flabberghaster

flabberghaster wrote (edited )

Reply to comment by twovests in Bluesky review by Moonside

Yeah same the "new post" circle is half way off the bottom of the screen and hard to click on my phone.

It feels jankier than twitter BUT: I left twitter a couple months in to musks reign and well before the site started actually falling apart, so idk how the jank is today.

What's your fediverse handle? Not sure if I'm following you yet. I'm @flabberghaster@mas.to

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flabberghaster wrote

Reply to comment by hollyhoppet in "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by cute_spider

I will caveat all of that with the fact that I read it in junior high, and don't really remember much. It felt weirdly manipulative in parts but some of it seemed innocuous.

I do not endorse it. But I think if you're going to read any book on the subject, you can do a lot worse, I guess is my stance.

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flabberghaster wrote

Reply to "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by cute_spider

I read it. The advice is not that bad in some places but it is kind of weird. Basically it's "People love talking about themselves, so ask them questions and listen to what they tell you. Even if you don't say much they'll often think you're a great conversationalist." That one is good. Others are like "People love the sound of their own names, so say their names a bunch".

I don't think it's that weird or manipulative, it just has kind of a clickbait title from before clickbait was a thing. Most of the advice doesn't seem that good (specifically saying peoples names freakishly often) but it's not like... pickup artist type stuff or anything.

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