Notices by Hynek Schlawack (hynek@mastodon.social)

@Gargron @graingert @brettcannon @glyph @offby1 @Mastodon As we’ve said earlier in this thread: I don’t think there’s a way to make people not complain if they’d rather have you work on their pet thing. “had a nap” would trigger them just the same. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@graingert @brettcannon @glyph @offby1 by following @Gargron

@glyph @brettcannon c’mon we all know the only reason is Kelsey Hightower 🤪

the tragedy is that we could’ve had him, if Mastodon didn’t earn a reputation of being a bad place for black people

and god that plushie shit is irritating

@offby1 @glyph @brettcannon It’s really sad to watch Mastodon lose to Bluesky but if you look closer it makes all the sense in the world. The obnoxious echo chamber energy is only rivaled by mid-2000 IRC channels and we aren’t even the target demographic. It’s enough to just watch what’s scrolling by.

@brettcannon @glyph @offby1 Plushies are the equivalent of your spouse that has decided to leave you months ago getting agitated by your traits they found initially endearing. It’s annoying to have my TL spammed with it but it takes like two clicks to mute them forever.

@glyph @offby1 @brettcannon we can always hope for some VC dick move, but other than that… turns out people don’t enjoy righteous scolding. who knew. this constant “how can people be there and not here” is turning off even me.

the fact that the last waves went there and not here is a very bad sign. Especially all of Brazil but also Kelsey now siphoning off tech people? :-/

I find it super wild to see Googlers celebrate Chrome’s 15th birthday and bragging their part in it RIGHT after they tricked their users into the creepiest ad tracking platform with the darkest of dark patterns. I would be ashamed to be part of that. Personal values and integrity are liabilities.