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Maybe you can explain to me the way in which Twitter was deeply unpredictable before Musk took over because I don't really see it. I agree that it was a badly r
by afavour 4y ago
Maybe you can explain to me the way in which Twitter was deeply unpredictable before Musk took over because I don't really see it. I agree that it was a badly run company but in a way that meant it didn't really change very much about its product in the last few years. That's what I mean about predictable and boring. If you looked at Twitter as product in 2017 and looked at it in 2022 you wouldn't see a whole lot of difference.
- jimbob45 4y agoTake your pick between employees acting as agents on behalf of foreign governments[0], suspending POTUS for rules not uniformly applied to other users[1], introducing a fact-checking system with poor community reception[2], changing the core feature of the product (post length)[3], or improperly collecting data and accruing fines such that the US FTC now has the company under tight investigation. All done before Musk ever owned the company. [0]https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/former-twitter-employee-found-guilty-acting-agent-foreign-government-and-unlawfully https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/former-twitter-employee... [1]https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/suspension https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/suspensio... [2]https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/25/22248903/twitter-birdwatch-fact-checking-misinformation https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/25/22248903/twitter-birdwatc... [3]https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/21/twitter-to-expand-into-long-form-content-with-upcoming-twitter-notes-feature/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/21/twitter-to-expand-into-lon... [4]https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/twitter-pre-musk-data-mismanagement-could-inhibit-company-decades https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/twitter-pre-musk-data...
- EricE 4y agoDon't forget the bribes to get a blue checkmark.