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memorizingthedigitsofpi · 1 month ago

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I'm forever thinking about @toastyglow's incredibly concise flowchart demonstrating how it's not the emotion that's the problem but rather the maladaptive response to the emotion.

I saw a post that started off with "I know we're not supposed to care about comments, but-" and I immediately thought about that chart. Why? Because it's not the caring that's the problem.

I care about comments. I love to read them. I love to reply to them. I love the little boost they give me and how they make me feel like I'm part of a community. Even if I never speak to that person again, we shared a moment, an understanding, an in-joke perhaps. The world was a little smaller and a little less lonely in that moment.

Each comment was given to me by another human being as a little gift of their affection or appreciation, and each one gives me a little warm glow in my heart.

A maladaptive response to comments can happen in a few different ways:

assuming that a lack of comments means that your work is bad, worthless, being judged harshly by those who read it.

assuming that you received comments because you did (or didn't do) something and then trying to garner more comments in the future by doing that thing that you assumed garnered them the first time - and in so doing, putting in an effort to please an audience that might or might not exist.

assuming that taking a break when you need to means that the comments would stop and therefore pushing yourself into burnout in order not to "disappoint" people or not to "miss the moment"

Insecurity. People pleasing. FOMO. These are all very normal human issues. None of them are caused by people commenting or not commenting. None of them are signs that you're a terrible person.

But none of them are going to help you feel better in those moments when the comments don't come. Those times when you post a work that you're proud of or that's important to you and it feels like throwing it into the void and the void just staring uncaringly back.

Sometime, when the void isn't too deep and the loneliness or insecurity don't feel like drowning, do what you can to build yourself up and strengthen yourself against the temptation of pushing yourself in a direction you don't really want to go.

And when the void is endless and your cries feel like they're falling on deaf ears? Remember that I'm thinking about you and about how we're both humans on this planet at the same time, reaching out into that void and remember that you're not alone.

#thinky thoughts #this got more philosophical than I expected when I started typing #sometimes the empathy takes over and the post gets lost #but in the end #isn't that the whole point?

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bebepac · 4 years ago

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The Double Date Mistake?

I am participating in @wackydrabbles prompt # 92 “I don’t think that was meant to go there.” will appear in bold.

This is also chapter 2 of The Meet: To catch up on what you’ve been missing of the Meet so far Please click: The Meet Masterlist

Original Post Date: 05/01/2021 at 3:15PM

The Book: TRR

The Pairing: Liam x F!OC (Liam x Jilian)

Word Count: 1948

Summary: Jilian goes on a double date with Bebe and meets Leo for the very first time. Jilian and Bebe share how they first met each other to the guys.

Warnings: Sexual innuendos. Profanity.

Leo and Liam belong to pixelberry, Jilian belongs to @queenjilian borrowed for the duration of this series. All others are my own to help us tell the story.

“And done. He has your number now Jili. Now fly my little birdies fly.”

She thought he would text right away but he didn’t. The whole way to Bebe’s apartment the twenty minute drive Jili’s phone was silent.

Bebe looked at Jili as she glanced at her phone. What the actual hell?

She texted Jilian.

“Bebe why the hell are you texting me? I’m sitting right next to you?”

“I was just making sure your phone was on.”

“I mean he’s still working Bebe. He can’t just drop everything and just start texting away.”

“The hell he can’t. What in the actual fuck is wrong with you bruh?” Bebe grumbled as she angrily typed on her phone.

“Wing Woman are you trying to crash this plane?”

“The mother hasn’t even taken off yet with you two trying to pilot it. I’m gonna need you to get your life together Jili.”

The driver pulled to a stop. “Damn I really wanted to see how this turned out.”

Bebe got out of the car in a huff.

“I’ll let you know.” Jili called out the window to her.

Jilian wasn’t going to let it stress her out. He was still at work. She knew her job got busy at times, and she couldn’t just sit on her phone and do nothing. As she was walking up the stairs to scan her door key fob, the phone rang.

It was a local number she didn’t recognize.

“Hello?”

“Jilian. It’s Liam.”

“Hi Liam.”

“I apologize for not texting or calling sooner. Things got busy at work.”

“Oh I figured that was what happened.”

"Bebe is something else. I feel a little attacked. I can tell it's from a place of love though."

"She's my best friend Liam. My true sister from another mister."

"So it's safe to assume you are single?" Liam inquired.

"I am, and for you the same?"

"Yes Jilian I am. Is it forward of me to say maybe we can change that for each other. I would really like to see you again. I'm off next Friday would you be free then?"

Jilian sighed.

"Friday is my date night."

"Oh. I just assumed you being single you weren’t seeing anybody even casually."

"With Bebe. We restaurant hop. We're self proclaimed foodies.

Do you have any friends maybe we could double?”

“My brother, both him and Bebe have big personalities, I think they’d really get along. Think she would be okay with that?”

“Yeah I think I could convince her.”

They continued to talk, and about everything under the sun. Liam was funny and witty and kept her attention.

She began to realize how much she had in common with the charming Liam Rys.

She had cuddled into her bed under her covers laughing and chatting with him. She finally rolled over realizing it was almost dawn.

“Oh my God! Is that the sun?!?!?!” she shrieked, surprised into the phone.

“I’m so sorry Jilian I completely lost track of time.”

“I have to go, I have to be at work in forty five minutes!!!”

Jilian said her goodbyes to Liam and hurried to work.

Right when Jilian was sitting in her office reading over her chart for her first patient’s checkup, there was a delivery.

A large coffee drink had been delivered to her with a sweet gooey cinnamon bun.

“Gift for you Jilian Winchester.”

Liam was really sweet.

She texted him thank you.

He had let her know he had an extra espresso shot added to her coffee.

Liam was a lifesaver.

*^*^*^*^* The Double Date *^**^*^*^*

When Jili and Bebe got to the restaurant Liam and Leo were already seated at the table both stood to greet them.

Liam softly kissed Jili’s cheek.

Bebe glanced at Leo. He was cute, but he was probably about five inches shorter than Bebe, not to mention Bebe was wearing heels making her tower over Leo.

Liam changed the subject breaking the ice between everyone, and the conversation between the couples started flowing.

Jilian slipped in the subject of Liam and Leo honestly not looking much like each other.

“We’re half brothers, we have different mothers. But don’t get it twisted Bebe. I can scale you like Mount Everest. Taller women don’t intimidate me one bit.”

“Um….thank you for that blatant honesty…. Jili will you accompany me to the restroom please?”

“Excuse us for a moment.” Jili smiled politely.

“Absolutely not Jili!!!!!” Bebe was adamant when the door to the bathroom closed.

“Bebe I didn’t know! I swear when he said older brother, I was thinking he looked like him. You would think older brothers are taller, bigger, and wiser. He is funny though. You two do have similar personalities. Maybe try to focus on that Bee. Let’s just try to have a fun time. You don’t have to see Leo again. But I know I want to see Liam again. I like him.”

“You owe me big for this!!!”

