5/ Next, inventory all initiatives, dump absolutely everything that's better done by an API. Dumb pipes 'r us direction.
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6/ This means, no VR, no "moments", no weird stomping on Meerkat with Periscope etc.
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7/ Next, solve for safety, safety, safety as top 3 foundational features. A single harassed/trolled/doxxed person is one too many.
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8/ Then once core user base *trusts* that there is a basic standard of public safety. It's API time.
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9/ Once safety is solved and under constant monitoring at lowest possible cost, take "messaging bus of the Internet" seriously.
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10/ The absolutely crucial feature of twitter, central to ALL its value is that it's now the world's town square.
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11/ Not email, not Facebook, not IRC, not Slack... NOTHING can connect random strangers across the planet the way Twitter can.
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12/ Example: Just yesterday, I created an 'East Africa' list for myself to instantly immerse myself in that region's public conversations.
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13/ Twitter would not be a feature-crazy all-things-to-all people. Simply rock solid open messaging foundation that can be built.
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14/ Everything else? Powerful API for people to build biz models off. Don't do anything that a small dedicated vertical team might do better
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15/ No schizophernia, no mind changes. Developer ecosystem can trust that Twitter won't try to capriciously eat/kill their ideas.
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16/ This means clear rules of engagement, 3rd party developers as friends rather than grudgingly accepted parasites.
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17/ Twitter leadership will be autocratic authoritah, but not arbitrary or capricious. Play by rules, you win, Twitter wins too.
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