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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The whole thread is amusing.

there's the "Twitter Dungeon" and the corporate attempt to smother the name

and there's this gem:

Though there were windows, the work areas had no carpeting, so your rolling chairs would be constantly trying to smoothly inch you away from your desk towards the middle of the room, you had to clutch your desktop to stop from rolling away.

When we asked for carpeting to be installed, REW threw some random rugs on the floor that weren't cut to fit the room, so they would sort of just lay in the middle of the room or curl upright against corners and walls.

Actually there's so much gold in there that I can't quote it all. Just go read it lol

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

This is clearly some 4d chess big brain business strategy.

We should run Reddit like that too.

--u/spez

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

This was way more interesting than I thought it was gonna be

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

This was really funny and definitely worth a read.

I wonder why Twitter proceeded with construction and never thought to stop it at any point.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Wow! That is quite a saga

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

He's right, just looking at the pictures of the new building, it is/was beautiful. But now I'm sad because:

  1. It never got to fulfill its purpose, and
  2. It was a colossal waste of money during the pandemic.

Also reminds me of YouTubers like Retail Archeology going around and looking at dead malls in the US (this Back To The Future one is one of my favorites).

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