Both women come back to the table. Their drink orders had arrived. Bebe takes a long sip on her drink.

“That’s what I’m talking about!” Leo smiled. “A girl after my own heart.”

“How did you and Bebe meet Jilian?”

“We actually met in NOLA. We were both presenting at a medical conference. Bebe for the Pharma side, because she’s a pharmacist, and me for medical for being a nurse practitioner focused in the at risk population.”

Leo eyes flit to Bebe.

“So you’re a drug dealer?”

Bebe smiled. “ Legal Drug Dealer. Yep, that’s what I call myself. I’m slinging pills to pay the bills.”

“I can dig it.”

“We met the night before our conference began, in a bar.”

When Jilian walked into the bar she noticed her right away. There was a woman at the bar, drinking her drink telling what appeared to be a funny story that had multiple people’s attention. All were laughing with her. She had to be a local. Jili thought.

She had strings of beads around her neck.

“What can I get ya?” the bartender asked.

She looked at Bebe. “I want whatever she’s having.” Bebe was the life of the party.

“Well I did a little pre-gaming at the drive through daiquiri shop though.

But mostly Hurricanes. Get her a Hurricane Sal.”

The bartender winked at Bebe.

“Don’t skimp on the good stuff either!” She yelled out.

Jilian’s eyes widened when the bartender brought her the drink.

Bebe held up her glass to clink with Jilian’s glass.

“Laissez le bon temps rouler!!!!!” The crowd screamed in agreement at Bebe’s declaration.

“What?”

“LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL!!!!!”

Jilian took a long drink of the cocktail. No wonder.

“Yep! You like it. I’m Bebe, what’s your name?”

“Jilian.”

“I’m gonna call you Jili. What brings you to NOLA?”

“Work, a conference.”

“Bleh you said the “W.” word. That’s not existing in my life right now. We’re here, we’re alive, no regrets Jili. Let your hair down and enjoy yourself. I mean literally. That bun is a buzz kill.”

Jili pulled the pins out of her hair shaking out her locks.

“So much better!!!! You’re a babe!!! See they’re already looking at you differently. We’re not interested though. Unless they’re buying more drinks.”

Jili glanced at the guys that were now looking in her direction.

“You’ve got a lot of bead necklaces going on.” Jili commented.

“There are two ways to get beads in NOLA. Buy them or earn them.”

Jili looked at Bebe and raised her eyebrow with a smile.

“Let me guess, your ass hasn’t spent a dime tonight.”

Bebe took a long sip of her hurricane.

“Nope. Not a single dime. Including alcohol. I'll tell you what Jili. Life’s too short. I’m not going to regret any of my choices. I spent a year in Costa Rica, living my life Pura Vida.”

“Pure Life.” Jilian smiled. Bebe was a carefree spirit, and people gravitated to her.

“We’re only here for a blink Jili. How do you want your story to be told?”

She decided to throw caution to the wind and party the night away with Bebe.

Jilian’s alarm went off the next morning. She was incredibly hung over as she tried to pull herself together.

She had a random memory of her and Bebe walking down Bourbon Street singing “Lean on Me” while they were linked arm and arm. The drunk leading the more drunk back to the hotel.

She smiled, straightening her black business suit. She was about to pull her hair up into her signature bun but decided to let her tresses fall free instead.

As she was getting checked into the convention she slipped her ID badge and program of speakers, herself among the list.

She heard her laugh. Jili whipped her head around and saw Bebe at the back of the line with two others. Bebe was wearing a bright pink business suit, and her shoes and clutch had the print of medications on it.

“The legal drug dealers have arrived!!!! Big Pharma in da house!!!!!!”

Jili laughed, shaking her head.

“That’s how we met Liam.”

“We found out later we lived near each other, and made plans to meet up. Been friends ever since. That was like six years ago.”

“I’m surprised you didn’t ask us how we met.” Leo asked.

“I assume you are brothers…. You met… at birth?”

Bebe shook her head at Leo.

Everyone was calm after not to mention the alcohol free flowing. They headed to a lounge after dinner, called Blue Notes. The music there was full of soul and blues.

The drinks continued. The music there stirred the soul.

“May I have this dance?” Jili nodded, taking Liam’s hand. He held her close.

Leo eyed Bebe. “You know, I have always been one to have a huge case of FOMO. So you and me let’s hit the dance floor too.”

Bebe downed her drink in one swallow. “Why the hell not.”

They walked out to the dance floor. With Bebe’s high heels Leo was chest level to her. He pulled her close resting his head on her bosom.

“Um….so we’re doing this… okay…” Bebe looked surprised but she was smiling.

Liam laughed softly when he glanced in their direction.

“I don’t think that was meant to go there.”

“The height difference honestly never crossed my mind Jilian. Things seemed really awkward for them for a bit, for more so Bebe. Not so awkward now.”

Bebe and Leo were looking at each other laughing.

“You know this is never going to happen Leo Rys.”

“A man can dream. Well….It could happen for the night. I can tell you’re curious. Let me tickle your fancy tonight.”

Bebe laughed harder at him. “You don’t give up do you Leo?”

“Nope because I get what I want.”

“If nothing else Jilian, I think they will at least be friends from this, if nothing romantic happens.”

The next morning Liam was cooking breakfast when Bebe walked out of Leo’s room. Leo’s sweatpants looked like capris on Bebe.

“Good Morning Bebe. Would you like some breakfast?”

“Sure.”

Leo walked out of the room a few minutes later.

Liam smiled looking at the two of them.

“Breakfast Leo?”

“I already ate.” Leo winked at Bebe.

Bebe choked on her orange juice.

“Oh you were talking about bacon and eggs, sure.”

Nope not at all awkward at all. Liam thought as he fixed plates for himself Leo and Bebe.

Bebe was climbing in her ride share when her phone rang.

“Bebe… Liam just told me you had breakfast with him and Leo… at his apartment. You spent the night with Leo?”

“Leo was right, Jili. Not all of him is fun sized.”

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sugar-petals · 4 years ago

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Hey!! I was wondering if you have any directors commentary for your Super M group sex fic you want to share?

some thoughts behind the plot:

the idea is. how does the reader arrive at a point where she wants to sleep with all of them at once aside from obvious reasons 😂narratively, it’s more interesting to have the buildup and individual ties between them first. rather than, point blank, eight people randomly decide on a gangbang out of the utmost blue just because something clicked. maybe just because they’re good-looking. or, substances are involved. i dislike fics with that premise. i wanted to make this sober, delegated and protected rather than spontaneous in a daze. if you’re poly, reckless is a bad idea, and being decisive a good one.

they own up to it rather than needing to lower the inhibition. that’s what makes it sexy. they really confidently want each other. epitomized by scenes like ultra horny reader riding the soul out of xuxi who’s out there ascending to a different realm, or baekhyun being needy for her in the car or during their long nights with lord knows how many positions and places. i wanted them to know each other quite well, everything is quite rigorously planned beforehand in the last scene but it doesn’t detract from its kinkiness. in fact, i found it hilarious how taeyong is like a walking dungeon janitor with all the prepared equipment in his bag lmao!

