Kara Swisher

Kara Swisher @karaswisher

@dineshagrawal @PivotPod Really. Read the docs so far. Not very exciting — PolitiTweet.org

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@mdvolt @PivotPod Ha. Right you are — PolitiTweet.org

Kara Swisher @karaswisher

@ZaneBus @PivotPod Sorry so far — and I am waiting for more — no there there and does not support a fevered conspiracy theory. Wait and see obvi. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ZaneBus @PivotPod I’ll bet there are tons of requests from the gop too. Also the Biden requests — keep in mind they were not in office, Trump was — in the thread concerned non consensual dick pics, which are immediate take downs. — PolitiTweet.org

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For all the Hunter laptop hand waving which is a bit of a dud so far, this is the real story, which we predicted on ⁦⁦@PivotPod⁩, a troubling 80% drop in ads. https://t.co/WOzF9xuIOl — PolitiTweet.org

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@AndreaKuszewski It is short and FIRST, so not exactly hard to grok — PolitiTweet.org

Kara Swisher @karaswisher

RT @ImTomWager: Seeing this swift uptick of hate speech on Twitter made me think of the prescient article by @karaswisher back in 2019 disc… — PolitiTweet.org

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@mazdakh @omid Yeah but this was a big one. It was his to make and he ghosted for plausible deniability — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @OracleSeagull: “Dick pics are not a smoking gun, no matter how many times you say First Amendment.” I ❤️ you Kara. — PolitiTweet.org

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@OracleSeagull Ha — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @WellyOneill: @molly0xFFF @David_Paul_B Literally, you can listen to the interview with @yoyoel and @karaswisher from yesterday and hear… — PolitiTweet.org

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@omid Well I try to see what actually happened rather than fever dreams of any one side. Most explanations of problems in SV over the years center in incompetence. — PolitiTweet.org

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Also someone needs to teach internet billionaires what the First Amendment actually is. First Zuckerberg mangled it, now Musk. — PolitiTweet.org

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What @mmasnick said. Dick pics are not a smoking gun, no matter how many times you say First Amendment. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mmasnick: Hey Elon, the Biden campaign wasn't the government in 2020. So, no, it's not a 1st Amendment violation. And highlighting peop… — PolitiTweet.org

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@omid I think they did fuck up. And they said they did in congressional testimony years ago. And they should be criticized but not as part of some bizarre conspiracy whatever. Tech companies are as screwed up as other companies. But the ceo is still the last buck stop. — PolitiTweet.org

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@briandevine Thx for pivot love too. But really find something in these emails that veers beyond total confusion (par for course at all companies) — PolitiTweet.org

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@briandevine Plus they had to navigate it with an absent ceo, which makes it worse — PolitiTweet.org

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@briandevine Well it tracks exactly on these emails, so maybe you should trust it. There is nothing here that does not look like a staff terrified of getting it wrong — PolitiTweet.org

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@Jordy_Stingray Exactly — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JonMarsalek: I agree with @karaswisher this #TwitterGate so far isn’t really substantial news. Very uncool that they posted personal… — PolitiTweet.org

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@omid This was a BIG decision. He was a part time ceo, an already arrogant thing to do, so it’s on him. Sorry, it is. — PolitiTweet.org

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I know some of you need a flaming conspiracy theory to be true, in order to march around screaming censorship, but with regards to decision: 1. tech companies should not be in the media biz since they suck at it 2. Intelligence has its limitations but stupidity is infinite. — PolitiTweet.org

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@omid HE WAS CEO. Full stop. Really stop trying to infantalize grown and very powerful and rich men. — PolitiTweet.org

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@briandevine Um that’s a lazy and inaccurate take. he was against that decision at the time and did not make the final decision so not sure what ass he needed to cover. But knock yourself out — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s the interview in which @yoyoel lays all of it out pretty plainly: https://t.co/RyIikNEDII — PolitiTweet.org

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Blockbuster? So far 🤷‍♀️. But, no surprise for anyone who has followed Twitter for years: Disorganized management, absent ceo, PTSD from previous incidents, no pressing need to have blocked it that quickly and an ill considered better safe than sorry approach seems to cover it. — PolitiTweet.org

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Looking forward to seeing more than this and on other thus far unproven allegations, but looks like execs were too cautious (due to previous hacking) and were overly concerned about getting played again by foreign entities. CEO ghosting by Dorsey made it worse. — PolitiTweet.org

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We also knew that Dorsey was checked out — which we have talked about on @PivotPod for years — but that’s no excuse for not being involved on key issues. He was CEO, so his responsibility full stop and trying to paint him as some hapless dude seems odd. No action is action. — PolitiTweet.org

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So far tracks with why @yoyoel said in interview I did with him. Thought he explained it clearly and that’s what these emails show also. Watching for more obvi but dumb decision by confused and disagreeing execs — kind of par for the course on SV — is my takeaway so far. — PolitiTweet.org