Ryan Knutson
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Or like, is that just kind of not in scope? So I think this is like less of a question of like the feasibility of doing it than it is a question of whether anyone wants to do it at all.
Or like, is that just kind of not in scope? So I think this is like less of a question of like the feasibility of doing it than it is a question of whether anyone wants to do it at all.
Or like, is that just kind of not in scope? So I think this is like less of a question of like the feasibility of doing it than it is a question of whether anyone wants to do it at all.
Cutting out fact-checking, getting away from content moderation, prioritizing not making false moderation calls, overdoing effective moderation in the first place. These are things that Mark actively wanted to do. Honestly, from the first Trump term, this wasn't a new sudden desire or willingness. It was that I think the circumstances were such that it was time to make this happen.
Cutting out fact-checking, getting away from content moderation, prioritizing not making false moderation calls, overdoing effective moderation in the first place. These are things that Mark actively wanted to do. Honestly, from the first Trump term, this wasn't a new sudden desire or willingness. It was that I think the circumstances were such that it was time to make this happen.
Cutting out fact-checking, getting away from content moderation, prioritizing not making false moderation calls, overdoing effective moderation in the first place. These are things that Mark actively wanted to do. Honestly, from the first Trump term, this wasn't a new sudden desire or willingness. It was that I think the circumstances were such that it was time to make this happen.
Of course, this will all change again at some point. The EU is going to have strict rules. So how much of this stuff applies to the EU is kind of still to be determined. Like whether getting rid of fact checkers is something that the EU will tolerate. And I think something else that is a question is what the user experience is.
Of course, this will all change again at some point. The EU is going to have strict rules. So how much of this stuff applies to the EU is kind of still to be determined. Like whether getting rid of fact checkers is something that the EU will tolerate. And I think something else that is a question is what the user experience is.
Of course, this will all change again at some point. The EU is going to have strict rules. So how much of this stuff applies to the EU is kind of still to be determined. Like whether getting rid of fact checkers is something that the EU will tolerate. And I think something else that is a question is what the user experience is.
I think something that a lot of people who worked at Facebook on integrity issues have long believed is that as much as the company resented basically having this sort of bunch of safety-minded nerds telling them, you know, you shouldn't do that, that the safety work was essential to making the platform, like, a livable place.
I think something that a lot of people who worked at Facebook on integrity issues have long believed is that as much as the company resented basically having this sort of bunch of safety-minded nerds telling them, you know, you shouldn't do that, that the safety work was essential to making the platform, like, a livable place.
I think something that a lot of people who worked at Facebook on integrity issues have long believed is that as much as the company resented basically having this sort of bunch of safety-minded nerds telling them, you know, you shouldn't do that, that the safety work was essential to making the platform, like, a livable place.
Not necessarily always clean and well-lit and, you know, perfectly civil, but livable. And I think that it will be interesting to see to what degree they were correct and to what degree this was all just sort of vanity and ineffectual. I think we'll certainly see what Facebook and Instagram look like in this new era as well and see how far it goes and what that means for users.
Not necessarily always clean and well-lit and, you know, perfectly civil, but livable. And I think that it will be interesting to see to what degree they were correct and to what degree this was all just sort of vanity and ineffectual. I think we'll certainly see what Facebook and Instagram look like in this new era as well and see how far it goes and what that means for users.
Not necessarily always clean and well-lit and, you know, perfectly civil, but livable. And I think that it will be interesting to see to what degree they were correct and to what degree this was all just sort of vanity and ineffectual. I think we'll certainly see what Facebook and Instagram look like in this new era as well and see how far it goes and what that means for users.
Think about it as sort of a corporate anti-bureaucracy utopia. So there's a lot of transparency.
Think about it as sort of a corporate anti-bureaucracy utopia. So there's a lot of transparency.
Think about it as sort of a corporate anti-bureaucracy utopia. So there's a lot of transparency.
Everyone could trust. access strategy plans and could weigh in on things. You know, the expense policy was like act in Netflix's best interest. So if that meant flying business class, go do it. If it means taking your team to a five-star restaurant, go do it. Like it was, there was no red tape on anything.
Everyone could trust. access strategy plans and could weigh in on things. You know, the expense policy was like act in Netflix's best interest. So if that meant flying business class, go do it. If it means taking your team to a five-star restaurant, go do it. Like it was, there was no red tape on anything.