Erik Torenberg

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The only way it happens is if Dan can be convinced that it’s good for FC

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It's striking how hypocritical democrat media messaging was this election: the party warning about prosecuting enemies was also the party engaged in lawfare, the party warning about misinformation was also the party of propaganda and censorship, the party warning of fascism was also the (emergent) fusion of media-tech-government.

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I love this app.

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Working on a group chat app. Sneak peek

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We’ll see! But Conley / Dillinghan look good. I love your depth (best bench in the league?) but worry about your spacing

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Tough to lose Donte but KAT is a better fit for this team. I’d rather have traded Josh Hart even. But yeah slightly better for both sides, with risks

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The most interesting & important conversations are happening in mid-size group chats, not on public social networks. But group chat apps aren’t optimized for consumption. Imagine if Twitter made you read every single tweet chronologically and sent you a notification everytime someone tweeted and you had little information on who’s talking or why you should care. And there was no way to mute or follow people/topics or find other chats that might be a fit based on your interest/ability to contribute. Something new will fill the gap.

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The current Twitter administration isn’t working for the DNC, which seems like an improvement. Which Meta or Google couldn’t say either. Seems important for a democracy unless you prefer a one party state. There is a term for that kind of private/public partnership in Europe…trying to put my finger on that term….

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Has anyone across the major social networks done more for free speech than Elon? Is it even close?

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Who’s being banned for politics? The improvement is orders of magnitude better than previous administration, and that is the most important thing Elon has ever done IMO

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Relocating takes decades if not more?

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Agree. For cities, we have people trying to start the next FC and I hope they succeed like FC has, but we also need more people trying to take back SF. Free state project for SF! ;)

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Elon didn’t start a new social network, he took over Twitter. You don’t need to start a new city, you can take over existing ones by just moving there en masse and voting for your candidates. You don’t even need 44b. This is hard to do, but it’s easier than moving all the intellectual capital out of SF. Network effects are hard to disrupt.

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Just launched www.turpentinenetwork.co

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People think Thiel is mid? Lol

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Our @moz podcast with @barmstrong just dropped! https://x.com/turpentinemedia/status/1824834771555652003?s=46&t=XPJEmaJEWF5ba_k83lIYxA

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