Posts by hughster@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AWvN5amWaZcXhiEXsu by hughster@mastodon.social
2023-06-21T18:27:13Z
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@mansr The admins of my instance are pretty similar!
(DIR) Post #AX4rZLZ6wzCN5YK8wq by hughster@mastodon.social
2023-06-26T08:18:32Z
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Memes like this being shared around by anarchist accounts are a fascinating insight into a nihilistic mindset, in this case probably as a result of getting fired repeatedly (and having this attitude I can perhaps understand why that might happen)."Your partner doesn't love you: they just can't find anyone better"
(DIR) Post #AX4rw5rdUdoX3Jpqa0 by hughster@mastodon.social
2023-06-26T08:25:16Z
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@jeena No, I think you can. The attitude implies that other people attach only material value to you as a person and you'll be dumped in a heartbeat if someone providing more material value comes along.
(DIR) Post #AX4tT8WSjJOWoAFeEK by hughster@mastodon.social
2023-06-26T08:42:27Z
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@jeena No. This absolutely is not the case. This continues the cynical fallacy of all work relationships as being merely "exploitation" when it isn't necessarily so at all. Yes, sometimes it is, but that doesn't mean it all is. That's why the comparison with romantic relationships is appropriate: yes, some are about material gain (e.g. marrying a rich person hoping to inherit a fortune), but that obviously doesn't necessarily mean they all are.
(DIR) Post #AX4tgrHfcSDBOisLp2 by hughster@mastodon.social
2023-06-26T08:37:43Z
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@jeena Whereas in reality, yes, it does happen that you get bad employers who treat people like faceless parts in a machine only worth their dollar replacement value, but it absolutely does not mean that it happens everywhere. People are often paid what they're paid because they are truly valued as team members and for their qualities as people and the company doesn't want to lose them. I know this from decades of experience of work.
(DIR) Post #AX4uUvWu6kjv2psLVg by hughster@mastodon.social
2023-06-26T08:53:59Z
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@jeena No, really, it wasn't. I've never worked for any family businesses. I've worked for numerous companies, from some of the biggest in the world to some of the smallest. I've encountered the bad ones you describe, but also the good, and it has little to do with size or numbers. It's about corporate attitude, and being lucky to have co-workers you get along with and can do good work with. The last thing a good line manager wants to do is break up a good team unit that works well together.
(DIR) Post #AX4vnOTtJ1hq0Dpsxc by hughster@mastodon.social
2023-06-26T09:08:31Z
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@jeena On the contrary, they are the same. If one has successive bad experiences of it, it fosters pessimism towards it and creates a self-reinforcing cycle of failure.
(DIR) Post #AX4xOxouyjPkH29LGK by hughster@mastodon.social
2023-06-26T09:26:29Z
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@jeena No worries. All the best!
(DIR) Post #AXA0lXa7yDBdD3UKie by hughster@mastodon.social
2023-06-28T19:57:42Z
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@stux Problem being that anti-Meta activists are far more animated about this and are probably going to make more effort to share this around. Twitter polls are similarly unreliable.
(DIR) Post #AXDOefh2OVTSiJrELg by hughster@mastodon.social
2023-06-30T09:36:44Z
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Another day, another Twitter refugee who'd been encouraged to "just set up your own server, it's easy" leaving because it looks like the place is empty and it's impossible to find anything or they were deluged by Nazi trolls.Please don't advocate it unless you explain the drawbacks as well. #SelfHosting
(DIR) Post #AXNkCqilwKzdNePHF2 by hughster@mastodon.social
2023-07-05T10:26:56Z
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You can now preview what the #Threads web UI looks like, as several big influencer accounts have had early access to start populating the service. E.g., here's Netflix:https://www.threads.net/@netflixOther handles with profiles (copy and paste into URL, sorry, not enough chars):@zuck@mosseri@laurengodwin@AdamW@joana.jamil@wonhochung@gabriellak_j@hautelemode@ashleygraham@ericnam@justmaiko@madisonwerner@donalleniii@parkerkithill@shabazsays@alanchikinchow@halaofadlan@mariarahajeng@elizrahajeng
(DIR) Post #AXNkCreCUovkFlH8kq by hughster@mastodon.social
2023-07-05T10:34:46Z
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Interesting—usernames have a Fediverse domain suffix, which, when clicked, open this message right there in the UI—so they're advertising their federation intent front and centre: #Threads
(DIR) Post #AXNkCtXtRF4c8mL8CW by hughster@mastodon.social
2023-07-05T10:42:18Z
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Confirmation that ActivityPub support is coming (and a seemingly sincere endorsement of the protocol) from the boss: #Threads
(DIR) Post #AXNkCvHIzszdVuauci by hughster@mastodon.social
2023-07-05T10:54:03Z
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Boom! It has quote posts. Big potential sticking point avoided. #Threads
(DIR) Post #AXNkZV5gWlYMxHvOsa by hughster@mastodon.social
2023-07-05T11:02:15Z
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@jeena I'm skeptical about that. The Fediverse isn't a threat to them. Their existing userbase is several orders of magnitude bigger already, and so many more Twitter users uninterested in this place are going to go to Threads like a shot.
(DIR) Post #AXNnVBt6HVx86Pfujo by hughster@mastodon.social
2023-07-05T11:35:07Z
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@jeena See, I don't agree with that premise that they could only be interested if they want to kill it. They might be thinking it's a shortcut to allowing developers to get involved in building third-party tools for the platform without having to build a whole new developer suite from scratch, for example.
(DIR) Post #AXNvwqqWuEDgaLAnmS by hughster@mastodon.social
2023-07-05T11:07:26Z
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Hashtags do not appear to do anything here. Or at least, they're not linked. #Threads
(DIR) Post #AXNvws0UafmcBWqGwq by hughster@mastodon.social
2023-07-05T11:26:57Z
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Judging by the calibre of the big names they've persuaded to get on board, a promising start. (I know, I know, so did Fyre Festival, but they didn't have a product yet.) This alone could bring large numbers of fans and fan accounts across. #Threads
(DIR) Post #AXNvwtmO05ghgMG2Eq by hughster@mastodon.social
2023-07-05T12:49:15Z
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UK celebs like Gordon Ramsay also here: #Threadshttps://www.threads.net/@gordongram
(DIR) Post #AXOLeArYrFxPyJPVK4 by hughster@mastodon.social
2023-07-05T17:57:34Z
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@stux Have you seen this thread? The app privacy flags you might have been reported are not what they look like and have been widely misrepresented.https://mastodon.delroth.net/@delroth/110653703937022194