[-] Modva@lemmy.world 17 points 22 hours ago

I'm really enjoying Bluesky strangely enough, not normally my thing.

[-] Modva@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

Get offline, and simplify. Start doing things that are good for you. There is yet joy to come.

[-] Modva@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

It's the investors and shareholders who want their money multiplied, they are to blame. When it comes time to take heads, remember the shareholders and (their hatchet man) the CEO.

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People keep telling me that dating today is a war zone, facing all kinds of challenges.

Dating apps don't seem to be directly trying to help solve the problem as much as generate revenue. In fact, they are very directly motivated to not make great long term matches.

Some people seem think that just getting out there and hoping for the best is the answer. Maybe that's true, but it's still very random. I was wondering about a hypothetical alternative:

What if you could go to an agency of some kind get rated through a thorough evaluation process? Would that be helpful ? It's not perfect, and many things are hard to measure. But maybe it's a less random starting point and can escape the exclusively money driven approach of dating apps.

[-] Modva@lemmy.world 84 points 3 months ago

We demand infinite growth. Why? Because shareholders want to buy shares and sell them later for more.

Do anything it takes to make that transaction happen, cut people's jobs en masse, whatever.

Forever.

[-] Modva@lemmy.world 121 points 3 months ago

This is the newest form of slavery. Subtle.

[-] Modva@lemmy.world 135 points 4 months ago

Can't remember the last time I was on Twitter. Turns out I don't need it. Turns out I'm just a little happier without it.

[-] Modva@lemmy.world 100 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I had the impression that people running for office in Mexico were being assassinated a lot, if she is real force for good then I hope she's safe

[-] Modva@lemmy.world 100 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Man, the internet archive is one of the good sites that's not a puke gobbling corporate, can we direct attacks to someone worthy of the heat instead?

[-] Modva@lemmy.world 134 points 9 months ago

Jesus Christ, can we leave things alone that aren't infinitely growing

[-] Modva@lemmy.world 94 points 10 months ago

The thing is that this guy is not the head of a public company where shareholders demand massive and continually growing profits. So he acts in the interests of the consumer, the customer, the gamer. But if this was a public company, shareholders would buy shares and then demand he do something to grow that share price, so they can sell the shares later for profit.

When that happens we see that CEOs do everything they can to maximize profits, like promising release dates in earnings calls.

The difference between private and public companies is the single biggest threat to us all because as soon as the company acts in the exclusive interest of profit, everything else gets fucked. And most do.

That means employees, customers, everyone. Only the 1% benefit from the gutting of everyone else.

[-] Modva@lemmy.world 93 points 11 months ago

Merry Christmas to all those families!

Yes, we had record profits but our CEO has the job of raising the share price so that investors can buy and sell higher, so we have to find more profits somewhere.

You understand.

[-] Modva@lemmy.world 192 points 11 months ago

Just as they announced their profitable quarter.

This isn't to "Save costs". It's to further boost profits at any measure, which is what publically traded companies want. Happy investors.

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