Jack Dorsey says he agrees with reversing Trump's Twitter ban

Post by melony » Wed, May 11, 2022, 12:53 PM UTC

lalos wrote: post #24

natly wrote: post #14

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I doubt Thiel is some kind of central master mind behind all this. Musk seems quite independently driven and probably found this a necessary move with only minor chats with thiel (if any). I'm not sure Thiel has any more or less influence than Sam Altman or Paul Graham.

If someone makes you rich and successful with their business advice and you work with them for multiple years, would you ignore their phone call in the future and ignore their other suggestions? It’s not about being a master mind, there is soft power in play, humans are social animals.

Post by cloutchaser » Wed, May 11, 2022, 12:53 PM UTC

Bud wrote: post #2

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Post by spicyusername » Wed, May 11, 2022, 12:54 PM UTC

haolez wrote: post #37

spicyusername wrote: post #25

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Your tone is not much different from his from my perspective (citizen of another country and I don't care about US elections).

Post by belter » Wed, May 11, 2022, 12:54 PM UTC

natly wrote: post #14

lalos wrote: post #5

It is interesting how much influence Peter Thiel has on the main players of social media: via Facebook as an early investor and ex-board member and via Twitter with his ex-coworker from Paypal days Musk. He’s very explicit in his book about the power of monopolies and now you see this consolidation of social media companies under a specific group of closed people. WSJ reported Thiel being involved with Musk on this t…

I doubt Thiel is some kind of central master mind behind all this. Musk seems quite independently driven and probably found this a necessary move with only minor chats with thiel (if any). I'm not sure Thiel has any more or less influence than Sam Altman or Paul Graham.

Post by hadrien01 » Wed, May 11, 2022, 12:54 PM UTC

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