JA Westenberg
the word "ecosystem" should be banned from business communication until people demonstrate they understand what an ecosystem is
Mar 10 at 1:02amTypefully
Show threadMastodon MigrationMar 10

@Daojoan

Pretty sure 'lexicon' is another candidate for this ban

Show threadMay Likes TorontoMar 10
@Daojoan Isn't the business ecosystem just Nvidia propping up OpenAI and everyone else funneling money into Nvidia too?
Show threadLord Caramac the Clueless, KSCMar 10
@mayintoronto @Daojoan Capitalist business is a thanatosystem, it thrives on spreading death, mostly among organisms that aren't humans, pets, and ornamental plants though, so we tend to ignore it as much as possible.
Show threadOrion Ussner kidderMar 10
@Daojoan 100%. They also have no clue what "community" means.
Show threadTheStrangelet Mar 10
@Daojoan Can we add "family" to this list as well?
Show threadD. G. MarshallMar 10

@Daojoan

Business communication occurs in an echo system.

Show threadPiperMar 10
@Daojoan When I die, I'm going to come back as a ghost just to follow business people around and provide live translations of all their buzz words into the mundane things they actually mean. Unfortunately, a lot of them are just going to have to translate to "this person has no idea what they're saying but hopes you'll give them money oOOOOOooo 👻 "
Show threadJames Endres HowellMar 10

@Daojoan Every fucking word in the goddam English language

starting with "space"

and you are not allowed, on pain of death, to say "DNA"

Show threadrk: it’s hyphen-minus actuallyMar 10

@Daojoan

It’s the thing they pretend to care about and destroy for profit, in every usage thereof.

Show threadRoberto Otárola EstradaMar 10
@Daojoan well, since you mentioned that, most buzzwords should...
Show threadFeng GaoMar 10
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Show threadPatrick Loftus 🖖Mar 10
@Daojoan Do I have the bandwidth for this change?
Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESMar 10

@pwloftus @Daojoan

let's table that question and circle back to it

Show threadPatrick Loftus 🖖Mar 10
@benroyce @Daojoan Sure but when we circle back we have to take it offline.
Show threadIznogoudMar 10
@Daojoan win win win
Show threadmuddleMar 10

@Daojoan replace "ecosystem" with "plantation" and you get a They Live/Hoffman Lens effect.

(I can't claim credit for this insight)

Show threadLuci Bitchface AngerfootMar 10
@Daojoan it’s a corn based monoculture isn’t it?
Show threadPete Alex Harris🦡🕸️🌲/∞🪐∫Mar 10

@Daojoan

One of the questions to test their understanding should be "what should you do with an ecosystem?" and if they say "disrupt it" you should push them out of a window immediately.

Show threadLappenjammerMar 10

@petealexharris @Daojoan

Let's "action that".

Show threadPete Alex Harris🦡🕸️🌲/∞🪐∫Mar 10

@LappenjammerDieZweite @Daojoan

Let's action that going forward (and downward).

Show threadmahadevankMar 10
@Daojoan actually we should ban the word ecosystem alltogether for business usage. In business, there are no "ecosystems", only cartels
Show threaddasgrueneblattMar 10
@Daojoan yes
Show threadDavid RenaudMar 10
Corporate culture empowered me to use ecosystem as i create and curate and shit, so yeah. I'm a drone