George Hotz
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Without ever censoring. And like Scott Alexander has a blog post I like where he talks about like moderation is not censorship, right? Like all moderation you want to put on Twitter, right? Like you could totally make this moderation like just a, you don't have to block it for everybody. You can just have like a filter button, right?
Without ever censoring. And like Scott Alexander has a blog post I like where he talks about like moderation is not censorship, right? Like all moderation you want to put on Twitter, right? Like you could totally make this moderation like just a, you don't have to block it for everybody. You can just have like a filter button, right?
That people can turn off if they were like safe search for Twitter, right? Like someone could just turn that off, right? So like, but then you'd like take this idea to an extreme, right? Well, the network should just show you This is a couch surfing CEO thing, right? If it shows you right now, these algorithms are designed to maximize engagement. Well, it turns out outrage maximizes engagement.
That people can turn off if they were like safe search for Twitter, right? Like someone could just turn that off, right? So like, but then you'd like take this idea to an extreme, right? Well, the network should just show you This is a couch surfing CEO thing, right? If it shows you right now, these algorithms are designed to maximize engagement. Well, it turns out outrage maximizes engagement.
That people can turn off if they were like safe search for Twitter, right? Like someone could just turn that off, right? So like, but then you'd like take this idea to an extreme, right? Well, the network should just show you This is a couch surfing CEO thing, right? If it shows you right now, these algorithms are designed to maximize engagement. Well, it turns out outrage maximizes engagement.
Quirk of human, quirk of the human mind, right? Just as I fall for it, everyone falls for it. So yeah, you got to figure out how to maximize for something other than engagement.
Quirk of human, quirk of the human mind, right? Just as I fall for it, everyone falls for it. So yeah, you got to figure out how to maximize for something other than engagement.
Quirk of human, quirk of the human mind, right? Just as I fall for it, everyone falls for it. So yeah, you got to figure out how to maximize for something other than engagement.
I actually think it's incredible that we're starting to see, I think, again, Elon's doing so much stuff right with Twitter, like charging people money. As soon as you charge people money, they're no longer the product. They're the customer. And then they can start building something that's good for the customer and not good for the other customer, which is the ad agencies.
I actually think it's incredible that we're starting to see, I think, again, Elon's doing so much stuff right with Twitter, like charging people money. As soon as you charge people money, they're no longer the product. They're the customer. And then they can start building something that's good for the customer and not good for the other customer, which is the ad agencies.
I actually think it's incredible that we're starting to see, I think, again, Elon's doing so much stuff right with Twitter, like charging people money. As soon as you charge people money, they're no longer the product. They're the customer. And then they can start building something that's good for the customer and not good for the other customer, which is the ad agencies.
I pay for Twitter. It doesn't even get me anything. It's my donation to this new business model, hopefully working out.
I pay for Twitter. It doesn't even get me anything. It's my donation to this new business model, hopefully working out.
I pay for Twitter. It doesn't even get me anything. It's my donation to this new business model, hopefully working out.
I don't think you need most people at all. I think that I, why do I need most people? Right. Don't make an 8,000 person company, make a 50 person company.
I don't think you need most people at all. I think that I, why do I need most people? Right. Don't make an 8,000 person company, make a 50 person company.
I don't think you need most people at all. I think that I, why do I need most people? Right. Don't make an 8,000 person company, make a 50 person company.
I did.
I did.
I did.