Twitter can charge third-party developers for API access to its microservices – like user, graph, timeline, and posting – and let them build independent third-party clients for Twitter.Giving people the choice of other experiences would mediate concerns around content moderation and Twitter’s centralized power.
Packy McCormick • If We Ruled the Tweets
The best analysis, the best work, the most thoughtful commentary and understanding and deep dives are free. This is an abundance problem, not a scarcity problem. This is a problem of curation and opinion and understanding how to navigate this deluge of people saying what's on their mind. It becomes very reputation-based, first of all. And Twitter i... See more
Jamie Catherwood • Shopify, SPACs and Status: My Interview with Jim O'Shaughnessy (Part One)
Allowing anyone to develop algorithms would be a good idea for Twitter because it abides by the classic law of technology: “commoditize your complement”. It sounds fancy but the basic idea is simple: if you’re selling a thing (like, for example, a smartphone), and there are other things that go well with that thing (like apps) then it’s a goo... See more
Nathan Baschez • Elon is Right: Twitter Should Open Up the Algorithm
