jwald33

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by jwald33 11mo ago
Unfortunately it is an "Eff you, I got mine" thing. If someone's already resigned to sticking with things 20+ years old, they're not affected by media being bad. It's on culture to get people to buy in, not on indiv
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by jwald33 11mo ago
In all reality, I've eaten larger purchases as losses than some dumb $20 steam game or ebook or whatever. I just don't think that people are terribly unreasonable if they feel burnt badly enough to press for a refund. It's ne
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by jwald33 11mo ago
The more that media becomes a product, the harder it is to feel like you're conning an artist by getting a refund on a purchase. It's gotten incredibly easy to put media out there, and it's great that people are able to tell
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by jwald33 11mo ago
It's entertainment; what's lost if someone decides to only consume stuff from before a cutoff point? As long as they're finding stuff they enjoy, they've already "won." There's a level of involvement that
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by jwald33 11mo ago
Rossmann is the first to admit that Clippy pfps do nothing if the person stops their activism after that one gesture. A 5 second pfp change to spark a conversation (the one we're having, for example) is pretty decent ROI.
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by jwald33 1y ago
Guys, this isn't Twitter, we don't have to be obtuse just to ramp up engagement. Right or wrong (evidently wrong), the common assumption has historically been that the Internet giants like Google assumed the mantle of facilitating
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by jwald33 1y ago
2br 1bath is a fine entry point up until you're looking at a family of 4+ or when you're talking about teenage kids who would want their own rooms. Or retirees who want to downsize, no difference
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by jwald33 1y ago
40% to Striking Vipers is the most depressing aspect of this site