Jack Dorsey says it’s time to rethink the fundamental dynamics of Twitter

Re:Jack Dorsey says it’s time to rethink the fundamental dyn... by code_duck on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @10:48PM (#19679334)

Yes, that’s right. Personal faith from funders is a significant contributor to getting funding, which is important for success.

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Re:Jack Dorsey says it’s time to rethink the fundamental dyn... by darawk on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @11:08PM (#19679429)

It's a contributor to funding sure, but that's not what I asked.

The issue is, would a random person off the street be able to take VC seed money and turn it into a billion dollar business? The answer is obviously no. And they definitely wouldn't be able to do it twice.

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Re:Jack Dorsey says it’s time to rethink the fundamental dyn... by code_duck on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @09:44AM (#19682460)

A random person of the street? No. Somebody who did it once already and has all the experience and contacts? Far more likely. I would say the first time is a lot harder.

But that’s not the point... apparently you’re saying he deserves his success by merit. My opinion is that there are plenty of people of equal merits who didn’t start one of the top 3 social networks. I would attribute much of the success of Twitter and Facebook to chance.

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Re:Jack Dorsey says it’s time to rethink the fundamental dyn... by darawk on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @07:41PM (#19687393)

> But that’s not the point... apparently you’re saying he deserves his success by merit. My opinion is that there are plenty of people of equal merits who didn’t start one of the top 3 social networks. I would attribute much of the success of Twitter and Facebook to chance.

How do you know? What evidence do you have of these imaginary other's merit?

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