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   ✨pencilears✨ (pencilears@mastodon.eternalaugust.com)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 15:25:48 JST ✨pencilears✨

   In the couple of months where I was a contractor (front desk receptionist) at Meta their employee training gave off the distinct vibe that they were trying to be the soft cuddly website where you could keep up with your grandkids.

   Like, they knew they were for Grandmas and people who weren't super computer literate to have a gateway to the internet and keep up with their families.

   So, it's kind of hilarious that the Zuck wants "masculine energy" it feels very resentful father-of-girls behavior

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     ✨pencilears✨ (pencilears@mastodon.eternalaugust.com)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 15:25:45 JST ✨pencilears✨

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     But they've also gotten in trouble for hiring H1B people because they're less likely to rock the boat, so I always wondered if the people bold enough to post at the C suite about bad decisions were just a dwindling echo of their original startup culture.

     Like, as long as someone is being a grumpy greybeard in the comments they haven't lost their soul yet as a company, which is never gonna work.

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     They also do have a culture of letting the programmers yell directly at whoever had the latest bonehead decision and it's kinda funny, but the contractors think the FTE's who do this basically have a death wish.

     Like, what kind of person gets paid six figures and thinks it's a good idea to call the C-levels a bonehead to their face? A crazy person.

     But, it does mean they seem to occasionally reverse course on some of their bonehead decisions, so maybe it's worth it.

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     ✨pencilears✨ (pencilears@mastodon.eternalaugust.com)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 15:25:51 JST ✨pencilears✨

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     So this recent nonsense, which is obviously coming from Zuck listening to his MMA buddies (I know because it sounds like something my cousin Jordan would say)...

     It's giving Mid-life crisis.

     Like, the Zuck likely wants the greybeards to yell at him, he knows the core userbase isn't computer literate enough to be able to leave, and he wants his website to be cool again, so if the fogeys are protesting he probably feels like he's doing something right.

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