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> Most high-dollar industries have clients that are referred to as whales (gambling, forex, stock exchanges, crypto markets).

And that makes it OK to refer to people (often those with addiction problems) spending money they don't have on videogames as whales? To target them explicitly with psychological tactics to get them to spend even more money?

I disagree. It's dehumanization. It's morally wrong. Am I in a bubble for thinking such actions are wrong, or are others justifying their own immoral behavior in thinking "well, it's their fault for playing the games and spending the money"?



Who are you disagreeing with? I never said it was "okay". I just explained the term. Check it out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_roller

Facebook, by nature, is a dehumanizing company. They have over 1 billion user accounts...

As someone who works for a software company, I have never considered it my responsibility to check whether a user is "spending money they don't have" on my product. How is that tenable?

I've also never targeted underage users - before you throw me under that bus for no reason, as well..




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