{"id":433494,"date":"2022-04-18T16:00:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-dorsey-is-joining-musk-in-criticizing-twitters-board\/"},"modified":"2022-04-18T16:00:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T13:00:49","slug":"why-dorsey-is-joining-musk-in-criticizing-twitters-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-dorsey-is-joining-musk-in-criticizing-twitters-board\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why Dorsey is joining Musk in criticizing Twitter\u2019s board"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3405844023a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3405844023a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-dorsey-is-joining-musk-in-criticizing-twitters-board\/#%E2%80%9CWhy_Dorsey_is_joining_Musk_in_criticizing_Twitters_board%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Why Dorsey is joining Musk in criticizing Twitter\u2019s board&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-dorsey-is-joining-musk-in-criticizing-twitters-board\/#Musk_and_Dorsey_both_hate_the_Twitter_board\" >Musk and Dorsey both hate the Twitter board<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-dorsey-is-joining-musk-in-criticizing-twitters-board\/#Opening_Twitters_algorithm\" >Opening Twitter\u2019s algorithm<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhy_Dorsey_is_joining_Musk_in_criticizing_Twitters_board%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Why Dorsey is joining Musk in criticizing Twitter\u2019s board&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image?fit=796%2C417&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2022%2F04%2FDorsey-Musk-twitter.jpg&amp;signature=e92d314b8a72dd6e4f4dca537ab27973\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n                            It was the Easter weekend, and thankfully, the Elon Musk-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> saga took a break.<\/p>\n<p>But we finally got to hear something about recent developments from Jack Dorsey, Twitter\u2019s co-founder, ex-CEO, and outgoing board member, who weighed in on the issue with some non-direct tweets.<\/p>\n<p>Some of them were directed toward the company\u2019s board, and how it has operated over the years, and some of them talked about the potential decentralization of social media.<\/p>\n<p>While the Bitcoin evangelist doesn\u2019t fully agree with Musk on how Twitter should be operated, there\u2019s some similarity in their vision. Let\u2019s see how their visions compare.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Musk_and_Dorsey_both_hate_the_Twitter_board\"><\/span>Musk and Dorsey both hate the Twitter board<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In the last few weeks, Musk has been very vocal about Twitter\u2019s shortcomings as a platform. He nearly joined the company\u2019s board, but decided against it within days.<\/p>\n<p>His justification was that the company should be taken private in order to \u201cgo through the changes that need to be made.\u201d So a board seat wasn\u2019t enough for him make an impact on Twitter\u2019s roadmap.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, Musk responded to a tweet that listed Twitter\u2019s board members and their percentage ownership in the company. He said that once Dorsey departs, the board owns a negligent amount of shares, so their economic visions might not benefit the social network or shareholders.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wow, with Jack departing, the Twitter board collectively owns almost no shares! Objectively, their economic interests are simply not aligned with shareholders.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1515403974802870279?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dorsey had a less direct criticism of the company\u2019s board. He positively responded to a tweet that had a quote about bad boards killing companies. In the same thread, he indicated with another tweet that Twitter\u2019s board has been constantly a dysfunction of the firm for years.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">big facts<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jack\u26a1\ufe0f (@jack) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jack\/status\/1515536972995088385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">it\u2019s consistently been the dysfunction of the company<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jack\u26a1\ufe0f (@jack) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jack\/status\/1515549577352564740?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">no<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jack\u26a1\ufe0f (@jack) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jack\/status\/1515559905499009025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Notably, the Twitter co-founder was fired from the CEO post back in 2008. He returned in 2015, and enjoyed a longer tenure. When he quit as CEO last year, reports speculated that former board member Elliott Management had a significant hand to play in this move.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe we\u2019ll see Dorsey open up more about the Twitter board once he\u2019s officially retired from it.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Opening_Twitters_algorithm\"><\/span>Opening Twitter\u2019s algorithm<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Last week, speaking at TED 2022, Musk said he <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cdZZpaB2kDM\">wants to make Twitter open-source<\/a>, and put the code on Github, so there\u2019s more transparency about what action the company takes on them.<\/p>\n<p>This doesn\u2019t really solve any problems with moderation or hate speech, as Twitter follows different rules in various countries and situations. As humans making moderation-based decisions have a contextual understanding, it\u2019s hard for an algorithm to evaluate these complex scenarios.<\/p>\n<p>Dorsey agreed with some of Musk\u2019s criticism of Twitter (and social media), but he had a slightly different take than just hosting the code on Github.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, he admitted that he has played a part in the centralization of the internet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">the days of usenet, irc, the web\u2026even email (w PGP)\u2026were amazing. centralizing discovery and identity into corporations really damaged the internet.<\/p>\n<p>I realize I&#8217;m partially to blame, and regret it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jack\u26a1\ufe0f (@jack) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jack\/status\/1510314535671922689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Over the last few years, the Square (now Block) co-founder has been a big proponent of decentralizing social media and giving users choices in terms of content discovery algorithms.<\/p>\n<p>When he was Twitter CEO, he announced a new undertaking called Bluesky in 2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Twitter is funding a small independent team of up to five open source architects, engineers, and designers to develop an open and decentralized standard for social media. The goal is for Twitter to ultimately be a client of this standard. \ud83e\uddf5<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jack\u26a1\ufe0f (@jack) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jack\/status\/1204766078468911106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The project, now an independent entity funded by the social network, aims to build a decentralized and open protocol for social media that can solve problems like centralized enforcement of content takedown policy to promoting content that sparks controversy.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, he responded to a tweet that pointed out a post encouraging Twitter to open up its algorithm, indicating that he\u2019s been wanting to do that. He also <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jack\/status\/1515188701390942208?s=20&amp;t=RmFjQtAgnDaWkCtLZGYIyg\">argued<\/a> that it\u2019s the only large social media service that has allowed people to turn off the algorithm, referring to the feature that lets you switch to a reverse-chronological timeline.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">yep<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jack\u26a1\ufe0f (@jack) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jack\/status\/1515077496215113728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dorsey opined about removing people from social media platforms too. He acknowledged that permanent bans are a failure for a social media company, even if they are the right decisions at that time. Dorsey pointed out that decentralized protocols could bring amicable solutions to deplatforming.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">as I said in a thread on the event, I believe all permanent bans are a failure of the company. But likely right decision for the the company. Wrong for <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> underlying the service. Hence <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bluesky?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bluesky<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jack\u26a1\ufe0f (@jack) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jack\/status\/1515172599021641734?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In another tweet, he supported Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin\u2019s view that wealthy individuals shouldn\u2019t own social media or media firms.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">same<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jack\u26a1\ufe0f (@jack) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jack\/status\/1515166995330830342?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m don\u2019t believe any individual or institutions should own social media, or more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly media companies. It should be an open and verifiable protocol. Everything is a step toward that.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jack\u26a1\ufe0f (@jack) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jack\/status\/1515173672457326593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dorsey, still on the Twitter board, is already prompt in criticizing the company\u2019s current direction. He might not agree with Elon\u2019s absolute vision for Twitter, but his tweets indicated that he\u2019s not thinking in an opposite direction.<\/p>\n<p>Both of these tech personalities joined hands last year in criticizing Web3\u2019s vision. I hope we both of them get together over a live discussion about Twitter on Twitter Spaces. Make it h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en universe.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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