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It's not fair to say anything at this point. A body can continue operating with many parts removed, even for months, possibly years. Like Chesterton's Fence, o
by kstenerud 4y ago
It's not fair to say anything at this point. A body can continue operating with many parts removed, even for months, possibly years.
Like Chesterton's Fence, one cannot simply surmise that the culled parts were unnecessary. Many of the answers to such questions went out the door along with that fateful layoff wave.
What we can conclude is that Musk's impulsiveness may become his undoing this time around if his luck doesn't hold.
- anon291 4y agoThe irony of a Twitter apologist talking about chestertons fence...
- paulryanrogers 4y agoCan you clarify for those of us who are slow to understand?
- anon291 4y agoChestertons fence is often used as a defense for traditionalism, the sort of traditionalism Twitter is not known for safeguarding
- ichavez 4y agoSo clear and concise! Love it.
- kstenerud 4y agoWhat Twitter did or did not do before is irrelevant. This is about removing parts of a system (regardless of what system) without first understanding the reasoning behind those parts, akin to the actual meaning behind Chesterton's Fence. The speed and breadth of the cuts (not to mention the subsequent frenzied re-hiring of certain people) demonstrates that very little thought went into those cuts, and highlights the parable of Chesterton's Fence quite nicely. First three Google results: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Chesterton%27s_fence https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Chesterton%27s_fence https://fs.blog/chestertons-fence/ https://fs.blog/chestertons-fence/ https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Chesterton%27s_Fence https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Chesterton%27s_Fence
- ichavez 4y agoTwitter made money by moving fences. They benefited from assuming the role of a news source and displacing traditional ways of consuming news like newspapers, magazines, radio and tv. They partook in advertising revenue that once went to traditional media. They benefited from assuming the role of a public forum and a force for democracy. These fences were moved in a hurry. Later on it became apparent that Twitter was censoring some of its users without explanation. It’s platform was a source of misinformation, propaganda, threatening messages etc. It would have been wise to slow down and first ask why the old fences were there to begin with don’t you think so? If someone with decision making power at Twitter sincerely asked “Why all the middlemen, the editorial boards, the opaque advertising costs, the FCC regulation…”.
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