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Twitter 2.0: Our continued commitment to the public conversation
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Re: Twitter 2.0: Our continued commitment to the public conversation
#332If I had the time and resources, I would build a Twitter clone and focus on just getting journalists, editors, reporters, etc on the platform. This is a powerful community that is quite established on Twitter, but I suspect they would be willing to migrate. Maybe something like, Manuscript Wishlist or QueryTracker, but specifically with a Twitter vibe.
Sounds noble, but how would you earn their trust? Why would someone choose you over Musk? How would you ensure that in 5 years you will not sell out for big $$$ Not trying to be a troll, just genuinely asking as the answers may help someone who actually has the resources/time
I think it's fair that it's not a difficult question:
Why choose X over musk?
- X isn't erratic and unpredictable/capricious
- X has a solid track record of working with stakeholders and partners for win-win relationships
- X doesn't lead one to discuss enforcment of morality clauses in contracts
- X cares about best-practices for all stakeholders, including employees
I could go on.
At this point, almost ANYONE with a decent resume could be considered a better steward than musk
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#333Earlier quoted context omitted.
that paul pelosi is a gay man who got beat up by a prostitute he picked up while drinking. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/30/business/musk-tweet-pelosi-co...
Who is musk hanging out with or reading that encourages his crazy views; he didn't use to be that way, I almost feel sorry that one of the world's riches people is so full of self-justifying bs. For most humans, the idea that you'd laugh at an attack on an 80 year person with a hammer in their home is horrible, out of bounds. There's no reason to believe this story is true of course, but on top of not laughing at hor…
> Who is musk hanging out with or reading that encourages his crazy views
I don't get where this line of thought comes from. Why must it be someone else who is encouraging him? He's a middle aged man who is the wealthiest person in the world by some metrics. He should own his words and actions and can't blame others.
When people show you who they are, believe them. Which means he probably is the kind of person who would, as you say: "laugh at an attack on an 80 year person with a hammer in their home."
Making electric cars and space rockets doesn't make him any less likely to be exactly that kind of person.
Re: Twitter 2.0: Our continued commitment to the public conversation
#334All the arrogant and uncited claims in posts like this... I would for once like to see some honesty. How many of you were saying "It's a private company, it can do what it wants!!" when it was a public company, and now it does what it wants... "It must be destroyed!!". Some of you have decent points... Others are insufferable arrogant assholes who know everything about everything. I would like someone to just please…
Oh, you see that on HN every day through the downvoting system (and people checking your posting history). You don’t need Twitter for that vitriol.
Re: Twitter 2.0: Our continued commitment to the public conversation
#335Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't see how you reached that conclusion. If you look at the referenced thread, he was reporting accounts that were inciting violence.
The article describes Ngo's claims as "misleading, factually incorrect". Which would be in keeping with literally everything Ngo has ever written.
The article is misleading. You can go look at the thread to see for yourself.
Re: Twitter 2.0: Our continued commitment to the public conversation
#336TLDR: this post is entirely to calm advertisers, it can be boiled down to "don't worry, we still prioritize brand safety like before". It does have this gem in it: "What has changed, however, is our approach to experimentation. As you’ve seen over the past several weeks, Twitter is embracing public testing. We believe that this open and transparent approach to innovation is healthy, as it enables us to move faster an…
Musk literally said "we're going to dumb things" and keep the things that aren't dumb. This "going to do dumb things" is completely on brand for him with his 5 step manufacturing improvement process, step 1 of which is "make your requirements less dumb". This is actually how Nike works, having worked there. They try all kinds of weird things aren't aren't afraid to, and then drop the ones that don't work with no regr…
Right, but cost to that is your company losing some lunch money on prototypes.
The costs to "fail fast" (if we're being generous) strategy Twitter employed so far far exceed that
Re: Twitter 2.0: Our continued commitment to the public conversation
#337Let's be honest – Musk doesn't know what the hell he is doing here.
Let's be honest - baseless speculation because HN clearly shares all the same biases of the rest of big tech: https://i.imgur.com/Si183zE.jpg
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#338Earlier quoted context omitted.
> previous Twitter wasn't as transparent as it is now Reinstating accounts on the basis of a poll, on a platform you have spent months railing for having too many bots, is a good example of CYA transparency.
Elon specifically mentioned that his polls were actually a great way to obviate bots, as reflected by the bot activity seen on them. He was going to reinstate the accounts anyway.
That sounds like excuse after the fact someone called him on his bullshit
Re: Twitter 2.0: Our continued commitment to the public conversation
#339All the arrogant and uncited claims in posts like this... I would for once like to see some honesty. How many of you were saying "It's a private company, it can do what it wants!!" when it was a public company, and now it does what it wants... "It must be destroyed!!". Some of you have decent points... Others are insufferable arrogant assholes who know everything about everything. I would like someone to just please…
This is one of the most refreshing comments on Musk since he suggested buying twitter, so of course it's about to fade out of existence.
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#340Earlier quoted context omitted.
Almost fully right. Charging and risking Tesla subscribers to beta test their autonomous driving software.
So close. Charging and risking Tesla subscribers along with everyone else on the road to beta test their autonomous driving software.
I'm one of those people. Running FSD Beta in my Model S Plaid in BC. And your negative connotation doesn't apply to me or many/most of the other beta testers with whom I'm regularly communicating.