Casey NewtonApr 25, 2023
New from me today: Even employees who are generally sympathetic to Musk are gobsmacked by the catastrophe of Twitter Blue https://www.platformer.news/p/twitters-badge-of-dishonor
Twitter's badge of dishonor

The weekend's verification bonfire is an all-time case study in doing trust and safety wrong

Platformer
Show threadCasey Newton
PLUS: My story for This American Life on Yoel Roth’s time at Twitter, before and after Musk took over, and what it tells us about the value of trust and safety teams. It’s now available in your podcast player https://www.thisamericanlife.org/797/what-i-was-thinking-as-we-were-sinking/act-two-3
Going Down With the Censorships - This American Life

When to leave Twitter is a question lots of executives faced when Elon Musk took over the company — those who weren't immediately fired, anyway.

This American Life
Apr 25, 2023 at 12:18amIvory for Mac
Show threadSamApr 25, 2023
@caseynewton It was fun hearing you on this episode!
Show threadArturoApr 25, 2023
@caseynewton Listened to that during my run today. Very good. Kinda scary also, the fact that one person wields so much power, beyond the “lines” of a company; enough to ruin people’s lives.
Show threadAlicePaulApr 25, 2023

@caseynewton

What a crazy story!
After listening, I have immense respect for Yoel Roth.
A well done episode.
Thank you, Casey!

Show threadIan WrightApr 25, 2023
@caseynewton enjoyed this episode, thanks 👍