James GleickFeb 8

I'm so old I remember when Jeff #Bezos seemed like sort of a good guy who chose books as the focus of his clever new internet store.

Now he will always be remembered as the toady who paid tens of millions in tribute to the Trumps while ruthlessly destroying one of history's great newspapers.

Show threadWoozle Hypertwin
@gleick I started an online retail venture at about the same time as Bezos -- it wasn't hard to see the possibilities. (Unfortunately, I had no money and no investors; writing all the code yourself only goes so far.)
Feb 9 at 12:31amWeb
Show threadMother BonesFeb 9
@woozle @gleick Yeah. Bezos had specific networks and parental connections that allowed him investors. (I bet your thing would have turned out better for the world.)
Show thread0px autoFeb 9

@woozle @gleick My incarnation of a ‘social network’ predated that ‘other one’ by a couple of years. My social life took all my time. And I could not afford to spend money on the infrastructure needed to make it grow.

Or maybe it’s that I did not enjoy the constant requests to ‘find out who posted something’. Moderating is a thankless job. So a big thank you to our moderators!