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anonymity is a blessing. thankyou grapevine

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anonymity is a blessing. thankyou grapevine- Grapevine

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Randomly thinking over lunch, I saw my screen time and Grapevine is consistently increasing
Was wondering if it same for others, and if yes - how?

Has Grapevine impacted your life in anyway?

Consultant

I feel that when you open up to people about your traumas and insecurities, people are only going to use it against you in an arguement.

While you might argue that not everyone does that, and I would be the first one to agree to that. But you somehow stop trusting everyone, even your shadow , when your favorite people become your most bitter life lessons. 

The one who feels emotions always ends up suffering more. In the hindsight, it feels as if being a bare minimum "good human" is a curse. 

However,

I have been using grapevine to vent out and connect with strangers and so far I have only met supportive and empathetic human beings (most of them). 

Despite being covered in the sheild of anonymity, most people have only been respectful and kind. 

This proves that we, as humans , are only meant to love each other. Hatred is futile. Empathy is inherent while hatred is "cultivated".

I hope grapevine founders dont stumble across this post else theyll start charging premium fees when they realize how highly people speak of this platform lol

GrapeVine> Therapy

Data engineer

5.4K grapes finally. Took me 113 posts and 4 to 5 fake "DMs are coming" announcements to get here

Note that we barely have any data protection and privacy laws, so they might not act quickly or act in Indian requests. Scrub your profile with a name change or delete it.

Anonymous review site Glassdoor now consults public sources to identify users.

Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent

Glassdoor is now attaching users' real names to profiles without consent

Product Manager

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There are a few psychological and sociological theories that can help explain why anonymous forums may naturally tend towards negativity.

The separation from real-life consequences can result in people saying or doing things they wouldn't normally do, which can sometimes lead to negative behavior.

Some individuals derive satisfaction from creating conflict or distress for others online aka "trolling". Anonymous forums provide a fertile ground for trolls as they can typically act without direct consequences.

The larger the crowd, the less likely individuals are to take responsibility for a situation. In an anonymous forum, people might be less likely to step in and stop negative behavior, leading to a proliferation of such behavior.

Overtime this forum will see bots to promote propaganda of one company or to spread shit about other companies. 

As a community there should be something around guidelines, rules, and constructs to reduce this. What are some of your suggestions?

Who do anonymous forums like Grapevine tend to become negative?

Director Product

The number of rants I have on this platform, had they been anywhere else (social media or real life), I would have definitely lost my job, friends, and followers. 

Grateful for Grapevine 🍇

Just Grateful for this platform

What is so special about Grapevine? #newuser

Software Developer

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Hey Folks, I thought I should do an AMA specially after yesterday’s rumours that I have been laid off from Grapevine - this isn’t true 😂. It is however true that I have been PIPed and have a much reduced role now xD 

To be serious: Happy to answer any Grapevine questions that you may have. Features, ideas, questions on why we do what we do welcome - I’ll answer what I can! 

Cheers!

Micheal_Scott AMA

I met a friend last week, topic shifted to grapevine 

"Oh you haven't tried grapevine! You must it's great?!

I show the app, while talking about how it is twitter+reddit+linkedin+facebook all in one.

And he opens a post, says - Nice so people post logical stuff too

* He had one of my posts open* 
Didn't tell him 🤭

Keeping anonymity safe and still spreading good word 🔥

Just random Grapevine update

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I could solve general problems from arrays, trees, sorting and all. I would fail miserably when the interview goes in the direction of DP problems. After a point I realised it actually doesn’t matter, you will find enough places where you are valued for your skills. 

Been a person who was on the both sides of the table, more on the side taking interviews. I realised one thing how many of us end up writing those fancy TSP code or backtracking etc day in day out. Almost most of the code we write is in some form a version of CRUD and its a reality.
Someone getting hired in google is not going to be assigned to improve their search algorithm. I know a lot of ppl who joined and left google because they were not getting to work on meaningful stuff. 

I ask real life programming stuff and I try to judge based on that, I want to see given a real scenario how the candidate thinks rather then knowing how good the person is in solving some DP problem.

