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		thom on July 23, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will turn into a ‘me... Yet again it’s the old jwz point of people focusing on the irrelevant tech details of why something’s successful. Roblox isn’t successful because it’s a ‘metaverse’, it’s successful because it’s got a crapload of games that shut my kids up.

thom on July 23, 2021 | [–]

Okay maybe I’m getting my software think pieces backwards and it’s this that is more relevant:

https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2001/04/21/dont-let-architect...

And not:

https://www.jwz.org/doc/groupware.html

meepmorp on July 24, 2021 | [–]

> it’s successful because it’s got a crapload of games that shut my kids up.

Still cheaper than daycare!

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