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Author/Founder of @stratechery. Host of @exponentfm. @notechben for sports. @monkbent on other networks. Home on the Internet.

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    Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 11 Mar 2014

    1) The numbered tweet phenomenon (started by @pmarca) is a classic example of Braess’s paradox http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braess's_paradox …

    7:41 PM - 11 Mar 2014
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      2. Shane Arney‏ @srainier 11 Mar 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent he didn’t start it. Journalists have been doing it for years

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      3. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 11 Mar 2014
        Replying to @srainier

        @srainier interesting. In all fields, or some in particular?

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      4. Shane Arney‏ @srainier 11 Mar 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent I notice it a lot among American political journalists. David Frum, Robert Costa, Ezra Klein, Sam Stein come to mind

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      5. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 11 Mar 2014
        Replying to @srainier

        @srainier interesting. Thanks.

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      6. Shane Arney‏ @srainier 19 Mar 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent here’s David Frum doing a bunch of numbered tweets today http://storify.com/davidfrum/david-frum-tweets-on-putin-speech-3-19-2014?awesm=sfy.co_geWE&utm_content=storify-pingback&utm_campaign=&utm_medium=sfy.co-twitter&utm_source=direct-sfy.co …

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      2. Azeem Azhar‏Verified account @azeem 11 Mar 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent @pmarca @bfeld that is not a straightforward theorem. Merits several minutes to understand.

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      3. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 11 Mar 2014
        Replying to @azeem

        @azeem @pmarca @bfeld one of my favorites though. Game theory in general is well worth studying/understanding

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      4. Walt  🚴🏼‍♂️ 🗽‏ @WaltFrench 11 Mar 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent yabbut in real world actors satisfice or stochastically try alternates or algos use sub-opt heuristics so I doubt applicability.

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      5. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 11 Mar 2014
        Replying to @WaltFrench

        @WaltFrench look at what started this conversation though. Super applicable

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      6. Charles Arthur‏Verified account @charlesarthur 12 Mar 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent @WaltFrench I've added him to my "tomiahonen" list of the super-verbose. Presently two members.

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      7. Walt  🚴🏼‍♂️ 🗽‏ @WaltFrench 12 Mar 2014
        Replying to @charlesarthur

        @monkbent Fine that @pmarca's “ideas” promote/network self, portfolio. Near-logorrhea just not for me—not seeing paradox. Cc @charlesarthur

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      2. Jon Russell‏Verified account @jonrussell 11 Mar 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent I don’t think @pmarca started it, but he has certainly given it a new lease of life ;)

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      3. Aulia Masna‏ @aulia 11 Mar 2014
        Replying to @jonrussell

        @jonrussell @monkbent @pmarca on the Indonesian Twitter scene for the past few years, numbered tweets can go beyond 200.

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      4. Jon Russell‏Verified account @jonrussell 11 Mar 2014
        Replying to @aulia

        @aulia @monkbent @pmarca ridiculous!

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      5. Aulia Masna‏ @aulia 11 Mar 2014
        Replying to @jonrussell

        Aulia Masna Retweeted goenawan mohamad

        @jonrussell @monkbent @pmarca well, here's one that went up to 101https://twitter.com/gm_gm/status/156406335980838912 …

        Aulia Masna added,

        goenawan mohamadVerified account @gm_gm
        101. Sekian. Cerita saya jauh dari lengkap. Ini hanya usaha agar teman2 bisa tertarik dan mencari lebih jauh. Saya harap saya tak gagal.#Rm
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      1. Anand Babu‏ @fuelcut 11 Mar 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent @pmarca some day we will look back on this pre-ranking era of Twitter and smile

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      1. Deepak Sharma‏ @Deepak_Sharma 11 Mar 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent @pmarca Tren covered his reason for using lists some time back & had pointed to this article http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/12/a-list-of-reasons-that-our-brains-love-lists.html?mobify=0 … @trengriffin

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      1. steve o'grady‏ @sogrady 11 Mar 2014
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        steve o'grady Retweeted Mike Olson

        @monkbent @pmarca: i liked this response:https://twitter.com/mikeolson/status/440292870797287424 …

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        Mike OlsonVerified account @mikeolson
        Everybody: Just because @pmarca writes novels on Twitter doesn't mean it's okay. 140-char discipline makes this medium.
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      1. Yalım K. Gerger‏ @yalimgerger 11 Mar 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        .@monkbent I saw politicians writing essays with 57 numbered tweets. If it doesn’t fit to 140 chars, it’s not a tweet, it’s a blog post.

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      1. Joe Schmitt‏ @josephschmitt 11 Mar 2014
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        Joe Schmitt Retweeted Twitter Support

        @monkbent @pmarca or you could just: https://twitter.com/Support/status/442433903546994688 … Easier to see all the thoughts if you catch one out of context.

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