I was also furious when I found out, and still am upset at how they went about this situation in the beginning. They could've handled it much better. But they did what the community asked for, and nobody was harmed in the end. I would argue that this was the system actually working.
I think we should incourage good behavior, instead of being totally unforgiving of all mistakes. Hopefully other companies can learn a lesson from Triplebyte and think twice before making this mistake at all in the future.
I'm still not sure if I'm going to keep my account with them, but I do feel better about it
Consider how you would feel if a credit card or a bank did this? Would you ever trust them again?
No, you would not.
Why wouldn't another company first try to push privacy violating changes on a Friday, when people like you are so willing to turn a blind eye to it if they get caught?
They violated trust and it's going to take a lot more than an email apology to get it back from people who care.
Again, it will take a lot more than some words on the internet to gain back trust from people who care about the fact that they were tricked for financial gain.
Ammon got talked out of making all his user's sensitive job seeking intent public. He is still the guy who thought that was an OK thing to do. Maybe he was drunk. Maybe he was going broke. He didn't _actually_ beat his wife. This time.
You make it sound like they tried to hide this and got caught - that’s absurd given the facts.
And worse, who is to say they won't do this again later when no one is paying attention?
Do you have personal guarantees they won't?