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>>Strato+(OP)
As a YC alum who worked with Gary Tan directly, this is… odd.

Anyone who knows Gary knows he’s a (relatively) gentle human being. I can’t imagine him hurting a fly.

His tweets seem totally out of character compared to the Gary Tan I personally knew. Maybe he has changed?

I’m inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt.

>>cj+r8
It's more the state of modern social media.

Post Elon acquisition, many influential tech figures have discovered that being a provocateur on Twitter/X is more consistently successful at building an audience than genuine insight.

>>minima+l9
Post Elon acquisition? I mean Twitter has always been this.

>>nojs+5a
In a way, but now you can make sure your bot's racist post makes it to the top for $8 a month

>>EasyMa+7e
True; before that you simply had to be “notable”, whatever that meant.

>>tourma+pf
No, before Elon the blue tick was just a blue tick next to your name. Now posts by blue ticks are also sorted before other posts in the interface.