I realize this is publicly available information but the way the political climate is polarizing online, with things like shared block lists on Twitter where many people won’t know every individual on it or why, is it hard to believe something that gives you superficial treatment of complex matters like this couldn’t make things worse? I’m not saying this app should be banned, but I think these concerns and those outlined in the article have merit.
As a single point of anecdata, I might show up as a registered Republican because I did so to vote against Trump in the primary, and then also voted against him in the general. People who know me already know that, people who don’t will look at the red R next to my name and maybe draw some incorrect and unfair conclusions. I wonder now if I’ve been passed over for any jobs recently because of that. Like you said, my vote is private, and that’s not exactly an appropriate question to ask in an interview. So people will follow their own assumptions.
As a single point of anecdata, I might show up as a registered Republican because I did so to vote against Trump in the primary, and then also voted against him in the general. People who know me already know that, people who don’t will look at the red R next to my name and maybe draw some incorrect and unfair conclusions. I wonder now if I’ve been passed over for any jobs recently because of that. Like you said, my vote is private, and that’s not exactly an appropriate question to ask in an interview. So people will follow their own assumptions.