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“Less unethical” if you’re a journalist. Investigative reporters can visit nazi bars with 335m people if they bring us the goods about what the nazis are saying!
Sure I guess.
I have the luxury of not having to decide.
I'm not going to judge someone who feels they absolutely need to participate on twitter in order to avoid poverty.
I certainly wouldn't like to do that myself.
Dirty and sometimes dangerous job indeed!
There’s also the public service side too, even if the journalist is independently wealthy (set for life).
Like how the US sends the FBI to white supremacist meetups so we can gather intel, journalists gather intel so we know what poobrains are spreading around - then we can defend ourselves, be prepared for those who fall for the disinfo, etc. You’re not proud for attending the meetup or logging into the website, but you know you’re doing good by tipping off good people about bad things. Good citizens can do that stuff w/o financial incentives.
I salute ‘em!