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What does a "head of consumer product" do? Has Twitter's platform/offering changed all that much in 7 years?
by MuffinFlavored 4y ago
What does a "head of consumer product" do? Has Twitter's platform/offering changed all that much in 7 years?
- dmix 4y agoThe only positive change I can remember in the last 5 or so years (besides maybe extending the character count which I'm neutral about) is the toggle to go back to chronological tweets. You used to have to use lists of Tweetdeck, then they added an option but was hidden away or didn't stay default. For all the hype AI/recommendations algorithms get I don't think it works well on a platform where you already choose who to follow. Otherwise I've always wondered what the thousand Twitter employees do besides keeping the site running and advertising sales/development. Although I've never worked at a giant tech company before.
- 0xy 4y agoPresumably he presided over the only new features added to Twitter, which is more censorship and "adding context" to tweets that have a certain political slant. In any case, it's clear he did almost nothing.
- kevinmchugh 4y agoTwitter's launched a Snapchat competitor, a Substack/Patreon competitor, and a Clubhouse competitor, plus Twitter Blue.
- astrange 4y agoAnd now a Google+ competitor.
- Mindwipe 4y ago"Head of bigger fonts and more padding so the product is more unpleasant to use."
- pessimizer 4y agoYes. It was once somewhat pleasant to use and less algo reliant, and now it is very unpleasant to use and reading a tweet's thread has become difficult.
- saagarjha 4y agoSpaces, Communities, Twitter Blue?