The tech industry was and is so much about self-promotion, selfishness, that there's no way for people who know the history, how we got here, to explain in that context, what Facebook is, beyond all the things the press says about them, and the distilled evil they represent.#
1/3 I remember my first glimpse of the Mac. I arrived at a building on Bandley Drive in Cupertino some time in August 1983, and was met by Mike Boich and Guy Kawasaki from the Mac team. As we walked to the conference room, I saw, out of the corner of my eye, a beige plastic box#
the Sopranos movie was ok. The kid really does look like his dad.#
As someone who ran a social net long before Facebook booted up, I suspect what we're seeing on FB has less to do with the company and more to do with the scaling up of humanity on social nets.#
1/3 Another radical idea for political pubs. Did you hear blogs are back? They call them newsletters now. They all have RSS feeds, of course. How about gathering a list of all the newsletters people on your staff read, publish the list,#
an idea for a political publication.for a few weeks, assign a reporter to read the twitter comments for all the stories, but don't announce anything. look for people who write intelligent comments with new ideas that people in your circle never come up with. recruit.#
Because we have the ability to share deep ideas here, not just screaming "look at me" -- maybe this is the time for tech to grow up, before the generation that built the foundation for FB is gone.#
They are a product of tech, and there was some good in the foundations we built for them to use. And that good *is* in their product, whether or not they know it, or anyone believes it. It's still there. And if you use it, you must know that.#
2/3 that was small and upright. And personal. How it said that to me, in just a glimpse, I have no idea. Is that a computer? Another thought popped into my head: It said "I'm new." And that was something because back in those days everything was new. And it was personal, for me.#
I'd love to see us start looking at the news media and help us understand how they're undermining our civilization. They obviously won't do it themselves, as they criticize Facebook for not being transparent. Unbelievable hypocrisy, even more unbelievable that people fall for it.#
The people commenting are just parroting what they hear from news people, who are highly conflicted.#
We had thousands of users, not millions or billions. Conclusion: A certain percentage of humans really are deplorable. If you give them a means to organize they will use it to destroy civilization.#
Why do I think this? Even though we didn't have an algorithm, the network we started crumbled, over and over, under pressure from people's whose only apparent purpose was to cause chaos.#
@Neoryder @cdixon Twitter/Facebook were easier to use because in the open space people wouldn’t cooperate, everyone was trying to dominate.#
@cancelself I'm saying it should be a product. Something they share with their readers. Kind of like Apple has an app store, with developer products.#
3/3 Pay special attention to ones that criticize your specific publication. Always listen to your most passionate users, that's how you improve over time.#
2/3 and run a river of all their letters, when they come out. A way of revealing your sources in a new dimension. Build relationships with the smartest of them. Become known as connoisseurs of political thought. How could that hurt your pub?#
be a contrarian. in journalism the assumption is that comments are disgusting. take an opposite view for a short period of time, and see objectively if there aren't some diamonds out there in the middle of all the crap.#
@axios makes sense. the real deadline is jan 1, 2023 -- when the next congress is seated. also of concern, a member of the senate could die. if a repub were to die, that would mean one of manchin or sinema would become irrelevant. if it was a democrat dying, end of game.#
RT @whengoodenough: @davewiner Agree. I ran Blurtt which had social network component to it. As a small startup couldn’t afford human moder…#
RT @davewiner: As someone who ran a social net long before Facebook booted up, I suspect what we're seeing on FB has less to do with the co…#
RT @mount_bees: Rep. Louie Gohmert warned OAN viewers about the "hundreds and thousands" of "Flamers," aka birds who survive windmills but…#
RT @SchmuckLauren: Hope this helps. https://t.co/6BZ48JosiV#
RT @tcarmody: for how much and with whom https://t.co/UkmqYe2RMK#
RT @artistrivera: Entry into the Mine, 1923 #diegorivera #muralism https://t.co/8lYk3NNmCB#
RT @artistmetzinger: Paysage aux deux Cyprés, 1905 #pointillism #jeanmetzinger https://t.co/3pNg0SxIZW#
RT @davewiner: If you like what I write here on Twitter, a more coherent and organized version goes out every night via email. You'd make…#
RT @davewiner: @axios makes sense. the real deadline is jan 1, 2023 -- when the next congress is seated. also of concern, a member of the s…#
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