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@nanorepublica @megamaker Pairs up courses with products? Not sure I had understand.

@theHirad No, I’m saying there are no scientifically observable "universal principles of free speech." 

“In reality, free speech is a social construct encoded into law by different jurisdictions.”

https://justinjackson.ca/elon-musk-and-free-speech

@simonthompsonco @ma_franks @YaleLJournal You keep repeating that, but structurally that doesn’t make sense.

For a private company to do this, they would need to ascend to government-like status (and somehow implement their own court system to be judiciary).

Highly recommend that you read both papers.

@emmetgibney @kylefox It’s still not clear what his incentives are (or if he knows what he’s doing here).

Elon already borrows significant amounts of money to finance his lifestyle (and has little incentive to pay them off).

https://financialpost.com/personal-finance/high-net-worth/elon-musk-short-on-cash-keeps-borrowing-more-and-more-money-even-as-tesla-stock-surges

@simonthompsonco @elonmusk Not really.

As Dr. Franks explains here:

“The free-speech right protected by the First Amendment is a negative right that applies only to government action.”

I recommend reading the whole paper:

https://www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/beyond-the-public-square-imagining-digital-democracy

@simonthompsonco @elonmusk Twitter can't really adopt US First Amendment "free speech rules" because structurally, these laws were written for the US government to follow.

(They also require a judicial branch for enforcement)

The laws weren't written for private companies.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/first_amendment

@einarvollset Nope. I'm not a Jack stan/fan either.

(And apparently, Jack is more aligned with Elon)

https://twitter.com/jack/status/1518772756069773313

@einarvollset My POV (and sources) on Elon buying Twitter to “increase free speech” are here:

https://justinjackson.ca/elon-musk-and-free-speech

@kylefox @adamwathan @ianlandsman @jack I guess it depends on “who Twitter is for” and “what Twitter is for” and how inclusive it’s meant to be.

@locusm This is true.

@SarahADowney Which definition of "free speech as a cultural value" are you referring to?

@SarahADowney Why?

@peldi It's official. https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1518667159429259264

@rskopecek Sorry, I don’t understand what you’re saying here.

What’s happened in recent times?

@VladSolokha In Elon’s words:

“Twitter or any forum is bound by the laws of the country it operates in.”

Thanks to Nixon, “private corporations have no constitutional obligation to grant access to their property to speakers they dislike, no matter how powerful those corporations might be.”

@dylanized Tell me more. What do you mean by "power?"

RT @NathanClark_: Yet again another good instalment from one of the handful of newsletters I actually read.

My favourite thing about @miju…

@carson_bassett_ classic drummer move

@PaulvdDool Thanks. Doing my best. 👍

Our propensity is to conform to the movement of the larger group.

You'll often notice this behavior when a group of people suddenly switch to a different product, at the same time.

When Slack launched, many startups switched away from HipChat because "everyone was doing it."

👉 The bandwagon effect

Sometimes, when a product launches, there's an instant buzz: everyone's talking about it, trying it, or wanting to try it.

(Grew up in 80s? Remember Hypercolor t-shirts?)

It's the bandwagon effect that causes the sudden popularity:

👉 Basking in reflected glory

@RobertCialdini's 1976 study of university football found that after a win, fans were more likely to:

• use the pronoun "we" to describe the victory (when their team lost, fans used "they")
• wear team apparel

Fans "bask" in the glory of the win

👉 Selective perception

Human beings have pre-conceived beliefs that drive their decision-making.

One popular belief in North America: "if you're rich, you must be smart!"

People who desire to be rich respond favorably to messages from wealthy people.

As @sacca explains:

@jamesvandyne This looks good!

@DCoulbourne Perfection 🤙

@Shpigford Hey! Agree; this is super frustrating.

I can definitely help.

First, try this: https://support.transistor.fm/en/article/cant-log-in-or-submit-to-apple-podcasts-h0r4ao/

If those steps don’t work, DM me. I have contacts at Apple I can talk to about this.

