WIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and BusinessLinda Yaccarino Tried to Tame X. Now She’s Out as CEO
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Antonio Kafkiano del Jaján
Rob CottinghamAnd it's all suffused with the memory of how optimistic so many of us were that this could all be such a powerful force for good.
It still can be—still is sometimes. But there's something I wrote in those early years, when I felt the chill of the first shadows cast over the Web 2.0 landscape: There are some people who can't see a commons without dreaming up profitable tragedies.
I can't remember if I tweeted it at the time. In a little while, it won't really matter if I did.
"So, Rob, how are you spending your Friday evening?"
I'm surprised how sad it makes me to do this. Skimming through the Twitter archive I downloaded, I've been looking at tweets from the very earliest days. Exchanges and banter, some light, some serious, with people I cared about, some of whom I'll never see again.
Grant Me StrengthThe Z80 had an extra, evil set of alternative registers from a different dimension.
enmodo ⚛️ 🧬 🇺🇦 🍉@samlitzinger it should be asked. You lay down with dogs, you get up with fleas. At this point they are rolling in the cesspool of humanity. Just don't. Get out, join the Twitter diaspora and become an ex-X-er.
Joe WokeI write thisbw a heavy heart. In light if the bombing of a hospital in gaza the world is torn between twi alternative truths. Israeli that it was a backfire. Hammas that it was an Israeli attack.
What bothers me is that the old twitterverse can now be easily manipulated between truth and lies. #exX
What bothers me is that the old twitterverse can now be easily manipulated between truth and lies. #exX
Katja EvertzAlle Likes und Retweets auf Twitter löschen – das digitale Äquivalent zum Ausmisten beim Umzug. #ByeTwitter #LetzteSchritte #exX
AnthropedTwitter refugee
Ex-X #ExX
Ex-X #ExX