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Comment by paulie_a | Hacker News Reader

They are just yet another data mining/privacy invading marketing company

That type of company should be shunned, not touted as big tech

Any thoughts on why OP is getting downvotes? It’s insightful and shares a perspective that only a local would have.

It is possible for a company to have a nice work culture even while doing exploitive work. Doing good by the local community seems even easier to believe

That is nice that a company that does objectively bad things has a nice culture.

While I definitely disagree with the op, I personally didn't downvote, but honestly who gives a shit about downvotes?

Right, just like Google has free massages and dry cleaning

Down votes silence unique perspectives creating echo chambers

He said something factually true that people don’t want to hear because it doesn’t reconcile with their preset “opinion”.

Or people think the actions of a company outweigh the harm it does via it's business model?

Or they thought the comment didn't attempt to form a balanced argument based on the context of the original article?

Or any other reason to downote aside from "Hurrrr. I'm just a sheep".

Try not to assume everyone here is dumber than you.

(PS no need for the scare quotes on "opinion". The use of that word was already negative in context. The scare quotes push the disdain a little bit too far)

But he did not attach any moral attributes. He added valuable information that most of us don’t have. That’s the entire point of a forum, and his comment is the only interesting one in this thread.

I don't disagree. I didn't downvote it. What I object to is your simplistic characterisation of those who might have downvoted it.

>>He added valuable information that most of us don’t have.

Devil's advocate: he added his OPINION, which, even if he's unbiased (not an employee for example,) it's still an opinion.

I’m sure a lot of companies that do horrible things have great work culture. That should not be a reason for such companies to exist.

I mean, I'm sure you could say the same about some coal companies, too.

It doesn't mean we should be keeping those coal companies alive.

Like most companies, team culture depends on what division you're working in. I hear some teams there can be great. Overall culture of the company is a different matter.

The downvotes are likely because, much as the other reply to the OP outlines, they're not really right. While Acxiom _has_ been a staple in the AR tech community for decades, they have also garnered a pretty horrible reputation over the last ~10 years or so. The company is a slow-moving monolith with frequent layoffs, stagnant (low) pay, and no real direction. People are leaving in droves.

They actually recently sold off (or announced a plan to) the portion of the business that exists in AR[1]. Instead they will focus on some startup-ish company they acquired in the SFBA, which seems to be their only profitable venture at the moment (or the only one the CA-based CEO is interested in).

[1] http://katv.com/news/local/axciom-to-spin-off-or-sell-its-tr...

Probably one of the original data mining/privacy invading marketing companies, if you want to be exact.

In Arkansas, it probably is big tech.

I guess I meant a large tech employer, not that their technology was highly advanced

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