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  • Håller med om dina poäng, jag undrar också om uttrycket ‘expats’ här syftar på utländska arbetare utan avsikt att invandra eller alla höginkomsttagare i Sverige med utländsk bakgrund. Det är ganska uppenbart att ‘expats’ i första avseendet som jobbar i en engelskspråkig miljö, talar inte svenska och är i stort sett skyddade från svensk kultur har det svårare att passa in.

    Jag och antagligen expatsen i undersökningen betraktar inte förhållanden mellan kollegor som vänskap och inte heller gemensamma aktiviteter på arbetsplatsen. Som du säger skaffar man väldigt sällan vänner av en slumpmässig händelse, det måste finnas återkommande kontakt och modet att ta första steget och bryta in på ett befintligt gäng.

    För mig känns det naturligt att de aktiviteter du nämner - alltså spontana meetups - är mindre inbjudande för svenskar, eftersom målgruppen är folk som vill prova något nytt och svenskar som känner till aktiviteten och är seriös om den väljer regelbundna meetups. Det är också viktigt att veta vilka kretsar som meetupen annonseras i, det kan vara att handbollsmeetupen gjorde reklam på engelska och fick mest uppmärksamhet av utlänningar.






  • AndreasOPtoAllmän diskussion[2023-07-14] Frittsnack fredag
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    Söker jobb eftersom jag är student och har inte råd med semester. Varje dag ska man jobba på sin open source programmeringsprojekt så man har något att visa på sitt CV. Annars ger man upp och tar en tupplur för att få bort stressen. stirrar ut genom fönstret




  • Använder den här som Reddit-megatråd så gemenskapen inte blir spammad av Reddit.

    2023-07-13: Reddit meddelar nedläggningen av utmärkelser och Reddit Coins. Från och med idag är köp av Reddit Coins otillgängligt, men befintliga utmärkelser och Reddit Coins kan användas fram tills den 12:e september.

    Någon i en av Reddit-trådarna la märke till ett utbetalningsprogram som under 2021 testats på ett fåtal kryptosubreddits och /r/Fortnite, innan Reddit tyst övergav det. De utvalda subredditerna fick varsin Ethereum-blockkedja och finansierades med medlemmarnas köp och sälj av tokens. En moderator hävdats att ha tjänat US$10,000 på programmet.

    Reddits officiella meddelande

    Hi all,

    I’m u/venkman01 from the Reddit product team, and I’m here to give everyone an early look at the future of how redditors award (and reward) each other.

    TL;DR: We are reworking how great content and contributions are rewarded on Reddit. As part of this, we made a decision to sunset coins (including Community coins for moderators) and awards (including Medals, Premium Awards, and Community Awards), which also impacts some existing Reddit Premium perks. Starting today, you will no longer be able to purchase new coins, but all awards and existing coins will continue to be available until September 12, 2023.

    Many eons ago, Reddit introduced something called Reddit Gold. Gold then evolved, and we introduced new awards including Reddit Silver, Platinum, Ternium, and Argentium. And the evolution continued from there. While we saw many of the awards used as a fun way to recognize contributions from your fellow redditors, looking back at those eons, we also saw consistent feedback on awards as a whole. First, many don’t appreciate the clutter from awards (50+ awards right now, but who’s counting?) and all the steps that go into actually awarding content. Second, redditors want awarded content to be more valuable to the recipient.

    It’s become clear that awards and coins as they exist today need to be re-thought, and the existing system sunsetted. Rewarding content and contribution (as well as something golden) will still be a core part of Reddit. We’ll share more in the coming months as to what this new future looks like.

    On a personal note: in my several years at Reddit, I’ve been focused on how to help redditors be able to express themselves in fun ways and feel joy when their content is celebrated. I led the product launch on awards – if you happen to recognize the username – so this is a particularly tough moment for me as we wind these products down. At the same time, I’m excited for us to evolve our thinking on rewarding contributions to make it more valuable to the community.

    Why are we making these changes?

    We mentioned early this year that we want to both make Reddit simpler and a place where the community empowers the community more directly.

    With simplification in mind, we’re moving away from the 50+ awards available today. Though the breadth of awards have had mixed reception, we’ve also seen them - be it a local subreddit meme or the “Press F” award - be embraced. And we know that many redditors want to be able to recognize high quality content.

    Which is why rewarding good content will still be part of Reddit. Though we’d love to reveal more to you all now, we’re in the process of early testing and feedback, so aren’t ready to share official details just yet. Stay tuned for future posts on this!

