Senior editor, YES! Media @yesmagazine. Novelist. Views my own, RTs≠endorsement. May or may not be notable, but def. legacy. @ChrisWinters@mstdn.social
Mar 31, 2023 • 15 tweets • 4 min read
Last chance to see...
And no, I'm not paying for Twitter Blue. If the owner were just running a business it would be one thing. But he's changing this platform into 4chan, and making noises about "free speech" that really means "free rein for disinformation, bots, trolls and harassment."
Nov 18, 2022 • 34 tweets • 8 min read
So, in re: #RIPTwitter, read this important thread I posted here, then come back here, because I have a question (this will be a long 🧵 if you read all the embedded threads).
Focusing on Twitter as town square:
I used to cover tech, back in the dot-com bubble days. It was nuts, but I think that out of the myriad companies that I wrote about, only a handful still exist. But there was absolutely sick money being slung around, chasing after every me-too, 3rd-banana idea under the sun. 🧵
2. Fact is, anyone in the sector who really did do something innovative got gobbled up by one of the big boys. The IPO frenzy got headlines, but most of those tanked anyway. The rest just ran out of money and went away.
Dec 10, 2019 • 15 tweets • 4 min read
(Thread 1/15) Some thoughts on today’s #impeachment news, which I wrote about @yesmagazine here: yesmagazine.org/opinion/2019/1…
Start with the basics: the House will likely vote to impeach Trump and the Senate will vote to acquit. Is there a point to this process? I argue yes, for two reasons. (2/15)