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  • To deal with moderation conflicts you could basically just unlink the thread.

    Also we could also just add flags to activitypub messages on creating posts to tell the boosting server whether or not merging is permitted.

    If you’ve worked hard on something and want everyone to see it, set it to True and people can boost it to different communities.

    If it’s something personal or an in-joke that you only want to be advertised to the community it’s posted in set it to False and the option won’t be available when cross posting in the UI.





  • The fundamental problem with cryptocurrencies is that the people with the enthusiasm to make them (libertarians), are too stupid (libertarian) to understand why a deflationary asset cannot work as a currency.

    It’s inherently a speculative investment. Nobody is going to spend something that might be worth dramatically more tomorrow and nobody is going work for something that might be worth dramatically less tomorrow.



  • My point isn’t actually about the software.

    Agile is a limited form of workplace democracy that succeeded because the usual forms of disciplining workers couldn’t be enforced to stop it. It’s taken off in software because the outlay for software is so low that people can just quit their jobs and start a rival project with preferable working conditions. It’s stuck around because it’s significantly more effective than dictat.

    I have problems with agile too. A lot of the “ceremonies” seem more like cult rituals and bad practices are often assumed to be self justifying when they should be interrogated. (I once had a bust up in the office because I insisted in creating a future proof test framework instead of writing just what’s needed at the time. I was overruled and I’m still mad about it).

    So I guess my point isn’t even about the specific agile practices either.

    The point is that workers are able to self manage when they’re allowed to, and agile has accidentally proven this to be the case. Other work places should adopt some of these ideas. And these ideas should be pushed further, into business decisions and HR and management. And physical communities etc. all the way up to actual government.