keccers
@keccers.eth
Everyone gives Elon credit for Community Notes, but that was around long before he came on the scene. Community Notes used to be called Birdwatch and it was created in 2021. The maligned Twitter Trust and Safety department invented the idea; Elon just dumped gas on the fire.
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Wilson Cusack
@wilsoncusack
I’ve actually never heard someone give Elon credit for creating Community Notes! Source that Trust and Safety department invented Birdwatch?
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keccers
@keccers.eth
I sourced this post from the Wikipedia entry. It’s of course a team effort comprised of product, moderation teams, design and engineering to create a feature like that. But the Trust and Safety team certainly had influence and input and it was created under the old regime, not Elon.
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Wilson Cusack
@wilsoncusack
Right, as I said, have never talked to/heard of someone who claims Elon created. Was just curious about specific claim that “maligned trust and safety department invented the idea.” Thanks!
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keccers
@keccers.eth
I wouldn’t say either people go so far as to say “Elon invented this” but they associate the feature with his leadership as he expanded it and really put it on the front lines, more so than they do with the group that conceived it
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keccers
@keccers.eth
I might go so far to say the entire pre-Elon company has been maligned in the eyes of a certain cohort of techies
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