so i came up with the 7-day concept and the group chat. to showcase everyone’s habits and style. that’s how you can create immense characterization and show how differently she relates to everybody, making the chemistry pop and adding some romance and daily life. i know that readers like those details and how personal it becomes. while at the same time creating tension because you’re thinking all the time, when does it happen, when does it happen, and how. i’m playing with the suspense when they have a movie night. you assume they’ll just go for it and fuck on sight because they’re all in one spot and the hormones are off the charts. but nope! they need to get to know her even more before the big evening and it’s still awkward. a lot has to be sorted out sexually, in fact, a ton. even better storytelling-wise to have several barriers to resolve.

mark has to get over his fear and have a quick release of all the frustration, otherwise he’d not participate for long or at all in the group. while taemin is the ultra slow burn, it takes a fluff plot to bond them. and lucas is the one who ties it together, without their steamy tape the group dynamic wouldn’t have taken off and reached a new height. taeyong has to be candid about what he wants first and establish a safe domestic environment as the groundwork. which is my favorite type of dynamic so i took extra time to describe the food and how they take it slow. kai wants to really woo her his own way first and have time to do it which only works in a dinner for two. ten needs to get silently infatuated and creative first and have something special with her. and: since he’d be the one who’d be able to get her on his own if everyone would compete, he has to be the guy who supports the other members in their relationships with her. e.g., giving his room to lucas. that further solidifies everyone’s cohesion, that’s why i justaposed it. and makes it a healthy approach because they all want each other to have a good time.

on the other hand: i make baekhyun breach with that. to create an arc that differs from the confidence of the other members (except taeyong who has a similar struggle, but about being authentic to his pleasure). it’s about being anxious and clingy about his standing, trying harder than all others, having FOMO, not wanting to be left out, being a bottomless pit, wanting her to fall in love with him so much, exhausting himself, and regretting not asking her for sex earlier. he is too horny and varied in his preferences to wait for long anyway, the things he wants to do with her wouldn’t fit into one night with other people involved. you can see how he often takes the center of attention already. i wanted one member to battle his own jealousy and have a solution in creating more quality time with her and feeling assured that he is loved and liked.

the plot contrasts it with the other members. kai quickly overcomes his envy moment in the popcorn scene, taemin does it properly from the very beginning: building their intimacy naturally, just spending time kissing. lucas does well, too, he just takes everything as it comes, seeing how it always works out. but baekhyun is caught up by how badly and often he wants her while at the same time enjoying the group setting and thriving there. he kickstarts the chat, organizes and involves everyone, encourages the shy members, gets mega turned on seeing her sleep with the others. big dilemma.

the moral is, he can have both and it’s okay for him to want a lot since she’s eager to be with him. his self-worth journey is still ongoing after the story ends, but for the first time he is no longer insatiable: because he now knows people won’t ignore him unlike he always worries and he doesn’t have to push and deplete himself so hard to get what he needs. i think it’s the reader going the extra mile that makes him understand. the more he opens up to the intitiative of others, the more content he becomes. which in turn makes the group dynamic more unified and propelled.

#foxybread #ask #cub mail 🐆#fic talk #super m #super m smut

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shakspeare · 7 years ago

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hey guys. me again, checking in when my depression/anxiety’s at it’s worst. i would really appreciate your reading this n responding if you have the time.

basically i feel like - and this is such a like cliche high school way of phrasing it, but for lack of a better word - i feel like such a fucking massive loser. and i can’t figure out if that’s only my perception, like if i’m being hard on myself, or if i actually should make changes so i’m less of a complete failure/waste of space/loser. i feel behind and isolated and stuck in a rut and not even a real person.

i know this is dumb but like... i am gonna type out what my life is made up of. and if u could weigh in on like, whether you think i should make changes, whether you think i AM behind/a loser, or if actually i’m doing ok and my life is basically the same as everyone else’s that would be amazing. honestly i’m pretty sure i’m not the only one who feels like this and i’d love to just like talk about it, yknow.

so. im 24. ive got 2 degrees. i graduated drama school last summer. i signed with an agent after graduating.

my day job i love. the people i work with i adore. work is great i probably work about 3 or 4 times a week; those’re 7 hour days and i’d say half those days, we all go drinking or for dinner after.

another day is taken up by going into my agency (i have to go in one day every week).

another day might be taken up by this freelance admin job i have for a theatre company.

i try to go to ballet on thursday evenings.

i have a fab group of friends through work n i’d say we go out probs once a week.

i have a great friend from drama school n we hang out quite a lot, either just hanging out or going to the cinema or anything, tbh

i have another good pal from uni n we’re starting a film production company together, and we hang out maybe once a ?? month.

usually i have like, a birthday party or some form of party to go to every fortnight or at least every month

i work at a theatre so every few weeks there’s a press night or opening night or closing night which i’ll go to with friends.

i have a particularly good pal from work n sometimes we’ll hang out outside of work.

i’m involved (ish, not really, more friends with benefits but im incredibly emotional and scared even to type it out incase it tempts fate) with a guy and we’ll see each other maybe once a week or something. i’ll go on random other dates too, occasionally.

i’m out probably 4 nights a week most weeks.

my sister and i are close and some days we’ll just hang out.

i’m writing a book.

i’m writing a film.

i just got back from a holiday.

so i guess these are the things that take up my time. but if i have a free day at home i feel AWFUL and such a massive dick it freaks me out so so much.

i feel shit about myself and my life and like im not doing enough/not social enough/have no friends. one of the biggest thing i feel shit about is that i still live at home. i feel like it makes me lazier socially cause if ur living with flatmates then like, you’re being social kind of by default. i COULD afford to move out but it feels like such a waste of money when my parents are here in london which is a luxury a lot of my pals dont have; literally im saving like..... over a grand every month by staying home.

i have a gang of friends from work but only one or two that i’d hang out with outside of the gang. i have one good pal from drama school and am actively excluded from the other group of friends i had there by one girl who hates me so i feel p shit and paranoid about that. i have several good pals from uni but only one still lives in london (literally the others have moved to singapore australia the netherlands cananda and, well, oxford but yknow. distance). i feel like i have no friends though or not enough ?? like my phone isnt buzzing constantly and i feel like im always the one to initiate stuff ?? ARGH

please talk to me about this! essentially i’m fomo-ing off the charts and need a reality check. come tell me if im a loser or not. like it’s a FRIDAY NIGHT and im NOT DOING ANYTHING and i feel SHIT. i just got off a plane 2 hours ago and am hungover and can barely keep my eyes open but even in this case i can’t give myself a goddamn break and have guilt free non-social time. ARGH.

#please!

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aion-rsa · 4 years ago

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How GTA Online Taught Us to Be Careful What We Wish For

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As we all continue to wait for any official information about GTA 6, news has broken that GTA 5 has surpassed the 140 million units sold mark. Perhaps more impressively, reports reveal that 2020 was the most successful sales year in GTA 5 history outside of the game’s release in 2013. While that success can be attributed to a variety of factors, there’s little doubt that the game’s stunning longevity is largely due to the popularity of GTA Online.

