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Dude - this is so brilliant! Was just going through pmarca's tweets yesterday & was thinking "damn- I wish somebody can convert this into a blog post" .

Thank you!

Let me know if you need help. I can pick a day of the week & help transcribe/collate that days tweets!

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#4
Love this. Largely cause I started following him right when I joined twitter and thought I was going crazy. Have I been ignoring this guys' tweets all this time or did he really just go from zero to 100?

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post #4

Love this. Largely cause I started following him right when I joined twitter and thought I was going crazy. Have I been ignoring this guys' tweets all this time or did he really just go from zero to 100?

He's had a dormant account since 2007 but picked it up Jan 1 this year: http://i.imgur.com/LejqDQ5.png

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Is Twitter one of the best run companies ever?

I accept I'm probably wrong, but my feeling is that Twitter is on the wrong course. Not that they won't be successful in the direction that they're heading, just that they won't be nearly as successful as they could have been. It feels to me like they've lost track of their central appeal.

Yeah, I know that's vague and not much to hang onto. I should probably try to figure out what I really mean by it.

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"Rule 613: People either grow into big jobs, or swell into them" I don't understand this at all.

Asked on twitter what he meant by 'swell', @pmarca replied "I mean personality change - ego, hubris. Stop listening. Start feeling entitled."

https://twitter.com/pmarca/status/425378431283384320

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#10
This is useful, and interesting, and a good read.

My question: Twitter feels like totally the wrong platform for his thoughts. I know, I know, "it is what you make of it", but this feels a bit like a round peg into a square hole.

Why doesn't Marc just publish thoughts on Tumblr / Medium / Facebook / Wordpress / etc?

Just feels like this blog (and thread) is unnecessary....we're now at the point where someone compiles someone else's 140-character tidbits into a cohesive point, and we're all thankful for it. Kinda weird.

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