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		aliqot on Jan 26, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tell HN: Confluent laying off 8% of staff That's the defined procedure though, without that, you draw more attention. There is a clearly defined playbook at this point, and it WORKS, so why go making up your own words when they just wanna hear the song?

halgir on Jan 26, 2023 [–]

When the playbook has become a meme, I think there's a case to be made for updating it.

maerF0x0 on Jan 26, 2023 | [–]

Exactly. The expected results of the playbook used to be Compassion, feels.

Now its eyerolls, cynicism.

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