Hah! I didn’t even notice. Debo wasn’t available on Reddit 15+ years ago when I joined so I actually added the “re”. It took the rise of Lemmy for me to use my preferred nick. :)
There’s some new research that shows raising pay is not great for retention. Studies say it’s better to take that money and put it into a long-term benefit line a pension, profit sharing, while life insurance with a cash out value, etc.
My city in AZ just passed an ordinance that requires any short term rentals to have a permit, the owner must be able to respond to the property within 60 minutes, AND there must be a verified neighbor reachable 24 hours of the day and verified.
That should put a significant dent in landlord rent seeking behavior.
Why is Tumblr getting the credit when it’s an XKCD comic that has the message, not the platform.