I don’t remember exactly when I first dreamed of an online Grand Theft Auto game, but I’m certain it wasn’t too long after I played GTA 3 in 2001. Around that time, my friends and I started asking the simple question, “What if we could play that with each other?”

That question grew more complicated as the GTA games did the same. Vice City‘s real estate mechanic inspired dreams of online wars for the control of the city, while San Andreas’ greatly expanded the scope of GTA’s sandbox from a size and activity standpoint. GTA 4 actually featured numerous online modes, but its collection of rigid multiplayer matches and simplistic free roam option often fell short of offering the full “GTA but with friends” experience that fans had wished for.

Then, it finally happened. In 2013, Rockstar confirmed that GTA 5 would feature exactly the kind of multiplayer mode that fans had dreamt of for years. Actually, with its expansive online map, progression system, various modes of play, and community options, GTA Online’s reveal suggested that it would be something greater than anyone could have ever wished for. Little did we know that the finger on a monkey’s paw curled somewhere in the world shortly after this trailer’s release:

GTA Online’s problems were evident from the very first time many of us tried to play the game. Actually, it’s very much worth emphasizing the word “tried.” GTA Online’s servers were such a mess at launch that you’ have roughly as much luck now trying to buy a PS5 against an army of bots as you would have had logging in to GTA Online when it launched in 2013. Shortly after all that happened, Rockstar issued the standard apologies, worked some server magic, and fixed a variety of bugs. It took a few weeks, but we finally got to a point when you could log on to GTA Online at will and experience a mostly stable version of the game.

That’s when things got really interesting. As it turned out, sharing your GTA experience with others meant that you’d be playing with people who saw you as just another NPC in their sandbox. It wasn’t long before you started to hear reports of players mercilessly attacking others in the game’s open-world. It was generally amusing the first few times, but for some, these trolls essentially started to dictate the way that you had to play the game just to stay alive in the world. What’s worse is that many of them had already started relying on hacks other cheats that devastated an already uneven playing field.

Players could theoretically turn to GTA Online’s various missions, races, and other activities to escape the open-world mayhem, but those offered little relief. Many of GTA Online’s initial activities were essentially variant’s of the campaign’s most basic missions but without any narrative stakes to elevate them. Their simplicity was made that much more apparent by the game’s underdeveloped initial progression system which left players little to do with the money they were earning and forced everyone to wonder what, exactly, “RP” was.

Don’t take my word on GTA Online’s bad old days. In a 2017 interview with IGN, Rockstar’s director of design, Imran Sarwar, admitted that GTA Online’s “launch and first eight or nine months” were not successful. To make matters worse, he says that things reached a point where the developers themselves were “not excited enough by the updates we were making.” The game was rapidly losing players and Rockstar was still devoting considerable resources to hunting bugs and keeping the servers alive.

That’s where I left GTA Online in 2014. I knew it was possible to have fun in the game, but I was convinced that the mode would end up being a Sea of Thieves style experience that would essentially require you to play with the right group of friends in the right state of mind if you were going to get anything substantial out of it. It felt like Rockstar had ultimately created an elaborate way to kill some time while we waited for GTA 6.

Of course, that’s not what happened. GTA Online went on to earn almost $1.5 billion just four years after its release. It’s estimated that GTA Online earned nearly $600 million in revenue in 2019 alone. Suddenly, talks of GTA 6 were limited to wild online conspiracies and an endless parade of rumors of that marched on as it became increasingly clear that GTA Online was rapidly becoming the face of the GTA franchise.

What happened to spark such an historic turnaround? It came down to a few factors.

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First off, GTA Online did get better. Just a couple of years after its release, GTA Online’s content updates were not only more frequent but far more substantial. That’s especially true of one of the game’s 2015 updates which finally added the ability to participate in campaign-style heists with your friends. Those kinds of features contributed to the idea that the spirit of GTA 5 lived on indefinitely within GTA Online.

Not long after, GTA Online became the centerpiece of an unexpected rise in role-playing streams and YouTube videos. While the mode’s chaotic nature and expansive toolset made it an instant hit in the YouTube community, a new generation of creators were crafting characters, scenarios, and the kinds of storylines that felt painfully absent from the mode’s early days. There certainly seems to be a correlation between GTA’s increased sales over the last couple of years and the willingness of the game’s community to make their own fun and share their almost fanfic like adventures with others.

Yet, if you’re wondering how GTA has managed to become the second-highest selling game of all-time, and why it’s regularly on the best-selling games charts seven years after its release, then you have to talk about the title’s expanded progression system and the growing importance of the game’s microtransactions.

GTA Online lets you place elaborate bets in a casino before you hop into your rocket-propelled supercar and go back to work as the CEO of a criminal enterprise. However, all of those things come at a price. GTA Online not only features one of the more extensive microtransaction systems in gaming but one of the more subtly wicked ones. Most major GTA Online content releases typically feature high-end pieces of content typically initially reserved for the game’s “whales.” For instance, buying the best office in the mode’s CEO update would have cost you 4 million in-game dollars (without any of the accessories). If you wanted to buy a microtransaction card that would instantly reward you with that much in-game cash, it would cost you about 60 real-life dollars.

If you’re thinking “Wow, that’s about as much as GTA 5 costs,” then you’ve stumbled on the fiscal brilliance of the game’s microtransaction system. GTA Online‘s updates are free, but each typically introduces a ton of new items waiting to be purchased. While even the larger updates are not nearly the size of a proper new GTA game, it’s certainly possible to spend as much time with any of them as you would on a new GTA single-player game if you’re trying to unlock everything without spending money. Unlike GTA single-player games that sometimes leave you with a ton of cash and nothing to spend it on, GTA Online often leaves you feeling like you can never quite have enough money.

GTA Online is hardly unique in that respect, but few games come close to matching the “FOMO” feeling that it inspires. Actually, in a game all about characters, customization, and creating opportunities, you’re don’t just feel like you’re missing out by not being able to sail around on a yacht or afford the hottest new vehicle. What would be simple cosmetics in other live service games becomes much more substantial in GTA Online.

Believe it or not, though, this isn’t necessarily an indictment of GTA Online’s microtransactions nor is it a rant against the quality of the online mode itself. No, the most worrisome element of GTA Online’s success at this point is what it will do and has already done) to GTA 6 as well as those who never really got into the mode in the first place.

The earliest days of the GTA Online dream can be attributed to a desire to share our GTA campaign experiences with others indefinitely. In some ways, GTA Online grew to offer that experience, but it came with ironic compromises. You could play with others, but that means having to play with others. You can accomplish fantastic things not even possible in the campaign, but you’ll often essentially have to keep buying GTA games to instantly access them. You can experience infinite new stories but you are often required to write, direct, and act in them.

