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Mastodon user criticizes platform's ethical polling methods

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A user on Mastodon is criticizing the platform's approach to ethical issues, suggesting that polling users to justify an unethical decision is a disingenuous practice. The user implies that this method is used to legitimize actions that might otherwise be considered wrong, by framing them as a result of community consensus. AI

RANK_REASON User opinion piece on a platform's ethical decision-making process.

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Mastodon user criticizes platform's ethical polling methods

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Doing a poll of your users regarding an ethical issue is an interesting way to pretend doing the unethical thing is okay because your contributors wanted it. #

    Doing a poll of your users regarding an ethical issue is an interesting way to pretend doing the unethical thing is okay because your contributors wanted it. # FreeBSD # AI

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