Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Apr 14, 2023

Wow that #Substack CEO interview is a train wreck:
https://www.theverge.com/23681875/substack-notes-twitter-elon-musk-content-moderation-free-speech

Q: No, I really want you to answer that question. Is that allowed on Substack Notes? “We should not allow brown people in the country.”

A: I’m not going to get into gotcha content moderation.

Q: This is not a gotcha... I’m a brown person. Do you think people on Substack should say I should get kicked out of the country?

A: I’m not going to engage in content moderation, “Would you or won’t you this or that?”

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Show threadJons MostovojsApr 14, 2023
@rysiek lol the guy should do a bloody network effect product 101 course. Practitioners were talking about the inevitability of moderation 20 years ago.
Show threadWoozle HypertwinApr 14, 2023
@jonn @rysiek
Imagine being such a fan of toxic behavior that you actively don't want to ever boot anyone out of your space.
Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Apr 14, 2023

@woozle @jonn he's not a fan of toxic behavior.

He's a fan of VC money.

Show threadWoozle HypertwinApr 14, 2023

@rysiek @jonn but I mean, then that kind of implies that VCs are fond of toxic behavior...

...which I believe is consistent with the idea of "driving enragement"... erm, I meant "engagement"... as a critical factor for plutonomical success.

Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Apr 14, 2023

@woozle @jonn

> then that kind of implies that VCs are fond of toxic behavior...

No no, they just don't want to shut the door on certain kinds of engagement!

> ...which I believe is consistent with the idea of "driving enragement"... erm, I meant "engagement"... as a critical factor for plutonomical success.

Yeah, exactly. "We're not racist, we just happen to believe that racist engagement is more important to our bottom line than your safety."

Show threadWoozle Hypertwin
@rysiek @jonn
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