@tnorthcutt A few thoughts:

Twitter rewards self-assured proclamations: strong views articulated bluntly often get a lots of RTs. Accounts that tweet this way can grow quickly.

On the flip side:

Even a properly researched, substantive, take requires some conviction about said topic.

@pascallaliberte Thanks 🙏

@Swizec @elonmusk Haha. Probably not going to happen at our scale.

But, in so many ways:

Simplicity = better life

@simonthompsonco https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1516938754853900289

@CasJam https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1516938754853900289

@CheekyMonkeyMed @ashabed thx ❤️

@kylefox I thought the same thing. Until I talked to an accountant (for an unrelated matter).

But apparently… things have changed.

https://gagnontax.com/2021/08/26/some-u-s-saas-companies-now-subject-to-new-canadian-economic-nexus-sales-tax-compliance/

@ShawnMcCreesh Great feature! 👍

@fullStackChris_ @usefathom I'm specifically looking for a way to track:

visits --> trials --> paid

(And which content/referrers lead to those conversions)

RT @jasonhickel: We can have a democratic economy organized around meeting human needs at a high standard, where production is socially jus…

RT @PleaseBeGneiss: it’s so funny how santa only gives presents to good kids but the easter bunny is like i don’t give a shit what you did,…

@ianlandsman @EricDiviney @SeanMMasters That’s not the thrust of his essay Ian.

0ver and over he says: “we all failed.”

In a capitalist system, especially the way the USA has implemented it, *capitalists* have to step up to the plate (like they did in WW2) with funding, manufacturing, and building.

@EricDiviney @ianlandsman @SeanMMasters In the essay he doesn’t talk about funding vague “health and wellness” apps, he talks about our failure to manufacture coronavirus tests, test materials, cotton swabs, ventilators, surgical masks, eye shields.

He hasn’t funded anything like that (before or since).

@ianlandsman It’s multi-pronged in its focus: governments, institutions, manufacturing, individual voters (right and left).

He says it explicitly in the culmination of the article here:

@jamesvandyne Good piece! 👍

@ianlandsman My point is: Marc could (for sure) be putting his money where is mouth is.

Sacca has a $350 million fund he’s deploying into carbon capture tech right now (and he’s lobbying the government at the same time).

Marc hasn’t really done anything since writing his essay.

@SeanMMasters 💯 this.

It’s incredibly hypocritical for Andreessen to write a piece like this, and to follow it up with investments largely devoid of any real substance.

@GraemeMac @aprildunford @JoelKlettke @ggiiaa This is something I've never cracked in Canada.

Points cards seem substantially worse here.

@MJB_SF Sounds like incidence of long-Covid is much lower for vaccinated people?

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/03/24/1088270403/long-covid-vaccines https://twitter.com/angie_rasmussen/status/1514607778630832140

@alphacolin In my town, the tallest building is 6 stories. 😜

@BilalArarou YES

RT @mijustin: Here are 5 methods for finding new SaaS ideas:

🧵

I wrote this as an article here:

https://justinjackson.ca/customer-demand

@sayMateo Tell me more! Why has it been on your mind? What was challenging about it?

@arshapiro90 @verge Congrats! Can't wait to see your writing in Hot Pod! 🙌

@taxigy Yup

RT @jonathanstark: I know a lot of people who would benefit from reading this article...

/by @mijustin

https://justinjackson.ca/build

RT @thisiskp_: Brilliant post by @mijustin: "Here's how demand for products gets created, amplified, and destroyed." https://justinjackson.ca/customer-demand

Weather, geopolitical, and pandemic events can have a huge impact on demand and are definitely outside a founder's control.

COVID-19, for example, had a devastating effect on the restaurant market.

COVID also increased demand for a limited supply of houses.

The amount of customer demand for a given category is often cumulative.

In the video game industry, arcades came first, then home consoles, then PC gaming...

Customer demand from one era helps feed the demand for the next.

(The supply-side also evolves: more devs, etc.)

@Mike_Andreuzza @newbalance Ooh. This looks good.

