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Re:Nobody Trusts Facebook, Twitter Is a Hot Mess, What Is Sn... by urtrs on Thursday August 23, 2018 @11:29AM (#17828041)
> The meeting I attended started with an employee lighting a candle in the center of the circle to dedicate the session to a cause, and then proceeded with a series of free-­association prompts. A moderator asked us to tell a story about our names or a memory related to summer.

This seems to me more like a cult than a company but maybe it works.

Re:Nobody Trusts Facebook, Twitter Is a Hot Mess, What Is Sn... by dvtrn on Thursday August 23, 2018 @11:45AM (#17828197)
I'd be inordinately curious to hear from anyone as to how it works though.
Re:Nobody Trusts Facebook, Twitter Is a Hot Mess, What Is Sn... by Filligree on Thursday August 23, 2018 @12:08PM (#17828410)
There was an article very recently about how rituals help. Let's see... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17817912

Cults do the same thing, but doesn't mean it's inherently culty. It just easily lends itself to that.

Re:Nobody Trusts Facebook, Twitter Is a Hot Mess, What Is Sn... by dvtrn on Thursday August 23, 2018 @01:01PM (#17828824)
Well yes, I can certainly understand the impact of rituals, I'm curious to know more about this specific one. Sorry but in a workplace context, lighting a candle and commemorating the moment like this just feels...kitschy to me