this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2023
326 points (93.1% liked)

Technology

59593 readers
2910 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
L3s@fry.gs
L4s@fry.gs
L4s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
326
Worst person in tech 2023 - semi final (mastodon.online)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by sirdorius@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
119 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Edit: final round is live now https://mastodon.online/@parismarx/111595842718166678

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] gravitywell@sh.itjust.works 21 points 11 months ago (3 children)

How could anyone but musk win?

[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

Peter Thiel is also abysmal. Elon is more visibly terrible today but Thiel has been bankrolling regressives from the shadows for 20 years. He published his first screed about diversity in academia in 1995. So he is an all-time shitstain, for sure.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Depends on if we consider Zuccer a person.

[–] gravitywell@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Zuck is bad sure, but he's not a jackass, at least not publicly, he might not have made the best decision for meta but the company is by no means failing, Elon is just so much worse on every level.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Not failing, but actively ignoring Metas own research that shows Facebook is directly harmful to children and teens.

I’d say actively continuing to harm children should outrank being a jackass and/or incompetence.

[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

At this point it's like choosing cancer over Alzheimer's. Die from excruciating inner torment or infuriate everyone else until you die.

[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I dunno, some of these votes are like comparing stage 4 leukemia to a mere urinary tract infection, and the UTI is somehow winning.