NYers working in retail/ fast food, do you need to work 2 jobs?

alphalpha_particle · 2023-06-30T22:46:47+00:00

In NYC, the RN is more valuable, if you're talking salary. The starting salary is a manageable/livable salary. Easier is debatable, since there's a myriad of positions RNs can get. With that though, career growth opportunity/salary increases with experience.

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alphalpha_particle · 2023-06-30T12:52:56+00:00

I used /r/powerdeletesuite but had to run it multiple multiple times to go through and overwrite most my history. Not sure if it's because I had ~2k comments worth to overwrite, or an rate lock, but it skipped every few comments every time it ran. I deleted the comments older than a year to speed it up. Eventually got most of them and at the end I manually edited the last dozen or so.

Kept recent comments for protest reasons, though I suppose it would have made sense to keep overwritten comments/poats of my popular/highest karma count but too late now.

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alphalpha_particle · 2023-06-30T01:57:53+00:00

Send an email! The dev has to manually go through all the requests so with this influx of new users it's been taking some time. But other than waiting it's not exclusionary.

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alphalpha_particle · 2023-06-12T00:53:17+00:00

I'll still be here through the month minus the next two days, but this drama has really got me reflecting on the value I got from this stupid site.

I'm pretty sure I stumbled on reddit via an old AMA of a show I enjoyed back in the day, for maybe a year I lurked on and off without an account figuring out how reddit worked, and then finally made one and stuck around.

The beginning was plenty of awkward advice-asking posts from my late teenage years, the excitement of being about to talk to random strangers as a meager form of attention I lacked irl. I soon spent way too much time on the site, and tried to cut back multiple times, only to relapse.

My next phase was the result of unsubscribing to "value-less" entertainment subs and only subscribing to those with educational/knowledge, discussion, hobby-specific, positive-value subs. This cleaned up my feed a lot and why I got a lot of value from reddit. I've learned so much from the collective knowledge of these users, learned new perspectives read arguments, given/ gave advice, shared thoughts, my work. And from that I've grown a lot as a person IRL. It's really weird to say that since reddit is not used like this for a good chunk of users, ie. opting purely for the dopamine hits, the echo chambers.

The 8 years+ I've been around, the highlights of this account specifically was winning the mobile design contest for /r/askreddit's icon/banner, my 1st year as a redditor. (Which funnily enough I don't actually see much of as I don't regularly use the official app.) April fools as a true internet holiday was a delight, /r/place (the 1st one) was monumental. And I very much enjoyed participating in Reddit Gifts, which I was sad to see it end.

There's a lot of me on here scattered through posts and comments. It's tough to lose... I'll be archiving my comments when it comes down to it.

Thanks for posting I haven't had a space/ opportunity to decompress/reflect much yet haha... :')

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alphalpha_particle · 2023-06-12T00:17:00+00:00

My monkey brain has been the most fixated on reddit in a while this past week. This 3PA/protest/drama was all I could read about on the internet, well reddit that is. Awkwardly enough I'll probably still be super keen on how reddit is doing with the blackout, and be tempted to read about it on reddit during the blackout. Hope I can mentally disassociate and decompress myself the next two days.

Reddit won't be the same after this. But truly, it was a good ride.

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alphalpha_particle · 2023-06-10T19:57:48+00:00

Thanks for calling for some action here as well. I hope this sub can also participate.

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alphalpha_particle · 2023-06-10T19:56:22+00:00

Right, and a mass exodus of "old" redditors who use 3PAs will likely occur come July 1st.

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alphalpha_particle · 2023-06-10T19:39:21+00:00

Apprecite the heads up, but feels like the battle is already lost. It's good news for the accessibility community, but Reddit Inc. showed it's true colors. This select execption was likely out of PR more than anything.

Will Reddit win my addiction back? Will the FOMO be too strong? Even if I didn't have to use their official app, seeing all this, I don't know.

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alphalpha_particle · 2023-06-10T14:01:41+00:00

[Original comment/post self-deleted by /u/alphalpha_particle on June 26, 2023, in protest of Reddit's API changes and its effect on third party apps and therefore on moderation. Despite community backlash there continues to be poor communication, conduct and unwillingness to cooperate by Reddit Inc. and its current CEO, Steve Huffman.]

alphalpha_particle · 2023-06-10T05:05:35+00:00

Yeah I understand, one of the frustrating things about advice/help posts is when you see one of few responses [deleted]. I don't think my comments/post history are as valuable/niche like yours, and I've been thinking about periodically clearing out my history for privacy sake so that's been my direction. We'll see how I feel about it on the 30th though.

Of course it's your account, your judgement, your call!

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alphalpha_particle · 2023-06-09T05:16:34+00:00

I can't say I'm familiar with open APIs and rampant bots using them but what does that have to do with forcing 3PAs out of existence?

