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Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit

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Re: Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit

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Post by wildmusings »

craftyguy wrote: post #170
wildmusings wrote: post #163

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Government has consequences. That's why democracy is so important. This is especially true with regards to foreign policy. If a country threatens another such that the threatened country's only viable defense is to attack the civilians of the aggressor, that would be a totally legitimate tactic of war. Taking out North Korea's nuclear capability while preventing a counter attack on South Korea will probably involve t…

> That's why democracy is so important Too bad there is not a true democracy in the US. > Taking out North Korea's nuclear capability while preventing a counter attack on South Korea will probably involve the deaths of many innocent North Koreans, How about we concentrate on their leadership, instead of 'spraying and praying'?

That's not so easy. Decapitating the regime, even if we could reliably kill all the key officials, does not necessarily prevent a lengthy barrage of artillery on South Korea.

Re: Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit

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Post by noir_lord »

ghostbrainalpha wrote: post #91
ben_jones wrote: post #33

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I gave twitter another show about ~6 months ago. I enjoyed some feeds, most just felt like "fadspam" where people echoed popular opinion - particularly in tech. I really hated that as a new user I was immediately recommended to follow Trump. I get that algorithmically he's probably seen as a great person to follow, but I really, really, really, had no interest in doing so. But Twitter derives business value from reco…

Twitter is ALL ABOUT who you follow. I hated it for years, until a popular post here on HN a couple months ago. A user compiled an absolute SUPER LIST of the best people to follow, and now my feed is full of really interesting information, diverse viewpoints, and stuff I wouldn't find anywhere else. This one account was kind of the tipping point for me, finding GOOD TWITTER https://twitter.com/humanprogress

My rule is never following more than 60.

If I hit 60 it's one in one out and I have to think about which one to drop, that way I keep a feed that updates relatively slowly, is useful and full of content I actually am interested in.

If you follow too many you loose far too much wheat in the chaff.

Re: Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit

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Post by theseatoms »

zghst wrote: post #156
Danihan wrote: post #144

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It's very pathetic to me how desperate people are to label Trump a Nazi, simply because he criticizes Islam and wants to scale back immigration (which the public never even voted to approve in the first place.) Towards your main point: https://us-east-1.tchyn.io/snopes-production/uploads/2016/03... -- Most politicians talk about making their countries great or better, obviously.

They called Bush a racist, dumb guy, etc. I’m sure next Republican around they’ll cherish how much they missed Trump for his humor and spirit.

Undoubtedly. The left's reaction to DJT has pushed me closer to the Republican party than I could've ever imagined.

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Post by katastic »

vonnik wrote: post #104
samcheng wrote: post #5

It's not mentioned in the article, but I really think President Trump has been a savior for Twitter. Without those controversial tweets, Twitter would rarely be in much of the public's mind, and the company would have continued its slow slide into irrelevance. As it is, barely a day goes by without "Twitter" being mentioned in national news.

Yeah, all Twitter needed was a pack of neo-Nazis, some Russian bots, and a genocidal conman in the White House. Not worth it. The health of Twitter's balance sheet is a counterindication of the health of the world. When their stock goes up, the market should dive.

I love posts like yours. So many on HN. You guys actually believe those words.

You realize that even if he was Hitler himself, we have multiple branches of government to counteract his power.

Re: Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit

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Post by htormey »

BinaryIdiot wrote: post #29
samcheng wrote: post #5

It's not mentioned in the article, but I really think President Trump has been a savior for Twitter. Without those controversial tweets, Twitter would rarely be in much of the public's mind, and the company would have continued its slow slide into irrelevance. As it is, barely a day goes by without "Twitter" being mentioned in national news.

I can't find the article but an economist was estimating Trump's worth to Twitter at almost $2 billion. So I can't say I'm surprised; he is the single best thing that has happened for their company in YEARS.

Here ya go:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-17/what-is-t...

Re: Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit

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Post by bogomipz »

Danihan wrote: post #124
vonnik wrote: post #104

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Yeah, all Twitter needed was a pack of neo-Nazis, some Russian bots, and a genocidal conman in the White House. Not worth it. The health of Twitter's balance sheet is a counterindication of the health of the world. When their stock goes up, the market should dive.

What an ignorant comment. Who has Trump committed genocide on? Who is a self-proclaimed neo-Nazi in the white house?

You don't have to commit genocide to be "genocidal." It's an adjective that means either "involving or relating to" to the act.

Similarly we say someone is "suicidal" but that doesn't mean they have committed suicide.

Having or displaying an attitude or a policy that could kill lots of people(presumably the OP is referring to North Korea" can be correctly labeled genocidal.

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Post by agumonkey »

vonnik wrote: post #104
samcheng wrote: post #5

It's not mentioned in the article, but I really think President Trump has been a savior for Twitter. Without those controversial tweets, Twitter would rarely be in much of the public's mind, and the company would have continued its slow slide into irrelevance. As it is, barely a day goes by without "Twitter" being mentioned in national news.

Yeah, all Twitter needed was a pack of neo-Nazis, some Russian bots, and a genocidal conman in the White House. Not worth it. The health of Twitter's balance sheet is a counterindication of the health of the world. When their stock goes up, the market should dive.

A good reason to support twitter "we'll remove djt account but we need money"

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Post by awj »

theseatoms wrote: post #173
zghst wrote: post #156

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They called Bush a racist, dumb guy, etc. I’m sure next Republican around they’ll cherish how much they missed Trump for his humor and spirit.

Undoubtedly. The left's reaction to DJT has pushed me closer to the Republican party than I could've ever imagined.

> The left's reaction to DJT has pushed me closer to the Republican party than I could've ever imagined.

Do you think it's a good thing that your political opinions are so profoundly influenced by shitposting you see online?

Re: Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit

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Post by cgag »

a13n wrote: post #47
ProAm wrote: post #3

They would be profitable in an instant if they'd get rid of half their employees? Im not sure why they need SO many people for Twitter. I believe they have over 4000, they could easily get by with 1000

Oh boy, another Hacker News commenter with zero experience running a large corporation telling experienced folks how they should run a large corporation. Better yet, with no explanation for why. The sheer arrogance.

it doesn't seem that arrogant to me to imagine yourself being able to turn a profit at a tech company bringing in 2+ billion dollars a year

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Post by dang »

QAPereo wrote: post #23
jastanton wrote: post #11

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General reminder to be courteous, especially when people learn something new: https://xkcd.com/1053/

I’ve adapted my tone to the forum in question, but it’s true that I need to work on making my manner more robotic and increasing overall passive aggression, thanks!

A better place to start would be dropping the unsubstantive comments. HN's rules aren't the way they are to try to neuter your brilliant genius. We're just trying to avoid sucking quite so badly. Since you use this site heavily you should contribute to making it better, not worse.
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