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Re: Show HN: Multiverse.plus – what if blogging was more collage-like and colorful?

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Post by jiofih »

Jarwain wrote: post #60
jiofih wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is happening here?

Afaict from the GP link, kicks condor isn't a person, but rather a brother and sister playing a person that also wraps up all the relevant attendant lawyers or other roles that go into maintaining the character. Seems like a persona, created as the amalgamation of personalities, yet self aware of the digital/ephemeral representation of the character. Feels high-concept and interesting to me, but definitely confusing…

Oh. So it is indeed a Facebook Labs research project / persona.

I thought that was sarcasm. Puts this thing under a whole new perspective.

EDIT: I’m utterly confused now. It does seem to be pure sarcasm. Can not find any other mention of this, or who is behind Kickscondor at all.

Where did the parent comment’s claim that he works at Facebook come from, if we have no idea who this is?

Re: Show HN: Multiverse.plus – what if blogging was more collage-like and colorful?

#62

Post by [deleted] »

kixiQu wrote: post #47
kkukshtel wrote: post #46

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Hello! I've been a fan of the work both of you do for a while (fraidycat, etc.) and have been pretty excited about multiverse ever since you first started talking about it. However, one thing that has always rubbed me sort of wrong about your stuff is that, as far as I understand, you're employed by Facebook Labs ( https://usesthis.com/interviews/kicks.condor/ ). This interview was the only place I've ever seen that…

I'm >90% sure that was a joke. In the same way that kickscondor.com was not actually seized by the FBI for Kicks Condor being stolen IP from a National Treasure sequel.

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Re: Show HN: Multiverse.plus – what if blogging was more collage-like and colorful?

#63

Post by fumar »

jiofih wrote: post #61
Jarwain wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Afaict from the GP link, kicks condor isn't a person, but rather a brother and sister playing a person that also wraps up all the relevant attendant lawyers or other roles that go into maintaining the character. Seems like a persona, created as the amalgamation of personalities, yet self aware of the digital/ephemeral representation of the character. Feels high-concept and interesting to me, but definitely confusing…

Oh. So it is indeed a Facebook Labs research project / persona. I thought that was sarcasm. Puts this thing under a whole new perspective. EDIT: I’m utterly confused now. It does seem to be pure sarcasm. Can not find any other mention of this, or who is behind Kickscondor at all. Where did the parent comment’s claim that he works at Facebook come from, if we have no idea who this is?

https://usesthis.com/interviews/kicks.condor/ according to this it is a Facebook labs personality. The domain owner is obfuscated. Kickscondor didn't provide a valid response to my question. I would rather not participate on any Facebook owned or related properties, domains, projects. Also, I didn't find any privacy or data policies on multiverse.

Re: Show HN: Multiverse.plus – what if blogging was more collage-like and colorful?

#64

Post by ohyeshedid »

fumar wrote: post #63
jiofih wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh. So it is indeed a Facebook Labs research project / persona. I thought that was sarcasm. Puts this thing under a whole new perspective. EDIT: I’m utterly confused now. It does seem to be pure sarcasm. Can not find any other mention of this, or who is behind Kickscondor at all. Where did the parent comment’s claim that he works at Facebook come from, if we have no idea who this is?

https://usesthis.com/interviews/kicks.condor/ according to this it is a Facebook labs personality. The domain owner is obfuscated. Kickscondor didn't provide a valid response to my question. I would rather not participate on any Facebook owned or related properties, domains, projects. Also, I didn't find any privacy or data policies on multiverse.

> Also, I didn't find any privacy or data policies on multiverse.

Another site asking for people to sign up using only their email address, having no TOS/PP, and the people from the project acting like trolls instead of answering simple questions.

Re: Show HN: Multiverse.plus – what if blogging was more collage-like and colorful?

#65

Post by kickscondor »

jiofih wrote: post #61
Jarwain wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Afaict from the GP link, kicks condor isn't a person, but rather a brother and sister playing a person that also wraps up all the relevant attendant lawyers or other roles that go into maintaining the character. Seems like a persona, created as the amalgamation of personalities, yet self aware of the digital/ephemeral representation of the character. Feels high-concept and interesting to me, but definitely confusing…

Oh. So it is indeed a Facebook Labs research project / persona. I thought that was sarcasm. Puts this thing under a whole new perspective. EDIT: I’m utterly confused now. It does seem to be pure sarcasm. Can not find any other mention of this, or who is behind Kickscondor at all. Where did the parent comment’s claim that he works at Facebook come from, if we have no idea who this is?

Just a correction - my previous employer was Grape Nuts Marketing. They did a retrospective on me earlier this year: https://web.archive.org/web/20210201092129/https://kickscond...

I know this just makes things worse. But at least it could help be a decisive final blow to my reputation that you all are looking for?

Re: Show HN: Multiverse.plus – what if blogging was more collage-like and colorful?

#67

Post by Hedepig »

kickscondor wrote: post #29
Hedepig wrote: post #27

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In the context of hobby websites, the choice of the word "dangerous" is pretty extreme.

"Disaster" is also hyperbole.

That's fair enough, I'm in agreement. I think what I should have communicated (as dentemple did) is that the benefits outweigh the consequences.
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