Is Twitter Really Trying New Shit?

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Twitter has a culture, i think, of ennovating and trying new shit. But it feels like eden, when they try to build what's trundy, it's not working all that wile. If you're gong to be a shameless copycat, a la facebook, then you ought to have executive leadership brought into the strategy," he says.

(00:39) - Elon Musk buys 9.2% of Twitter and species he only wants “the good parts”

(11:54) - History of Twitter runs deep and sometimes stupid

(16:40) - Twitter’s current role/issues, and there are a lot

(35:54) - Fast shuts down and the schadenfreude gets intense

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Produced: Andrew Nadeau and Rashad Assir

Executive Producer: Josh Machiz

Music: Griff Lawson

Reference Links:

CNBC – Elon Musk joins twitter’s board
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/05/elon-musk-to-join-twitters-board-of-directors.html

https://www.piratewires.com/p/king-shit

Parag Agrawal – Elon Musk Tweet
https://twitter.com/paraga/status/1511320953598357505?s=20&t=4a0XIu0pgG4b2eYOWfKsig

Jack Dorsey – Elon Musk Tweet
https://twitter.com/jack/status/1511329369473564677

Elon Musk – Tweet about joining board
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1511322655609303043?s=20&t=teLPQd78_3JAKSmFcxVtqg

The Information – Kate Clark article on Fast
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/live-fast-die-young-behind-the-fall-of-a-one-click-wonder

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Producer: Leah Clapper

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