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I think Twitter's CEO summed it up well, and I agree: > He’s both a passionate believer and intense critic of the service which is exactly what we need on @Twi
by jmkni 5y ago
I think Twitter's CEO summed it up well, and I agree:
> He’s both a passionate believer and intense critic of the service which is exactly what we need on @Twitter, and in the boardroom, to make us stronger in the long-term. Welcome Elon!
https://twitter.com/paraga/status/1511320964813910017 https://twitter.com/paraga/status/1511320964813910017
- blenderdt 5y agoThose are just polite words. Why does a critic make Twitter stronger? And why is that needed?
- BurningFrog 5y agoA good critic points out flaws to fix. With fewer flaws the company is healthier.
- dlp211 5y agoThe implicit assumption being that Musk is a good critic of what is wrong with Twitter. I'm not sold on that assumption.
- BurningFrog 5y agoTime will tell. Elon's business track record is hard to ignore though.
- JamesAdir 5y agoElon is his one of his new bosses, I would take anything the CEO says with a grain of salt.
- andrew_ 5y agoI give his tenure as CEO 6 months at most before he's forced out by the board, or resigns for ideological differences. The changing wind that Elon is going to usher in is going to be fundamental and sweeping, and I wouldn't be surprised to see an exodus of employees follow.
- woah 5y agoI heard he's going to bring in the ability to edit other user's tweets, as we've been asking for for years
- peanuty1 5y agoParag was extremely lucky to have been appointed CEO despite his lack of qualifications. He's only ever worked at Twitter and was appointed CTO before ever holding a management position. He's not going anywhere because he won't get as lucrative of a gig anywhere else.
- bruhbruhbruh 5y agoThis type of career progression interests me. What type of internal politics did Parag have to maneuver to be appointed to these high profile roles? As someone with C-level career aspirations, it makes me wonder if I'm not cut out for the politics. I'm not Machiavellian. Can people make it to C-suite via merit alone?
- jackblemming 5y agoNo merit alone doesn’t work. You absolutely need to be both charismatic and that guy who’s constantly asking their boss what they can do for promotions or more money. Bonus points if you’re tall. That’s pretty much it.
- hackernewds 5y agoNot to mention he doesn't have the political capacity / capital or the history as Jack at Twitter
- justapassenger 5y agoThat sounds like a typical corporate butt kissing.
- ajhurliman 5y agoThe CEO's level of sincerity doesn't rob the statement of any meaning.
- zeruch 5y ago...only of it's gravitas or validity.
- fullshark 5y agoMaybe but it’s 100% accurate TBD if he actually is happy to butt heads with Elon.
- 99_00 5y agoButt kissing is most effective when it's true.
- mc32 5y agoI just want to know if this means Musk or anyone on the board can veto “bans” either on himself, themselves or for others… Will that account that tacks his plane continue tracking his plane?
- adolph 5y agoMaybe a super blue check for shareholders, like a green dollar sign
- slim 5y agoI think elon musk summed it up best > eh wow lol or something to that effect
- slim 5y agohttps://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1511011921495011328 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1511011921495011328
- vernie 5y ago
- FFRefresh 5y agoI do think Elon will provide a valuable counter-balance to the current monoculture that drives Twitter. But I do not believe Elon in of himself can really resolve Twitter's ills (by my subjective assessment). Twitter and other social networks are ultimately reflections of parts of humanity. Us humans have our biases and our drives that don't just go away. You can obviously (and should) tweak the product to incentivize more productive dialog, but you can't overwrite our biases/drives/distribution of competencies by updating Twitter. Personally, I view these social networks as mirrors, revealing parts of our humanity as it currently is. A lot of us don't like what we see, and we fixate strictly on the mirror, suggesting it's strictly the mirror's fault for displaying the unflattering image.
- philosopher1234 5y agoI recommend this paper: https://philpapers.org/archive/NGUHTG.pdf https://philpapers.org/archive/NGUHTG.pdf or this podcast on the same topic: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/podcasts/transcript-ezra-klein-interviews-c-thi-nguyen.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/podcasts/transcript-ezra-... Social media is a mirror in the same way that baseball is a mirror. Individual personalities are tested and the fact we're playing it is because we're human, but the rules of baseball are not the rules of life. When we're playing baseball we're doing something very different from when we're relating to each other or spending time together. Twitter is a social game, and distorts the behavior of its participants. Its a fun house mirror, not a reflecting pool.
- gowld 5y agoBaseball is a game, and a little bit of "relating to each other or spending time together" (which is why there are sometimes brawls). Twitter is "relating to each other or spending time together" to a much larger extent, even though some people are using it as a game or (more commonly) a business.
- philosopher1234 5y agoYes, twitter has more interpersonal than baseball does, but the points system looms large over every word.
- vincentmarle 5y agoThis meme explains it best: https://twitter.com/lawmaster/status/1511326650788683777 https://twitter.com/lawmaster/status/1511326650788683777