Comment on The Astronomer CEO's Coldplay Concert Fiasco Is Emblematic of Our Social Media Surveillance Dystopia | 404 Media

t3rmit3@beehaw.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

I’m glad someone is saying this, because frankly this whole situation is nasty as shit.

Are cheaters bad? Yes. Should people have informed the spouses? Yes. But that’s not why people are posting memes about this non-stop, this is just schadenfreude.

There reasons beyond cheating why 2 people may not want to be broadcast to the world as a couple. If this was 2 men, we’d all understand the problems with this, but social media is not going to allow us the nuance to differentiate; social media’s desire to play righteous sleuth for its own entertainment and ego is not a good thing, and we can’t make it only do good.

Is no one even considering whether their spouses want this level of attention, rather than the entire Internet deciding to make it national news for a week?

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