If you think you are getting 'unfiltered balance' from twitter, then you don't know twitter very well.
Stakeholders will think otherwise.
> An edit button by the way would RUIN it because people who have gone viral with a bad take would simply edit it away.
Just add a change history like (I think) FB has. No big deal.
If the Hacker News crowd isn't even sure that the feature exists, there's no way the majority of users are actually checking it. That may solve the problem for the most careful of users, but the conversation is going to be driven by the people who just react to what's in front of them.
A note like this, with a changelog, should therefore be fine for twitter and counter all "I never posted sth. like that!" talk, as it would be easily to be debunked.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say he enjoys reading Pravda, er, Twitter.
If I was a communist, why would I self identify as a "commie"??
And not even consistently: Are you a lawn mower? A landscaper even?
"Twitter WORKS. If it's profitable, it doesn't need more growth."
You don't get to decide that. It's a publicly traded company. Which means you do need more growth.
"My parents and grandparents are scared of Twitter, and that's how I like it."
Strange thing to be proud of. I guess your own family isn't "cool" enough.
Finally, an edit button can have a timer, as every edit button ever has had for decades.
Twitter WORKS. If it's profitable, it doesn't need more growth. Facebook got ruined because it thought everyone's parents and grandparents should be on it, and now that's the only people on it.
My parents and grandparents are scared of Twitter, and that's how I like it.
It also doesn't try to charge me for access to my own followers like Facebook does.
Twitter may have problems but I like the balance they've struck.
An edit button by the way would RUIN it because people who have gone viral with a bad take would simply edit it away.