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This is a real problem that needs solving, but I can see this sort of thing at scale leading big tech companies to not allow their employees to do this anymore.
It's definitely a grey zone. I am definitely keeping all tech employees' info private, nothing is displayed on the site. If it becomes large, I imagine big tech companies would try to fight it, but let's cross that bridge when we get to it.
I had to check if it was April Fools' Day. This is one of the most disturbing posts I've seen in a while. I sincerely hope that people who profit off of this will get fired at the very least.
I don’t see how he can guarantee you’ll be anonymous for long.
No way would I risk my stable 6-figure job for some random to get their account unlocked. Especially not for "$100" lol.
If the account was locked for fraudulent activity or worse, something illegal like CSAM. That paper trail will easily lead back to you. Bye bye job and possible investigation by authorities.
On the upside, at least you will get "free" security from the FBI when you are put on the watchlist.
Seems insane. Surely every single company would fire you for doing that. If you put this in its proper term it is "corruption" and you should definitely worry about the legal implications of doing this.
For meta/facebook at least it’s long been an open secret that the fastest way to get something done on the platform is to have a connection that works at meta.
On the other hand, after I left, I once needed help with a developer-facing page that was broken. For the life of me I could not figure out how to get in touch with a human, so reached out to an ex-colleague and the issue was resolved within a few days. I don't love having to resort to this for many reasons.
How do you verify that the requestor isn't just some Joe/Joeline Schmo who's account has been blocked for no reason, as opposed to someone who has been legitimately blocked, say for CSAM or other legislative reason, or is otherwise operating against the service's TOS? When Mike Meta gets canned because he's tried to un-suspend an actual terrorist account (because you know that they're monitoring internal mentions), a…
Honestly, the risks here outweigh the benefits. Not sure why anybody would do this in the first place.
"6 figure job with stable income" vs "one time payment of $100 from rando on the internet"
It's a no brainer.
Honestly smells like a sting operation to me.
This service throws all of that out the window.
This is a real problem that needs solving, but I can see this sort of thing at scale leading big tech companies to not allow their employees to do this anymore.
It's definitely a grey zone. I am definitely keeping all tech employees' info private, nothing is displayed on the site. If it becomes large, I imagine big tech companies would try to fight it, but let's cross that bridge when we get to it.
I’m sure your motives were good, but I’d urge you to think this through.
How do you verify employees? Are they really going to sign up to this?
For now, I'm verifying them via their work email. So far, I've gotten decent feedback from my former colleagues and friends in big tech. Most of them take some sort of compensation for helping restore Insta / ad accounts - this is just a more direct way.