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David Rosenthal: belief

28 Oct 2020 Acquired Twitter (with Dick Costolo)

“I think all of us, probably Dick included, have just one carve-out for all of you today and it's a big one.”

— David Rosenthal

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Speaker
David Rosenthal
Attribution
Verified speaker
Claim type
belief
Recorded
28 Oct 2020
Publisher
Acquired

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…Yeah. Well there's certainly a whole can of worms there. David, I pretty much agree with you, but I only think there has been even a B effort, even recently. The reason I'm not higher is that there's just so much hate speech that comes from what seems to be pretty simple heuristics to catch and manage. I know that's always easier said than done, but it just feels like Twitter has kind of shied away from that fight. They seem more emboldened now, but still definitely afraid of the perceived business impact that could come from any of that. Maybe rightfully so. Anyway, I'm a B. Great to dive into this stuff. Listeners, we'd love to hear your thoughts too, especially, how you would grade Twitter on this aspect. Join us at acquired.fm/slack. David, into our carve-out. On to carve-outs. I think all of us, probably Dick included, have just one carve-out for all of you today and it's a big one. For everybody who is a US citizen, go vote. It's the most important thing you can do and there's never been a more important time to do it. Amen. Well, that brings us home. Thanks so much to Dick for coming on.…

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