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   Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Thursday, 06-Mar-2025 04:26:09 JST Evan Prodromou

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   • Paul Reinheimer

   @preinheimer Absolutely.

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     Paul Reinheimer (preinheimer@phpc.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Mar-2025 04:26:10 JST Paul Reinheimer

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     Posts that say "We tried A, B, and C, and things really took off when we tried C" are just so much more useful (and believable) than posts who just say "We've always done D and it's amazing"

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     Paul Reinheimer (preinheimer@phpc.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Mar-2025 04:26:11 JST Paul Reinheimer

     In order to say "X is really important to achieve Y" you need to try things other than X.

     So if you write a blog post about how hiring engineers who are a great fit is the most important thing. And one of the 'tests' you give them is to see if they select grapes or candy as a snack, then only hire people who eat the candy. You don't actually know that eating candy is important, it's the only thing you've done. You need to hire some grape eaters and see if anything changes.