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So, this article is in response to the NYTimes piece that came out 2(?) days ago; however there also seems to be chatter about Twitter being bought out[1] by Sa

• shaki-dora 9y ago
  > Are we seeing the press trying to knock Twitter down a few pegs as it seeks acquisition? "The press" doesn't work that way. In particular, I doubt that the NYT and The Atlantic take orders from Salesforce's M&A department.
  • the_af 9y ago
    And if you know Ian Bogost, the author of this article, you know he is not a shill of anything. He has a well known trajectory of being highly critical of... well, just about everything. But especially anything internet-related. I first became aware of Bogost when I read his article "Gamification is Bullshit", and he is also the author of "Cow Clicker", a spoof of Zynga's style of games -- both of which will give you an idea of what he stands for.
• Waterluvian 9y ago
  The simpler malevolent explanation is that they just want stuff to write about that will receive clicks.
  • SaltyBackendGuy 9y ago
    It's _probably_ not a hit piece, but just relevant. [0] Something, something simplest explanation, something. [0] https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor
    • the_af 9y ago
      The even simpler explanation is that Ian Bogost [1] has always been highly critical of social media, Twitter, Facebook, and everything gaming- and internet-related. No conspiracy to affect stock value here. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Bogost https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Bogost
• danso 9y ago
  You're suggesting that an investigation that likely took months, if not more than a year, is actually just a stitch-up job to take down Twitter's stock value at the moment of acquisition? edit: I'm referring to the NYT story, not the OP