Being a founder is tough - keep going!

Totally agree

Tibo made it easy!

Thankfully it turned out to be a publicity stunt for some new policy they were introducing, and no one actually got fired! They released that info later though

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That somehow makes it even worse lol

​@@callmehouckoof at least pin this

@@waxcutter9813 That's actually great to hear. Didn't see it if that's the case. Must've recorded before that part of the story came out

What a stupid PR stunt. They're going to have to spend the rest of their lives explaining it's not actually true. How many people would avoid that company just without saying anything, meaning they can't even talk to them to tell them it was a joke.

Good point

This comment is exactly on fking point. Only people who cares about their job get stressed about their job. If they don’t care, they won’t be stressed.

And kept all the people who don't care about a thing 😂😂😂

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Thanks! More on the way

Thanks! Lots more on the way

There will definitely be a subset of folks who find their tribe at Bluesky and stick around over there. It won't be the majority but it will likely be a meaningful group.

Anecdotally I see more bots and toxicity here on KZbin than X these days. Either way, network effects are an extremely powerful force that people often underestimate. Sure, some people will stay on Bluesky, but many will return to X for the same reason that many of the founders and other tech people who left SF during the pandemic went back after. It wasn’t because the city is nice to live in - it’s because of network effects in the startup world.

@foundingjourney People will only use and contribute to a network, if it's worth it, if it provides QUALITY contacts. SF/California does that (no matter how much right-wing folk bitch about Cali and run around telling everybody in SF there's hordes homeless, feces and piles of used syringes on every corner, without even knowing the place; same folks by the way that don't get that Detroit is long past its days of horror and actually vibrant and booming) and Bluesky seems to provide the same. And you probably ditd consider how much the SF analogy disproves your point. You don't need to be in touch with EVERYBODY, with MASSES of people. You need to be in touch with the right people. Maybe you want to think about it again, instead of scrambling to find arguments to back your original statement.

@@damianm-nordhorn116 Those things about SF are actually true though. I walked to work over used syringes and feces for 3 years. Got tired of it and left. It was a daily occurrence. So, they're correct. Haven't been to Detroit so can't comment on it. As far as network effects go, yes, as I said, some people who find their tribe will stick around on Bluesky. But the majority who try it will go back to X. We saw this during the last "exodus" so it is already observably true.

Technically they don't operate in the US - people in the US can view their markets but not participate

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Probably not lmao

This will be more and more common over time

Agreed. Some big tech cos are run so inefficiently. Smaller startups don't have that luxury, so you have to make hard decisions like Adam did. I've been laid off before too. It led to me founding a venture-backed company. All about what you make of your situation.

He did overspend, but the company also had a ton of bloat. Both of those are true. It isn't falling apart though. Try using it. Works great.

@@callmehouck works great? this is just some of the problems. it has way more bots then before. the ''for you'' tab algorithm is broken. at some points, several key features stopped working (like being able to log in). people being able to impersonate brands and celebrities, causing stock prices to dip, losing some people thousands and thousands of dollars. the amount of hate speech is out of control, so advertisers don't wanna be there anymore. people are migrating in droves to other platforms. after the whole thing of not being able to opt out of AI content harvesting, artists are leaving faster then ever, and you can tell the site is feeling more and more hollow. and i could list many many more things wrong with the site. more bad policy and more bad engineering. hecc, if you look at its rate of growth, its grinding to a halt. like, theres been days when milf AI dating apps have been dowloaded more. twitter is doing worse then twitter clones. so its both falling apart in a technical sense and in a content/community sense.

@@Lappboi It's at an all time high in terms of usage.

And what happens if everyone on the team suddenly has increased capabilities and productivity? The answer is: less need for as many engineers. AI does not threaten all engineering jobs, but it lets companies do more with fewer. So, yes, their jobs are threatened.

@@callmehouckif everyone became equally proficient at their job and with the equal numbers to other positions, then the answer isn’t less engineers. The answer is a greatly increased productivity and implementation of new ideas while simultaneously trialling others. Get your head out of your ass with the AI fad, it’s not what you think.

@@dingoatemybaby9739 Hopefully companies do see it that way, but the more likely outcome is that the bureaucracy and red tape at many companies leads to them looking to cut costs instead - since unlocking that additional productivity will be next to impossible. It's more likely that the productivity gains are spread across a larger number of small companies, many of which will be started by the employees that big companies short-sightedly lay off. So, yes, the future you're talking about COULD and SHOULD be what happens, but the companies will likely get in their own way instead and birth a new generation of entrepreneurs instead.

What is the negative impact?

@foundingjourney well not including the nazi's all over the place, almost a 3rd of the website is bots by some estimates, the desktop version of the app loads like molasses (at least for people i konw), and reports take ages to get a response. Not to mention, he violated so many agreements when he fired those people

@@jacobpearlman7451 The only correct critique there is that some people may have legitimate complaints about being let go. I'm not an employment lawyer, so hard to say for sure. The rest is just incorrect, but I'm not here to convince you otherwise.

@foundingjourney These are just objective facts. Ask any analyst, and the amount of nazi content and bots have both skyrocketed. And the poor browser experience is litterly my own

@@jacobpearlman7451It’s not related to software engineering, in my opinion, it’s just shit moderation, which always has existed.

Product works literally the same way, advertisers are going back so the business is in a healthier place. Seems fine to me.

You simply dislike Elon

@@prykris you simply love twitter, see how easy that is?

@@callmehouck absolutely insane take

@@Risky_Boots999 I missed your point? Is it because I made baseless claim?

It’s the best!

I'm seeing reports saying both - we'll see!

It's also the name of one of the X-men.

Doesn’t Bluesky ban people instantly for saying things the platform doesn’t agree with? Idk how safe that sounds

not as far as i know, unless you’re saying something inherently offensive

@@kaphion Saying something offensive is not a crime.

​@@callmehouck He talks about it NOT being empty and a comfortable place and you're jumping to an "what about" Elon-like "free speech" argument. Sorry to hurt your tech bro feelings, but no one leaving because of your AH idol's BS will return to that cess pool.

Blue sky is garbage I just like trolling libs on it

Seems unlikely to change the larger point, though.

Nothing about this is an ad.

you’re a dummy

Glad you enjoyed it!

This was not ridicule or mocking. You're misunderstanding the content.

Do you mistakenly think I'm a liberal?

Jokes are ok :)

I agree! One of the greatest Americans alive. The video is just a harmless joke. Obviously he isn't actually focused on the price of Dogecoin - that is self-evident

Huh? I support Musk and am not begrudging him.

Not sure who Liz is