@AC2020 - how do you feel about ‘authenticate all humans’ on Twitter? Are you prepared to out yourself to Tweet?
Yawn. I'm sorry that Musk took away your security blankie. Maybe you should cry loudly?@AC2020 - how do you feel about ‘authenticate all humans’ on Twitter? Are you prepared to out yourself to Tweet?
Thank you great post from someone on the other side of political class.Hope has nothing to do with my opinion about how it will turn out.
I think content moderation generally is a natural limiter to platform growth/profitabilty. Manual/human content moderation is too expensive except for platforms that have high monetization (typically via subscription) or a very engaged user community (Reddit for example). Automated content moderation (Facebook or Twitter) is prone to embarrassing mistakes and/or widely inconsistent application of moderation policy. Those platforms that are monetized via advertising end up diminishing the value of their platform with each mistake made. One exception to this is something like LinkedIn which has a reputational element that limits how much nutbaggery is present.
My take is that Musk must have alternative plans for monetization because he sees exactly where advertising rates are heading for social platforms. There is a path that I would think has a reasonable chance of succeeding, but it will be reverting Twitter to 2017 and allowing for a plethora of communities to emerge on top of the core platform. In that case, the value of Twitter will be entirely dependent upon the success of outside companies creating highly curated content feeds, applying their own moderation policies approach appropriate to the community they serve, and their (other companies) abilities to monetize the feed sufficient to pay Musk what he needs to sustain the core platform - probably in the $7 per AU range. That is a very tight needle to thread and it would be a different version of "Free Speech" than most people expect. If anyone can pull it off in Tech today it would be Musk but I wouldn't be putting my, or our partners, money into that deal.
I have had some information as it relates to what a couple of Private Equity firms were thinking, but no insight into what Musk's team is planning. Though I do talk rather frequently with someone who knows Musk personally (they were in the first 50 hired at Tesla) but they don't have specific information.
I think it great. Should be I have to authenticate I am not a bot just to check insurance filings. Why wouldn’t we want media outlets doing the same with people break news stories. Seems like a great step to getting all those Russian bots that made me vote for Kayne.@AC2020 - how do you feel about ‘authenticate all humans’ on Twitter? Are you prepared to out yourself to Tweet?
No.@AC2020 - how do you feel about ‘authenticate all humans’ on Twitter? Are you prepared to out yourself to Tweet?
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David is fully transparent on Twitter.Yawn. I'm sorry that Musk took away your security blankie. Maybe you should cry loudly?
David is fully transparent on Twitter.
Wouldn't change a thing for him.
I never see his tweets.Let me guess, he tweets this a lot.
That or really dumb. I'll let you know how it turns out now that I am in fund raising mode!Pretty ballsy move imo.
Sincerely, I haven't spoken to anyone left of center who understands what is going on that is upset or worried. I have seen a few right of center celebrating as if they know something the rest of the world doesn't.Thank you great post from someone on the other side of political class.
See I think you get Musk isn’t a republican white knight coming to save the party from liberal media biased. I think he will open Twitter to what it should be and people need to learn to think for themselves and not what tweets tell you. I honestly don’t know why the left is freaking out other then the deck is I stacked a tad.
I tend to agree though I worry about what it means for "whistleblowers" to have to rely on a person in the middle to release information. It isn't clear to me that Musk intends for the authentication to also mean public exposure but likely his intention is to expose misinformation types to legal ramifications even if they are allowed to post anonymously. This might be part of his strategy to keep Twitter out of the liability loop.I think it great. Should be I have to authenticate I am not a bot just to check insurance filings. Why wouldn’t we want media outlets doing the same with people break news stories. Seems like a great step to getting all those Russian bots that made me vote for Kayne.
I don’t know I thought about it and I have Facebook and have seen some wild shit and everyone is legit in my small friends list with their names all over the post. Who knows I personally think lawyers ruined this world and with the politicians should all be shot. Well liability lawyers who sue everyone anyways.I tend to agree though I worry about what it means for "whistleblowers" to have to rely on a person in the middle to release information. It isn't clear to me that Musk intends for the authentication to also mean public exposure but likely his intention is to expose misinformation types to legal ramifications even if they are allowed to post anonymously. This might be part of his strategy to keep Twitter out of the liability loop.
Thank you, David. Most of that went right over my head, but I appreciate that you gave an honest answer to an honest question.Hope has nothing to do with my opinion about how it will turn out.
I think content moderation generally is a natural limiter to platform growth/profitabilty. Manual/human content moderation is too expensive except for platforms that have high monetization (typically via subscription) or a very engaged user community (Reddit for example). Automated content moderation (Facebook or Twitter) is prone to embarrassing mistakes and/or widely inconsistent application of moderation policy. Those platforms that are monetized via advertising end up diminishing the value of their platform with each mistake made. One exception to this is something like LinkedIn which has a reputational element that limits how much nutbaggery is present.
My take is that Musk must have alternative plans for monetization because he sees exactly where advertising rates are heading for social platforms. There is a path that I would think has a reasonable chance of succeeding, but it will be reverting Twitter to 2017 and allowing for a plethora of communities to emerge on top of the core platform. In that case, the value of Twitter will be entirely dependent upon the success of outside companies creating highly curated content feeds, applying their own moderation policies approach appropriate to the community they serve, and their (other companies) abilities to monetize the feed sufficient to pay Musk what he needs to sustain the core platform - probably in the $7 per AU range. That is a very tight needle to thread and it would be a different version of "Free Speech" than most people expect. If anyone can pull it off in Tech today it would be Musk but I wouldn't be putting my, or our partners, money into that deal.
I have had some information as it relates to what a couple of Private Equity firms were thinking, but no insight into what Musk's team is planning. Though I do talk rather frequently with someone who knows Musk personally (they were in the first 50 hired at Tesla) but they don't have specific information.
Damn this is a dumb take. Maybe if the world moved in slow motion you'd be able to keep up.
Unlikely IMO. If he does he will wish he hadn’t. There is no real path to further growth and increased profitability for these platforms without some innovation leap (hence the Facebook -> Meta shift).
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Revenues cut in half and doubled EBITDA. Outstanding.