Andrew Cove

In response to Julie H..

And if you ban interesting people from sharing some of the content they want, you've effectively banned them entirely, because they will go somewhere they can share all of it. And the platform will be worse off because of it.

03:43 PM - Feb 20, 2023

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In response to Julie H..

Adult content is 100% a medium that humans use to communicate with each other, and can be a very nuanced one. Nudity and sexual content have existed since humans drew on cave walls. Calling all of those people lazy is misguided.

03:42 PM - Feb 20, 2023

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In response to Mickaleets.

I don't disagree with you. One of my biggest gripes with the bird is that they choice to amplify celebrity voices when so many others had interesting things to say.

For any platform to succeed, they have to be welcoming to very many interesting humans.

03:38 PM - Feb 20, 2023

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In response to Julie H..

Adult content is not inherently harassment. You can allow the former and prohibit the latter. I suspect you can recognize and appreciate the difference between the two.

03:37 PM - Feb 20, 2023

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In response to JustDee.

Pretty sure your "there is an exit strategy" was exactly you telling me that you don't care ;)

Here's an alternative: let people post and link to adult content, and set up your filter settings so that you don't have to see it. So you can keep burying your head in the sand, just in digital form.

03:34 PM - Feb 20, 2023

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In response to Julie H..

If you want a gated community where you don't have to see or her from people you disagree with, make a closed Facebook group.

If you want a platform that grows and matters in culture and society – one whose social policies actually matter – you have to make room for it to grow.

03:32 PM - Feb 20, 2023

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In response to JustDee.

In short, I don't care.

If you keep showing users the door, this platform will die.

If it grows, the "first wave" will be rapidly dwarfed by others. Your sense of ownership is quaint. Your voice will be drowned out by the volume of new users. That is the nature of social media platforms.

03:28 PM - Feb 20, 2023

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In response to Andrew Cove.

A huge portion of the interesting content on social media comes from people who blend their personal and professional use. If you ban people from sharing their work, you're just limiting your own engagement and the growth of your own userbase.

02:31 PM - Feb 20, 2023

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In response to Andrew Cove.

Not to imply that it's intentionally blocked. It could be an issue with how links get embedded, some kind of technical hurdle.

01:37 PM - Feb 20, 2023

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In response to Andrew Cove.

Long ago tweets were more than just a marketing channel. You could interact with people from all walks of life as people, rather than as brand and buyer. It would be nice if Spoutible could swing the pendulum back in that direction. That was the magic of twttr, before everything became a pitch. /end

12:19 AM - Feb 04, 2023

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In response to Andrew Cove.

I'd love to see Spoutible foster an opportunity that the bird site abandoned: local community. There was a period in the late 2000's when local businesses could reach their community through tweets. Ultimately, that traffic went to Instagram. 4/

12:12 AM - Feb 04, 2023

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In response to Andrew Cove.

I have apprehensions about Making Waves, because Trending Topics were such a cesspool. I'm hopeful that @cbouzy and his team will do more with that feature than just chase engagement. Maybe they'll have the chance to find a thoughtful approach before the audience becomes too large to handle. 3/

12:09 AM - Feb 04, 2023

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