Oliver Young

@oliveryoung

Detroit native. Husband to . Product manager . Formerly .

Boston, MA
Joined November 2008
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  1. 18 hours ago

    Is ok?

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  2. Jun 1
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  3. Jun 1

    Sigh . . . Oh what could have been.

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  4. May 31

    Trying to decide if we should travel for 2017 or roll the dice on 2024. April in Montreal? Need some guidance . . .

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  5. May 26
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    12/ To "reign in the growing power of Google and Facebook". .

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  6. May 26
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    11/ But change the equation and you'll see a ton of innovation moving from the UK to Canada, Australia, S. Africa, and Ireland.

  7. May 26
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    10/ Maybe that tradeoff is worth it; that's up to the people of the UK.

  8. May 26
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    9/ For PMs and CEOs the risk is too high, the lawyers are too expensive, the headache too pounding.

  9. May 26
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    8/ Regulation may create a safer internet, and I believe that is a very important goal. But it will also shut off the innovation pipeline.

  10. May 26
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    7/ This means new features and better experiences from the big boys. For a startup the math is even more stark; so you get new products too.

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  11. May 26
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    6/ Facebook, Twitter, Instagram all treat the UK as a first international test market to see how well things fare outside the US.

  12. May 26
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    5/ If you add in German-style regulations though, the incentives to launch a new feature or product in the UK goes WAYY down.

  13. May 26
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    4/ 40m+ connected users; speaks english (sorry France); no major behavioral differences (sorry Japan); great connectivity (sorry India).

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  14. May 26
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    3/ More important are the unintended consequences. Right now the UK is the best place to launch new products after the US.

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  15. May 26
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    2/ Justification is "to rein in the growing power of Google and Facebook". Sure, that might be the outcome.

  16. May 26

    1/ Been thinking a bit about the UK plan to regulate the internet .

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  17. May 19

    When the Hungarian dev team comes to visit.

  18. Retweeted
    May 17

    "Feature X is used by Y% of people" is easy. All of the interesting work is in figuring out if you want Y to be higher or lower.

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  19. May 18

    Tried to check my balance, ordered a gyro instead. Very sneaky , very sneaky indeed . . .

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  20. Retweeted
    May 9

    Been meaning to write this for a while: “What I Learned Building ”

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