RT @ClimateAdam: "Individuals can't do anything about climate change"

... has become the rallying cry of wealthy individuals who can do hu…

@fox @read_cv @_andychung @mehdimulani Nice! I’m going to try this out.

@startupvernon @MartenBrewpub 🙌 YES

@_mattdavidson Yes! We did one day there and $$$$$

@NathanG And where do you post status updates?

@DanielZarick @earthlingworks Oh sweet. Have you always used Threads?

There’s this weird overlaps between Slack and our PM tool (Shortcut) for check-ins.

Trying to figure out how additional tools fit in.

@GeoffTRoberts What tool are you using for the async check-ins?

@dylanized Any special tools in Slack for the async updates?

@RossDCurrie Is it virtual or in-person?

(Are you using any tools for standups?)

@NathanG Are you using a tool for that?

@thelarrybarker @fideloper @taylorotwell @laravelphp You can listen to it here:
https://saas.transistor.fm/episodes/taylor-otwell-2022

Longer video clip here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQnpcnVefEw

@nwquah For me, it’s only 8:16am

@Erwin_AI @TransistorFM 😆

Ok. Re-recorded it:

https://transistor.fm/changelog/pages/

@meonlylouder @jcs224 @jsonperl @jonbuda Yeah, but this only shows up when I unplug and replug my audio interface.

Audio Hijack “beachballs” for awhile, and if I don’t quit and restart it, I get this.

@jcs224 @jsonperl @jonbuda Every once in a while Audio Hijack Pro glitches (especially if I have to reset my audio interface) and seems to add a pitch effect.

@dqmonn @TransistorFM Lol. yup.

@thatmoodyguy Enjoy your vacation!

@linuz90 🔥🔥🔥

RT @cramrov: Great post by @mijustin: "Finding a great market is like showing up to a good party." https://justinjackson.ca/party

@KateBour Thanks!

I’m wrote up a different metaphor for this feeling in today’s newsletter:

https://justinjackson.ca/party

@jimhilluk 👍

@jimhilluk What about it?

@MattCundill Yes 💯

@jimhilluk De-centralized is more “messy,” but the tradeoffs are worth it.

Every centralized platform entices creators with the promise of better distribution, but eventually creators get punished (FB, YouTube, etc benefit).

https://justinjackson.ca/podcasts-and-capital

@patcof Thanks for sharing it!

RT @emmiefaust: Great post by @mijustin: "Finding a great market is like showing up to a good party." https://justinjackson.ca/party

@_mattdavidson So weird

@fannin_seth I think you really need to be somewhat involved in the category to see the good opportunities (just like a surfer has to be in water to catch the good waves).

https://justinjackson.ca/surfing

@orlandopbailey Yes!

Like these?

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1510080880349384707

@kevinaccettulla YES!

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1510080880349384707

@_ItsDeeeee_ I'm getting texts that look like this:
https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1510080880349384707

@AJMuva Do they look like this?

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1510080880349384707

RT @saronyitbarek: What part of coding/building a product do you hate the most? And don't say coding/building a product lol

@webby2001 The voice on this video sounds so similar to yours!

Have you been moonlighting some voiceover work? 😉

https://youtu.be/wLJnxYnqUU4

@jessarchercodes @laravelphp Congrats! 🎉

The Laravel team is lucky to have you. 🙌

@camlangsford Comparing you to your competition, I think your biggest win is:

1. Choose one screenshot to share at the top of the homepage
2. Make it bigger + crisper

@senyostar I’d create pages for keywords like “alternative to Udemy,” “alternative to skillshare,” etc..

@ehsanquddusi For an app like this, this section is key; and it didn’t load for me!

@amedina_dev Looks like you could definitely optimize for search!

Currently, you are only ranking for one keyword query (as far as I can see in ahrefs).

Are you using Google Search Console yet?
https://search.google.com/search-console/about

@farez I would reach out to Notion influencers (especially folks making YouTube videos).

Some will feature your product if you give it to them for free. 👍

(Others may ask for affiliate commission)

@MagicalAlert I would reach out to Disney bloggers and get them to review the app!