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He has experience with it but he's not the only one. I'm sure Max Levchin would be very capable of putting together a team and fighting off the bots. Combating

He has experience with it but he's not the only one. I'm sure Max Levchin would be very capable of putting together a team and fighting off the bots. Combating fraud was a key technical challenge in building PayPal and bad actors on that network had more direct financial incentives to write them because PayPal was transmitting money rather than social updates.

cguess 5y ago
What experience does he have with it? He's a capitalist, not a sociologist, programmer or even economist.
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- cloutchaser 5y ago
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- AlchemistCamp 5y ago
  Musk was CEO of PayPal and definitely has a deep background in programming. He made his initial fortune through writing video games and then another software startup called Zip2 (a forerunner of Map Quest and Google Maps). Levchin was PayPal's CTO and is also deeply technical.
  - TremendousJudge 5y ago
    I thought he made his initial fortune by being the son of the owner of an emerald mine in Zambia[0] [0] https://web.archive.org/web/20140802011449/http://www.forbes.com/sites/jimclash/2014/07/28/elon-musk-tells-me-his-secret-of-success-hint-it-aint-about-the-money/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140802011449/http://www.forbes...
  - irthomasthomas 5y ago
    I thought Musk was fired from both paypal and Zip2 for incompetence? Not something to brag about.
    - AlchemistCamp 5y ago
      If you’re genuinely interested in the history, Jimmy Soni's new book, The Founders, is a great starting point.
      - irthomasthomas 5y ago
        Thank you
- all2 5y ago
  What's wrong with being a capitalist?
  - cguess 5y ago
    Politics aside it gives him no expertise in moderation queue management?
    - AlchemistCamp 5y ago
      If skills worked like official titles and acquiring one meant losing another, this would be a serious problem. Fortunately, people can and regularly do gain expertise in multiple things! Just as learning how to program doesn't destroy one's previously acquired drawing or writing skills, learning how to manage capital doesn't destroy someone's ability to combat fraud or detect malicious bots.

cguess 5y ago

What experience does he have with it? He's a capitalist, not a sociologist, programmer or even economist.

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cloutchaser 5y ago
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AlchemistCamp 5y ago
Musk was CEO of PayPal and definitely has a deep background in programming. He made his initial fortune through writing video games and then another software startup called Zip2 (a forerunner of Map Quest and Google Maps). Levchin was PayPal's CTO and is also deeply technical.
- TremendousJudge 5y ago
  I thought he made his initial fortune by being the son of the owner of an emerald mine in Zambia[0] [0] https://web.archive.org/web/20140802011449/http://www.forbes.com/sites/jimclash/2014/07/28/elon-musk-tells-me-his-secret-of-success-hint-it-aint-about-the-money/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140802011449/http://www.forbes...
- irthomasthomas 5y ago
  I thought Musk was fired from both paypal and Zip2 for incompetence? Not something to brag about.
  - AlchemistCamp 5y ago
    If you’re genuinely interested in the history, Jimmy Soni's new book, The Founders, is a great starting point.
    - irthomasthomas 5y ago
      Thank you
all2 5y ago
What's wrong with being a capitalist?
- cguess 5y ago
  Politics aside it gives him no expertise in moderation queue management?
  - AlchemistCamp 5y ago
    If skills worked like official titles and acquiring one meant losing another, this would be a serious problem. Fortunately, people can and regularly do gain expertise in multiple things! Just as learning how to program doesn't destroy one's previously acquired drawing or writing skills, learning how to manage capital doesn't destroy someone's ability to combat fraud or detect malicious bots.