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[brainwane]

I am on Bluesky and sometimes I go look at denise 's feed there.

I remembered that a few years ago she had noticed that Tumblr had a particular job opening, and had speculated about what a person in that role might want to do with the platform.

https://bsky.app/profile/rahaeli.bsky.social/post/3libfgunrhc2q

https://bsky.app/profile/rahaeli.bsky.social/post/3libfqau4rk2q

I had not realized that she had applied for that job, and that she had done so partly because she is "very bored."

This feels like information other people who use Dreamwidth might like to know. I had not previously understood that the chief executive of this platform is bored with her current job, and that provides me with a perspective I'm a little uncomfortable with.

EDITED 17 FEB TO SAY (as I said below in a comment): I screwed up here. Yeah. I’ll write about my screw-up at more length later, but I want to at least note here that yeah, I really didn't go about this in a way that foregrounded "I have concerns but I want to share them in a way that is overall supportive of the site".

Comments

[ghost_lingering]

While there are certainly aspects of Dreamwidth as a platform & a business that are worth looking at with a critical eye, gotta say: linking to a single comment on a different site where Denise says she is bored & then trying to extrapolate outwards what that means for the sustainability of Dreamwidth feels like an over-reach. At the least, it certainly does not feel like you are trying to "aid in helping the site flourish".

Also: while certainly small businesses are more reliant on individuals & people with insitutional knowledge, I'm uncomfortable with the implication that turnover is an automatic death knell. People leave jobs & find new ones all the time, even owners & company executives.

[brainwane]

I screwed up here. Yeah. I’ll write about my screw-up at more length later, but I want to at least note here that yeah, I really didn't go about this in a way that foregrounded "I have concerns but I want to share them in a way that is overall supportive of the site".

[ghost_lingering]

Glad you're acknowledging the mis-step & will be curious to read your post mortem whenever you post.