Some ppl can write real good code without realising that they are actually using the best practices and design patterns and not remembering the patterns name, it sometimes just comes naturally

I suck at DSA, realized its okay.

Software Engineer

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Why grapevine was born when we have reddit?

Last month, someone on Grapevine commented with a cryptic message, revealing my workplace.
Scary part, I have not mentioned it anywhere on the internet. No one knows except my immediate family.
And then, they deleted the comment.

But I was frantic and scared, overanalyzing all the conversations where I may have overshared.
Was actively building my personal brand on LinkedIn and Twitter, but that came to a complete stop.
I reached out to Grapevine support, who, apart from providing support, taught me a new Gen Z word: 'doxxing' (yeah, call me a boomer)

I did find the leak in my 'anonymous' plan - I was hiring writers and had spoken with three who reached out through Grapevine.

Now, can we get to the good part?
A month later, I have spoken to more than double that number. Not hiring now, but conceptualizing ideas.
I have a fitness buddy (who works out and I cheer), working on business ideas that started right here, and I'm looking forward to meeting more people (and probably grabbing some gigs).

I am finally enjoying being on Grapevine, not worried about hiding my identity with Biryani.

Image: This is what ChatGPT had to say about the incident, and I couldn't agree more.

P.S. I don't share my workplace because 1. It's still probation, and 2. I work with a small team, hence I can be easily identified.

Sharing a small incident that made me see things in a different light

- Best part is that growth here (read: love and grapes) is based on personality and not (my) face 😂

- This community has seen it all: rants on my job, boss, interns, finding a new job, dodging a notice period scam, losing the job, brain-fkng ITR, to garnering 12k grapes! 

- This platform has India's top professionals: people from/in top colleges and companies, doing groundbreaking work, yet humble enough to discuss random things with me. I’m so awed tbh * insert the puppy face eyes *

- Another thing I love about being here is keeping my creativity alive. So many (so many) triggering comments, and if I am not impulsive, I come up with great comebacks!

- I have gotten into such petty debates and also abruptly left conversations (common in millennials, no?)

- In hindsight, maybe revealing my gender wasn't the best idea.

P.S. @Michael_Scott didn’t promise me airpods (yet). 
Please stop making me sound desperate. Someone mentioned I could get a job and buy the airpods, but it is (never was) about the airpods. 

P.P.S. Love when people call me Biryani!

Anniversary post: Grateful for the community (Part 2)

I really liked the concept. It has best of both worlds. Easiest way to create content is audio, and consume is text.

However, I think it will suffer because it might not promote controversial stuff or negative comments.

Humans have a negativity bias. Name-calling, insults or blind hate, are things that no one likes - but also things that no one can look away from. And those engaged in it can't easily pull away. 

One of the reasons why Grapevine is so good because in an anonymous forum, people might be less likely to step in and stop negative behavior. People either promote propaganda of one company or to spread shit about other companies.


Even X is infamous for rewarding conflict. Most negative comments come from anon folks. elafda get the best engagement.  


The audio first social media app Airchat has a second order effect that people can write way more mean shit than say it aloud. Plus it's not natively anon. 

I really wish it does work, in a world where there's so much negativity, we need airchat to thrive.

Why Airchat might not work

What are we gonna do with the grapes we accumulate on Grapevine?

Grapes on Grapevine

Customer Success

I’ll go first.

To me, it’s all about access. 
Access to authentic ideas.

The best search result you get on Google is high SEO but low authenticity. On LinkedIn, there are so many people but everyone is shilling a course or 1:1 resume reviews. 

Mostly it has become a place which started as vanity signalling 

Like
( I have started a new role…, I have been accepted at …, I have received offers from F, A, N and G and I’m joining G.)  

And now people pushing mindless content with “Agree?” or “Comment Interested”.

Somehow, everyone is truly inauthentic to please a wider audience and say the exact same generic gyaan to maximise engagement.

For now, Grapevine is where people are genuinely themselves and I get to hear interesting things that you get to hear near the coffee machine.

Kinda feels like we’re all a big community where we all contribute and learn new things about the professional landscape around us.

Godspeed Grapevine. 🚀

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