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m10y | 4 years ago | on: Facebook is bad at moderating in English. In Arabic, it’s a disaster

The Momo thing was a pretty big deal -- Just calling it a random Japanese sculpture is ignoring everything that happened around it on various social media outlets. I can understand why Facebook would remove references to it pretty much forever. Its fame was never tied to anything but the controversy.

Are there other examples of autobans that are more egregious? Just curious.

m10y | 4 years ago | on: Is going to the office a broken way of working?

My theory is that office design and expectations are just broken for tech workers. There's no reason (besides profits) that my office can't be just as comfortable as the spare bedroom I do my work in. There is the broader issue of a commute, but divorcing companies from the worst real-estate markets on the planet would help a lot with that.

There are three real game changers:

- I get to wear more comfortable clothes, and be more comfortable in them. This is a culture problem.

- I have a big, private office (bedroom-sized) with windows and comfortable furniture that I can potentially nap on when I need to.

- I have a private half-bath that I don't have to transit the whole darn building to visit. Public bathrooms are terribly unpleasant, but I also don't want to have to break my flow by getting caught by a coworker who wants to chat about whatever.

If my work office could solve these aspects, I would prefer it over my home office every day.