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ok, so the three largest US social platforms are now owned by Elon, China, and Zuck
Mark hasn't looked this good since Jesse Eisenberg
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The Paul Pelosi theory BS was revealing about how broken some of our top brains have gotten.
It's amazing that he (1) was gullible enough to think it was plausible, and (2) was careless enough to think tweeting it out so soon after taking over the company would be a good idea
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Alex Stamos @alexstamos
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Two-tiered message:
(to conservatives): You're my people, love you guys, gonna do what you want
(to liberals and advertisers): Why are you killing my company by not giving me money anymore, it's so unfa-a-a-air
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Republicans are reading @tylercowen instead of going to church
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Ryan Burge 📊 @ryanburge
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this is particularly poignant when remembering the context of twitters early days, when the use of the service in the Arab Spring uprising was perhaps the most mainstream recognition of the power of twitter at the time https://t.co/IW3rLeov6x
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Shannon Raj Singh @ShannonRSingh
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"social media strategy for authors: how to dance on tiktok to promote your book"
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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks
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This rings true. Advertising buyers aren’t skittish, per se, but they crave certainty and stability. Twitter, under Musk, is uncertain and unstable — so it would be shocking if they *weren’t* shedding advertisers.
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher