angrylittlekitty

funny but admit that even with less users and less content here my dopamine hit actually happens faster in lemmy.

thank you all for great content ❤️

all attention to this mess is good imho. also remember chat gpt was trained on reddit data i until fall 2021 so should be able to pull on archived zeitgeist for a quick and dirty answer

haha yes- this 🙌🏻!! more interaction in the last week than in 4 years on reddit.

i just broke my own rule and posted to reddit modcoord using a burner account. will react and burn it in 24 hrs.

my message to them was this: unfortunately human mods will be the next to go - they've shown their power to reddit and once this ipo happens they move from becoming a thorn in spez' side to a risk to shareholder value that needs to be "mitigated."

spez wants control. control of the apis. control of the app. control over the platform . he can get there first two but then mods prevent the last. he needs control if the ad revenue is to happen so he can exit with his golden parachute. health of the communities or platforms be damned.

i suspect at some point he'll not only demod all of the human mods in favor of botmod + ftes but may also go the extra step to delete the mod accounts entirely -- he'll justify the killing of their handlers with some bs policy.

this will leave mods demodded; powerless with no voice or identity - consider... how can u/newname prove they're really u/ex-mod without revealing personal info that might doxx themselves?

recommended they establish an alternate means of communication with their community here or on discord.

we should also consider standing up an mod coord here so they have a place they can freely speak and plan without sock puppet spez accounts or bots courting the conversation.

imo and no offense to folks who went on to do this work but for me at least i question the value of a degree for most non specialized work.

i went to college because my parents expected me to. got into a major university as pre-law before i decided i just couldn't do it.

instead fell into computers before they were a thing. my parents were understandably concerned that i was doomed to a life of misery. i saw the dawn of the internet, the rise of web, mobile, social and now ai.

you have to be scrappier without one for sure -as a woman i had to be 2x scrappier.

instead of focusing on my lack of paper i showed employers that i was capable of learning anything they needed me to do .. and i followed through on it.

today i have people creating jobs for me vs me trying to fit into someone else's description of a job they think they need.

for jobs where that degree matters - saving lives in court, medicine, engineering, etc you can't and shouldn't fake it. if you're so set on working in these disciplines where degrees are required then unfortunately you just need to suck it up and go do the work.

also fwiw many companies requiring a diploma will likely also do a credit and/or background check. so even if you got a fake diploma it might not get you far - i'm sorry.

but for everything else, focus on what you can do not what someone thinks they want you to know.

and finally, please don't take this as a flex but i work for a fortune 100 companmy & my income last year was mid six figures. eveni find it hard to believe i did this.

yes, it is possible to succeed without that paper. please keep us updated on how you get on - sending good thoughts into the electrons for you ☺️

wonder if regular carpet bombing the open subs with a black "Reddit is killing third-party app (and itself)" might be effective? gives the mods an "out" because it's not against TOS - and if it were widespread enough eventually a few of them will hit front page

not my drama but a friends.. her mom has uncontrolled diabetes along with borderline personality disorder and narcissistic personality disorder.

a couple of months ago she got and at home manicure from some shady outfit. ended up with an fungus which when asked to recount how this could have happened she kept lying and saying she didn't know.

she didn't keep up with the care on it so it became infected and they needed to do surgery to remove her nail. during the surgery they discovered it had infected the bone and the tip of the finger needed to be amputated.

they do this and send her home. my friend settles her in after surgery, went i guess to use the bathroom before leaving only to find her mom gathering her purse with keys in hand.

as you might expect my friend was appalled and asked her where she was going. mom replies.." well your aunt asked me to drive her to the airport today "

friend looks out the window and yes, there's auntie "waiting on the street with her purple suitcase" 🤣

apparently mom knew this and said nothing to aunt or my friend.

so when you're dealing with your drama, send thanks into the electrons that it could be much worse ☺️

I'm taking the same mindset - curating social media vs big gulping it. Thank you spez and elon for me reboot.

agree- reddit is a fucking big house that won't burn down to the ground in a day. we're should take comfort though in the fact that spez keri's throwing fuel in the fire hastening it's demise.

wonder if we need some discord "lemmy migration office hours" to help users get started?

if you do this just remember to redact your comments and posts FIRST and do it only while the subs are live tomorrow not dark right not. read a different post that thishas something to do with what reddit keep and can use.

that race (if it's the same one i'm thinking of) was EPIC!!