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Andy Matuschak
@andy_matuschak
Really striking from a media perspective, hearing an elected official speak at length on complex topics, instead of speeches or tiny quotes on radio/TV/news. Conversation is necessarily shallower than a long podcast (lots of jumping around), but the live format lends real energy.
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Kanyi Maqubela
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The SF DA going into the vagaries of justice system and policy in a room with 2000 tech people on Clubhouse is completely fascinating. Honestly incredible.
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Andy Matuschak
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I guess I don’t understand why/how this feels so different from eg 60 Minutes. I guess it being unpolished and unprepared is important. There’s also a difference in candor and stance, knowing the audience is relatively niche.
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Andy Matuschak
@andy_matuschak
(That said, in the case of this conversation, I’m not getting real answers to the core questions: Why is crime so rampant in everyday SF life, and what concretely should be done to change this? What policy should we as citizens be lobbying for? Maybe we need a Barbara Walters!)
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Yan Zhang
@krzhang
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Why hasn’t it happened on Twitter? People in some fields are more likely than others to do the “details about my trade” thing, (which is one of my favorite things). I expected this to be mostly medium-independent, but if people were excited about this CH event I may be wrong
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Matthew Mansfield
@drunkengrass
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Yes, I think it's great. He attended the
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safety meeting in December where myself and the president of the association were able to ask him and his chief of staff questions on what's going on in the city. It was the second meeting on safety we've had with SF officials.
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Matthew Mansfield
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He's making himself readily available to neighbourhood associations and community groups and has been throughout the pandemic. We are thinking of having him attend another of our safety meetings in the new year as our membership enjoyed his participation.
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