#Work sucks

[ahnahhhhh]

Welp. Another day.

[cat-cosplay]

The struggle is real.

[thegoodmorningman]

Sunday scaries will drive you insane to death!!! Good Morning!!!

[excitementshewrote]

[cafecitoeddie]

edmundo es un malcriado - for @suavecitodiaz

[cljordan-imperium]

I have done the typey typey to write the wordseys

I have done the edit-edit to make the wordseys make sense and the grammars be grammarly

I am squooshing the picies to make the pretties

So, I'm almost ready to do the posty thing so you can all do the readey thing of the wordsies and look at the prettie picsies....

@saltysupercomputer @blind-the-winds @pheita @writingmaidenwarrior@dreaminggoblin @thebejeweledwatercat @toribookworm22 @aziz-reads @ceph-the-ghost-writer

[what-big-teeth]

I’m loving how new arrivals to the Trigun fandom are hopping aboard the “uncanny Vash” train. He’s a 150+ year old cryptid, he’s a weird lanky humanoid non-human, he’s just off. He always has been, but the ‘98 anime didn’t really lean into that fact a whole lot. Now? I’m just happy to drink up every interpretation because Vash the Stampede is peak Monster Boyfriend/Lover™ material. I’m happy just admiring the lanky blond from afar like the appreciative exophiliac that I am.

[howlingwolf23]

Was at a restaurant today and I am dying. Bless the waitress at the table behind us.

Lady ordering chicken enchiladas - "what is in this? Because I don't eat any meat or pork. Just chicken."

Me and @amloveabledeathmo exchanged looks to make sure we just heard what we thought we heard.

The waitress would then go through each item, spices and all, in each dish the lady would ask about.

She would also continuely repeat that "she doesn't eat any meat, just chicken."

I don't know if I could have handled that with a straight face.

[ahnahhhhh]

Today went to hell in a hand basket REAL QUICK. But I got a coffee so. I guess it's the price I pay.

[str8aura-no-not-that-one]

~300+ pages of Work Sucks ive reread religiously since back when i was normal and i still have no idea what gayle and terra do for a living

[thegoodmorningman]

Good Morning!!! Have a Happy Day!!! Don't think about what your time is really worth!!!

[touy-touy]

sketchbook

[superlemonsweet]

Legit opened the arcana app after like, years, and smiling all over again as to why I love it.

[stefandstuff]

crazy hair day but fuck it, we ball

[howlingwolf23]

Posting my outfit here because no one at my work appreciated it

[futurebird]

The people who do well on the test go to the best schools. That's why we let them in to the best schools.

This is the 3rd time I've seen someone who makes YouTube videos go mad trying to second guess "the algorithm."

YouTube provides creators with a firehose of data: How long people watch, when they stop watching, the distribution of views. YouTube also sometimes selects videos using a secret, unknowable algorithm to be "promoted." For small and medium creators this is a huge deal and the difference between 500 views and 500,000 views.

For self-critical analytical minds it's a toxic combination. Think of it this way: You have all this data to help you improve your videos, if the data meets certain criteria your video gets seen. Your video matters. For those who are trying to make a living making videos it's critical.

But, you don't know what those criteria are. Some of your videos get 100,000s of views some get only 100s. The Algorithm decides. The worst kind of boss or parent is the inconsistent, unpredictable boss who inflicts punishment or anger seemingly at random-- all making you think you ought to be able to figure out why it's happening. You keep struggling to please them, to meet their unspoken formless criteria for success. Improve your thumbnails! (by adding exaggerated faces to them) Avoid these colors. Don't forget to ask people to like and subscribe! (People really are more likely to like a video if you ask. So, you should ask because likes are a factor in the mysterious algorithm, right?)

It reminds me of standardized testing.

Why say "like and subscribe" ? Because the data from YouTube proves that when people ask they get more likes. Having a lots of likes means a video is going to be popular. If YouTube determines that a video "will" be popular then YouTube promotes the video *making* it popular. Ouroboros!

(The people who do well on this test go to the best schools. That's why we let them in to the best schools.)

It's enough to make a person crazy. Once again I'm seeing a creator I like as a person, someone who cares about science get obsessed and maybe a little delusional about little blips and kinks in the watch-time graphs for his videos.

You see suddenly "the algorithm" hasn't been boosting his videos like before. He didn't change anything the views just dropped off. And so he's looking for a reason. He is blaming himself. But... it might not be anything rational. They change the algorithm all the time. My advice is to avoid depending on YouTube (if you have the option.) It's not a good work environment.

I hope that this guy comes out of it. I'm not kidding when I've said it's driven other people mad. Like they had to get therapy because of it... which sounds funny ... until you think about what it would really be like.

Thanks for letting me share about this. It's weighing on me today--