I have a major curiosity about how this actually happened. I’ve watched a video or two about it but it still baffles me to this day that SOOOOO many people bought it as a x-mas present for their kid(s).

I’ve wanted to learn a couple of things about this.

A. What did the parents think of their kids asking for such a stupid present?

B. What did the parents who refused to purchase a Pet Rock, have to deal with at home, when their kid(s) were informed that they were not getting one ever?

C. (On the flip side of B.) What did the parents of those who did purchase them notice or deal with at home?

D. What psychological reasoning would anyone have to desire to purchase a Pet Rock, instead of making their own?

E. What psychological marketing/influencing was involved in this scheme?

I get not having profit. I get not having income, if it’s in some prototype phase. But having no plan or idea whatsoever for how to monetize and still getting VC? Wild.

It’s called “growth-first” or “growth-at-all-costs” strategy. I don’t recall what video I was watching when I learned it, but it’s a dying strategy for business now (IIRC). It had its rise in popularity in the late 2000s to about 2018. Think Netflix, WeWork, Uber, etc. These are huge businesses to prop up, so they (literally) bank on the idea that with a huge user base, they can sooner or later, make a profit to make it worth all of the risk.

(says Octothorpe) Reaction

They knew what they were doing. They knew that Minecraft needed a strong competitor in the video game market, and bet big on the ‘long game.’

Noticing that you are a parent of a person who plays Roblox, I feel obligated to share two investigative videos about Roblox Corporation practices or lack thereof, the exploitive practices they have to paying third-party in-game content “developers” (that are often kids/tweens/teens), and the issues Roblox have had with pedophiles/adults grooming young people/kidnappings.

The following videos are from People Make Games on Youtube.

Investigation: How Roblox Is Exploiting Young Game Developers

Roblox Pressured Us to Delete Our Video. So We Dug Deeper.

[Just so we are clear, I am not telling you how to parent your son or person. I am just informing you to the best of my ability, about the issues that have arisen on and off Roblox.]

I suspected Netflix to lose sub counts for two years after they enacted their ‘No Account Sharing (outside the household).’ policy. But it seems that they have been able to bounce back quite quickly, compared to my guess.

To answer your question, I like to use this adage, “Technology is neither good nor bad; nor is it neutral.” - Melvin Kranzberg

I also like to tie in: ‘A hammer can be used to build a house or to destroy one. It depends on the user.’

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_instrument

This is one of those coders’ beefs, isn’t it?

What’s stopping you from succeeding?

This happened.

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-march-2024-core-update-impact-hundreds-of-websites-deindexed/510981/

/j

Reddit comment section nostalgia activated

I straight up thought early voting was universal. Specifically in the US. Sure, states might have different allotted times for how early you can vote, but I for sure thought that all of the US States had it. This is wild to me.

edit: https://www.usvotefoundation.org/early-voting-dates

Then it is time to use the all mighty Left Click.

You mean Control+NumberRow.

This is neat.

You can also hold Control and left click to do the same. Then just Control+Tab to cycle through your tabs.

I mean… you’re not wrong. Just thought that it would be a great question to ask here. Also, with fewer users on Lemmy, there tend to be more genuine answers than on Reddit.

(I hope this is conveyed well.) Take plenty of photos of all of you together. It’s a great way to bond and there is scientific evidence that we hold episodic memories from photos (among other things.)

Looking at Your Photos Can Be Uplifting, Enlightening, or Bittersweet

Also, we never know for sure when something unexpected might happen to any of us. So it is better to save photos of those memories with significant others, family, friends, etc.

Please tell us that you have moved on to a better car. That was a painful read hahaha.

Is that from Ocie Elliott?