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Re: I resigned from Twitter

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Post by garmaine »

sdfghderwg wrote: post #118
afavour wrote: post #7

I have no particular beef with Dorsey but I think this would make sense. He's been CEO of both Square and Twitter for years now and no matter what time you wake up in the morning or however many specials diets you undertake you're not going to be able to give the focus a solo CEO is. I think the bigger issue is who gets to replace him: will it be someone with smart ideas or someone to serve as a puppet of activist in…

> He's been CEO of both Square and Twitter for years now and no matter what time you wake up in the morning or however many specials diets you undertake you're not going to be able to give the focus a solo CEO is. Elon Musk

He tends to focus on one or the other at a time though.

Re: I resigned from Twitter

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Post by datavirtue »

koheripbal wrote: post #234
riffic wrote: post #151

Looks like activist investors are getting their Christmas wish this year. Twitter's not immune from ending up on this list (on a long enough timeline): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_defunct_social_network...

The issue with Dorsey is that he acknowledges how toxic Twitter is, but has no idea how to fix it nor did he seem ready to do so, and this made investors very nervous. See his recent interview on CNN : https://www.facebook.com/cnn/videos/2100868666791589/

The big tech CEO attitude is that all of these issues stem from human behavior. They just sit back and stroke their beard at everyone blaming them. They ignore it and move on.

Re: I resigned from Twitter

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Post by antoniuschan99 »

frontman1988 wrote: post #218
antoniuschan99 wrote: post #178

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From the tweet do you think Parag and/or Bret pushed him out?

Parag doesn't look like a guy who could push anyone out.

In that case, Dorsey brought in Bret and he's now become board chair. Whereas Dorsey now has stepped down as CEO.

But more importantly, he says he eventually will leave the board?

Re: I resigned from Twitter

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Post by 333c »

testplzignore wrote: post #358
mathattack wrote: post #11

The stock popped 10%. Is this a vote of confidence against him or for whoever has been waiting in the wings? There has been enough agitation against him by the activists that this can’t be a surprise.

Did the news leak before market open? His tweet was at 10:48 EST, and the email screenshot has 9:45 AM, which presumably is EST (it's certainly not PST). Edit: The submission to HN was before the tweet. Huh? I guess it originally linked to somewhere else.

The HN submission was originally a link to an article with a headline something like "Jack Dorsey expected to step down as Twitter CEO."

Re: I resigned from Twitter

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Post by riffic »

fundad wrote: post #121
tricky wrote: post #22

What kind of board allows an announcement like this to happen in such an uncontrolled way? I feel like this is just more evidence that Twitter's board is weak.

There was more drama than we know. This was brewing for a while. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/twitter-paul-singer-republi...

I fully agree here: Jack was sacked.

Re: I resigned from Twitter

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Post by riffic »

8ytecoder wrote: post #517
LegitShady wrote: post #299

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Long ago I made a reddit account with the first suggested name after the one I asked for was 'taken', disabled following all the subreddits, and then selectively added subreddits specific to my hobbies. I don't see anything that normally hits the front page, everything I do see is somewhat relevant to me, and it basically deletes all politics from what is presented. By far the best reddit experience possible, I think…

Mind sharing a few interesting ones?

mind sharing what you're into?

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Post by Spooky23 »

ChuckMcM wrote: post #259

It will be interesting to see how Twitter changes as a result. Twitter with selective following and setting your timeline to 'time order' creates a pretty good environment for me. It feels like the equivalent of living in only a few chosen 'subreddits' rather than getting the full frontal reddit experience.

I'm sure the first change will be the redemption of a certain political figure.

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Post by Griffinsauce »

garmaine wrote: post #526
dang wrote: post #502

Earlier quoted context omitted.

" Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something. " https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

I don’t think that was a shallow dismissal…?

Ironically, (erroneously) quoting the rules at someone is.

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Post by gameswithgo »

smolder wrote: post #374
jcadam wrote: post #276

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I don't think it can be fixed. Social media in general is a cancer.

HN is not what I'd call cancer. Social media doesn't need to be an engagement-obsessed, emotionally charged misinformation hose. Social media is broader than the category that twitter and FB live in. It can be less toxic, but less toxic platforms are less exciting and don't get the same kind of attention , which is what all the toxic stuff optimizes for.

HN is heavily moderated, which is interesting given how often it is used as a platform to decry censorship.

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Post by maxsilver »

nostrademons wrote: post #436
handrous wrote: post #111

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I've noticed that lots of C-suite and owner/CEO startup people have like three to five active business roles on their Linkedins. A fun case of "rules for thee, but not for me" when it comes to anti-moonlighting clauses and such. I can't "give it my all" if I take some weekend gigs, but you can hold two C-suite positions, be on two boards, plus have an "advisory" role with some startup? It's a lot like drug testing fo…

Much of the value that a CEO adds is in figuring out which rules can be broken without adverse consequences. They're accountable for results; if they raise shareholder value doing terrible things but never get caught, that's a win for shareholders, and they get to keep their position. If they do get caught, they get to be the fall guy, they resign, the board gets to say "We are shocked that such things occurred, we h…

> The average person doesn't like to inhabit the Hobbesian reality that CEOs do, where they're accountable for results and any bad things happening are automatically their fault

Does this actually happen though? I'm not sure I've ever seen a President or CEO of a company be held accountable for bad behavior or bad decisions in any meaningful way.

Best case scenario, you mess up and get "fired" (with a million-dollar-or-more severance/contract payment attached, or similar in stocks -- enough cash paid out that you can basically retire for life). Worst case scenario, seems to be that you get hauled in front of Congress to answer questions and/or get teased on the internet for a few days -- stuff that has almost no lasting effect.

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