• Over-imagine the public that Twitter is
• Hasan Minhaj thread

• Value of this book beyond what journalistic features offer

  • Discuss how CCMs reconfigure production of knowledge
• Is starting to show its age though

Connie

• "We can fail quickly if needed"
• "TL has spoken so highly of this class"

• Internship in DC, met someone at Yahoo, contract job out of college, didn't know what it was

  • Learned on the job; changing URLs, low-pay
  • Looking for interns today: people who understand the landscape, tradeoffs
• Figured I'd do this job until it got boring, then go to law school, but it's been 10 years
• Media studies (loved it) and public policy
• Yahoo invested a ton in safety and privacy
• There's an aspirational community we want Twitch to be; figuring out what that is and getting there done thru policy
• Mostly live; most content is gone as soon as it's viewed
• Safety is ultimately personal
• https://www.wired.com/story/twitch-chat-language-learning-mandarin-chinese/
• Streisand effect on pogchamp face
• "Don't ship your org chart"
• If you're a PM for literally just emotes, you have lots of opportunities to think about ethics and safety

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