Algospeak refers to code words or turns of phrase users have adopted in an effort to create a brand-safe lexicon that will avoid getting their posts removed or down-ranked by content moderation systems.
More firms are incubating companies as early-stage valuations rise.
A few successes:
⢠Snowflake ($49B mrkt cap) by Sutter Hill Ventures
⢠Affirm ($6B mrkt cap) by HVF Labs
⢠Hims & Hers ($1.3B mrkt cap) by... See more
Raising awareness and pushing back or calling others out might be righteous at times, but it also means generating engagement for yourself or your cause and the thing you dislike. Thereâs a constant risk/reward calculus weâre asked to make before posting, and the problem is that the deck is stacked against us. We take the prompt, we play the role,... See more
Thinking of social media as attention alcohol can guide reform efforts. We have a kind of social infrastructure around alcohol, which we donât have yet for social media ... Perhaps most important, people have developed a common vocabulary around alcohol use: âWhoâs driving tonight?â; âHe needs to be cut offâ; âShe needs some waterâ; âI went too... See more
When the office is a place, there is a physical connection to colleagues. When the office becomes a group chat punctuated by Zoom all-hands meetings, switching jobs is practically as easy as logging out of one Slack account and logging into another.
Donât switch fields, donât look for a new job, donât move on. Even when itâs tempting. Especially when itâs tempting. Thereâs a decent chance your motivations are driven by two things: The grass-is-greener fallacy of wrongly assuming the alternative is better, or denying the fact that great opportunities occasionally require annoyance and... See more