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Relevant context: * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34040165 : Promotion of alternative social platforms policy (help.twitter.com) * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34041985 : Paul Graham is leaving Twitter (twitter.com/paulg)
He said in that second thread that he is not actually leaving Twitter.
He's gone insane.
Suggesting Taiwan and Ukraine surrender, all this Twitter nonsense...
I'm shorting TSLA to $50 on Monday.
pg's twitter was amazing archive of insightful content. How do I get the backup of his tweets? I always thought it will be there all the time. Does he has backup that he can share? I am all but stunned right now. Need time to process this.
Do not stand
By my page, and weep.
I am not there,
I do not tweet—
I am the thousand winds that blow
I am the diamond glints in snow
I am the sunlight on ripened grain,
I am the gentle, autumn rain.
As you awake with morning’s hush,
I am the swift, up-flinging rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight,
I am the day transcending night.
Do not stand
By my page, and cry—
I am not there,
I did not die.This is hilarious. I’ve been thinking that pg was probably invited to invest (earlier in 2022). Would be cool to hear his reasoning for turning it down at the time.
Elon: Hey I'm buying twitter, you want in?
PG: Look Elon, I'm just trying to run a start up accelerator, I've already accidentally ended up in charge of one social media site and those nerds are a constant pain in the ass, I don't think you know what you're letting yourself in for
Elon: Not even a billy?
PG: No billies Elon.
It is a real shame because I wanted to continue using Twitter like I always have, but I don't think that will be possible.
The acid test for any two competing socioeconomic systems is which side needs to build a wall to keep people from escaping? That’s the bad one!
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1533616384747442176
The importance of decentralized social media has never been more obvious.