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Thanks for linking this. Glad to see the scope of this is rather wide. We have a single confirmed non-resident case in this county.

It felt like the scope of the whole state was too wide considering the lack of cases near us. And without any definite financial assistance in place. Hoping something more definite comes soon as I know multiple people who are affected by this order.

I'd agree with the oddness of sharing your emotions in a team meeting. I likely wouldn't express my "true" feelings.

I gauge my teammates emotional states based on personal interactions and available context. Nor is it something I would want tracked. But perhaps kept in mind when adding tasks to their plate.

If you want honest feedback, I'd say use the power of anonymity. Engagement surveys with the right questions can pull this data. Keep in mind that the emotional statements can be hyperbolized one way or the other.

TL;DR - talk to your people "face to face." And reach out to those they're close with if concerned. Or directly and up front. Which avoids complicating with subversion.

I just made my own private office in my home. Easily done with cost savings of remote work.

I suspect you mean private office at HQ, or alike. To which I'd say... that'd be a hell of a lot better than tradition or open office layout. But you'd still lose most of the remote benefits for what I suspect is little gain.

I think there's a equivalent replacement for nearly every feature. There's not an equivalent service with as many users.

I try to run my hobby groups and there's resistance to using new services when FB can handle it all. Even if it's not as good.

It's like, always buying from Amazon cause it's easy, even if there's a cheaper/better product elsewhere. The effort factor.

Even with digital minimalist individuals, they'd rather manage a single app than multiple. Regardless of the high cost of FB in attention terms.

tl;dr- wat do w/ friends who don't want to use alternative

Safety is important. Forcing a design of a product to your objectively high standards is not.

Comparing safety regulations to enforced development guidelines? Do you not see the distinction of why the latter is ok?

Forcing a company to have a diagnostic tool or team to identify a problem you might not have them fix is silly IMO. So is forcing their hand on creating a repairable product.

I don't expect Microsoft to be able to easily identify obscure hardware issues with a design like my Surface Book 2. I do expect them to create a hardware product that doesn't break easily. Supplying the specs is a big benefit in my purchase decision. But not something I think should be required since it will undoubtedly give competitors more of an edge in their own development.

The onus is on me to purchase a product that matches my needs.

Basically useless is pretty hyperbolic. Saying "Navigate to 12 John Street, Bullocks NY" is very simple. The main features work quite well without search history.

Though I'd agree setting a home address shouldn't be tied to search history, if that's the case.

That's still a thing via the map. You can also pay for a location based filter & start a similar story as well. Ideal for weddings.

Taking things too literally seems to be a plague infecting many topics lately. I've interpreted the phrase similarly, do whatever you need to, just get "it" out of your head! Perfection is the enemy of good.

You're not removing, just disabling. All connections are stored when FB is disabled. Better yet, messenger can persist without FB and stories are generally quality personal updates. Messenger is a great application.

I found curation of my FB feed was ineffective. Glad you've had luck though!

An on point post. My friends are usually those who I value outside of their internet self's.

All our posting habits are up for criticism. And I'm not a fan of feeds that are entertainment or content consumption based. I just want to keep up with what's going on in my friend's lives and have the benefits of that network effect and their tools.

Value of the content is what drove me away.

I tried with much effort to weed out memes and garbage content via the share feature. I'm interested in personal photos and status updates(not twitter-esque complaints). But I had little to no success.

Give me a "disable memes & politics" button and I'd probably be back that day.

Agreed. I'm far more concerned about how I behave at the local pub.

I don't think your last statement is accurate. While the device is "listening" for the trigger words, it's not storing information. It only collects information you call upon it for. You do need to actively engage. I have not seen evidence of otherwise.