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Never happen. Jack was part of the problem.

by meatsauce 4y ago

Apocryphon 4y ago
Reinstate Dick. Having a comedian in charge again would be funny.
- LegitShady 4y ago
  "Let me introduce your new CEO, a clone made by crossing Joe Rogan and Sergei Brin."
- reducesuffering 4y ago
  He doesn't seem very funny. "Me-first capitalists who think you can separate society from business are going to be the first people lined up against the wall and shot in the revolution. I'll happily provide video commentary." — Dick Costolo (He deleted it from Twitter, who'da thunk)
  - Apocryphon 4y ago
    Arthur Fleck wasn't very funny either, but the situation of giving a standup comic great power is.
cinntaile 4y ago
What was the problem exactly and how has it improved now that Jack is gone?
- cinntaile 4y ago
  I have received plenty of reasons, but none from meatsauce so we unfortunately don't know what he meant.
- rtkwe 4y ago
  The problem is how to make money on Twitter without alienating users with too many ads or monetization of posting. I have zero desire to ever spend money on anything Twitter like, I enjoy the feed I've curated but if it starts costing me money I'll find another way to get it.
  - deleted 4y ago
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  - iso1631 4y ago
    You wouldn't pay $1/year, you'd instead spend hours trying to find another way?
- djfobbz 4y ago
  What was the problem exactly? Jack Dorsey: 'I'm partially to blame' for helping create a centralized internet. Censorship is the first thing that comes to my mind. Source: https://twitter.com/jack/status/1510314535671922689 How has it improved now that Jack is gone? It hasn't. Maybe a shake-up like this is overdue. We'll see!
  - ilaksh 4y ago
    It's literally impossible for a system run by a single company to not be centralized. Dorsey acknowledging that or not does not change that nor would having some other owner. It's actually possible (although not easy by any stretch) for us to build a decentralized Twitter that would not be controlled by a company for profit and would be more censorship resistant. It probably will not happen because of ignorance and political manipulations rather than hard technical limitations.
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    - Apocryphon 4y ago
      Isn't that what Mastodon, or various projects using Mastodon, are trying to do anyway? It's not such a thing can't be built, it's just it's unlikely for such a project to gain mass adoption.
      - ilaksh 4y ago
        Right, just like Bitcoin, Ethereum, IPFS, RSS, HTTP -- open protocols have no chance of significant adoption.
        Apocryphon 4y ago
        I'm talking about social media specifically here. Good luck with trying to get a blockchain-powered project up with mass adoption in that space. Maybe you can include a messenger feature running Matrix in it, too.
- lr4444lr 4y ago
  The company's laggard growth, and never issuing a dividend because he wasn't responsive to making the company profitable, and couldn't grow the user base for quite a while.
willmadden 4y ago
Jack losing control of Twitter was a bigger problem.

Never happen. Jack was part of the problem.

Apocryphon 4y ago

Reinstate Dick. Having a comedian in charge again would be funny.

LegitShady 4y ago
"Let me introduce your new CEO, a clone made by crossing Joe Rogan and Sergei Brin."
reducesuffering 4y ago
He doesn't seem very funny. "Me-first capitalists who think you can separate society from business are going to be the first people lined up against the wall and shot in the revolution. I'll happily provide video commentary." — Dick Costolo (He deleted it from Twitter, who'da thunk)
- Apocryphon 4y ago
  Arthur Fleck wasn't very funny either, but the situation of giving a standup comic great power is.

cinntaile 4y ago

What was the problem exactly and how has it improved now that Jack is gone?

cinntaile 4y ago
I have received plenty of reasons, but none from meatsauce so we unfortunately don't know what he meant.
rtkwe 4y ago
The problem is how to make money on Twitter without alienating users with too many ads or monetization of posting. I have zero desire to ever spend money on anything Twitter like, I enjoy the feed I've curated but if it starts costing me money I'll find another way to get it.
- deleted 4y ago
  [deleted]
- iso1631 4y ago
  You wouldn't pay $1/year, you'd instead spend hours trying to find another way?
djfobbz 4y ago
What was the problem exactly? Jack Dorsey: 'I'm partially to blame' for helping create a centralized internet. Censorship is the first thing that comes to my mind. Source: https://twitter.com/jack/status/1510314535671922689 How has it improved now that Jack is gone? It hasn't. Maybe a shake-up like this is overdue. We'll see!
- ilaksh 4y ago
  It's literally impossible for a system run by a single company to not be centralized. Dorsey acknowledging that or not does not change that nor would having some other owner. It's actually possible (although not easy by any stretch) for us to build a decentralized Twitter that would not be controlled by a company for profit and would be more censorship resistant. It probably will not happen because of ignorance and political manipulations rather than hard technical limitations.
  - deleted 4y ago
    [deleted]
  - Apocryphon 4y ago
    Isn't that what Mastodon, or various projects using Mastodon, are trying to do anyway? It's not such a thing can't be built, it's just it's unlikely for such a project to gain mass adoption.
    - ilaksh 4y ago
      Right, just like Bitcoin, Ethereum, IPFS, RSS, HTTP -- open protocols have no chance of significant adoption.
      - Apocryphon 4y ago
        I'm talking about social media specifically here. Good luck with trying to get a blockchain-powered project up with mass adoption in that space. Maybe you can include a messenger feature running Matrix in it, too.
lr4444lr 4y ago
The company's laggard growth, and never issuing a dividend because he wasn't responsive to making the company profitable, and couldn't grow the user base for quite a while.

willmadden 4y ago

Jack losing control of Twitter was a bigger problem.