Fri. 11/18 – Twitter: Not Dead At The Time Of This Posting
I’m here with you all as we wait for the end of Twitter together. Unless it doesn’t die. In which case, I dunno. Masa Son is actually personally in hock to the Vision Fund now that all its investments have gone pear shaped. A weird end of an era for Facebook. It’s not about status updates anymore. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
I’m here with you all as we wait for the end of Twitter together. Unless it doesn’t die. In which case, I dunno. Masa Son is actually personally in hock to the Vision Fund now that all its investments have gone pear shaped. A weird end of an era for Facebook. It’s not about status updates anymore. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
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Links:
- Hundreds of employees say no to being part of Elon Musk’s ‘extremely hardcore’ Twitter (The Verge)
- Tweet thread on why @peterclowes left Twitter
- Masayoshi Son owes $4.7bn to SoftBank following tech rout (FT)
- End of an Era: Facebook Takes Sexuality, Religion, Address, and Politics Off of Your Profile (Gizmodo)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
- Tweet thread from @MosquitoCapital on the many ways Twitter could break
- Nvidia RTX 4080 review: performance, for a price (The Verge)
- 1Password wants to ditch passwords without locking you in to one platform (Fast Company)
- Why Big Tech Is Throwing $1 Billion at Sucking CO2 From the Air (CNET)
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