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Seeking alternative compression. Hopefully wrong on average. Shameless. Started @getcognito and @bloom

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    1. Mike Dudas‏ @mdudas Nov 10

      “Hustle porn. This is one of the most toxic, dangerous things in tech right now. This idea that unless you are suffering, grinding working every hour of every day, you're not working hard enough. It's such utter bullshit." ⁦~ @alexisohanian⁩https://www.businessinsider.com/reddit-alexis-ohanian-hustle-porn-toxic-dangerous-thing-in-tech-2018-11 …

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    2. Arjun Balaji‏ @arjunblj Nov 10
      Replying to @mdudas

      *rolls eyes* Wonder how much Alexis and the Reddit team worked when it was getting off the ground (especially given YC).

      3 replies 0 retweets 21 likes
    3. John Backus‏ @backus Nov 10
      Replying to @arjunblj @mdudas

      From 2005pic.twitter.com/fPnVEsysPZ

      1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
      John Backus‏ @backus Nov 10
      Replying to @backus @arjunblj @mdudas

      Alright Twitter video is giving me a hard time so here is a Streamable link:https://streamable.com/bunvp 

      10:31 AM - 10 Nov 2018
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        2. Mike Dudas‏ @mdudas Nov 10
          Replying to @backus @arjunblj

          Brutal. I respect someone like @alexisohanian saying, "hey, I was in a huge bit of depression despite my great success," you can try to be like me, but be aware of the cost to your health.

          2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
        3. Adam Singer‏Verified account @AdamSinger Nov 10
          Replying to @mdudas @backus and

          Also cc @randfish please link your post bud. Rand one of most successful people in tech his story is one we shouldn't ignore.

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        4. Rand Fishkin‏Verified account @randfish Nov 10
          Replying to @AdamSinger @mdudas and

          https://sparktoro.com/blog/long-ugly-year-depression-thats-finally-fading/ … 👊

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        2. Garry BUIDL Tan‏Verified account @garrytan Nov 10
          Replying to @backus @arjunblj @mdudas

          It’s always going to be a struggle but you don’t have to glorify it. It’s a part of it. Alexis’s mom died while they were working super hard. He has written about that too. That isn’t struggle porn. That’s the struggle.

          1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
        3. John Backus‏ @backus Nov 10
          Replying to @garrytan @arjunblj @mdudas

          Yeah it’s a fair point. I don’t really have a take here btw. I just dug up this video for unrelated reasons 2 weeks ago and it came to mind in this thread

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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        1. Dorian Taylor‏ @doriantaylor Nov 10
          Replying to @backus

          gahhhhhhhh there are no controls on that video; i can't stop it

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