Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
View counts only reliably work when everything’s in a centralized database.
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ted (not lasso)
@ted
i agree, and I also see view counts as another impermanent tactic in Elon’s battle to tear down Twitter in order to rebuild it. like people, companies often need a near-death experience before they can really change. perhaps he’s laying bare all of its weaknesses (like 1% engagement levels) to accelerate the proc
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Aman Dhesi
@aman
Why would view counts tear down Twitter?
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ted (not lasso)
@ted
not literally, but figuratively. look at the the outrage about it already from individuals. on the flip side, views (and conversions) are most important for advertisers — which Twitter needs if it’s going to become a cash flow positive business. advertisers don’t care about likes unless more likes leads to more
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Joey Roth | Dyad
@joeyroth
twitter before elon clearly decided not to publicly surface views for the same reason
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