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[Greg Bolla @GregBolla]

@elonmusk Almost feels like it’s a script

[Greg Bolla @GregBolla]

@elonmusk 18F had ~90 employees, working on a variety of projects across the behemoth federal gov. It was precisely the small and scrappy type of organization gov needs more of

[Greg Bolla @GregBolla]

@EdKrassen Hey everybody - this is how we lose. Sure, we're bad but distract yourself by looking at how bad other ppl are. East Palestine is one of the worst things to happen on US soil in decades, how could it have been prevented and how do we get people the resources to minimize damage?

[Greg Bolla @GregBolla]

@mtaibbi 8) The hippie in me says open source these algorithms, for the advancement of human understanding and knowledge. But the companies that develop them deserve to hit big $ when they take off. Pharma patents last 20 years before drug recipes are released publicly. Applicable here?

[Greg Bolla @GregBolla]

Hello Internet! So, I'm late to this whole Twitter thing, can someone explain this to me what this is all about? For real, like, how does it work?

Initial reactions from @mtaibbi's Twitter Files

[Greg Bolla @GregBolla]

@mtaibbi 7) Another fascinating engineering question -- How does Twitter algorithms compare to Facebook, compare to Google, TikTok, etc. Why am I seeing what I'm seeing? What variables are emphasized?

[Greg Bolla @GregBolla]

@mtaibbi 6) Section 230 of Communications Decency Act should be reformed. It's from 1996, gave online platforms complete immunity in content moderation. Designed to encourage development of tech industry that was nascent and fragile at the time, that's no longer the case

[Greg Bolla @GregBolla]

@mtaibbi 5) Apart from all that, what a dynamic scientific and engineering question - How to appropriately distribute content to a critical mass of society? Protecting freedoms, etc. No way exec teams can answer this question (sufficiently) by themselves, conflict of interest

[Greg Bolla @GregBolla]

@mtaibbi 4) The Chinese Communist Party has been observing the consequences of decisions from social media companies for years, and stacking the deck against non-Chinese users (esp. kids) with how TikTok operates. Understanding how TWTR works under the hood is important for natl security

[Greg Bolla @GregBolla]

@mtaibbi 3) "Technology is neither good nor bad; nor is it neutral" - First Law of Technology, according to a professor from the 80s / 90s, Melvin Kranzberg. Social Media has been in the control of a handful of people for years, with bias toward engagement playing too large a role

[Greg Bolla @GregBolla]

@mtaibbi 2) The impact of "filter bubbles" in algorithmic content moderation is underestimated and not-well-understood. Creates an echo chamber, increasing volume of emotional reactions, reinforces biases. This is a huge issue w FB, and looks like it might apply to TWTR decision making

[Greg Bolla @GregBolla]

1) First things first, let's remove the political bullschnazzle from the equation. Voluntarily releasing rationale behind decisions is a HUGE step forward for tech industry. Knowing how the sausage is made is way way overdue

[Greg Bolla @GregBolla]

@RepDougCollins What is your proposed solution?

[Greg Bolla @GregBolla]

@realDonaldTrump In DJT v Benson, case from MI last wk, evidence presented was 1) affidavit from poll worker who “was being told by other poll workers...to change date the ballot was rec'd" (no other details), and 2) sticky note said "entered receive date as 11/2/20 on 11/4/20". That all you got?

[Greg Bolla @GregBolla]

@djcarney21 You think so? I'm not sure how he expands from the base he has already, and if part of his base is convinced that Deej (the President, not the Dad of Alex and Molly) actually just tried to take advantage of them, I'm not sure how he is a factor in 2024

[Greg Bolla @GregBolla]

Proud to be a part of the team to launch this last night. It shows the distribution by county of issues/complaints reported by voters to a hotline staffed by legal professionals, @866OURVOTE. In process of digesting what it tells us about our election system, good or bad

[VoteAmerica @VoteAmerica]

We've just launched, alongside @LawyersComm and @USDResponse, a map of election protection reports to @866OURVOTE: https://t.co/wi75OLnkvA
(desktop/tablet only)

[Greg Bolla @GregBolla]

Source for 1926 fact here: https://t.co/kMY5nkqaEt

[Greg Bolla @GregBolla]

@johnloudon @RealDrGina - Why were you compelled to start Citizen Voters, Inc. - an org dedicated to amending state constitutions specifying that only citizens shall be an elector - when non-citizen voting has been extinct since 1926 when Arkansas became the last state to ban it?

[Greg Bolla @GregBolla]

Also, @PressSec, what is the minimum sample size of WH employees that would be needed to publish these statistics, and how was that threshold decided upon?

[Greg Bolla @GregBolla]

https://t.co/2rq5ffu0hr “There are privacy concerns… I’m not going to give you a detailed readout.”

@PressSec What should the expectation be of public servants to disclose information relevant to how a governmental body conducts its business?