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Ok, so maybe this is tin foil hat but maybe the 4d chess is to destroy Twitters relationship with its advertisers so that advertisers lose control of the platfo

Ok, so maybe this is tin foil hat but maybe the 4d chess is to destroy Twitters relationship with its advertisers so that advertisers lose control of the platform and he can go ahead with the long term “free speech” changes. It is his and Jack’s vision, the only question is does he have the money to fund twitter until he can cut costs and raise money.

rtpg 4y ago
Yeah that’s 4d chess. Guy wanted out of the deal remember? Guy probably thinks he can get away with whatever and misunderstands “every VC is addicted to Twitter” with “Twitter will always be used”, and can get the site running with a skeleton crew. I mean honestly I think you can get away with a tinier team! But he’s doing so much that makes life harder for himself it’s hard to imagine this as anything but him being himself.
foogazi 4y ago
How does Twitter make money without advertisers ?
- ahahahahah 4y ago
  $8/month. Ha.
  - koonsolo 4y ago
    At $8, you still get "half of the ads". At this rate of advertisers dropping out, it will be a very tiny 50%.
- mikkergp 4y ago
  I guess in this tin foil hat theory, his investors would help him keep it alive while he cut costs enough to sustain it on membership revenues, or selling user data or some other yet to be unveiled monetization strategy.
- manicdee 4y ago
  It doesn’t make money with advertisers. So it’s a moot point.
papito 4y ago
So we are going to have an 8chan clone? Imagine an 8chan but only lightly moderated. No one wants to be on that. It's the worst of both worlds. There is a good chance Twitter will go the way of Tumblr - sold worthless for parts.
- mikkergp 4y ago
  I totally agree with you, I’m just trying to figure out what a billionaire and a bunch of his anti-woke billionaire buddies think they can do with a platform like this. To their credit I think the network effects of twitter are in fact stronger than I’d like to believe them to be. I also think they themselves don’t want a “free for all hell scape” really, just enough to push some libertarian / longtermist / free speech ideology and hope that they can shape the countries narrative in their direction. Oddly I’m starting to think this whole thing goes back to an old money vs new money struggle. SV wants to pull influence away from “the New York Times” crowd, but I think what they’re underestimating I exactly how unpopular their worldview is.

rtpg 4y ago

Yeah that’s 4d chess. Guy wanted out of the deal remember? Guy probably thinks he can get away with whatever and misunderstands “every VC is addicted to Twitter” with “Twitter will always be used”, and can get the site running with a skeleton crew. I mean honestly I think you can get away with a tinier team! But he’s doing so much that makes life harder for himself it’s hard to imagine this as anything but him being himself.

foogazi 4y ago

How does Twitter make money without advertisers ?

ahahahahah 4y ago
$8/month. Ha.
- koonsolo 4y ago
  At $8, you still get "half of the ads". At this rate of advertisers dropping out, it will be a very tiny 50%.
mikkergp 4y ago
I guess in this tin foil hat theory, his investors would help him keep it alive while he cut costs enough to sustain it on membership revenues, or selling user data or some other yet to be unveiled monetization strategy.
manicdee 4y ago
It doesn’t make money with advertisers. So it’s a moot point.

papito 4y ago

So we are going to have an 8chan clone? Imagine an 8chan but only lightly moderated. No one wants to be on that. It's the worst of both worlds. There is a good chance Twitter will go the way of Tumblr - sold worthless for parts.

mikkergp 4y ago
I totally agree with you, I’m just trying to figure out what a billionaire and a bunch of his anti-woke billionaire buddies think they can do with a platform like this. To their credit I think the network effects of twitter are in fact stronger than I’d like to believe them to be. I also think they themselves don’t want a “free for all hell scape” really, just enough to push some libertarian / longtermist / free speech ideology and hope that they can shape the countries narrative in their direction. Oddly I’m starting to think this whole thing goes back to an old money vs new money struggle. SV wants to pull influence away from “the New York Times” crowd, but I think what they’re underestimating I exactly how unpopular their worldview is.