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Edit: Here's the full post: https://www.teamblind.com/post/How-we-got-here-Some-inside-scoops-from-Microsoft-on-handling-early-days-of-pandemic-to-cutting-over-

by tivert 3y ago

Edit: Here's the full post: https://www.teamblind.com/post/How-we-got-here-Some-inside-scoops-from-Microsoft-on-handling-early-days-of-pandemic-to-cutting-over-20K-folks-in-2023-7ndQwLAU https://www.teamblind.com/post/How-we-got-here-Some-inside-s.... Their website kind of sucks: when you click to see "all posts" about Microsoft, it actually just shows you "trending" posts (that are all a bunch of junk about interviews and offers). Edit 2: It looks like it's Twitter's fault I can't see the content there, so it wasn't a tease on Blind's part. Original comment: So is this a tease just to install their app? The tweet only seems to be a screenshot of the intro to the post, no link or anything. Can anyone post a link to or the content of this "long post"?

avg_dev 3y ago
I don't know, for me, the link posted here seems to be a tweet thread, and each post in the thread shows a screenshot of some of the post.
- tivert 3y ago
  > I don't know, for me, the link posted here seems to be a tweet thread, and each post in the thread shows a screenshot of some of the post. I'm not seeing a thread, just the single tweet with a single screenshot.
  - wombat-man 3y ago
    same, maybe because I'm logged out of X.
  - delecti 3y ago
    You can no longer see full threads without being logged in. The linked tweet is the first in a thread of 16.
    - Tempest1981 3y ago
      Their UI really needs some indication of that... "Replies: 16 (log in to view)" Maybe it's obvious when it looks too quiet?
      - delecti 3y ago
        Originally, you couldn't see the reply count while looking at a tweet because the replies were just visible below the tweet itself. Then Musk pushed a ton of changes, and now there's still no reply count, but now you can't see those replies if you're not logged in. Really it's just that the sensible evolutionary changes haven't had a chance to catch up with the breakneck changes. > Maybe it's obvious when it looks too quiet? This is probably your best signal. The linked tweet currently has 37 retweets, 10 quote-tweets, and 240 likes, so it would be incredibly unusual if there were actually zero replies (barring tweets which have had their replies limited). But to know that, you'd have to know a bit about Twitter norms, and if you know that then you probably know that you can't see replies without being logged in.
wombat-man 3y ago
Blind is a good idea for a site but it is just so much worse than reddit for actually having discussions. Also pretty toxic community.
- nine_zeros 3y ago
  It's not a good community for discussions. It is a great community to find inside scoop on companies - which unfortunately leans towards toxicity because companies often secretly have toxic policies.
  - jkubicek 3y ago
    Blind is all toxic. My former company had some good parts and bad parts, but the conversation on Blind was 100% negative. If I were trying to get a sense of what working at a company was really like, Blind would not be a great place to go. It was a great place to vent, though.
    - gascoigne 3y ago
      It often feels like product ratings. Only the people who didn't like it bother to write a review. The silent majority that's there for the subconsciously gets affected by the toxicity though.
      - tivert 3y ago
        > It often feels like product ratings. Only the people who didn't like it bother to write a review. In my experience, product ratings are not at all like that. Tons of people who like stuff leave positive reviews, and frequently leave evidence they have low standards or are not good at evaluating quality.
    - nine_zeros 3y ago
      It's not a fair review place. But it is an honest review place wherein no one tries to paper over reality. Turns out, reality is toxic.
    - 3y ago

by tivert 3y ago

avg_dev 3y ago

I don't know, for me, the link posted here seems to be a tweet thread, and each post in the thread shows a screenshot of some of the post.

tivert 3y ago
> I don't know, for me, the link posted here seems to be a tweet thread, and each post in the thread shows a screenshot of some of the post. I'm not seeing a thread, just the single tweet with a single screenshot.
- wombat-man 3y ago
  same, maybe because I'm logged out of X.
- delecti 3y ago
  You can no longer see full threads without being logged in. The linked tweet is the first in a thread of 16.
  - Tempest1981 3y ago
    Their UI really needs some indication of that... "Replies: 16 (log in to view)" Maybe it's obvious when it looks too quiet?
    - delecti 3y ago
      Originally, you couldn't see the reply count while looking at a tweet because the replies were just visible below the tweet itself. Then Musk pushed a ton of changes, and now there's still no reply count, but now you can't see those replies if you're not logged in. Really it's just that the sensible evolutionary changes haven't had a chance to catch up with the breakneck changes. > Maybe it's obvious when it looks too quiet? This is probably your best signal. The linked tweet currently has 37 retweets, 10 quote-tweets, and 240 likes, so it would be incredibly unusual if there were actually zero replies (barring tweets which have had their replies limited). But to know that, you'd have to know a bit about Twitter norms, and if you know that then you probably know that you can't see replies without being logged in.

wombat-man 3y ago

Blind is a good idea for a site but it is just so much worse than reddit for actually having discussions. Also pretty toxic community.

nine_zeros 3y ago
It's not a good community for discussions. It is a great community to find inside scoop on companies - which unfortunately leans towards toxicity because companies often secretly have toxic policies.
- jkubicek 3y ago
  Blind is all toxic. My former company had some good parts and bad parts, but the conversation on Blind was 100% negative. If I were trying to get a sense of what working at a company was really like, Blind would not be a great place to go. It was a great place to vent, though.
  - gascoigne 3y ago
    It often feels like product ratings. Only the people who didn't like it bother to write a review. The silent majority that's there for the subconsciously gets affected by the toxicity though.
    - tivert 3y ago
      > It often feels like product ratings. Only the people who didn't like it bother to write a review. In my experience, product ratings are not at all like that. Tons of people who like stuff leave positive reviews, and frequently leave evidence they have low standards or are not good at evaluating quality.
  - nine_zeros 3y ago
    It's not a fair review place. But it is an honest review place wherein no one tries to paper over reality. Turns out, reality is toxic.
  - 3y ago