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> Musk has admitted he doesn't understand people, is a self-confessed troll & edgelord and and Tesla's culture seems less than ideal. So lacks any of the qualif
by bitshiftfaced 4y ago
> Musk has admitted he doesn't understand people, is a self-confessed troll & edgelord and and Tesla's culture seems less than ideal. So lacks any of the qualifications I see as being needed to run something like Twitter.
That's why he's perfect for this task. Most decision-makers feel intense scrutiny and tip toe around things that cause backlash, especially things that threaten the status quo.
When you're oblivious to how people will react to your vision, you're more able to follow through and make it to the other side.
- otterley 4y agoThis sort of thinking is how wars and genocides get started. Being decisive and following through on execution is an important skill, but ignoring other stakeholders’ opinions has downsides that are best not ignored.
- rootusrootus 4y agoWhat does "the other side" look like in this case?
- bitshiftfaced 4y agoJust glancing at his feed, Elon seems to talk about spam bots, free speech, making the extreme left and extreme right equally unhappy, and shadow banning. Sounds like he wants more fairness and transparency in how Twitter moderates content.
- imroot 4y agoIf I am on Twitter's Trust and Safety team, I'm sweating bullets today.
- stjohnswarts 4y agoThey should all be looking for choice B companies. I suspect there will be a mass firing/exodus for anything involving security or feed algorithm teams.
- TheOtherHobbes 4y agoUnfortunately that depends on his personal definitions of "extreme left", "extreme right", and "free speech."
- cornel_io 4y ago"extreme left" and "extreme right" are pretty widely agreed on by anyone who's not part of one or the other.