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    1. Katie Herzog‏Verified account @kittypurrzog 24 Oct 2020

      Katie Herzog Retweeted Sacha Baron Cohen

      Man Who Demands Censorship Shocked To Be Censoredhttps://twitter.com/SachaBaronCohen/status/1316080610956455938 …

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      Sacha Baron CohenVerified account @SachaBaronCohen
      .@Facebook - I criticized you for not blocking false info about Covid. Now your AI is blocking my article because the photo has false info about Covid! Instead of just AI, use the $ you've made during Covid to hire more humans to moderate and factcheck! https://time.com/5897501/conspiracy-theory-misinformation/ …
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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 25 Oct 2020
      Replying to @kittypurrzog

      Why actors often succeed as politicians, but not as startup founders. Making complicated things work is harder than it looks.

      2:22 AM - 25 Oct 2020
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        1. Yudhanjaya Wijeratne  🐳‏ @yudhanjaya 25 Oct 2020
          Replying to @paulg @kittypurrzog

          These people don't seem to realize that you'd have to setup an operation larger and more insidious than the Great Firewall to police all the content created on Facebook.

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        1. Arafat Mu‏ @ArafatMukasa 25 Oct 2020
          Replying to @paulg @kittypurrzog

          @paulg can politicians make great startup founders? Curious to have your thoughts on this.

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        1. Loch Wansbrough‏‏ @lwansbrough 25 Oct 2020
          Replying to @paulg @kittypurrzog

          good argument pg, tying the unregulated propaganda machine that made $18bn profit last year back into your startup spiel is a really down to earth perspective

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        1. Vitalie Eșanu‏ @evisoft 25 Oct 2020
          Replying to @paulg @kittypurrzog

          it depends on which country, the film industry is not here and many journalists become politicians

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        1. Derick David‏ @drckangelo 25 Oct 2020
          Replying to @paulg @kittypurrzog

          The bigger question is whether @SachaBaronCohen is still doing the acting or not

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        2. BourbonicPlague‏ @BourbonicP 25 Oct 2020
          Replying to @paulg @kittypurrzog

          The fact that we trust people who can’t handle running complicated organizations to lead our governments explains so much about what is wrong with politics in 2020. My mayor couldn’t deal with potholes a couple winters ago and people are surprised she failed during a pandemic.

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        3. ujkf99‏ @ujkf99 25 Oct 2020
          Replying to @BourbonicP @paulg @kittypurrzog

          Most people have never run an organization and have no idea how hard it is. They think it's enough to have the right opinions.

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        1. Kale Howell‏ @humankale 25 Oct 2020
          Replying to @paulg @kittypurrzog

          The only thing that makes this complicated is FB not wanting to lose revenue by pivoting to business model that doesn't spread disinformation...that's only complicated because they're massive.

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        1. Afreum‏ @AFREUM1 25 Oct 2020
          Replying to @paulg @kittypurrzog

          Ashton Kutcher @aplusk is supposed to be a fine startup founder if media is to be believed. I guess he is an outlier.

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        1. Neal Lester‏ @neal_lester 25 Oct 2020
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          The problem isn’t isn’t that finding a solution is hard, the problem is that the solution requires Facebook to give up engagement.

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