| 29 Jun 2023 |
 raboof | Is https://chaos.social/@ralismark@cathode.church/110624418403426769 OK to boost (not post) from the nixos account? In https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BfVvL_iAjViXP_UNqe5U7fAVEbWJQo7QuMwthv7YfsM/edit we said "No memes, no jokes", but that was about 'posting' rather than 'boosting'. I think the chance of 'drama' is small, and it fits the tone of the medium, but would appreciate a second pair of eyes 😃 | 11:22:35 |
 Pol | I'm definitely grateful for | 11:26:17 |
| Pol | * I'm definitely grateful for @sandro's work on nixpkgs, but he's not alone... | 11:26:33 |
| Pol | And IMHO, we should not boost this from Nixos account. | 11:26:52 |
| raboof | I don't think anyone was seriously suggesting/inferring he's alone ;) | 11:30:03 |
| Pol | Sure, but it's a bit what the drawing is suggesting, that's the reason why I would not boost it actually | 11:31:21 |
| Pol | (even if he's doing A LOT of reviews, perhaps more than any others) | 11:31:48 |
 hexa | agreed, nobody in nixpkgs is carrying that weight alone | 11:38:00 |
| hexa | these representations discount so much, that is lowkey happening throughout nixpkgs | 11:38:50 |
 raitobezarius | I still think the "no meme, no jokes" rule is usually very good Occam razor for these situations | 11:43:40 |
| raboof | 👍️ | 11:45:51 |
 @kranzes:matrix.org | raboof I don't think this meme should be posted on the NixOS Foundation's social media account but it's definitely a good meme and gave me chuckle 👍️ | 13:04:00 |
| raboof | definitely not posted, I thought boosting ('retweeting') might be OK but clearly not 😆 | 13:06:46 |
| @kranzes:matrix.org | seems equivalent to posting to me | 13:15:59 |
|  @networkexception:chat.upi.li joined the room. | 13:23:14 |
 @isaac.shapira:matrix.org | Why can't this be posted on official? | 13:28:43 |
| raboof | In reply to @isaac.shapira:matrix.org
Why can't this be posted on official? mostly because it somewhat discounts all the other people who are holding up key parts of the Nix ecosystem, also because we want to prioritize 'real' content over 'goofing around' (people can do that themselves outside of the main account) | 13:32:39 |
| @isaac.shapira:matrix.org | I can't say I agree | 13:33:25 |
| @isaac.shapira:matrix.org | Goofing around on main is meme magic | 13:33:37 |
| @kranzes:matrix.org | Is it effective though? does it have drawbacks? | 13:51:20 |
| @kranzes:matrix.org | Business and professional pages of organizations isn't a silly meme page on 9gag | 13:52:08 |
| @isaac.shapira:matrix.org | Elon musk is the world's greatest marketer | 13:53:16 |
| @isaac.shapira:matrix.org | So yeah | 13:53:27 |
| @isaac.shapira:matrix.org | Driving engagement produce positive feelings in your audience, almost no drawback | 13:53:49 |
| @kranzes:matrix.org | Personally at least, I wouldn't invest in an organization that acts like a meme page | 13:54:35 |
| @kranzes:matrix.org | In reply to @isaac.shapira:matrix.org
Elon musk is the world's greatest marketer Using extreme situations to make a point is pretty fallacious... | 13:57:02 |
| @kranzes:matrix.org | Also I wouldn't say that copying the richest man in the world is a good tactic a non profit organization should follow | 13:58:15 |
| @isaac.shapira:matrix.org | I just disagree | 14:03:31 |
| @isaac.shapira:matrix.org | What's effective is what's effective. Don't let your personal bias impact the data | 14:03:55 |
| @kranzes:matrix.org |
- I have not seen any data showing that Elon Musk's tweet improved one of his company's stocks
- You didn't provide any data either...
| 14:05:17 |
