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Re:Jack Dorsey says it’s time to rethink the fundamental dyn... by 55555 on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @10:41PM (#19679287)
I don't know what I'm talking about, but judging from the fact that Ev Williams founded or co-founded Blogger, Twitter, and Medium, perhaps he was the real visionary behind the idea. That's three different "write stuff online and share it" startups. He clearly understands social media and blogging and micro-blogging. Maybe Jack is more of the 'biz guy'?
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Re:Jack Dorsey says it’s time to rethink the fundamental dyn... by randomsearch on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @02:36AM (#19680283)
From what I’ve read, Ev deserves more credit.

My take on the founding of twitter is that you had a bunch of people and no clear leadership, and that different people had different opinions of what twitter should be. That ambiguity has undermined the platform from day one, no focus, no clear mission, no clear plan on how to spend their money.

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Re:Jack Dorsey says it’s time to rethink the fundamental dyn... by code_duck on Monday April 22, 2019 @10:06PM (#19725015)
Right, considering that Twitter in the early days was considered to be some sort of free SMS replacement that happened to show some messages publicly.
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