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		itronitron on Sept 14, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twilio cutting 11% – Letter from CEO [pdf] Virtue signaling is all about saying you did the nice thing without showing you did the nice thing. If a company really did the nice thing then it should be visible and they wouldn't have to tell everyone about it. It's that aspect of virtue signaling language that rubs people the wrong way.

maxehmookau on Sept 14, 2022 [–]

To be fair, that was from an internal email that (I assume) they're legally required to disclose to the SEC. It's hardly shouting about it.

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