PSA: Blind sells 'employee activity' data to companies

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Elon, Nooo

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Elon, Nooo
Apr 22 18 Comments

It's anonymous (at least ostensibly), but y'all should definitely assume that your employer is seeing every post, comment, and poll in this godforsaken app, including the activity in private company channels.

https://www.teamblind.com/company-insights

"We charge companies a monthly subscription fee to access Company Insights. We believe that companies can make real change by listening to the candid conversations happening on Blind, and this product helps them easily distill these conversations into actionable and timely insights."

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  • Sonos
    gowk gobrk

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    gowk gobrk
    clickbait

    Title says “sells” with confidence

    Description says “but definitely assume”

    Any source you have you can share with us?
    Apr 22 4
    • Twitter / Data
      Elon, Nooo

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      Elon, Nooo
      OP
      I did not claim that they were selling PII, and they definitely are not.

      But this is not like when people (wrongly or disingenuously) accuse Facebook of "selling data," by which they mean "allowing advertisers to target you."

      Blind is actually, literally, directly, selling data.

      Whether or not the data is public doesn't matter imo. Many companies package and sell publicly availabe data to make it easier to understand or process.

      FWIW I do no think this is controversial at all, just interesting
      Apr 22
    • Sonos
      gowk gobrk

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      gowk gobrk
      Yes definitely interesting
      Apr 22
  • New
    IdUr63

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    IdUr63
    It’s not like we didn’t know about this…. right?
    Apr 22 2
  • HP
    aiaioaiak

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    aiaioaiak
    Where are the TC or gtfo 🤡 party
    Apr 22 0
  • Literally anyone from HR can use their corporate email to register for an account and read every discussion. Why should we be more concerned with the paid option?
    Apr 22 1
  • New
    4n0nym00s3

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    4n0nym00s3
    Personally, I don't care. I've heard a lot of dog shit takes at work that if they read what I post maybe it would be jarring enough to wake them up
    Apr 22 0