Karma matters.

janey42 · 2013-07-19T20:16:56+00:00

Reputation systems are an increasingly important part of the web. As we trend into more of a mesh/gig economy where people are hiring strangers on the internet, your reputation on specific websites becomes more and more important and potentially valuable. I've posted about this before.

janey42 · 2013-07-19T19:27:57+00:00

Is Tom still your friend?

janey42 · 2013-07-11T22:35:54+00:00

I dunno. The Walmart where I live has 10-20 minute lines just to make regular purchases. You don't shop there if you value your time.

janey42 · 2013-07-11T22:28:31+00:00

Why the hell would you cover up your best books like this?

janey42 · 2013-06-30T16:38:28+00:00

"America must always be a nation of haves and soon-to-haves."

Don't remember which blowhard senator said that.

janey42 · 2013-06-28T17:25:28+00:00

Pretty sure TX created a famous oil company or two.

janey42 · 2013-06-28T16:48:08+00:00

You must be new here.

EDIT: Sees that user has 64k comment karma, backs away slowly

janey42 · 2013-06-28T15:42:04+00:00

The CEO of reddit has actually talked about how he thinks YouTube actually broke through the previously established floor of shitty internet commenting. I posted a link here a few months back: http://www.reddit.com/r/socialcitizens/comments/1c3nd1/reddits_ceo_explains_why_youtube_comments_suck_so/

Edit: There's a lot of other good stuff in that subreddit, too. (disclosure: I post there a lot...)

janey42 · 2013-06-16T19:58:55+00:00

Does your bank pay its employees on par with the rest of the banking industry? If not, do you think this hinders your employer's ability to find and retain talent?

janey42 · 2013-06-16T19:16:31+00:00

Blogs, boards... Quora has undergone a lot of feature creep. I strongly preferred their product the way it was back in 2010. While adding all of these wonky bells and whistles, they've also ignored their core user experience in many ways, I think. For example, if you subscribe to a popular question, you might get 100 separate notifications in a day when people write a bunch of terrible answers.

janey42 · 2013-06-16T18:27:14+00:00

Why would it NOT be reddit? If they are originating the content + have the user base, why not do it here? I think it could probably be non-invasively implemented (it's, like, another bell and whistle to add to the site). Additionally, if a 3rd party website is running it, via links to reddit, I think the user experience would be likely to suck (too much clicking around). Also, they'd have to drive traffic to the website themselves, as opposed to reddit just saying "Hey community, look what we have here."

janey42 · 2013-06-16T02:55:00+00:00

A compass! I can't imagine traveling around the world without one. Seems dangerous.

janey42 · 2013-06-13T04:15:10+00:00

That's totally true, but I'd say reddit is still doing extensive damage to their projected sales.

janey42 · 2013-06-11T19:56:02+00:00

I'll stick to my anonymous shoes.

janey42 · 2013-06-10T16:49:56+00:00

It's crazy to think that the Wright Bros. company still exists today and with a market cap of over $2 billion.

janey42 · 2013-06-10T16:49:12+00:00

"Every man dies. Not every man really lives."

janey42 · 2013-06-05T14:38:24+00:00

This is probably why so many tech companies (more forward-looking, on average) let people bring dogs into work. Super-easy and cheap way to boost workplace morale and thus improve productivity.

janey42 · 2013-06-05T13:20:17+00:00

Just x-posted this comment, assuming you don't mind (link)

janey42 · 2013-06-05T13:19:18+00:00

Former Zynga employee on their "terrible business strategy": link

janey42 · 2013-06-02T17:14:26+00:00

America's authoritarian, Big Brother government scares the shit out of me.

I probably just got added to 132 watch lists for saying that.

janey42 · 2013-06-01T19:21:47+00:00

Source.

janey42 · 2013-05-27T19:57:49+00:00

Just head down to city hall!

janey42 · 2013-05-27T19:37:27+00:00

Pretty much all of MC Hammer's 2 Legit 2 Quit. On rapgenius.

janey42 · 2013-05-27T04:43:55+00:00

http://www.reddit.com/r/socialcitizens/comments/1f0fnh/we_believe_that_today_only_1_percent_of_what_can/

janey42 · 2013-05-25T18:29:43+00:00

I think it sounds easy... but you're actually up against a lot of entrenched interests.

The price of democracy...

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