twitter, and any centrally controlled corporate social media system, is an engagement farm.
these systems farm engagement because engagement drives profits and control.
the most effective way to farm engagement and control is through fear and outrage.
be careful where you engage.
ben
ben@northwest.io
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outdoorsman, creative generalist, computer programmer.
ill rake the leaves when im dead

yesterday we had some friends over and it really hit me hanging out with their 1 year old; im gonna be a dad in a matter of weeks.
in case you were wondering or confused: “aws” did not go down today.
the us-east-1 region of aws went down today. aws has dozens of regions (geographic zones), each with handfuls of availability zones (data centers).
one time i applied for a job by packaging my resume into a deb file and served the repo on my domain.
confirmed these pancakes are legit. subbed veg oil for avocado oil.