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by mikkergp 4y ago
I imagine the new logo looks more appropriate on a book about computer science or theoretical physics.
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The website says it’s blocked for anyone that starts an account after November 8th
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there seems to be some sense recently that people don’t like these government entities because they’re unelected, but how can 100 senators reasonably do the work required to implement ‘ complex" issues that require "robust, adapti
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by mikkergp 4y ago
Can journalists ethically quote twitter in articles if people are unverified? (Assuming they’re trying to attribute to a real person)
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by mikkergp 4y ago
Jason Calcanis (the real one, far as I can tell) said: I actually DON’T want to be Legacy Blue… that’s like being in the boring VIP area of the club — I want to be on the dance floor in GenPop! Comparing the new twitter to prison feels pres
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Is there other data available? It seems like high usage data could be as much a indicator of rubbernecking as it is of the platform “thriving”. Additionally, do you think we can tell this early on if the company is thriving?
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by mikkergp 4y ago
I listened to it, and unless I completely misunderstand the needs of advertisers, I can't imagine this was persuasive. On most of the content moderation and identity fraud the key line seemed to be "trust us", he said the co
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Wild, it was live/public: https://twitter.com/elonmusk edit: So far it's his same talking points.
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One theory might be he’s been fighting a lot with the intermediaries, maybe he thinks if he talks to the companies themselves he can assuage their concerns. I’ve noticed however that Musk’s doesn’t seem to try to sell the vision of why it’
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by mikkergp 4y ago
Wouldn't that mostly impact just the executives and not Mark Zuckerberg himself? He did seem to get a 23 million dollar bonus last year, but that's peanuts compared to his net worth.
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One of Elon Musk's strengths seems to be in hiring people to do the things he's not that good at. I know he fired the Executive in charge of this last week. Maybe he has a new strategy, but I haven't seen any evidence so fa
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by mikkergp 4y ago
Esther Crawford just said: The official label is still going out as part of the @TwitterBlue launch -- we are just focusing on government and commercial entities to begin with. What you saw him mention was the fact that we're not foc
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by mikkergp 4y ago
https://twitter.com/esthercrawford Esther Crawford, who seems to be heading lots of the new changes said "There are no sacred cows in product at Twitter anymore. Elon is willing to try lots of things -- many will fail,
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Is this a good sign he’s got some strong moves in mind for Twitter? Seems risky given Tesla is already in the middle of a sell off.
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Someone mentioned it would be valuable to non profits as well. Given the inclusion of “public figures” is it any different (in writing) than it was before? Which means we seem to be back at the same place of the devil is in the details. I
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by mikkergp 4y ago
Looks like they're making it even more exclusive: `Not all previously verified accounts will get the “Official” label and the label is not available for purchase. Accounts that will receive it include government accounts, commercial co
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Is it just me or is the please login screen when browsing a feed coming up a lot faster?
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Does anyone have any thoughts as to which of these ideas are the real money makers? Or is there some other income generator like selling data that they’re not quite as public about.
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Hm... You know what they say about assumptions, but it seems like a good idea to me.
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Do you think it was about the money? My interpretation from the tweet was that it was more about their perception that the platform was no longer a reliable source of news.
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Very curious about Musks strategy to both cut 1 billion dollars in infrastructure costs and launch long form video and text since the article says that half the infrastructure is for storing data. I hope they end up doing some blog post re
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by mikkergp 4y ago
If the network effects are strong enough and he is able to put in place the rules necessary to elevate the level of discourse, this is a bold idea. Maybe they can't be as big as facebook, but 100 million users paying $20 a month (assu
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Parody-ception
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Am I completely misunderstanding Twitter, in my understanding, there are a relatively small number of accounts — businesses, politicians, blue checks, etc. Who are trying to ‘buy’ influence of the rest of us. Yes their are some accounts t
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by mikkergp 4y ago
Aaaaaand he suspended Daniel Radcliffe for impersonating Weird Al...... For a movie. https://twitter.com/alyankovic
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Is the economic concept of productivity different from the intuitive understanding of productivity. A Quick search suggests: "Productivity is a measure of economic performance that compares the amount of goods and services produced (ou
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I'm curious if he'll take the bait, if he keeps at this, I'm not sure it's a good sign that he'll have the mindset to create a flexible free-speech moderation AI.
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I'd like to read the full article, but there's a paywall. Looking at the thesis, a lot of these takes seems to miss one or more of the following contexts: 1. Musk can do things other CEO's can't do because he's a c
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by mikkergp 4y ago
> Is a ton of people really leaving Twitter? Probably too early to tell. Early reports have it at like a million which would be a drop in the bucket. I don’t think Twitter would die just because Elon took over, the question is will his
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> A shame if it does, Twitter is an essential part of the Internet's history. A big thing I think that’s unanalyzed in our age of punditry and hot takes is — what is it about imperfect systems that is successful. Everyone sees the

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