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This could be used for all kinds of unpleasant corporate decisions. Swipe to agree that someone's UI that they made is ugly. Swipe to vote undesirables out of t

by ftxbro 3y ago

This could be used for all kinds of unpleasant corporate decisions. Swipe to agree that someone's UI that they made is ugly. Swipe to vote undesirables out of the company.

bigmattystyles 3y ago
I think that would be counterproductive in the long term. Rather, I think, you have to have unpleasant conversations and force people to account for their decisions. I would just stress intellectual honesty, don't make things personal, just extreme objectivity and transparency where appropriate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_honesty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_honesty
paxys 3y ago
Better idea would be for the company to get its act together and set the right culture and expectations for giving/receiving feedback. Shortcuts like these all cause more harm than they help.
JumpCrisscross 3y ago
> Swipe to vote undesirables out of the company Reminds me of Athenian ostracism. I always thought we should have a write-in line on ballots where if more than a third of voters write one name, they’re banned from public office for ten years.
- knallfrosch 3y ago
  With the US split as it is (40+/40+), both sides could banish people from the other side.
  - blitzar 3y ago
    Or one side could attempt to banish people from the other side and instead hand power to the other side ...
  - JumpCrisscross 3y ago
    > With the US split as it is (40+/40+) The point is to expel demagogues, thereby incentivising compromise and not demonising a series of minorities. Athenians just banished the least popular person, assuming a quorum was met [1]. (I made up the one third threshold with limited thought.) [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostracism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostracism
re-thc 3y ago
It would make things worse. Being unpleasant doesn't mean it's not right. The ugly UI might have lots of needed functionality. The undesirables might be the 1s doing all the work. A popularity contest is the worst thing to happen.
maximus-decimus 3y ago
Your last example is basically the Meow Meow Beans episode of Community.

by ftxbro 3y ago

This could be used for all kinds of unpleasant corporate decisions. Swipe to agree that someone's UI that they made is ugly. Swipe to vote undesirables out of the company.

bigmattystyles 3y ago

I think that would be counterproductive in the long term. Rather, I think, you have to have unpleasant conversations and force people to account for their decisions. I would just stress intellectual honesty, don't make things personal, just extreme objectivity and transparency where appropriate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_honesty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_honesty

paxys 3y ago

Better idea would be for the company to get its act together and set the right culture and expectations for giving/receiving feedback. Shortcuts like these all cause more harm than they help.

JumpCrisscross 3y ago

> Swipe to vote undesirables out of the company Reminds me of Athenian ostracism. I always thought we should have a write-in line on ballots where if more than a third of voters write one name, they’re banned from public office for ten years.

knallfrosch 3y ago
With the US split as it is (40+/40+), both sides could banish people from the other side.
- blitzar 3y ago
  Or one side could attempt to banish people from the other side and instead hand power to the other side ...
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago
  > With the US split as it is (40+/40+) The point is to expel demagogues, thereby incentivising compromise and not demonising a series of minorities. Athenians just banished the least popular person, assuming a quorum was met [1]. (I made up the one third threshold with limited thought.) [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostracism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostracism

re-thc 3y ago

It would make things worse. Being unpleasant doesn't mean it's not right. The ugly UI might have lots of needed functionality. The undesirables might be the 1s doing all the work. A popularity contest is the worst thing to happen.

maximus-decimus 3y ago

Your last example is basically the Meow Meow Beans episode of Community.