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1/7 We’ve been focusing on proactive initiatives to make Twitter healthier and keep people safe. A more holistic approach allows us to better address potential rule violations and coordinated attacks before we receive reports. Learn more👇
2/7 Our first goal is to improve our proactive detection of abuse to not rely exclusively on reports — we’re now at 38% for abuse and this is just the start…
3/7 We also know that repeat offenders tweet a disproportionate volume of abusive content which is why we have doubled-down on catching them...
We are excited to announce that Twitter has selected two partner groups to measure the health of the public conversation 1/
The two groups from academics across multiple institutions will study echo chambers, uncivil discourse and bridging gaps between communities.
See —> blog.twitter.com/official/en_us…
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See —> blog.twitter.com/official/en_us…
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Thank you to everyone that submitted a proposal. We look forward to keeping you updated as research progresses 🙏🏼
tried a new schedule based on this book and it’s been amazing:
1. Appreciate need for deep work
2. Block 3 hours a day for deep work: 9-10:30am and 2-3:30pm. Other times can be used for 1:1s, etc.
Obviously there are exceptions but trying to stick to it. It’s been great...
1. Appreciate need for deep work
2. Block 3 hours a day for deep work: 9-10:30am and 2-3:30pm. Other times can be used for 1:1s, etc.
Obviously there are exceptions but trying to stick to it. It’s been great...
2/ deepwork = more focus -> better decisions, better feedback + less overall meetings since there's less rework... however,
3/ the main challenge with this approach is getting others to adapt since calendaring is a multi-player game...
blocking full days ("No meeting thursdays") doesn't work since you usually don't need 8 hrs. of focus - you need 8 1-hr blocks with feedback in between, and...
blocking full days ("No meeting thursdays") doesn't work since you usually don't need 8 hrs. of focus - you need 8 1-hr blocks with feedback in between, and...
Different work happens in different time horizons - long-term thinking can't happen in short-bursts.
I've been thinking of these as mental time zones 1/
I've been thinking of these as mental time zones 1/
Different mental time zones lend themselves to different types of thought -- the main determinant of a mental time zone is communication.
Communication synchronizes time zones. Communication speed determines time. 2/
Communication synchronizes time zones. Communication speed determines time. 2/
Can't stop thinking of this since reading Anathem by Neal Stephenson amazon.com/dp/B0015DPXKI/… 3/
Update on @Twitter’s request for Health metrics proposals. We received great submissions and appreciate all the effort from those involved…1/
After thoroughly reviewing all 230+ @Twitter Health proposals, we narrowed down to the final five. We will be following up with these groups for more information and will provide our selections in the weeks ahead... 2/
Finalists for @Twitter Health metrics are affiliated with: University of Oxford: Dept. of Experimental Psychology (@OxExpPsy) and Oxford Internet Institute (@oiioxford); University of Colorado, Boulder (@CUBoulder); RAND Corp. (@RANDCorporation); Leiden University (@UniLeiden) 3/
1/ We know there are a number of researchers studying Health-related topics – many for years and decades...
2/ We also know we haven’t always been able to meet the needs of the research community – our API doesn’t reflect additional spam & safety filters used in-app to keep people safe & we haven’t always made it easy or possible to get the right data to understand these issues
3/ However, through our Health effort we want to address this – we want to find a way of making Twitter better together with the community and with researchers globally
Spent some time learning how to use @SlackHQ -- went down some documentation rabbit holes. Here are the 10 most useful things I learned:
1. First - change your mindset: Slack looks like a chat client but it's so much more. Don't think of it as messaging or it will drive you crazy (this is a big risk given the sheer volume and velocity); use it asynch.
2. Learn how to star things: Star your go-to channels, and star messages; this can act as a to-do list for things you revisit later
get.slack.help/hc/en-us/artic…
get.slack.help/hc/en-us/artic…
