Re:The Twitter Algorithm
by KyeRussell on Friday March 31, 2023 @08:35PM
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No. Not a chance. Elon’s claims of mismanagement at Twitter have merit, though not nearly as much as he think, but the one thing that’s undeniable is that the previous “owner” (well, the CEO), is an adult that didn’t care about this shit.
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Re:The Twitter Algorithm
by dudeinjapan on Saturday April 01, 2023 @03:48AM
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Isn't it a problem if the CEO of Twitter doesn't care about his/her tweets, and the general public doesn't care either?
The CEO of Twitter should be doing more important things than tweeting.
And far more important things than worrying whether said tweets are popular or not.
I bet the previous CEO never thought of firing an employee for a disability through a public tweet thread.
Re:The Twitter Algorithm
by dudeinjapan on Sunday April 02, 2023 @11:13PM
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You mean, better the firing for disability is done in private? Isn't transparency the best way to ultimately eliminate such behaviors?
It is usually better for major criminals to confess and turn themselves in too. "I bet" doesn't read "it is morally better." And why jump to compare publicly vs privately doing it instead of doing it vs not doing it?
Re:The Twitter Algorithm
by dudeinjapan on Sunday April 02, 2023 @11:12PM
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Completely disagree with this. The CEO using the company's own product daily is how it should be--regardless of industry.
Re:The Twitter Algorithm
by mynameisvlad on Saturday April 01, 2023 @11:22AM
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Why, exactly, should the CEO of Twitter care about their own tweets getting maximum attention? If anything, this takes engineering effort away from customers because special implementations like "is_elon" have to be added.
Re:The Twitter Algorithm
by dudeinjapan on Sunday April 02, 2023 @11:10PM
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Isn't it natural for the CEO wonder about his own tweets, and use those as a proxy for the function of the platform as a whole--esp as relates to "VIP" tweeters who Twitter arguably wants to keep happy. In fairness to Elon, his repeated inquiries about his own tweeted shined light on several legitimate bugs in their algorithm affecting VIPs.
No, it isn’t a problem if the a CEO of Twitter doesn’t care about their tweets. The proper task of any CEO is maintaining the company as an immortal entity.
If the general public cares about the CEO’s tweets, then necessarily there will be a danger that the death of the CEO will ignite a crisis in the general public; e.g. Steve Jobs at Apple.
The producer is not the star.
Re:The Twitter Algorithm
by dudeinjapan on Monday April 03, 2023 @06:53AM
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Suppose Steve Jobs used an Android...
I never suggested the CEO needs to be the star tweeter. What I am saying is that the CEO needs to be a tweeter, i.e. personally invested in his/her company's product. Companies with CEOs who don't give a shit about about their product/users tend not last long as "immortal entities".