GTA Online growing to be (in many ways) exactly what I dreamed it could be has led me to reexamine my wish. What I and others may not have fully appreciated at the time of GTA’s earlier days was that there was a pleasure in bouncing around a world of largely curated content that a community-driven game may never be able to replicate. It’s part of the reason why Skryim is one of the most successful and beloved games of all-time but not everyone who loved Skyrim is interested in The Elder Scrolls Online. Those kinds of online expansions aren’t simply “what you love, but more of it.” There is a beauty to the illusion of freedom in an open-world single-player game that may have felt prohibitive at a time when we wondered if a multiplayer game could ever offer such an experience but seems necessary at a time when too many games rely on the assumption that you want to be online all the time and constantly playing with others.

Over the years, Rockstar has made it very clear that our hopes for GTA 4-style single-player expansions for GTA 5 are largely in vain, despite the fact they once teased single-player DLC that was initially supposed to be released in 2014. Sometimes, the company is diplomatic about that content shift by stating that their decision to focus on GTA Online content just kind of happened organically. Other times, company representatives like Imran Sarwar throw cold water on the whole thing by suggesting that GTA 4’s brilliant expansions only happened because of a “big deal in place with Microsoft that meant we were obliged to make the expansions.”

Would we be playing GTA 6 if it wasn’t for GTA Online? Maybe not, but the success of that mode has almost certainly left us with a world where Rockstar has barely talked about a new GTA game in over seven years but has released versions of GTA 5 and GTA Online across three different generations of game consoles.

We’re reaching a point when GTA 6’s release is just as likely to be fuelled by the hypothetical diminishing returns of GTA Online‘s revenue as it is Rockstar’s creative ambitions. While Rockstar has stated that they feel part of GTA Online’s success can be attributed to the idea that it offers a little something for everyone who likes different elements of the GTA games, GTA Online has never and will never offer an entirely new story with entirely new characters set in an entirely new world that is entirely ours to experience exactly as we see fit. No matter what new update comes out, how many great RP stories or told, or what possibilities some incredible new toy opens, GTA Online will never be GTA 6 as we imagine that game based on the precedent set by the previous releases in this incredible franchise.

And yet, there is this GTA game out there packed with fresh (and often exciting) content that you’ve never played if you stopped playing the game after finishing the GTA 5 campaign. It’s out there, but at the same time, it isn’t. Like the zombified remains of a former lover that we’ve wished back from the grave without considering exactly what we were asking for, GTA Online lingers temptingly outside the door even as we know that what we’ll find when we open it is exactly what we asked for but perhaps not what we really wanted.

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GTA Online continues to thrive thanks largely to its popularity amongst those who continue to pay for the game, but years later, it’s starting to feel like those who don’t play the mode as they wait for a proper new GTA have also been paying for too long.

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3 people who correctly predicted $10k Bitcoin today (and how)

Three completely different methods brought the same spot-on predictions.

Bitcoin is finally back above US$10,000, for the first time since February 2020, shortly before the massive crash of March. It was straining mightily and unsuccessfully to get past $10,000 a couple of weeks ago, but today it just abruptly pinged from around $9,700 to $10,200 in an hour flat.Seeing Bitcoin back above that psychological five digit mark is a heartwarming thing. It feels like Bitcoin is back where it belongs now and that everything is all right in the world once again.Of course, given the actual state of the world right now that just goes to show why the number one rule of trading is to not trust your feelings.In that vein, let's look at several different analysts who felt like Bitcoin was going to break $10,000 before it happened, and why they felt that way.Feeling the wind in your hairSome analysts are feeling the wind in their hair as they ride the Bitcoin rollercoaster out of the channel set following the 2017 highs, suggesting that Bitcoin may be on track to fundamentally shift out of its current price range.SourceThe timing is impeccable, because it lines up uncannily with the predictions laid out by the stock to flow model of Bitcoin valuation.More specifically, we hit the "red dot" phase of the model on 1/2 June (depending on timezone), as laid out by pseudonymous analyst PlanB, just hours before Bitcoin pumped above $10,000. So, quite a few of the "red dot" crowd were celebrating this price rise before it even happened.The red dot"The red dot" refers to the period immediately after the Bitcoin halving. It's called "the red dot" because improvised symbolism is the cornerstone of all faiths including the Bitcoin religion, and because red is the colour of certain dots on the chart below.SourceThe coloured dots on this chart are monthly Bitcoin prices, with the colour indicating how long until the next halving, and how long since the last halving.The darkest blue dots are Bitcoin prices the month before each halving, while the darkest red dots (of the kind that popped out today) come out in the month after each halving. So, wherever the blue flips to red, that indicates a halving. As you can see, red dots have very consistently predicted a major Bitcoin price run since as far back as 2012.In short, the red dot says that if history repeats itself, Bitcoin should see a major ascent this year to break $100,000 sometime next year. And now Bitcoin popped up above $10,000 just hours after the first dark red dot since 2016.The thing about the red dot idea is that it simply says market forces will ineffably propel Bitcoin to higher price tiers, and that the power of maths means Bitcoin is simply destined to rise. That theory existed long before the Federal Reserve overclocked its printing presses in response to everything that's happening in 2020.This poses something of a philosophical dilemma for anyone who wants to believe that the stock to flow theory predicts Bitcoin prices, while also attributing its price rises to other factors like quantitative easing or the White House's reaction to the ongoing protests, because it suggests Bitcoin prices would be doing the same thing regardless of what's going on in the world.Feeling it coming in the air tonightOther experts successfully called the rise before it happened by looking at more earthly factors, citing the general state of the world as a driver of Bitcoin prices, just generally feeling the vibe in the air and presumably tasting Bitcoin trading volume on the wind.The tightest prediction around probably belongs to Galaxy Digital's Michael Novogratz, who pulled off this call about an hour before Bitcoin prices jumped above $10,000.SourceBitcoin's "coiling" was pointed out by others, who noted that Bitcoin had been settling into a tighter price range over time, which usually heralds a big, sudden move in one direction or the other.The tension in the air may have given it the push it needed to go up instead of down when the time came. It's worth noting that the exact timing of the rise lines up closely with some of the US president's more fiery statements of the day."There was a sharp spike in the price this morning as US President Trump spoke to the press regarding the ongoing protests, which have been unfolding in cities across America. In the speech he proclaimed that he would “mobilise all available federal resources civilian and military”. This quickly made headlines around the world as the mobilisation of the military in the United States is a rare occurrence," points out eToro's eToro's Luciano Llorens. "For cryptoasset investors, this may have signified an escalation in the tension, and has no doubt caused some uncertainty over what could transpire in the coming few days."Novogratz's first prediction ("Bitcoin will rise to $10k") has come to fruition, but the second ("Bitcoin will rise even faster after $10k") is still in the making and may hinge on current affairs, Llorens said."In my opinion, Bitcoin, typically responds to depreciation of currency, global uncertainty and governmental instability. As we’ve seen this morning, the threat of using military action may have had a bullish effect on the asset. Any further instability in the US could put further upward pressure on Bitcoin," he said.Feeling itCraig "TraderCobb" Cobb also felt the move coming a full day in advance, as foretold in the charts. Some pretty high cap altcoins have been making major gains lately, he noted, and when people take profit against them they'll be trading back into Bitcoin."People trading the Cardano bitcoin cross will be taking profits back to Bitcoin when they do. Cardano/Bitcoin added 50% in 2 weeks. Due to the relative size of Cardano market cap wise with a 1.9 billion token value, the recent move higher is a lot of money to potentially flow back to Bitcoin," he wrote roughly 24 hours before Bitcoin made its move."Another example is Ethereum over the same 2 week period which has put on an impressive 14.85% against Bitcoin. Ethereum is the second highest by market cap behind bitcoin with $25 billion to its name which is another large amount of money if profits were to be taken and put into Bitcoin.""So here we have 2 of the big market cap players both having added impressive gains against Bitcoin recently. These moves will account for a large portion of the possible money flow back to Bitcoin," he predicted.That's exactly what happened. Bitcoin's sudden ascent initially dragged altcoins up with it, but then after Bitcoin crested $10,000 a lot of money bailed from altcoins back to Bitcoin, pouring gasoline on the fire and giving Bitcoin the cash infusion it needed to convincingly stay above $10,000.The gold line is Bitcoin, the light blue is ADA/BTC, the purple is ADA/USD.ADABTC chart by TradingViewWhere to next?Here we have three completely very different predictive methods, all of which looked at completely different things but somehow managed to paint the exact same picture, flagging down a price rise hours before it happened.Something else they all have in common is that they're all expecting further rises.The stock to flow model, or "the red dot" if you're feeling symbolic (and don't mind sharing your holy symbol with the Bindi and the Japanese flag) predicts future rises because the unstoppable weight of sheer math says Bitcoin prices should go up, and that's what the most consistent trend in Bitcoin says will happen.Meanwhile, Novogratz is predicting a further rise because that's where the zeitgeist is leading us, and Cobb suggests that Bitcoin at $10,000 could reawaken wider media interest and bring some new money in."We really need to see Bitcoin above $10,000 to get the media back and new money flowing in," he wrote. "So, the question for bitcoin is how can the current market players get us above $10,000 to get the media chirping and the new money in?""Bitcoin is the headline grabber, you won’t see anything in the news about the recent move of Cardano. Bitcoin needs to break above $10,000 for the media to come back to it."Feeling contrarian?The Bitcoin world appears to be feeling about as bullish as it ever has. But on the other hand, past performance does not guarantee future results, no matter how much it feels like it should.It's also possible that whales deliberately orchestrated this rise specifically hoping that a break above $10,000, in conjunction with the red dot and the general vibes of the times, would be enough to spur some retail FOMO. There are enough mysterious whales in Bitcoin's ocean to move prices in all kinds of strange ways.Plus, when we're asking whether Bitcoin is going to go up or down right now, the wisdom of the red dot is quite limited. It's all about tracing movements across years (with a yet-unknown degree of accuracy), rather than the day-to-day and week-to-week here. No matter how compelling or historically accurate it is, it can't indicate short, sharp moves of the kind we saw today."While the stock-to-flow analysis produced by PlanB has done very well to date in tracking the price of Bitcoin and predicting its future movements, my immediate concern would be correlating intraday movements in relation to a model that looks at data spanning multiple years," Llorens said. "Investors should also remember that any historical data is not an indicator of future performance."In the end, it seems the most accurate way of predicting the future is to wait until it happens. Also watchDisclosure: The author holds BNB, BTC at the time of writing. Disclaimer: This information should not be interpreted as an endorsement of cryptocurrency or any specific provider, service or offering. It is not a recommendation to trade. Cryptocurrencies are speculative, complex and involve significant risks – they are highly volatile and sensitive to secondary activity. Performance is unpredictable and past performance is no guarantee of future performance. Consider your own circumstances, and obtain your own advice, before relying on this information. You should also verify the nature of any product or service (including its legal status and relevant regulatory requirements) and consult the relevant Regulators' websites before making any decision. Finder, or the author, may have holdings in the cryptocurrencies discussed. Latest cryptocurrency news Picture: Getty Images Read the full article

