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This is a really weird premise for a site, but after a couple videos, all I could think was, this is an awesome glimpse at humanity.

maroonblazer 7y ago
I wasn't going to click the link but your comment prompted me to. Wow. It's a fascinating look at what likely makes up a large majority of YouTube content that I would otherwise never come into contact with. I also love how the creator packaged it up as a though an alien visitor was using YouTube to sample our civilization. This is the 99%.
TallGuyShort 7y ago
And it makes me wonder about using similar approaches to break down the echo chambers we find ourselves in. We have a perception of what's normal based on what we see, but what we see is based on what we're already exposed to and what we ourselves do. Randomly seeing what a bunch of other people did this week? Great for that. I also saw someone rave about "Donut" this week - schedules random 1-on-1's with people in your company to help with cross-pollination and bigger picture context. Chat Roulette and what a dumpster fire that is comes to mind, but I wonder if a LinkedIn-based service of a similar nature would be good just to learn about other companies, other corporate cultures, etc..
- mmikeff 7y ago
  Your comment reminded me of interviewing.io and their strapline "chat roulette without the dicks" Similar idea but for engineering interviews and practice interviews
- Benjammer 7y ago
  I work at a dumpster fire of a company, but Donut Buddies still shines through with benefits to me. I don't even think others are aware of its true value. I often will make cross-functional inferences about company level things, or will bring up strategy from a different part of the company in discussions, and I have other engineers kind of just stare at me and say ".... how do you know that?" "from, get this, talking to my colleagues on a regular basis"

maroonblazer 7y ago

I wasn't going to click the link but your comment prompted me to. Wow. It's a fascinating look at what likely makes up a large majority of YouTube content that I would otherwise never come into contact with. I also love how the creator packaged it up as a though an alien visitor was using YouTube to sample our civilization. This is the 99%.

TallGuyShort 7y ago

And it makes me wonder about using similar approaches to break down the echo chambers we find ourselves in. We have a perception of what's normal based on what we see, but what we see is based on what we're already exposed to and what we ourselves do. Randomly seeing what a bunch of other people did this week? Great for that. I also saw someone rave about "Donut" this week - schedules random 1-on-1's with people in your company to help with cross-pollination and bigger picture context. Chat Roulette and what a dumpster fire that is comes to mind, but I wonder if a LinkedIn-based service of a similar nature would be good just to learn about other companies, other corporate cultures, etc..

mmikeff 7y ago
Your comment reminded me of interviewing.io and their strapline "chat roulette without the dicks" Similar idea but for engineering interviews and practice interviews
Benjammer 7y ago
I work at a dumpster fire of a company, but Donut Buddies still shines through with benefits to me. I don't even think others are aware of its true value. I often will make cross-functional inferences about company level things, or will bring up strategy from a different part of the company in discussions, and I have other engineers kind of just stare at me and say ".... how do you know that?" "from, get this, talking to my colleagues on a regular basis"