Striking New York Times tech workers ask people not to play Wordle or other NYT games
polygon.com
cross-posted from: https://poptalk.scrubbles.tech/post/1628369
Workers are striking after trying a failing multiple times to negotiate fair pay, standardize Remote/Hybrid options, and other basic rights. The strike comes the day before election day.
I guess fingers crossed at the NYT that the election website doesn't tip over from too much traffic....
I'll continue not playing the game I've never played before. I'm doing my part!
Service guarantees citizenship.
Do you want to know more?
How does playing the game bring revenue? Ads?
Also, I would think that the business would be in a tougher situation if game popularity increased while tech workers weren't around to maintain it
Only if it increased by a very large margin like a DDoS attack