Reid Backstrom

Personally: Comedy, pickleball, surfing and inventing new games and sports nobody plays - Professional: PM @Meta (former research @Meta)

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@PicturesFoIder A grass sled

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I am excited to try IG Threads - I will finally have a text based audience

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@nickgerli1 Hotels are much better/cheaper for 3 or fewer days, and there are a lot of decent month-long options for much less than a monthly AirBnB… I feel like the real market for AirBnB is how many trips between 1-3 weeks long people plan to take, and it is way less than the supply

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@soren_iverson Gerritsen Beach Bagels - incredibly hard to get to, but it’s terrific

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@thechangj Seattle has been a tech hub for a long time… but I feel like Seattle people don’t tweet enough to get their due credit

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@tunguz The library did it first

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@paulg In-person work is important - but work culture needs a stronger bifurcation of what an in-person days looks like vs. a remote day.

Anyone who has been in a meeting that could have been an email, or participated in a Zoom happy hour can attest that the format should fit the task

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@theamberyang Intellectual curiosity as a cultural norm is probably the toughest one to find.

Nature, and safety push toward smaller cities, and retail + entertainment push toward bigger. Any of… SF, Seattle, Portland, LA, Austin, and NY have a decent mix pending how you weigh the factors

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Stories struggle to end happy without cheesy levels of perfect. Ted Lasso ended in the exact right way, and I’ll always have a warm spot in my heart for it. Thanks to the writers, cast and staff who made the show happen

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@AlaskaAir Thanks Annie!

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@AlaskaAir - you are my favorite in many ways. My one request - cold brew or iced coffee possible?

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At what age do male friendships turn into subtle one-ups-manship of financially questionable decisions?

I see your seldomly ridden motorcycle, and I raise you a boat and an outdoor pizza oven that I will use exactly twice per summer

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I realize this will not drive meaningful growth, retention, or incorporate AI in a new and exciting way - but still… it would be nice

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@LinkedIn - can you please add a notes or context feature for connections? I just met an industry kin at a comedy show, connected, feel like I will forever forget that and future me will wonder why we’re connected

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@GovInslee This is a good thing that garnered bi-partisan support. I don’t understand the level of criticism in the comments

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I love Spikeball and Pickleball so much because they are cheap and easy to jump into. I invite people in all day long.
Skiing, biking, surfing, foiling, etc are so expensive, it’s like convincing people to invest in a timeshare

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@soren_iverson Best one yet

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@bchesky Review inflation is an issue - I think adding friction (e.g. must write something extra, or some limit) to leaving the highest, and lowest ratings might help people differentiate from a true 4.5+ and a polite 4.5+. Better on AirBnB than most platforms, but still an issue

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@stats_feed There are a lot of incentives in Portugal to be considered a single parent in terms of government support. I would hypothesize that people continue to be partnered in Portugal and Spain, but not legally together because of that incentive structure.

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@curious_founder @IDoTheThinking Related (sort of) - speeding tickets and toll roads should come with a weight multiplier. The amount of damage and road stress larger vehicles inflict is so much greater than standard passenger vehicles