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Twitter’s Chief Technology Officer to Leave Company

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Re: Twitter’s Chief Technology Officer to Leave Company

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Post by concinds »

MichaelApproved wrote: post #9
rb808 wrote: post #4

It feels like Twitter the company should be imploding, but it must be a secure business if its the next president's primary communication channel.

Trump uses Twitter but he didn't invite them to the tech summit reportedly for not creating a special trending tag for him. Trump enjoys being treated like royalty. I doubt he has loyalty to Twitter and would jump ship to another company that puts him on a pedestal. He would enjoy seeing the millions of customers who follow him.

> he didn't invite them to the tech summit reportedly for not creating a special trending tag for him. Trump enjoys being treated like royalty.

That's unfair to say. Trump's own Director of Digital Advertising explained[0] how Trump's campaign signed deals with Twitter, which Twitter didn't honor, without offering a refund.

Sources connected to Trump[1] say he's considering an anti-trust investigation on them because of their role in this election, which includes censoring pro-Sanders and pro-Trump hashtags, and biased censorship of people like Milo.

[0]: https://medium.com/@garycoby/twitter-restricts-trump-eb7e48c... [1]: https://twitter.com/Cernovich/status/798765870172368896

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Post by brentm »

throwaw12ay wrote: post #135

Twitter can make money, all it has to do is reduce its operational costs first. Then launch new products to grow. Twitter isn't going to become the new ad-sense or Facebook if it isn't a platform at first place. And you don't become a platform if your product isn't relevant to a lot of people. People use Google for search. People use Facebook to connect with friends and family. Who needs a Twitter account aside from…

> Who needs a Twitter account aside from journalists and attention-seekers?

Twitter is what you curate it to be. To me, Twitter is kind of the publishing platform Linked In was trying to build. Smart people posting interesting links (to their posts or others) and people discussing.

However since Twitter is what you make Twitter to be, garbage in garbage out. I quit Twitter for about 2 years but then unfollowed every account and started fresh. Now I use it all the time, way more than Facebook, etc.

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Post by OoTheNigerian »

qznc wrote: post #312
OoTheNigerian wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

FWIW, he used our product http://writerack.com to do his Tweetstorm. I feel great!!

You own storm-view looks broken https://writerack.com/crazyfoo/811331557608652800 "Twitter is stronger because w#oneteamneteam" != "Twitter is stronger because we are #oneteam" Or is that my browser?

Hmm.. That seems to be a bug. Will be sorted.

I like the term storm-view. I'm stealing it. :D

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Post by SapphireSun »

concinds wrote: post #315
foldr wrote: post #301

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To the downvoters: this is directly relevant, as hate speech violates twitter's rules, and they have indicated that they will apply these rules to Trump's account just like anyone else's: > Asked whether Twitter would ever consider banning key government officials or even the president himself, a company spokesperson responded via email: “The Twitter Rules prohibit violent threats, harassment, hateful conduct, and mu…

The anti-"hate speech" hysteria is simply reflective of the Silicon Valley political bubble, and its inevitable biases. The MTV video would have been considered hate speech had it been directed at any other ethnicity. Twitter going out of their way to say that they might ban the US President isn't exactly a sign of the professionalism and maturity people expect from multinational executives.

Rather, I believe the correct interpretation is the opposite. The US President is not demonstrating the level of maturity and professionalism we expect from the leader of the free world. We're not playing small ball here.

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Post by metaphorm »

BinaryIdiot wrote: post #34

I'm sure it's simply arm chair quarter backing but I feel like Twitter could be turned around and I think almost anyone could do it as long as they can force them to take action and quickly. Honestly I feel like I shouldn't even post this because it's half on topic and half off topic. But I was thinking about some ideas I think Twitter should do and, well, screw it I'm curious to see what the HN community thinks of a…

better question is whether or not Twitter _should_ be turned around. it seems like at this point it's a second rate advertising platform that encourages abuse and degeneration of public discourse.

Re: Twitter’s Chief Technology Officer to Leave Company

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Post by [deleted] »

legodt wrote: post #282
DanBC wrote: post #265

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> maybe just because you're too loud. This would be the risk if you stepped on a box of a real place. Or maybe just because you're Jewish. https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/judgments/sentencing-remarks-of... > You have to realize that the mob shouting you down probably doesn't really mean to attack a person. It is verbally attacking a public speaker on the city plaza. You get treated akin to an unpopular politician, not a…

I don't know if you got the memo, but HN has a pretty strong voting block of alt-right (neo-nazi) sympathizers. Sorry about your comment getting downed to hell

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Post by balls187 »

wattt wrote: post #303
lallysingh wrote: post #291

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$2.5B!! What are they blowing that kind of cash on?

It took them 6 weeks to change the star button into a heart, which nobody wanted because we don't "like" all the things we save for later. Twitter has been going in the wrong direction all year.

They changed "moments" to "explore" but thankfully changed it back.

Re: Twitter’s Chief Technology Officer to Leave Company

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Post by dang »

laser wrote: post #104
OoTheNigerian wrote: post #38

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FWIW, he used our product http://writerack.com to do his Tweetstorm. I feel great!!

Why are you getting downvoted? People seriously need to lighten up ;)

Yes, of course it's totally fine for people to post their excitement about something like that. It may be a tangent, but it's a specific, interesting tangent, not the generic kind of off-topic discussion which is predictable. Also, there's a huge difference between a community member sharing excitement with fellow users vs. someone showing up just to promote something.

But note that OoTheNigerian's comment eventually became upvoted (hugely upvoted in fact). That community correction often happens when comments are unfairly downvoted—but it takes a little while.

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Post by pmorelli »

hnthroooow wrote: post #264
nyxtom wrote: post #241

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Didn't they buy out Gnip precisely for this reason?

I have no way to verify this is true, but I was told that they bought GNIP because (this sounds too ridiculous to type) they forgot to invoice them for two years for firehose access...when they remembered, GNIP couldn't afford the invoice, so buyout! Like I say, it's a rumor that may have shades of truth, but that's what I heard.

As someone who worked on that acquisition, that rumor is total horseshit.
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