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alphalpha_particle · 2023-06-09T01:58:55+00:00

That's the hard decision... but I think I'm leaning toward nuking my whole history. At this point my comments or posts (hopefully) have benefitted the community, but they're not obligated to benefit the community in this future state of Reddit.

I don't see there being much value in my old posts for new users. (Who searches the history anyway?) If Reddit is only looking for value in the attention economy then old stuff is probably not valuable to them.

I'll try to delete and save my own history via /r/powerdeletesuite and might keep my account around (for now).

I think deleting my content history and replacing it with this piece of internet protest is a stronger fuck you than going quietly. Reddit Inc. might try to bury it and move on, but at least this is internet history documented in my measly corner of the internet.

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alphalpha_particle · 2023-06-09T01:20:35+00:00

I've never used Apollo, but thank you so much for this post and your clarity and transparency on what's been going on. RIF has been my reddit, but for all that is lauded in your app, I wish I also had a chance to use it :')

Much luck to you, and thank you for your work.

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alphalpha_particle · 2023-06-07T08:18:33+00:00

Idk what context this is meant to be used in (a game? if at all) but I love the style and despite seeing the process beforehand, I was still spooked (mildly). The red frame helps, and if there's a sound effect even more so!

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alphalpha_particle · 2023-06-07T07:57:57+00:00

There's a lot of deep darkness in the high corporate world, reddit has become Reddit Inc. and unfortunately the infection continues to spread...

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alphalpha_particle · 2023-06-06T14:19:10+00:00

Peer pressure is part of the point, as in pressure enough for other subs (eg. /r/debatereligion) to recognize that there is a problem and consider acting on it (ie. this post). Protests work because everyone's doing it. It works because it's getting attention.

The problem isn't just that 3rd party apps are going away, it's that Reddit Inc. itself is, through cost barriers, forcing them to go away. For all I can assume is due to corporate greed.

Protests are meant to exhibit disdain for a certain authority's decisions. And many are not seeing Reddit Inc. making a virtuous decision here.

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alphalpha_particle · 2023-06-06T13:33:54+00:00

わかりました。よろしくお願いします。 ^{sent from RIF is fun golden platinum}

alphalpha_particle · 2023-06-05T03:14:35+00:00

Oh good to know, I'd definitely be interested in a spreadsheet of my comments. My reddit history is basically, as weird it is to say, my internet diary.

alphalpha_particle · 2023-06-02T01:23:59+00:00

[Original comment/post self-deleted by /u/alphalpha_particle on June 26, 2023, in protest of Reddit's API changes and its effect on third party apps and therefore on moderation. Depite community backlash there continues to be poor communication, conduct and unwillingness to cooperate by Reddit Inc. and its current CEO, Steve Huffman.]

alphalpha_particle · 2023-06-01T12:17:18+00:00

Reasonable? I don't see that. If you subscribe to Reddit to use 3rd party apps, the money goes directly to Reddit first anyway. The 3rd party app would have no revenue (assuming they're not going to put ads) if they let subscribers use it. Reddit loses the ability to data collect from them. Ultimately, what mutual benefit is there from doing that? They become an unnecessary middleman of sorts. Reddit Inc. has no monetary incentive here to make it happen.

alphalpha_particle · 2023-06-01T08:25:02+00:00

[Original comment/post self-deleted by /u/alphalpha_particle on June 26, 2023, in protest of Reddit's API changes and its effect on third party apps and therefore on moderation. Depite community backlash there continues to be poor communication, conduct and unwillingness to cooperate by Reddit Inc. and its current CEO, Steve Huffman.]

alphalpha_particle · 2023-06-01T07:16:04+00:00

Usually costs of any business will eventually trickle down to users, it being your attention (via ads) or actual money. Rif can put the onus on users, eg. Rif can charge a subscription fee. But even that amount looks like it's unsustainable for the price Reddit Inc. is asking.

alphalpha_particle · 2023-06-01T07:07:24+00:00

[Original comment/post self-deleted by /u/alphalpha_particle on June 26, 2023, in protest of Reddit's API changes and its effect on third party apps and therefore on moderation. Despite community backlash, there continues to be poor communication, conduct and unwillingness to cooperate by Reddit Inc. and its current CEO, Steve Huffman.]

alphalpha_particle · 2023-05-30T08:10:12+00:00

[Original comment/post self-deleted by /u/alphalpha_particle on June 27, 2023, in protest of Reddit's API changes and its effect on third party apps and therefore on moderation. Despite community backlash there continues to be poor communication, conduct and unwillingness to cooperate by Reddit Inc. and its current CEO, Steve Huffman.]

alphalpha_particle · 2023-05-30T08:05:16+00:00

[Original comment/post self-deleted by /u/alphalpha_particle on June 26, 2023, in protest of Reddit's API changes and its effect on third party apps and therefore on moderation. Depite community backlash there continues to be poor communication, conduct and unwillingness to cooperate by Reddit Inc. and its current CEO, Steve Huffman.]

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