    What’s changing exactly?

    Awards - Awards (including Medals, Premium Awards, and Community Awards) will no longer be available after September 12.

    Reddit Coins - Coins will be deprecated, since Awards will be going away. Starting today, you’ll no longer be able to purchase coins, but you can use your remaining coins to gift awards by September 12.

    Reddit Premium - Reddit Premium is not going away. However, after September 12, we will discontinue the monthly coin drip and Premium Awards. Other current Premium perks will still exist, including the ad-free experience.

    Note: As indicated in our User Agreement past purchases are non-refundable. If you’re a Premium user and would like to cancel your subscription before these changes go into effect, you can find instructions here.

    What comes next?

    In the coming months, we’ll be sharing more about a new direction for awarding that allows redditors to empower one another and create more meaningful ways to reward high-quality contributions on Reddit.

    I’ll be around for a while to answer any questions you may have and hear any feedback!


  • I think that if a platform wants to support long-form content, it needs to make design choices around long-form. It can’t be a short-form content UX with an arbitrary limit removed so that long posts can be created, if they’re going to be displayed and interacted with in the same way as 280 character tweets.

    Some design choices that made Tumblr better for long-form posts and discussion: Being able to tag a post without writing the tag inside the main post body, so posts can be categorized without messing up the content. Text formatting support. Media can be inserted into any part of the text instead of forcing them to appear at the bottom of the post. Q&A. Post archives. Custom blog theming. One account can have multiple blogs to organize content. Replies show the context of what they’re replying to when shared. Support for commenting on posts. They combined these effectively with short-form design like the centralized feed of posts and interaction buttons.

    Another reason I prefer Tumblr over Twitter is because Tumblr’s format makes discussion most visible, while Twitter makes soapboxing most visible. Tumblr’s design has flaws, but it’s the best example of platform design that balances long-form, short-form and discussion in my opinion.





  • I don’t blame the community for wanting to avoid enshittification. In an ideal world, everyone should.

    But that’s not what they’re doing. They’re not making any concrete protests to Tumblr’s anti-privacy and anti-user changes. They refuse to search for and create Tumblr alternatives. They only cry (on Tumblr) about how Tumblr is the only site left for them, please don’t add this feature my autism and depression can’t handle it blah blah blah. They’re actively sabotaging monetization strategies that are user-friendly. They are - as a low-tech demographic that would rather have a “free” service than a paid user-friendly one - the reason why Tumblr has to enshittify.

    Used Tumblr for 11 years because Tumblr has my favorite microblogging format. No longer frequently. The user quality dropped massively after December 2018.


  • AndreastoTechnology@lemmy.worldTumblr is losing $30M each year, CEO says
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    The term “enabling PVP” was suggested by Tumblr users because of the aggressive attitude the community would have towards sponsored posts. As you can expect, nobody wants to spend money to be harassed, and terms like this turn people off spending money on the site.

    I don’t understand why Tumblr admins embrace the factors that make spending money on Tumblr bad, instead of culling the free users who attack paying users. It’s not even like the remaining Tumblr users can revolt. They’re hated by the rest of the internet, they don’t have anywhere else to go and they don’t have the tech know-how to set up their own site. Tumblr can’t expect to maintain their “unique website culture” and make money at the same time.


  • I used to be interested in Tumblr joining the Fediverse, as someone who strongly prefers Tumblr’s long-form microblogging to Twitter’s format. Unfortunately, Tumblr has shown itself to be just like any money-hungry corporation at a smaller scale.

    Tumblr is trying to push Tiktok-style short video Tumblr Live, which is filled with trackers, and they have plans to change their UX to be more like Twitter because Twitter is more profitable. Tumblr has the advantage of having a very low percentage of technical users, who accept these changes and don’t find workarounds because they don’t know what’s going on.

    With the direction Tumblr is going in, I’d defederate it if it ever starts federating. I want a Fediverse software that mirrors Tumblr’s long-form microblogging, not Tumblr itself and definitely not its horrible community.


  • AndreastoTechnology@lemmy.worldTumblr is losing $30M each year, CEO says
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    They had a good idea for monetization which was allowing users to buy advertising space for their own posts. The more you paid, the more users would see your post. Tumblr’s own community ruined this by sending harassing comments and messages to the posts that were advertised with this feature.

    Tumblr’s biggest roadblock to monetization isn’t their site structure or ideas, it’s their community.