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pokeyman
Nov 26, 2006

That elephant ate my entire platoon.
I remembered that john gruber is a friend of basecamp so I wondered if he'd posted anything, and all I found was this cowardice https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/04/27/ride-out-the-storm

not that I'd ever expect john gruber to take a useful position on anything, but lol

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pokeyman
Nov 26, 2006

That elephant ate my entire platoon.

akadajet posted:

you got me. hook line and sinker

same

Farmer Crack-rear end posted:

was he the one who yelled about the avatar changes here being "monetized bullying" on his way out the door?

very possible. I found a link to the threads: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3470954 and https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3471311

been awhile but there's some insightful commentary in there from people who are not jeff atwood

pokeyman
Nov 26, 2006

That elephant ate my entire platoon.
this is where I get confused with pinboard. he retweets this https://twitter.com/jonst0kes/status/1392879799727796229

but it seemed, from the outside, like there was a sizeable outcry from employees who do not want to work with this new hire? why is that bad but other worker solidarity is good? what was supposed to happen here?

pokeyman
Nov 26, 2006

That elephant ate my entire platoon.

Chris Knight posted:

I mean retweets aren't always endorsements, but pinboard will almost always quote with comment. idk.

he has much more sympathy for “people getting run outta town by the twitter mob” than I do, I think that specific retweet is an endorsement. but your general point is taken

pokeyman
Nov 26, 2006

That elephant ate my entire platoon.
shouldn't have turned down those cue cards

pokeyman
Nov 26, 2006

That elephant ate my entire platoon.

kitten smoothie posted:

decimating your headcount every year

the one good thing that can come out of stack ranking: an appropriate example of the older meaning of "decimate"

pokeyman
Nov 26, 2006

That elephant ate my entire platoon.

mystes posted:

Is it still stack ranking if you just fire all the pedants?

only when done by seniority

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pokeyman
Nov 26, 2006

That elephant ate my entire platoon.

pokeyman posted:

only when done by seniority

I'm laughing at my own joke that nobody else thought was funny

(coincidentally, this may also be what the basecamp founders are telling themselves!)

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