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_refugee_  ·  3836 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Snapchat CEO Mortified By Leaked Sexist Frat Emails

I have been a vocal Snapchatter on Hubski.

It really makes me lose any good opinion of the CEO that I had, and it makes me think that to be a start-up these days you don't need much beyond a great idea and a semblance of a way to make it go - Snapchat's security issues have made that clear. It makes me think more about who could be behind my apps. It's not making me stop using it...I'd be sad to lose Snapchat...

And I think most of Snapchat's users/community are frankly too young - younger even than the 23-year-old CEO - for this to really impact their use. Not to imply the youth aren't socially conscious but I think they tend to value use over ideals. Heck, I tend to value use over ideals - not unilaterally, of course. But - the true question is - where's the harm here? Who did those emails hurt? So the CEO partied a lot and did a lot of drugs and maybe doesn't have the most respectful opinion of sorority women...There is no physical or clear-cut harm here. There is harm in terms of propagating an anti-feminist environment, but physically no one is hurt, visibly, no one is hurt, so it's hard to be vehemently against him, I think.