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We just started trialling Facebook Workplace. Unfortunately the same is true of that. It’s all about getting you back into Workplace, rather than actually doing

We just started trialling Facebook Workplace. Unfortunately the same is true of that. It’s all about getting you back into Workplace, rather than actually doing your job.

htaunay 8y ago
This. Why on earth would an organization invest resources in a productivity tool which is by design optimized to make you procrastinate?
- pmlnr 8y ago
  See my sibling comment - "because people are familiar with it already".
- Spooky23 8y ago
  I’d never allow Facebook inside the firewall, but I did do a Yammer trial. It was actually really cool, except nobody wanted to “own” the community, and eventually some assholes decided to be assholes and got it shut down.
pmlnr 8y ago
My employer has been using Workplace for over a year. It took over a year to finally hear it from other colleagues that they don't see some posts, which I started telling from the very first day. And the reasoning to use it? "People are familiar with it from home". Well.. how about using something else and spend 30 mins on educating people? Oh, that might mean no new yacht for shareholders this year.
- kinsomo 8y ago
  > It took over a year to finally hear it from other colleagues that they don't see some posts, which I started telling from the very first day. I wonder if you have to pay FB to promote them? /s
  - bigiain 8y ago
    <evil thought>Better still, you pay Facebook to _bury_ them. You raise all the important concerns about how the project you're working on is going to completely fuck up, and quietly arrange for Zuck to get a little richer while ensuring none of your cow orkers see these messages. Then you pull them out at the inevitable blamestorming meeting and say "But look! I raised all those big red flag problems on date[1] date[2] and date[3], and was ignored by everybody!"
    - tripzilch 8y ago
      Facebook. Pay us to empower your toxicity!
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We just started trialling Facebook Workplace. Unfortunately the same is true of that. It’s all about getting you back into Workplace, rather than actually doing your job.

htaunay 8y ago

This. Why on earth would an organization invest resources in a productivity tool which is by design optimized to make you procrastinate?

pmlnr 8y ago
See my sibling comment - "because people are familiar with it already".
Spooky23 8y ago
I’d never allow Facebook inside the firewall, but I did do a Yammer trial. It was actually really cool, except nobody wanted to “own” the community, and eventually some assholes decided to be assholes and got it shut down.

pmlnr 8y ago

My employer has been using Workplace for over a year. It took over a year to finally hear it from other colleagues that they don't see some posts, which I started telling from the very first day. And the reasoning to use it? "People are familiar with it from home". Well.. how about using something else and spend 30 mins on educating people? Oh, that might mean no new yacht for shareholders this year.

kinsomo 8y ago
> It took over a year to finally hear it from other colleagues that they don't see some posts, which I started telling from the very first day. I wonder if you have to pay FB to promote them? /s
- bigiain 8y ago
  <evil thought>Better still, you pay Facebook to _bury_ them. You raise all the important concerns about how the project you're working on is going to completely fuck up, and quietly arrange for Zuck to get a little richer while ensuring none of your cow orkers see these messages. Then you pull them out at the inevitable blamestorming meeting and say "But look! I raised all those big red flag problems on date[1] date[2] and date[3], and was ignored by everybody!"
  - tripzilch 8y ago
    Facebook. Pay us to empower your toxicity!
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