Only tech companies and drug dealers call their customers as users.*
If that’s the case, then what story are we become addicted to when we show up here?
Modern work is performative in nature. We talk about authenticity while being inauthentic.
Business “leaders” talk about culture while creating toxic fumes at work with everyone who works with them.
And on here?
AI written posts with the same:
- 🔥 emojis for neuron activation
- 🌳 bullet points for extra padding
- ✨and a bonus point for extra “value”
With turns of phrases that sound the same–and repetitive.
(Pro LLM users will note that em dashes are used all the time by AI)
What would happen if we no longer thought of ourselves as users?
What would purposefully using this place look like? What would purposefully engaging at work look like?
Maybe taking charge of our work, our career, and the direction of our lives begins with something simple.
No longer seeing ourselves as a user on here.
And no longer seeing ourselves as “just” an employee at work.
*Credit for this phrase goes to Edward Tufte.
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