website and claim to be a former employee. Anyone can make up anything at all. Are all of those content that should be on the homepage? They would be up voted.

Credibility is important when making accusations, accountability is important. There is zero here. There are processes for actual whistle-blowers. This isn't it. It's worse than "yellow journalism". And it's concerning people don't see the difference.



You can click "hide" and move on. Everyone else who wants to chat about it can stay on the thread


Don't censor my feed with your preferences.

Anonymity should be extolled and protected.


What sort of free speech would we have on this site if people could read stuff that I don’t like? None at all




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