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Remember that guy who was doxxed and fired because he made what somebody thought was the (now off-limits) OK symbol?

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/sdge-worker-fired-ove...

No, the GP's scenario is not at all implausible. To think otherwise is to be oblivious to the on-edge nature of our times.

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You didn't respond to the substance of my comment. It's possible for someone to misunderstand you and for you to lose your job over it. It's also possible to die in a traffic accident. The former is probably more rare than the latter but the former seems to be legitimately terrorizing many people based on the frequency of internet comments I see about it.

Upon googling it, the amount of outcry as a response makes it pretty obvious to me that it's considered exceptional and not normal. Does anyone have any aggregated studies about social media and firing?

> "it pretty obvious to me that it's considered exceptional and not normal."

Is it? Note that the person here accused is both Jewish and Mexican: https://www.snopes.com/news/2018/09/04/lawyer-accused-flashi...

Other examples exist of people being removed from their jobs for the same if you Google for it, though many of those are more ambiguous.

That may be. However, it strikes me that most if not all of these cases are US-based. The world works differently in different places.

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