Taylor LorenzA Twitter lawyer sent an alarming message to colleagues this morning, saying that Elon Musk “is willing to take on a huge amount of risk in relation to this company and its users” and is at risk of putting the company in violation of its FTC consent decree https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/10/23451198/twitter-ftc-elon-musk-lawyer-changes-fine-warning via alexheath
Charles J Gervasi ⚡🛡️🥥@taylorlorenz I want nothing to do with Twitter, but in general I like his willingness to bend the rules to get things done. I do not like his attention-seeking or failing to repudiate bigots or at least acknowledge that non-bigots' desire to avoid bigots and conspiracy theorists is not censorship.
Scott Bronson@taylorlorenz @cgervasi report on yesterday’s livestream: “Elon suggested that, in the future, users would be able to send money to others on the platform, extract their funds to authenticated bank accounts and, later, perhaps, be offered a high-yield money market account to encourage them to move their cash to Twitter.”
Is bending the rules admirable if Twitter moves in this direction?
(honest question, no snark intended)
@sb @taylorlorenz I think yes, *if* the market wants social media combined with banking. I don't see why customers would want that. I think decentralized finance may be huge, but I don't get how it relates to a social media company.