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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 22 Jun 2017

    Idea: I bet you could predict the future performance of startups based on the number of Twitter trolls who work for them.

    4:29 AM - 22 Jun 2017
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    • VC Wisdom qwertyuiop Stān john Dorian Abby Mathews Naison_Margiela Conor White-Sullivan Derek Distenfield
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      1. Olushiji Showunmi‏ @joshowunmi 22 Jun 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        Paul, how does one affect the other?

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      2. Sergey Panarin‏ @spanarin 22 Jun 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        The more trolls the worse performance?

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      3. Ͱμ‏ @jermhu 22 Jun 2017
        Replying to @spanarin @paulg

        Opposite. The more doubters the better, just like stock markets climb the wall of worry IMO

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      4. Sergey Panarin‏ @spanarin 22 Jun 2017
        Replying to @jermhu @paulg

        Well, I think trying to calculate active users of the startups would make much better predictions

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      5. Ͱμ‏ @jermhu 22 Jun 2017
        Replying to @spanarin @paulg

        Lol I was going along with the troll count idea, but lots of apps face negativity until they gain a wider audience.

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      1. Nick Cammarata‏ @nicklovescode 23 Jun 2017
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        is this a proxy for employee meanness? Basic NLP on FB posts would probably provide signal too http://www.paulgraham.com/mean.html 

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      1. FAKEGRIMLOCK‏ @FAKEGRIMLOCK 22 Jun 2017
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        TWITTER TROLL LOWEST FORM OF LIFE. STARTUP WITH MORE THAN ZERO LOWEST FORMS OF LIFE PROBABLY SUCK.

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      1. Will Wolf‏ @willwolf_ 22 Jun 2017
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        cc @lagnaw 😂

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      1. Seyi Onibudo‏ @sonibudo 22 Jun 2017
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        How???

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      1. jon  🚀‏ @hegranes 22 Jun 2017
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        Positive or negative correlation? 🤔

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      1. Carlos Arbona‏ @CarlosArbona 22 Jun 2017
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        I'll give you 7% for 120k sound good???

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      1. jz‏ @ZZventure 22 Jun 2017
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        Increasing the variance of future performance, not necessarily the mean outcome?

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      1. Mindborg‏ @Mindborg_MS 22 Jun 2017
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        I have 0 trolls hired. Is that a good sign?

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      1. edward  🔥 🤷‍♂️‏ @mredwardyun 22 Jun 2017
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        @CAH would be a huge outlier

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      1. William Montgomery‏ @samsonthehorse 22 Jun 2017
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        What's the sign on that?

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