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Whales Warn: Current Bitcoin Rally is Illiquid and Overextended

Bitcoin FOMO rally ahead of its mining reward halving could fizzle, warns a top analyst. The cryptocurrency has more than 21 percent to log its best week since June 2019. But whales think that the uptrend has come on the backs of poor liquidity that raises the possibility of a sharp pullback. It is Thursday and bitcoin already surged by more than 21 percent into the week. But whales believe the ongoing bull run is fake. A prominent trader, who is sitting atop a $20 million monthly loss from his anti-rally bitcoin positions, expressed his conviction over potential bull exhaustion. He called bitcoin’s upside run as an “organized FOMO rally,” wherein big players are manipulating small traders to enter the market using the “halving” narrative. “The weekly Bitcoin chart is the definition of an illiquid altcoin,” the whale retweeted ZeroHedge’s Tyler Durden this Thursday. “Hilarious cycle it’s been through. My hope is that the halving will financially destroy as many Chinese miners as possible and we can actually have a legitimate bull market instead of this pump and dump movie.” Source: Joe007 Liquidity Crunch The next Bitcoin Halving event on May 12, 2020 will slash the cryptocurrency’s mining reward by half – from 12.5 BTC to 6.25 BTC. Traders anticipate that the newfound scarcity would somewhat make bitcoin more valuable in the future, with a popular price prediction model even giving a $100,000 price target by 2021. The sentiment saw bitcoin price recovering wholly from its 2020 bottom at $3,858. As the price closes towards $9,500 in the Thursday trading session, traders are optimistic about an extended upside momentum above $10,000 ahead of the halving. But the supply-slashing event brings short-term risks to the very community that relentlessly produces bitcoin. Miners risks going out of business as their dollar-based mining rewards gets cut by half. So to cover their operational costs, they would need to sell their newly minted cryptocurrency stash for higher rates. The buying pressure then shifts to the spot market. Traders and investors are face-to-face with an economic crisis brought forth by the fast-spreading COVID19 pandemic. Under these times, asset managers, hedge funds, family offices, and even average Joes prefer to exit volatile assets to hold cash and mitigate potential losses. That’s called a liquidity crunch. The historical sell-off in Bitcoin and the U.S. benchmark S&P 500 in mid-March happened for the very same reason. Later, the central banks intervened with expensive stimulus programs, bringing the much-needed liquidity into the risk-on markets. As usual, bitcoin benefitted. USDT Pumping Bitcoin? The global economic crisis is far from over. S0, the answer to whether or not traders and investors would remain exposed to risk-on assets amidst the Coronavirus pandemic could help give a clear direction to bitcoin. But, according to the whale, nobody is discussing the questions about the bitcoin market’s low liquidity. He even went ahead to say that Tether’s stablecoin USDT artificially inflated the price of bitcoin to lure into the halving narrative. Source: Joe007 But the whale believes that bitcoin’s long-term move remains to the upside, driven by organic demand from both institutional and retail players. The crisis needs to come to halt to help economies reopen, thus creating value, and prompting large and small investors to allocate part of their incomes to buy bitcoin. Photo by Abigail Lynn on Unsplash from Cryptocracken Tumblr https://ift.tt/2yTMVn1 via IFTTT

