Post B6VGgjWHp4LfiCD8Hg by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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(DIR) Post #B6V2ZwraPli5i82o08 by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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i feel like the moment when google decided to terminate project sojourn is when it all went to shit
(DIR) Post #B6V3Gah2iaILP5Rie8 by Aaron_Davis@toot.cat
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@ariadne I'm inclined to agree, but also, Project Ara too.
(DIR) Post #B6V3GatRySDg1ZFczA by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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@Aaron_Davis i think the termination of project ara was definitely a sign that google was shifting away from innovation on the engineering side, but the loss of sojourn was a major blow to the culture side
(DIR) Post #B6V3cjwmzbheTWNBJI by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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@Aaron_Davis to me, giving into the discomfort of privileged white MIT and CMU graduates because they were unable to comprehend that their lack of emotional intelligence for people outside their sociodemographic bubble causes cognitive load for those around them, set the path google is on today where they are increasingly elitist and customer-hostile
(DIR) Post #B6V3yjPHgNMpAbBgSO by colinstu@birdbutt.com
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@ariadne -2018 .. yup, def lines up with the timeline.
(DIR) Post #B6VGUj0ftOzSehhNia by plausocks@social.treehouse.systems
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@ariadne what about when they removed "Dont be Evil" from their mission statement?
(DIR) Post #B6VGgjWHp4LfiCD8Hg by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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@plausocks that was around the same time they killed sojourn
(DIR) Post #B6VK4xRfzzEfiKIUfg by faoluin@chitter.xyz
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@ariadne What was sojourn? Web search is drawing a blank.
(DIR) Post #B6VP0Ybiu4FRIDiYKm by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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@faoluin https://medium.com/@ericandrewlewis/an-interview-with-a-white-googler-who-went-through-sojourn-f0dc3e19a0c8