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>Replace the entire team with dang. What is the scalability of dang? For deeply indebted and cash-flow poor companies like Twitter is about to become (at the

>Replace the entire team with dang. What is the scalability of dang? For deeply indebted and cash-flow poor companies like Twitter is about to become (at the surprisingly high--and positive--$1.5B EBITDA, interest is going to erode that by upwards of 60%), is there an equivalent service offering? dang-as-a-service, or "daas", if you will?

dclowd9901 4y ago
> What is the scalability of dang? That's a super interesting question. In my idealist mind, if one person can do something, anyone can do it (given reasonable levels of teaching and learning ability). I don't think it looks like DaaS -- each company must curate their own "dang" group that has an almost gut-level understanding of the site's "sinew", or the ideals that it lives by come hell or high water. Maybe Twitter doesn't even have a philosophy. Maybe it ought to.
- bobwaycott 4y ago
  Ye gods, Dang as a Service is 100% my favorite thing of 2022.
- AnimalMuppet 4y ago
  > In my idealist mind, if one person can do something, anyone can do it (given reasonable levels of teaching and learning ability). Nope. I can't be dang. I can learn the tools he uses. I can learn the procedures he follows. But I don't think that I can learn his patience and his charity toward people who are being flaming trolls. I mean, I've seen him model it. But I can't imitate it for long.
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TheDauthi 4y ago
> What is the scalability of dang? I guess the real question is: are dang's parents still alive or do we have to clone him? Hopefully Twitter can wait for the minimum 18.75 years it'll take to scale out.
- LoveMortuus 4y ago
  Wouldn't it be better to have dang reproduce than their parents, since that way we have a greater chance of having at least a 50% of dang in the output product?
- celdon25 4y ago
  Elon will definitely consider this as an option.
- neya 4y ago
  I guess we should be looking at the value system - that is scalable. Dang is not. But Dang's value system reflects on his moderation style and we need more of that. Value system is a good start. I'm sure there are many with similar value systems and perhaps we could have some sort of "test" for it?
- pastacacioepepe 4y ago
  We could also train some neural models to mimic Dang's behavior, no need to get all genetical here

dclowd9901 4y ago

> What is the scalability of dang? That's a super interesting question. In my idealist mind, if one person can do something, anyone can do it (given reasonable levels of teaching and learning ability). I don't think it looks like DaaS -- each company must curate their own "dang" group that has an almost gut-level understanding of the site's "sinew", or the ideals that it lives by come hell or high water. Maybe Twitter doesn't even have a philosophy. Maybe it ought to.

bobwaycott 4y ago
Ye gods, Dang as a Service is 100% my favorite thing of 2022.
AnimalMuppet 4y ago
> In my idealist mind, if one person can do something, anyone can do it (given reasonable levels of teaching and learning ability). Nope. I can't be dang. I can learn the tools he uses. I can learn the procedures he follows. But I don't think that I can learn his patience and his charity toward people who are being flaming trolls. I mean, I've seen him model it. But I can't imitate it for long.
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TheDauthi 4y ago

> What is the scalability of dang? I guess the real question is: are dang's parents still alive or do we have to clone him? Hopefully Twitter can wait for the minimum 18.75 years it'll take to scale out.

LoveMortuus 4y ago
Wouldn't it be better to have dang reproduce than their parents, since that way we have a greater chance of having at least a 50% of dang in the output product?
celdon25 4y ago
Elon will definitely consider this as an option.
neya 4y ago
I guess we should be looking at the value system - that is scalable. Dang is not. But Dang's value system reflects on his moderation style and we need more of that. Value system is a good start. I'm sure there are many with similar value systems and perhaps we could have some sort of "test" for it?
pastacacioepepe 4y ago
We could also train some neural models to mimic Dang's behavior, no need to get all genetical here