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Re:We Ran a Phone Check at a Y Combinator Event in SF. Here’... by mcintyre1994 on Saturday March 25, 2023 @09:40AM (#35302518)
I find it weird that you’d need to have these systems, theatre has had a don’t use your phone during the show policy forever and doesn’t seem to really have any challenge enforcing it.
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Re:We Ran a Phone Check at a Y Combinator Event in SF. Here’... by crazygringo on Saturday March 25, 2023 @09:56AM (#35302665)
People don't generally try to record plays. And your clips wouldn't go viral even if it did, a clip from a scene out of context doesn't mean much.

Whereas a joke is very shareable, and stuff that pushes the edge can go super viral, especially when taken out of context -- risking Twitter/media backlash. So both the rewards and risks are WAYYY higher for standup.

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