Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey returned from his “break” to write this whopper of a thread in response to criticism from Elon Musk and others directed at current Twitter employees:
First up, he says that “[e]ery decision we made was ultimately his responsibility* — notice the footnote here — and “[i]n the cases we were wrong or went to far, we admitted and worked to correct”:
I have tried taking a break from Twitter recently, but I must say: the company has always tried to do its best given the information it had. Every decision we made was ultimately my responsibility*. In the cases we were wrong or went too far, we admitted it and worked to correct.
— jack (@jack) April 29, 2022
And, boy, it’s weird “every time Twitter was ‘wrong or went too far’ it was always in one direction”:
Every time Twitter was "wrong or went too far" it was always in one direction https://t.co/uesCRORNxj
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) April 29, 2022
Maybe one of the problems with Twitter right now is that Jack *really* believes what he wrote?
I don’t think that is an honest assessment https://t.co/IaMMTOJxP2
— James Jay Carafano (@JJCarafano) April 29, 2022
“This is patently untrue” and maybe — just maybe — with Elon Musk in charge we’ll get some answers:
This is patently untrue. The ghost and shadow banning has not been corrected. The suspending people for giving scientific and medical information into COVID treatments has not been rectified. The alleged mistake of suspending the @nypost just in time to affect an election etc. https://t.co/sRSYwnIA8n
— Joe Pags Pagliarulo (@JoeTalkShow) April 29, 2022
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And it’s not like he “fixed” things quickly:
C’mon @jack. You locked the @nypost account for 2 weeks before the 2020 election over a truthful story which your censorship hacks labeled “hacked material” based on zero evidence. If you mean well, as it seems, just admit you lost control of your creation and explain how and who https://t.co/xem2zFCTnm
— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) April 29, 2022
Is anyone buying it? We’re not:
"Guys this is the stuff I believed the whole time. Yeah sure I didn't do anything about it when I was literally the CEO and actually had the power to do something about it but I promise you this is what I believe".
I'm not buying this attempted redemption arc for a second. https://t.co/rcwo583eQY
— Count Dankula (@CountDankulaTV) April 29, 2022
Dorsey continued:
“Some things can be fixed immediately, and others require rethinking and reimplementing the entire system. It is important to me that we get critical feedback in all of its forms, but also important that we get the space and time to address it. All of that should be done publicly.”
Some things can be fixed immediately, and others require rethinking and reimplementing the entire system. It is important to me that we get critical feedback in all of its forms, but also important that we get the space and time to address it. All of that should be done publicly.
— jack (@jack) April 29, 2022
“A transparent system, both in policy and operations, is the right way to earn trust. Whether it’s owned by a company or an open protocol doesn’t matter _as much as_ deliberately deciding to be open about every decision and why it was made. It’s not easy to do, but it must happen.”
A transparent system, both in policy and operations, is the right way to earn trust. Whether it’s owned by a company or an open protocol doesn’t matter _as much as_ deliberately deciding to be open about every decision and why it was made. It's not easy to do, but it must happen.
— jack (@jack) April 29, 2022
“Doing this work means you’re in the arena. Nothing that is said now matters. What matters is how the service works and acts, and how quickly it learns and improves. My biggest failing was that quickness part. I’m confident that part at least is being addressed, and will be fixed.”
Doing this work means you’re in the arena. Nothing that is said now matters. What matters is how the service works and acts, and how quickly it learns and improves. My biggest failing was that quickness part. I’m confident that part at least is being addressed, and will be fixed.
— jack (@jack) April 29, 2022
Now for the footnote from his first tweet where he throws those same employees under the bus:
“*it’s also crazy and wrong that individuals or companies bear this responsibility. As I’ve said before, I don’t believe any permanent ban (with the exception of illegal activity) is right, or should be possible. This is why we need a protocol that’s resilient to the layers above.”
*it’s also crazy and wrong that individuals or companies bear this responsibility. As I’ve said before, I don’t believe any permanent ban (with the exception of illegal activity) is right, or should be possible. This is why we need a protocol that’s resilient to the layers above.
— jack (@jack) April 29, 2022
Yep:
https://twitter.com/sippey/status/1520145988433985537
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