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      Or under the age of 25. Nobody is voluntarily signing up for Instagram in the modern era. Hell, even TikTok is getting past its prime.

      They might as well be demanding my Spotify Playlist.

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            See, THIS is what modern technology was supposed to bring.

            It’s so hard to organise a hangout with friends. Nobody knows when they’re available because they don’t have a proper calendar. Everyone just lives their life one day at a time, having no clue if they’ll be free next Tuesday for a pint or two. It’s so annoying.

            The moment you start using a semi-public calendar, things become so much easier. People don’t need to see your events, just free/busy blocks. And when you want to organise something for a dozen people, that level of knowledge, combined with some AI (ain’t nobody got time to find a free time slot that’s good for everyone!), sorts these things out so quickly.

            Sure, some 30% still won’t turn up but at least it’s not an endless “X can’t make it next Tuesday, next Thursday would be good except Y and Z are out of town, etc etc”. I have your emails, I have your availability calendars, let’s make it happen. Boom. Pub time scheduled in 5 minutes.

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              Move to Germany lol, everybody has a calendar. Downside is that you have to schedule meetups long in advance because everybody (at least adults) plan like at least a week, some like a month, ahead and we aren’t very flexible

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            Then, an idea struck: He sent the girl a calendar invite titled “Hook up?” for the following Friday night at 11:30 p.m.

            That’s brilliant.

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            There are plenty of 40+ non-pedo communities on Discord. You’ve got music production gear and synth communities like Dirtywave, Polyend, and Deluge, TTRPGs, software devs in general, and much more. Discord is also good for LFG, which is indispensable for any middle aged gamer who is too busy to have a regular gaming schedule and gaming crew.

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              Are you sure? This guy seems pretty sure everybody that uses the current most popular western online community building chat platform is a sex offender if they’re over an arbitrary age. Surely they must be right!

              I’m on the Discord community for my metropolitan city along with many thousands of people from all walks of life and all sorts of ages, I need to head over there and let them know that apparently they’re probably all sex offenders!

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              ? I think OP was saying being on Roblox over the age of 40 was the pedo thing, not Discord.

              I could be mistaken though.

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                That’s what I gathered too! I think the downvoting folks are taking the comment in a vacuum, not considering what they’re replying to.

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        As someone under 25, this is bullshit. I’m the only person my age I know that doesn’t use Instagram

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        They might as well be demanding my Spotify Playlist.

        Need to clean up majorly before submitting. Not sure if I should be more worried about certain lyrics or extreme noise and/or extreme weirdness.

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        Or under the age of 25. Nobody is voluntarily signing up for Instagram in the modern era.

        Ok this will make me sound 8,000 years old, but what social network are the kids these days using? TikTok exists, but that isn’t really a personal blogging site like Facebook, Myspace, Instagram, etc. What is the equivalent for Facebook for present day high school and college students? Is everyone just on discord?

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          I don’t think that people do that very much any more, since the medium has changed.

          People don’t really do things like make blog posts as much as they used to.

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          I think large group chats. Benefits of larger audience posting without being completely public-facing.

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          You have no idea how many people still use dial-up internet. shrug

          It’s still pigeonholed to a generational cohort.

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        Yeah, that sounds insane. Everyone knows those platforms are selling your data. I don’t think most young people are that stupid.

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        Yall are making playlists? I just add all songs to the liked and just hit skip until I find songs I’m in the mood for.

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    Anyone asking for your full address at the job application stage isn’t usually legit either. Just don’t. You can give that to a BG check company after an offer is made and accepted.

    Source - am HR

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      That really depends on the jurisdiction.

      In the UK, it is mandatory to provide your actual address for most positions, for example.

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    This is probably rage bait TBH.

    since this is required…I’m sure the position involves some type of social media presence on insta and tiktok

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      I’ve had first-hand accounts of in-person interviewers turning their laptops to the interviewee and asking them to log in to their social media accounts.

      I’ve also had first person accounts of interviewees laughing and leaving immediately.

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    It’s anecdotal, but back when I was on Reddit, I saw someone say that a prospective employer actually required your full credentials so that they could check your private information as well.

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      That not only sounds illegal and shady, it would be the dumbest thing you could do.

      Now somebody else has your account, uploads some Epstein material for shits and giggles and you can go to jail

      That is an immediate “Nope the fuck out of there, you do NOT want to work in het place”

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      i recently looked up the Security clearance law in my country, which has 3 levels.

      And only in the highest level, for social media, all they do is look at your public profile (if i did not misread it) (They do stuff like asking people close to you questions tho)

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        Yeah but this is asking for their credentials which is an absolute direct NO, as that would be extremely risky for me

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    I feel like any company that seriously wants an employee doesn’t want an answer to either question.

    I do not have a TikTok account because I’m not 6 years old, and do not care about what the current trend is.

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      The weird part is why they would want to take on the legal exposure. There’s far too much opportunity to complain about discrimination due to membership in various classes.

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    Looking forward to the day I’m unemployable for not having those accounts instead of just for being really easy to find out I’m a communist

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    I recently attempted to apply for a job and they wanted a link to my LinkedIn page. Fair enough, but then they also had another spot for “Website” that was mandatory to fill in, and it would not allow me to continue with the application until I had a legit website in there, and it wouldn’t accept the same link as my LinkedIn page that I’d already used in the space above, so I just gave up. Fuckers.