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Exactly. MSNBC was complaining about twitter a few hours ago, saying very bad things could happen. Embarrassing the level of fear mongering going on. Update to

by bruceb 4y ago

Exactly. MSNBC was complaining about twitter a few hours ago, saying very bad things could happen. Embarrassing the level of fear mongering going on. Update to my comment. Found it: https://twitter.com/Cernovich/status/1588572920066240512 https://twitter.com/Cernovich/status/1588572920066240512 (Cernovich can have bad faith takes, but the video speaks for itself)

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encryptluks2 4y ago
Can have bad takes? You're talking about a Q-based conspiracy theorist that promoted pizza gate.
rjzzleep 4y ago
"The website is built on sticks, it might fall apart" - if all those billions poured into engineering built a near real time messaging platform that will fall apart when a few people change hands, I'd go on a firing spree as well. I remember full well when I was at a startup and the principal engineer pulled me aside and said: "you have been poking around everywhere and you have identified problems. I want you to stop talking about them otherwise the whole thing will fall apart". As a leader, that is your immediate cue to silently work on transitioning that person out of the company and build cement where he put sticks. EDIT: This whole commentary is really weird. Normally you publish this sort of information, if you feel like there is no one at the company that is willing to address such issues. But there has just been a leadership change and the leadership has hinted at wanting to address exactly these sort of issues. But assuming that the commentary is correct, to keep it private, to protect incompetent leadership and then publish it in hopes that the government steps in, to specifically NOT address these issues, is a logic that I can't really wrap my head around.
anigbrowl 4y ago
> Cernovich can have bad faith takes I can't stand the Washington Post or MSNBC, but the cure for bad faith is not to consult some other bad faith merchant. It's like ho you can find perfectly edible food in a supermarket dumpster, but that doesn't make the dumpster clean. If you're trying to maximize objectivity you can generally cast around for a better source. In this case the tweet framing is bullshit and the video has little evidentiary value other than feeding confirmation bias.
SanjayMehta 4y ago
Serious question: do people really rely on Twitter for real information?

by bruceb 4y ago

3327 4y ago

encryptluks2 4y ago

Can have bad takes? You're talking about a Q-based conspiracy theorist that promoted pizza gate.

rjzzleep 4y ago

"The website is built on sticks, it might fall apart" - if all those billions poured into engineering built a near real time messaging platform that will fall apart when a few people change hands, I'd go on a firing spree as well. I remember full well when I was at a startup and the principal engineer pulled me aside and said: "you have been poking around everywhere and you have identified problems. I want you to stop talking about them otherwise the whole thing will fall apart". As a leader, that is your immediate cue to silently work on transitioning that person out of the company and build cement where he put sticks. EDIT: This whole commentary is really weird. Normally you publish this sort of information, if you feel like there is no one at the company that is willing to address such issues. But there has just been a leadership change and the leadership has hinted at wanting to address exactly these sort of issues. But assuming that the commentary is correct, to keep it private, to protect incompetent leadership and then publish it in hopes that the government steps in, to specifically NOT address these issues, is a logic that I can't really wrap my head around.

anigbrowl 4y ago

> Cernovich can have bad faith takes I can't stand the Washington Post or MSNBC, but the cure for bad faith is not to consult some other bad faith merchant. It's like ho you can find perfectly edible food in a supermarket dumpster, but that doesn't make the dumpster clean. If you're trying to maximize objectivity you can generally cast around for a better source. In this case the tweet framing is bullshit and the video has little evidentiary value other than feeding confirmation bias.

SanjayMehta 4y ago

Serious question: do people really rely on Twitter for real information?