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An over communication platform should have scheduled outages like this regularly!

by mescaline 4y ago

AndrewUnmuted 4y ago
- jdlshore 4y ago
  This sort of handwavy conspiracy thinking is distressingly common. What basis do you have for your suspicion? Is it just “big company bad”?
  - mulmen 4y ago
    I choose to believe it is not common thinking but instead commonly verbalized among the minority with such thoughts.
    - jdlshore 4y ago
      You're probably right. I've noticed a trend of people fantasizing out loud in the past 3-5 years. It's nearly always cynical / conspiracy-theory fantasies, and they're stated as fact (or near-fact, as GP did), but without any backing information or logic... just pure fantasizing. But, thinking back, it's not that common. Hopefully just a fad. People expressing their frustration at inequality and fear of corporate dystopia.
  - AndrewUnmuted 4y ago
    - alphabettsy 4y ago
      > engulfs the worker inside a dead-eyed grunt culture, featuring an endless spree of work-life balance destroyers. It might be great for people who ask for things from others, but for the people who have to actually do the thing being asked of them, Slack is a nightmare world. I think it depends on the organization and how you use it. In a previous role I would’ve agreed with you. People expected you to reply at all hours, where I am now that isn’t the case. Tools do not create toxic culture or destroy work-life balance. Organizations do that.
      - AndrewUnmuted 4y ago
        Nah, nothing can save a work culture when it utilizes Slack for anything. I have been on both sides of the relationship in the Slack-based work society. It always ends up yielding the same outcome, no matter if I am a manager, an individual contributor, or even an outside contractor. There are always going to be a couple of people in your unit who run the show, who make all the animated GIF posts, to make all the slackbots that don't do anything. They always use Slack to gain undue notoriety within their firm. Slack caters to these people because these people tend to have the controls over the purse. It's a terrible thing to do to a business, to force Slack upon them. You cannot blame Slack for making this dang product, but you sure can blame the people who consume & purchase the service without even once thinking about the well-being of the employees.
        gwill 4y ago
        I can't say ive seen any of what you’re describing despite using slack since the early days across several organizations. I know that my experience is just that, but you might want to do a little introspection. this sounds very pessimistic and a bit paranoid.
alex-zierhut 4y ago
What motivation would someone have to run a scheduled outage? I can't think of any.

An over communication platform should have scheduled outages like this regularly!

AndrewUnmuted 4y ago

jdlshore 4y ago
This sort of handwavy conspiracy thinking is distressingly common. What basis do you have for your suspicion? Is it just “big company bad”?
- mulmen 4y ago
  I choose to believe it is not common thinking but instead commonly verbalized among the minority with such thoughts.
  - jdlshore 4y ago
    You're probably right. I've noticed a trend of people fantasizing out loud in the past 3-5 years. It's nearly always cynical / conspiracy-theory fantasies, and they're stated as fact (or near-fact, as GP did), but without any backing information or logic... just pure fantasizing. But, thinking back, it's not that common. Hopefully just a fad. People expressing their frustration at inequality and fear of corporate dystopia.
- AndrewUnmuted 4y ago
  - alphabettsy 4y ago
    > engulfs the worker inside a dead-eyed grunt culture, featuring an endless spree of work-life balance destroyers. It might be great for people who ask for things from others, but for the people who have to actually do the thing being asked of them, Slack is a nightmare world. I think it depends on the organization and how you use it. In a previous role I would’ve agreed with you. People expected you to reply at all hours, where I am now that isn’t the case. Tools do not create toxic culture or destroy work-life balance. Organizations do that.
    - AndrewUnmuted 4y ago
      Nah, nothing can save a work culture when it utilizes Slack for anything. I have been on both sides of the relationship in the Slack-based work society. It always ends up yielding the same outcome, no matter if I am a manager, an individual contributor, or even an outside contractor. There are always going to be a couple of people in your unit who run the show, who make all the animated GIF posts, to make all the slackbots that don't do anything. They always use Slack to gain undue notoriety within their firm. Slack caters to these people because these people tend to have the controls over the purse. It's a terrible thing to do to a business, to force Slack upon them. You cannot blame Slack for making this dang product, but you sure can blame the people who consume & purchase the service without even once thinking about the well-being of the employees.
      - gwill 4y ago
        I can't say ive seen any of what you’re describing despite using slack since the early days across several organizations. I know that my experience is just that, but you might want to do a little introspection. this sounds very pessimistic and a bit paranoid.

alex-zierhut 4y ago

What motivation would someone have to run a scheduled outage? I can't think of any.