Post B20X5lhfv6vDRaex72 by jeridansky@sfba.social
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 (DIR) Post #B20X5lhfv6vDRaex72 by jeridansky@sfba.social
       2026-01-06T03:14:08Z
       
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       Over the weekend, did you see the much-shared story on Reddit by a supposed whistleblower? It started like this: "I’m a developer for a major food delivery app. The 'Priority Fee' and 'Driver Benefit Fee' go 100% to the company. The driver sees $0 of it. I’m posting this from a library Wi-Fi on a burner laptop because I am technically under a massive NDA. I don’t care anymore."Well, it was a fake.https://www.platformer.news/fake-uber-eats-whisleblower-hoax-debunked/#journalism #AI
       
 (DIR) Post #B20bI7HZunLBf6b2VU by ewen@social.ewenbell.com
       2026-01-06T05:04:54.605470Z
       
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       @jeridanskyI remember reading an account of that story recently and something about it didn't seem right. I didn't share it at the time, even though I couldn't put my finger on what was off.I'm sad that I have to be so sceptical about everything I read now.
       
 (DIR) Post #B20bI8TJUeK1Ln5vRA by jeridansky@sfba.social
       2026-01-06T05:23:51Z
       
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       @ewen  I didn't pick up on the off-ness, but I've become more cautious of sharing reports without sourcing I feel is reasonably reliable. And sometimes waiting for further reporting after the first splash.Also, this was getting so much play that I didn't see any reason for me to share it, too. And that sure worked to my advantage this time. Yeah, we all need lots of skepticism nowadays. Between AI garbage and an administration that lies constantly, there's  lots to make us skeptical, sadly.
       
 (DIR) Post #B20bI9U3jMVqUOS2Eq by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
       2026-01-06T12:54:58Z
       
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       @jeridansky@ewen The thing that didn't make sense for me in the OG reddit post (and I think someone pointed it out in Reddit comments) is that the author explicitly didn't want to say which company it was, so as to remain anonynous, and then said they're quitting tomorrow, which would make it trivial for their employer to figure out it was them.