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Tezos Cryptocurrency May Rally to New Highs, According to Key Bullish Factors

Few cryptocurrency assets have had as strong a showing in early 2020 as Tezos. But just as most assets got caught up in last month’s record-breaking selloff, so did the previously skyrocketing altcoin. However, chart patterns across both USD and BTC pairs are showing signs that the asset is ready to take off once again, and could possibly rally to new highs even despite the bearish market sentiment. Tezos Ascending Triangle on XTZUSD Pair Points to Coming Rally Tezos is one of the cryptocurrency industry’s stand out assets that give the asset class its reputation for making investors filthy rich, and then weeks later cause them to go broke. Crypto investors who bought the cryptocurrency on January 1, 2020, would have earned nearly 200% return on investment if they later sold the top just ahead of the catastrophic, coronavirus-fueled panic selloff in mid-March. Related Reading | Tezos Cryptocurrency Up Over 130% Year to Date, Analyst Warns Not to FOMO Those who bought in a year earlier at the start of 2019 would have over 400% returns to show for their investment. However, coming off of highs around $4, Tezos rapidly plummeted by over 75%, taking the price of the asset to under $1 on some exchanges. But now, XTZ/USD charts are showing what resembles an ascending triangle formation – a primarily bullish chart pattern that typically breaks upward. When moon?$XTZ pic.twitter.com/30NMjnmSbw — Teddy (@TeddyCleps) April 2, 2020 After each major bottom in Tezos, the cryptocurrency has went on to set a new high. Will the cryptocurrency moon once again? Cryptocurrency To Outperform Bitcoin According to XTZBTC Fractal Bullish price patterns on Tezos can also be found on the Bitcoin trading pair. XTZ/BTC price charts are showing a repeating fractal pattern, where a falling wedge forms during the pullback following a double top pattern. The pattern broke up last time on the Bitcoin pair, causing the asset to rally and set a new local high. With the pattern set to repeat, Tezos could once again surge relative to Bitcoin and outperform the leading cryptocurrency by market cap. I saw the exact same chart now from 4 different people on my timeline so I thought it was the new thing.$XTZ / $BTC pic.twitter.com/ML3xchUu58 — ₿lackbeard (@crypto_blkbeard) April 2, 2020 Tezos has been especially bullish across the cryptocurrency market, due to the asset’s staking feature. Investors who lock up their XTZ tokens on the blockchain will earn themselves an APY for doing so. With the cryptocurrency providing investors returns not only through the staking APY, but also due to the asset regularly going on powerful rallies, the altcoin has gained a reputation in the crypto market for being among the to investments to make in 2020. Related Reading | Could Crypto Exchange Coinbase Be Pumping Tezos To The Moon? And with the asset poised to retake recent highs and potentially set a new peak, it is easy to see why its among one of the most heavily hyped altcoins in the market currently. Featured image from Shutterstock from Cryptocracken WP https://ift.tt/2ytN3tj via IFTTT

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5 Trading Rules Everyone Should Follow

Don’t get me wrong, when I first started trading, I made plenty of mistakes. However, after many years of studying and grinding, I have learnt from those mistakes. Let me save you from making a few by reading through this article. I am confident setting rules that you follow consistently will only help you on your path to financial success. I would like to share my top five trading rules that has helped me achieve returns of over 600% year to date.

MY TOP 5 RULES FOR TRADING

1. ALWAYS TAKE PROFITS

As silly as it may seem, I can’t stress the importance of profit taking. Too many times in the past I’ve watched a stock rise and would get excited about my unrealized gains only to see them disappear hours and/or days later. Always remember you won’t go broke by taking profits. There will always be more trades to make money on, you don’t need to get rich off one trade. Focus on taking profits quickly. Accumulation of profits on multiple trades will surprise you at the end of the year.

2. ALWAYS HAVE A GAME PLAN

When I first started out, I would rush into a trade without even looking at the chart. Crazy, I know. It was essentially just gambling, hoping it would work out. The more I learned to read charts and have patience, the more my trades would go right over wrong. It’s important to always have a game plan when you initiate a trade and stick to it. Sell at your profit exit price or sell at your loss exit price no matter what. (Think about it this way, without strict laws in the world there would be chaos. Apply the same simple logic to your trading career)

3. NEVER OVERTRADE

Never overtrade! That has to be one of the most damaging things that can destroy you financially. If you’ve been losing consistently for the past number of trades, take a step back and reflect. The market will always be there. Make sure you are following all your rules. Do not become desperate to trade if the opportunity isn’t in your favour. That’s just gambling!

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Patience is a virtue, wait for a perfect set up and then initiate the trade. I would rather do 5 trades a month to reach my monthly profit goal than 25 trades that get me the same result.

4. RESPOND WITHOUT EMOTION

With all the algorithms and market makers you need to leave your emotions out of it when you’re ready to click the buy/sell button. Don’t stress on each trade making you panic sell or buy on FOMO. Emotional trading is a disaster waiting to happen. Just focus on your game-plan and you will be fine.

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5. CUT LOSSES QUICKLY

You have to be able to accept a loss on a trade. Sell, and move on. Losses will happen, it’s inevitable. Cut your losses quick so you can concentrate on finding other profit-making opportunities. I’ve put myself into the situation before of holding on for too long and trust me, you don’t want to be there. You find yourself desperately looking to find other opportunities to make your losses back and forget to follow your rules. Thus, leading to more losses. It’s a vicious circle. Cut your losses quick and try to figure out what went wrong. There is always another opportunity waiting. Protecting your capital is number one. Without capital, you won’t be trading for long.

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Slack is a office dialogue program that is so widespread that its firm owned more than $ 20 billion. You've in all probability seen what is mentioned within the news.

What is Slack?

Slack is a workplace communication device, "one place for messages, tools and files". Because of this Slack is an immediate messaging system with numerous add-ons for other office instruments. Additions aren’t crucial to use Slack as a result of an important function is to talk to different people. There are two methods to talk: channel (group chat) and direct message or DM (in a private dialog). Let's shortly take a look at the interface.

Slack

There are four necessary issues to think about in Slack:

Identify of a Slack Example

Listing of Channels You Have Joined

Record of people you have reported immediately.

When a customer needs to start out using Slack, they select the identify of a Slack hand. This can then grow to be a part of a singular URL. So if Wile E. Coyote needs to create a Slack instance for ACME Snake Bells, her Slack instance can be https://acmeslingshot.slack.com/. Wile E. can then invite anyone to be a member of his Slappe hand.

Slack channels may be public, which signifies that a member can see and be a part of a channel or personal, which signifies that only members of this channel can see it or invite others to hitch. DMs are all the time personal although they are often up to 8.

