Thanks for sharing, I found it really cool and informative.

Also, just a great example of an innovative marketing strategy: provide legitimate value to people who are part of your target market.

I think the major hangup for this discussion is that each of us probably have a different definition of what counts as a friend. I think there's certainly a gradient between "friendly" and "friend", but I honestly don't think the exact label matters much. For the sake of my discussion, I will consider a "friend" someone that I would want to hang out with 1-on-1.

But I think there are certain boundaries that both sides must be respectful of. For example, as a manager you need to make it clear to your employee/friend when you are communicating as a manager vs as a friend. That distinction should not be left ambiguous as that will make things potentially awkward if there is a disconnect.

As an employee, you need to respect that fact that your manager cannot tell you everything, and understanding that being their friend doesn't mean they will give you any special treatment. You should be extra careful to avoid this, as your manager will be sensitive if they notice you are trying to take advantage of the friendship in any way.

In the end, I think these boundaries can cause the friendship to not progress past a certain point if you are actively working together, mainly because it is just extra work to move past a certain level of friendship if so.

I think you’ve nailed it.

It’s something that’s possible, but very difficult and it requires a lot of additional work to keep it going and progress the friendship.

Really cool idea, although it does seem to label most of what I draw as "line", "stitches", or "rain".

What are you drawing?

It may be out of the distribution. I should post the list of classes somewhere

Pretty simple stuff, like a hat or a triangle.

Your assumption requires that no one actually wants or will buy the 256gb option. I for one definitely would consider it, all my current computers have only 256gb and I haven't had issues (external hard drives are cheap).

gmail.com (which redirects to https://mail.google.com)

> I'm fairly certain

Honestly, if the relevant content they showed be was actually relevant and interesting, I wouldn't mind at all. That is a big "if" though.

Even IF it was relevant sometimes/mosttimes/alltimes... Why would you ever allow someone else to choose what you see?

Do you not realize the massive avenue for abuse? How about come election time and the impossible scenario where your "curators" don't agree with your opinions?

Google, Twitter, YouTube and Reddit are already creating/supporting bubbles. How would you know if you are in one?

I think a point of confusion is that "startup" means different things to different people. I believe the parent comment here really means "average, early-stage SF startup" in place of "startup".

But them making a decision to benefit themselves is not necessarily mutually exclusive to a decision that benefits other developers and the OSS community. Your point is valid, but just want to clarify that it isn't necessarily all negative.

I agree that it is pretty obnoxious when logged out, but I find it to be fine when I am logged in. What parts bother you?

For me it seems 90% of recommended articles are premium now, when it was <10% 3 months ago

When I last posted I had a thing telling me that I could either make it premium-eligible or have only my followers see the article. I imagine that's what pushed the change you've seen

I only crosspost to medium for the reach personally. I imagine others with few direct followers do the same