Comment by stackghost

>And I don't agree working at Google or whatever means you're not allowed to privately have a forum where you can talk about tech as a hobby.

As far as I can tell nobody's advocating this. Anyone is free to spin up a private instance of a hackernews clone (e.g. [0]) or a phpbb instance, or a discord.

But working at DOGE or Palantir or whatever doesn't mean you're entitled to the freedom from consequences of your actions.