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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25197967 is correct: it means it's the most recent post by that user. This is one of those things that pops into your head and takes 2 minutes to deploy, so I just did it. It was late last night and I forgot to not turn it on for everyone. Then I thought it would be fun to see what sort of discussion I'd wake up to. Not sure whether to keep it. Advantage: it's a concise way of dis…
This reminds me of a time I wrote a Facebook post which tagged about a half-dozen couples I know. I consciously wrote all the het pairs as girl, boy e.g. "Sarah Smith, Dave Smith" not "Dave Smith, Sarah Smith" because on the one hand that's how I most often think of them, and I noticed our culture usually puts the man first so why not be contrary? Anyway, Facebook re-ordered them. And so I followed up with a post ask…
> whereas that walk out by the lake with Sarah
If you both have the Facebook app with location tracking on, Facebook does know about this, which is why you sometimes get friend suggestions for people after you spent time near them (eg you were at the same party or they visited your house to do cleaning or plumbing), even if you have no mutual friends.
This reminds me of a time I wrote a Facebook post which tagged about a half-dozen couples I know. I consciously wrote all the het pairs as girl, boy e.g. "Sarah Smith, Dave Smith" not "Dave Smith, Sarah Smith" because on the one hand that's how I most often think of them, and I noticed our culture usually puts the man first so why not be contrary? Anyway, Facebook re-ordered them. And so I followed up with a post ask…
Makes sense as FB hyper optimizes for engagement. That said I wonder how the data is structured in their DB, how messy it is, how complicated a post can I make to foil their parsing. There was a rumor back in college when we cared about social clout that the handful of people you see on the Friends list on your profile are the people who most recently/frequently check your profile (i.e., viewing someone's profile is…
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25197967 is correct: it means it's the most recent post by that user. This is one of those things that pops into your head and takes 2 minutes to deploy, so I just did it. It was late last night and I forgot to not turn it on for everyone. Then I thought it would be fun to see what sort of discussion I'd wake up to. Not sure whether to keep it. Advantage: it's a concise way of dis…
This reminds me of a time I wrote a Facebook post which tagged about a half-dozen couples I know. I consciously wrote all the het pairs as girl, boy e.g. "Sarah Smith, Dave Smith" not "Dave Smith, Sarah Smith" because on the one hand that's how I most often think of them, and I noticed our culture usually puts the man first so why not be contrary? Anyway, Facebook re-ordered them. And so I followed up with a post ask…
Not to detract from your main point, which is very sound, but on this: > whereas that walk out by the lake with Sarah If you both have the Facebook app with location tracking on, Facebook does know about this, which is why you sometimes get friend suggestions for people after you spent time near them (eg you were at the same party or they visited your house to do cleaning or plumbing), even if you have no mutual frie…
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25197967 is correct: it means it's the most recent post by that user. This is one of those things that pops into your head and takes 2 minutes to deploy, so I just did it. It was late last night and I forgot to not turn it on for everyone. Then I thought it would be fun to see what sort of discussion I'd wake up to. Not sure whether to keep it. Advantage: it's a concise way of dis…
Why full stop and not interpunct?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25197967 is correct: it means it's the most recent post by that user. This is one of those things that pops into your head and takes 2 minutes to deploy, so I just did it. It was late last night and I forgot to not turn it on for everyone. Then I thought it would be fun to see what sort of discussion I'd wake up to. Not sure whether to keep it. Advantage: it's a concise way of dis…
This reminds me of a time I wrote a Facebook post which tagged about a half-dozen couples I know. I consciously wrote all the het pairs as girl, boy e.g. "Sarah Smith, Dave Smith" not "Dave Smith, Sarah Smith" because on the one hand that's how I most often think of them, and I noticed our culture usually puts the man first so why not be contrary? Anyway, Facebook re-ordered them. And so I followed up with a post ask…
>> exchanged a dozen terrible fish puns last week seems you have a sofishticated sense of humor
> seems you have a sofishticated sense of humor
Stop, or I'm going to have to kick you in the bass.
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>> exchanged a dozen terrible fish puns last week seems you have a sofishticated sense of humor
> >> exchanged a dozen terrible fish puns last week > seems you have a sofishticated sense of humor Stop, or I'm going to have to kick you in the bass.