Re:Twitter was down
by LeoPanthera on Thursday July 11, 2019 @04:06PM
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> Am I missing something?
That it is a joke.
The humor must be lost in translation then, I don't see anything resembling a joke.
> Are you suggesting that the team would deliberately crash the app to receive beers
Yes, the cobra effect exists. Should this mean that everyone needs to stop all forms of positive reinforcement? I don't believe so.
I doubt anyone would risk a comfortable job at Twitter against a few bottles of beers. Even if they are really fancy, that's what... $20-50?
If this had been worded as a "Haha, I stole the bad team's beer" I would have laughed.
However, worded as "where is my reward for being smart and stopping the cobra effect?" that's just an humble brag and plain unfunny.
Re:Twitter was down
by danielparks on Thursday July 11, 2019 @04:06PM
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He’s joking.
Wait, I don't understand.
Why would anyone call you hero?
Are you suggesting that the team would deliberately crash the app to receive beers and that by stealing them you stopped this from happening?
Free drinks and free food is the standard here to reward teams when they spend extra unpaid time away from their families.
All of the posts asking the same question are being down voted. Am I missing something?
You said you were a contractor at the time. Unless you were on the management team I fail to see how this was your responsibility to choose what happened.