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hello after spending most of my career writing about Facebook in some form or another, ive decided to do a book on the company and those who made it what it is. Would love to talk to employees over the years who wish to share their experience. emails in bio, DM for my cell #.
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every app does a spotify unwrapped thing now dog i dont need to be reminded of all the absolute garbage i ate this year
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BREAKING: Forbes obtained a draft of the testimony was scheduled to present before Congress tomorrow, and has published it in full. Just hours ago, Bankman-Fried was arrested and taken into custody by Bahamian authorities. From :
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reports say the lawrence livermore national laboratory in california achieved the impossible: creating a positive energy gain from nuclear fusion (aka what fuels the sun) almost limitless carbon-free power? possible game changer for humanity
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BREAKING: Attorney General of the Bahamas has said has been arrested following “receipt of formal notification from the United States that it has filed criminal charges against SBF and is likely to request his extradition.”
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(VITs also happen to be people advertisers most want to reach, which presents more problems) curious if there’s a plan in place to re-verify people who want it or “deserve” it — or if it remains free-for-all paying for it
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i don’t disagree that the previous method was imperfect and they never seemed to have figured out how to fix it but a bunch of celebrities and the so-called VITs (very important tweeters) are used to it, and wiping all of those is gonna cause some upset people
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In a few months, we will remove all legacy blue checks. The way in which they were given out was corrupt and nonsensical.
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(even in Roth’s post-twitter interviews he has not railed against Musk like many are now. doesn’t matter. i wonder how twitter folks who are currently on top feel about the tenuousness of their position…)
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of the many striking things about musk’s twitter behavior is how allegiances appear to mean little to him Roth was someone who stayed and Musk touted out as proof of the company doing well in the beginning that lasted all of a few weeks; now Musk openly going after roth
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Yoel Roth was talking with @karaswisher about how unpleasant it was to be personally targeted by the RW outrage machine. He also demurred from painting Elon as a villain. Here is Elon helping to spread the idea that Yoel is pro-child sexualisation. Elon's cosying up to QAnon.
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wild 2023 for Bay Area touring GY!BE playing at the chapel (!) Death Grips at the warfield Ladytron at august hall and i was never a huge fan but death cab and postal service playing their two big records back to back at the greek in berkeley is something i should prob attend
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there is an actual discussion to be had about how accounts and content are labeled and handled — it’s the stuff of all social networks and transparency only comes in fits and starts over the years (usually after prodding) hard to have that convo when everything is a conspiracy
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You know what, I don't think the Twitter Files are a total nothingburger. You should be able to see what kinds of controls they put on your account just like Google shows you your ad targeting categories. Keeping that hidden from users is no fair.
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Hi, Twitter Fam just wanted to say our final good byes. It’s been a pleasure serving you this past 11 years. Twitter really made us feel apart of the culture and we will never forget that. 🎤🎤 drop
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