The chat window is the place all the actual communication takes place. You possibly can read someone's reply to messages, use emoticons for solutions, add gifs, see RSS feeds, set reminders, get an add-on for enrollment and quite a lot of other bells and whistles. However greater than anything, you're talking to people.

What's so good with Slack?

When Slack arrived, there were no actual rivals out there. This doesn’t imply that there were no other chat packages, however Slack mixed intuitive USER INTERFACE with both group and private messages. It additionally permits corporations to regulate who can entry it by way of a system call. Different instruments that would do the same, but without the same usability (Lägerelden, now BaseCamp, have been a pure half). Not one of the traditional suppliers (Microsoft, Apple, IBM, Solar, and so forth.) received anything like Slappa.

This lack of enterprise measurement was additionally a bonus. Slack was sufficiently small to reply and shortly when it got here to adding new options akin to emoji (good for users) and 2-factor authentication (good for administrators). For some customers, the fact that Slack was not owned by a large conventional vendor was helpful enough, nevertheless it doesn't explain why Slack is so well-liked.

Slack means two things rather well: understanding design and consumer wants. These two pillars are the idea for many good products, but it’s surprisingly troublesome to do nicely, so many unsuccessful purposes appear. The tough unique design was created by Slack's founder, Stewart Butterfield (the same guy who based Flickr again in the early 2000s) and his staff as a result of the third get together MetaLab is Polish. Andrew Wilkinson of MetaLab defined:

“In order to get the attention of a well-attended market, we had to find a way to get people's attention. Most business systems look like an inexpensive 70's costume gown – low-key blues and gray everywhere – so, let's start with the logo, we made it loose to look like confetti guns had left. Electronic blue, yellow, purple and green. We gave the game a color chart, not a corporate co-product … vivid colors, curvy sans serif font, friendly icons and smiling faces and emojis everywhere. ”

In the same article, Wilkinson explains how well-built Slack feels when used – what it does – and how content, resembling downloading messages, is casual and typically pretty enjoyable, including:“ Below is the same corporate client, but it's is playful, fun to use and all that come together to make it feel like in your life. ”

When taking a look at elements that make up, loose, straightforward to use and reliable. It’s straightforward for non-technical users to retrieve them, particularly when in comparison with other group middle instruments corresponding to Basecamp or Microsoft Staff. You can too run your personal Slack without spending a dime, together with for private use. And if you don't just like the "confetti cannon" look, it's straightforward to vary colors.

However good design isn’t very helpful if there isn’t any function. Chat is sort of straightforward to do, which is why most chat packages comply with the identical primary format: a window displaying the conversation, and a spot to put in writing, either under or on the web page. That is where the image exhibits little consideration to consumer requirements. As an alternative of inventing chats, they targeted on what people needed from the chat software as the essential requirement to send messages to one another.

One in every of Slack's most necessary sales arguments was that Slack directors couldn’t read personal channels and DM information with out opening the members' consent or message sent to all users who stated that they had happened. This gave a way of privateness and security to users, resembling different products (particularly e-mail).

Primarily because GDPR laws got here into pressure in Europe in 2018, but this has modified – administrators are greater Levels can export full exports with out reporting to their customers. This exhibits what number of customers recognize the original personal settings, an excellent indication of how a non-restricted individual – Slack understands what users need.

They get this insight mainly through the use of the product itself daily: [19659016] "[W] on the walls of the Slack headquarters in San Francisco, the design group can check totally different situations with their very own departments. Each department acts as a microcosm of a larger clientele. study extra about the way to improve Slack to fund teams by observing and amassing suggestions from their own finance division. ”

The identical article says:“ User feedback is also a regular entry from outside the company, and each serves weekly support changes to better empathize with customers. ”

What number of corporations do you know, where everybody has a daily change in order that they understand the scores of their clients?

Slack additionally decided early to make use of software integration. Customers can combine virtually any software they want from dev tools comparable to GitHub, Jenkins and StackOverflow, into instruments like Google Analytics, ServiceNow, MailChimp or SalesForce. Slack can integrate over 1,500 purposes, so if you can't do one thing you have to do, it's in all probability an software. This displays the Slack function for an environment friendly hub consumer who can open the display while working with one other. Principally, "Slack has grow to be a one-way service point for a lot of customers.

Two pillars of design and understanding of users' wants have made Slack the preferred, which provides a superb breakdown of what customers think of Slack, and the outcomes are virtually all the time constructive. In the chat software, HipChat and Steplength, the Slack consumer base and all.

Through the literature it is a question claiming that Microsoft Group is in style as Slappa. Office 365 is by far probably the most used software in the business world and is part of the regulation, which is why several corporations use the regulation simply because it is obtainable to them as part of their business

How a lot do you spend? but mouth nnitelma provides you entry to solely 10,000 newest posts. There are different limitations, including solely ten integration, not a single channel or multi-channel guest, and restricted administration options

When you're on board, "Slack is sort of costly if you need Plus. This degree provides you issues like one sign-on and $ 12 per consumer per thirty days if you pay annually, or $ 15 per consumer per thirty days if you pay monthly, if you have 1000 users and pay per yr, it is $ 144,000. We don't say it's not value it, however it's an actual change.

You get lots of area in your order, but one factor you can't get is the power to host your personal info. as a result of Slack works in AWS, this is partly why Microsoft put Slack's inner record of "blocked" purposes. It's not just considered one of Microsoft's official rivals (and vice versa), but Microsoft Azure is the primary character of Amazon Net Providers for the multi-billion dollar cloud providers. That is in all probability not an issue particular to your small business, however relying on your necessities for a working or processing practices are met, and AWS knowledge utilizing a third-party software, which is probably not acceptable.

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If your small business can swallow costs and don't mind managing your info, there are nonetheless some problems with the appliance. For example, decentralization decentralization allows users to regulate which channels are created, which is sweet till you discover that you should verify two dozen channels a day – partially weakening FOMO and partly figuring out what is occurring. This has a unfavorable influence on some customers and it’s straightforward to see why all people discover Slack moderately than a productive device. In that case, you can turn off the loop for a while.

Nevertheless, the more significant issue is that Slack does not have a microphone or obstructs the perform:

"Abstract, this is logical: loosening itself as an organizational tool and using the tool in the workplace. Therefore, workplace policy and how the workplace deals with harassment "My good friend had an disagreeable interplay with an worker by way of Slack – the forum he is required to use for a lot of hours a day to carry out his work." That's why she couldn't ignore it every time she puts her in messages, even though they were often her harassment. Because he can't close an individual, he should see his inappropriate message whenever a little red report appears. "

What do you think about how a company offers with one other worker's hassling worker, it's not for people to really feel uncomfortable with Slack as a result of it doesn't have this primary perform

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We need to loosen up quite a bit right here at How-To Geek – we are using it for ourselves! It isn’t good and there are issues we want to change, however it’s often properly designed and user-friendly. Although you don't need to maintain all your messages or some companies in the toys – it's free!

We advocate that you create a workspace and attempt with Slack if it fits your needs.