The Ledger

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Insight
Trenda: The driver of Twitter's success is what makes it awful
“And it led me to the conclusion that the thing that makes Twitter successful is the very thing that makes it awful.”
Ben Trenda Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 21:38 #80 Can This App Silence The Trolls?
Opinion
Trenda: Major platforms cannot solve toxicity due to open participation model
“This is antithetical to those platforms. On those platforms, and you even hear these CEOs when they talk about, like, Jack Dorsey talks about the power of Twitter, it's that every user can participate in every conversation. And so you can't solve a problem tha…”
Ben Trenda Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 8:53 #80 Can This App Silence The Trolls?
Insight
Downey: Noise-free social startups still rely on incumbent noise for acquisition
“Like, it seems like there is no user acquisition without existing platforms. So like, you're trying to cut through the noise, but you need the noise.”
Sarah Downey Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 17:54 #80 Can This App Silence The Trolls?
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Coder: Aunt Flow signed a contract with Twitter for all offices
“Well, in January, we signed a contract with Twitter for all of their offices.”
Claire Coder Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 23:36 #96 A Test of Time
Disclosure
Kesserwani: Half of Cushion's cap table is Twitter executives and former colleagues
“That's where half our cap table is angel investors from the Twitter executive team and folks I've worked for.”
Paul Kesserwani Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 15:45 #51 This Bot Can Fight Your ATM Fees
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