This is the paralysis of being locked into a top-down model of comms instead of tracking & engaging your own online base. People are telling you what they think right there on social, it’s not an alternate universe anymore. Look at what memes stuck in the 2024 campaign. Toss the old playbook. RE:
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In all seriousness: the last 2 weeks of TikTok posturing and Zuck grovelling, combined with the X insanity of the last year, should show you that an app with a feed that you don’t control serves *other people’s interests* - not yours.
Incredible to see Marc Andreesseen, master of the universe elite thinker w/billions under management, cite Shellenberger & Benz as reliable sources. If he had all this inside visibility into the rise of a “”censorship edifice”” over “12 yrs”…why didn’t he say anything? (Bc it’s all bullshit) https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreifekzpglcc2gx6kzkwe76gxweyrwfcd7yrko5ayzv5tio5b3ataey
Hahahahaha. I’m sure the X Files substack boys will get right on this. Jim Jordan will launch an immediate and comprehensive investigation. https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreidnfi46vjgz3w2uwuy6cios3z7eiyvxcxvm27icqzq7fxfqb5kgma
I always enjoy really direct, candid interviewers &this was a lot of fun. “So Marc A is tweeting ab wanting to prosecute people like you, how does that make you feel?” “How does your new employer feel about it?” “Would you do Rogan again?” We talked ab Bsky, too. [podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...](
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Studying online bad behavior was hard. It
Podcast Episode · Channels with Peter Kafka · 12/04/2024 · 57m
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Apple Podcasts
Studying online bad behavior was hard. It
Podcast Episode · Channels with Peter Kafka · 12/04/2024 · 57m
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5 years ago yesterday I wrote an essay arguing that institutions were thinking about online media, insurgencies, & manipulation campaigns all wrong. Fighting the last war. The Digital Maginot line, I called it. It went viral then. Here it is on its anniversary. [www.ribbonfarm.com/2018/11/28/t...](
The Digital Maginot Line
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Russia, China, and Iran have interfered in multiple US elections. As someone who worked with *Twitter’s teams & data* on investigations for years: state adversaries operate globally. Only brain-rotted cranks sucking down right-wing propaganda doubt that, or say stupid shit like this. https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreighvur5qzikiemgagabxbdrq3bg43v5ifvarnkr5jffs7gd7f2usq