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I work for the Internet, at @stripe, mostly on accelerating startups. Opinions here are my own.

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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg Apr 6
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      Coronavirus and Credibility: http://paulgraham.com/cred.html 

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    2. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 Apr 6
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      I think a big problem is that, to use a poker analogy, some players are allowed to alter bet sizes after the hand has played out, such that any claim in dispute is treated as all-in (“Look at our credibility stack!”) and any claim lost is “I don’t agree we said anything wrong.”

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      Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 Apr 6
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      “You said coronavirus was not going to be a pandemic.” “We accurately quoted sources.” “It says on Twitter ‘Is it going to be a pandemic? No.’” “Twitter doesn’t count.” “Your print headline said...” “Editors pick headlines; not me.” “So... your story... is you got it... right?”

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        2. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 Apr 6
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          And to be fair there’s immense social utility, including in these trying times, in the press’ unique privileges like “Can call someone at any e.g. hospital with expectation that they’ll answer factual questions much of time” and “Watched/read by policy makers.”

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        3. Ovidiu Ciule‏ @ociule Apr 6
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          Immense, unique, social utility that a few willingly squander.

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        2. The End Times‏ @TheAgeofShoddy Apr 6
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          This is the key dodge, the effort to pass responsibility along to another- never named- individual in the collective, who themselves of course is not to be considered representative of the whole. But in the social media age, the headline is the point; the article is the excuse.

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        3. obversers‏ @obversers Apr 6
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          "we decide which collectives have members that represent the whole, and which don't, and we reserve the right to change these judgements as we see fit" is pretty much the default stance of most of the media organizations referenced

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        1. Reality Winner‏ @demonlordnaraku Apr 6
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          Twitter seemed like a better source of info than news

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        1. Dave Kasten‏ @David_Kasten Apr 6
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          Part of the difference is that tech Twitter is judging media on its final outputs; journalists live in a day to day where they’re fighting their editors (who set headlines) on everything, and so for whatever reasons don’t see themselves as responsible for rest of value chain

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