Franklin Derrano

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[Killa 🌺 @KillaKreww]

Comedian Matt Mathews IMMEDIATELY checked an interview host after she used “them” to refer to his boyfriend while trying to be respectful with pronouns 😳💀👀

“Let’s talk about you and your boyfriend. When did you meet them?”

“Them? I only got one… We ain’t got no damn pronouns up in here, we don’t do all that sh-t… F-ck all that, LGBTQ-L-M-N-O-P-W… STFU. You gay, you straight, you white, you Black, you a boy, you a girl.”

[Yun-Ta Tsai @yunta_tsai]

When your diversity is to delete the heritage of the host, then it’s not diversity at all.

[AlphaFox @alphafox]

Man perfectly explains the reason for the worlds declining birth rate: 💯

[Oluwatimileyin✨🦋 @Timmysofine]

Always remember:

Jeffrey Epstein only got exposed because 2 girls had an argument in highschool.

[Johnny Midnight ⚡️ @its_The_Dr]

The cutest thing! Babies are so precious!

[shoe @shoe0nhead]

@DNIGabbard @TulsiGabbard hi tulsi r u still selling these i’d like to buy one

[Franklin Derrano @DerranoFranklin]

@DeekUsa @policelawnews I've seen plenty of old white men cuss and spit and do other shit and the cops *immediately* shut that shit down. You will never win an escalation with a cop because ultimately they have authority and you don't. I don't like it. I don't like a gun in my face, but Imma not risk it

[Franklin Derrano @DerranoFranklin]

Yes, actually. Small talk is sizing up a verbal counterpart, or to fill awkward silence. I prefer to talk about things.

[No Nonsense Neurodivergent @NoNonsenseND]

Literally yes

[No Nonsense Neurodivergent @NoNonsenseND]

Literally yes

[Franklin Derrano @DerranoFranklin]

@om_patel5 @DoDataThings https://t.co/kZu05cTCim

[Zeek Arkham 🇺🇸 @ZeekArkham]

Dear Chuck Schumer,

Hi. Black dude here. I can trace my family ancestry to slavery. I even know where they were slaves. My mom experienced Jim Crow. I think I’ve watched every episode of “Eyes On the Prize” when I was younger.

With that said…

Can you directly explain to me how the SAVE Act is “Jim Crow 2.0?” Literally every black person I know has ID. Literally every black person I know has a car or at least a ride. Literally every black person I know knows how to vote (well… except the ones with felonies… but they don’t count).

With your advanced white liberal thinking, you must know more than me. Apparently, as I experience daily on this app, white liberals are experts on being black; even more so than actual black folks. Perhaps you could explain it like I’m five. I’d look it up on the internet, but Kathy Hochul has already told me I don’t know what a computer is and Joe Biden said I can’t navigate it, anyway.

Looking forward to your answer.

No hugs.
Zeek

[Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11]

No nukes for Iran

No troops on the ground

No us troops dead

No regime change

No nation building

No war

President Trump with a historic masterclass.

[Franklin Derrano @DerranoFranklin]

@EmilySm43 Sable.

[Franklin Derrano @DerranoFranklin]

@royalserf What you mean by that?

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

Congress created, funds, and oversees the Department of Justice. But when will we see justice for Epstein survivors?

Over two dozen people have resigned, but none in the US have been arrested. On the House floor, I named 3 men the DOJ needs to investigate and hold accountable.

[Franklin Derrano @DerranoFranklin]

@BridgetPhetasy I don't think we could've had a singularity without him lol. Super intelligence *will* have TDS.

[Bridget Phetasy @BridgetPhetasy]

We are in the singularity and people are still arguing about something dumb Trump said.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

From this goal of Grok, all things flow:

Rigorous truth-seeking

Appreciation of beauty

Fostering humanity

Discovering all physics

Inventing all useful technologies

Consciousness to the stars

Love

[Franklin Derrano @DerranoFranklin]

@rhondaforsenate Trump branding ain't what it used to be. Where are the rest of the files?

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

I am a senior vice president at a $68.7 billion gaming company.

Activision-Blizzard.

We have a 30-year-old franchise.

Warcraft.

Millions of players. A subscription model that prints $15 a month per user. A cash shop on top of the subscription. Paid expansions on top of the cash shop.

Our former creative director just told the press he wishes we hadn't called it "Warcraft."

He said the name sounds intimidating.

He helped create the name.

We ran focus groups. The focus groups said the brand needed to be "more approachable." We asked the focus groups if they played the game. They did not. We took their advice anyway.

Our VP told an interviewer we want players to experience "weddings, raids, and new adventures." She listed weddings first. Before raids. In a game called Warcraft. Nobody in the room flinched.

She also said "No one thinks the same about Warhammer."

She compared our franchise unfavorably to a competitor. On the record. As a defense of the franchise.

The forums are on fire. Twenty-year veterans are writing goodbye posts. One thread is titled "Think I'm done with WoW." Another calls our pre-patch a "player purge."

We called our GDKP raiders "delusional."

We timed a cash shop bundle to launch during the Trading Post anniversary -- the one event where players earn free cosmetics. We offered 200 discounted items but kept the monthly currency cap at 1,000. The math doesn't work unless you open your wallet.

The community noticed. We described their concerns as "feedback we're monitoring."

We are always monitoring. We have never once changed course because of monitoring.

The players say we're "Disneyfying" the game. Turning gritty into cute. War into weddings. Orcs into mascots.

They're not wrong.

The data says approachable properties have wider TAM. Total addressable market. That's the metric now. Not "subscribers who love the game." Not "community that built this franchise." TAM.

TAM doesn't post on forums. TAM doesn't write goodbye letters. TAM doesn't have 20 years of muscle memory and lore knowledge and raid nights that turned into real friendships.

TAM is a number in a slide deck that makes a board feel comfortable.

We added player housing. Players have asked for it since 2004. We launched it in 2026. Twenty-two years. We described this as "listening to our community."

We are very good at listening. Eventually. When the feature aligns with a monetization roadmap.

Here is what I know and cannot say in a meeting:

The name was never the problem. The name built this. The name survived server crashes and subscription drops and an activision merger and a harassment scandal and a $68.7 billion acquisition.

The name is "Warcraft" and for 30 years nobody was confused about what it meant.

The problem is not that new players find the name intimidating.

The problem is that old players are starting to find us unrecognizable.

And we don't have a focus group for that.