We all assumed, based on how twitter behaved. But it's nice to know it was true.
Can't wait to see all those "no, twitter is actually fair and unbiased" article crafters spines out of joint about this. Who am I kidding, they'll never admit they were wrong even if you rub their articles in their faces.
Yeah. In a sane world we’d take to task the assholes who said people who talked about shadowbans were nutjobs. If we did, though, they’d just laugh it off with “lol that was years ago” or “who cares” instead the massive hits to their credibility they deserve.
I’ve seen those “A day in the life of a Twitter employee” videos so if the now-sacked employees who wrote this code now have to actually work for a living somewhere else, that’ll be more effective punishment for them than anything Dante could dream up.
For all the problems I've seen in software development, reading Twitter's shit is a fucking horror show.
It kinda proves to me why "computers will take over the world" not only can't happen, but won't happen. The software that runs the world right now, is some staples & duct-tape level bull shit. It's like all of modern technology was coded by Red Green.
I'm in the industry and this is absolutely true. Execs demand a new product be stood up in 6 months, send all the main team members off to do new shit when they have something minimally viable, then get pissed and demand answers when the thing inevitably breaks. Fucking morons.
Google doesn't even know how the youtube algorithm works nowadays. They are just pulling levers on a black box and hope that said lever doesn't break the box.
Guess you've never worked at a corporate with multiple ideological software engineering teams, and an idiotic infosec/IT team that have their own ideas of productive security, run by Peloton shilling execs.
Never worked at a corporate whatever that didn't have version control, no. I've seen some BS. But most people know how to operate a repository. I can do that.
I haven't seen anything claiming they have no source control. Just because you have it doesn't mean you use it to its fullest extent, or that any change in the last X years can be easily tracked down. It wouldn't surprise me if a lot of configuration changes (modifications to accounts) are indeed outside any source control.
We all assumed, based on how twitter behaved. But it's nice to know it was true.
Can't wait to see all those "no, twitter is actually fair and unbiased" article crafters spines out of joint about this. Who am I kidding, they'll never admit they were wrong even if you rub their articles in their faces.
Yeah. In a sane world we’d take to task the assholes who said people who talked about shadowbans were nutjobs. If we did, though, they’d just laugh it off with “lol that was years ago” or “who cares” instead the massive hits to their credibility they deserve.
9 years later and the 'it's about the lack of ethics in journalism' still hasn't sunk in on them.
It probably never will.
Now where is the punishment for all those involved?
I’ve seen those “A day in the life of a Twitter employee” videos so if the now-sacked employees who wrote this code now have to actually work for a living somewhere else, that’ll be more effective punishment for them than anything Dante could dream up.
The vapid latte drinkers in diversity meetings all day probably weren't responsible for this, they hardly get in front of the computer at all
For all the problems I've seen in software development, reading Twitter's shit is a fucking horror show.
It kinda proves to me why "computers will take over the world" not only can't happen, but won't happen. The software that runs the world right now, is some staples & duct-tape level bull shit. It's like all of modern technology was coded by Red Green.
Oh yeah, I'm just talking about raw code quality and documentation.
Everyone just wants to go go go. They don't want to slow down and make stuff reliable.
I'm in the industry and this is absolutely true. Execs demand a new product be stood up in 6 months, send all the main team members off to do new shit when they have something minimally viable, then get pissed and demand answers when the thing inevitably breaks. Fucking morons.
It’s what happens when business openly discourage loyalty behavior. You get employees who don’t give a shit or openly hostile to their product.
Google doesn't even know how the youtube algorithm works nowadays. They are just pulling levers on a black box and hope that said lever doesn't break the box.
Twitter had no source control!?
I'm having a hard time believing that if they had so many programmers.
Guess you've never worked at a corporate with multiple ideological software engineering teams, and an idiotic infosec/IT team that have their own ideas of productive security, run by Peloton shilling execs.
Never worked at a corporate whatever that didn't have version control, no. I've seen some BS. But most people know how to operate a repository. I can do that.
I haven't seen anything claiming they have no source control. Just because you have it doesn't mean you use it to its fullest extent, or that any change in the last X years can be easily tracked down. It wouldn't surprise me if a lot of configuration changes (modifications to accounts) are indeed outside any source control.
Or you don't want a record of what was done or who did it.