In a Twitter-based interview with Recode’s Kara Swisher, conducted on his iPad Pro, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has said that he would only give himself a C grade for his performance in managing the platform.
Jack Dorsey admits in the interview that he is depressed by what can sometimes be the ‘general vibe’ of the platform …
Twitter’s CEO said that he ‘feels terrible’ when someone walks away from the platform, and he wants to change the feel of it.
Swisher asked what grade he would give himself when it comes to abuse of the platform.
Jack Dorsey in the interview said that the company has been reactive rather than proactive in how it handles abuse, and that is what it now seeks to change.
It’s the most important thing we need to address and fix. I’m stating that it’s a fail of ours to put the majority of burden on victims. That’s how the service works today.
Among the less surprising things we learned is that a Twitter thread is a terrible format for an interview. As Swisher commented at the end:
Dorsey responded that he draws wider lessons from that in terms of the usability of Twitter as a medium for discussion.
Some were frustrated by the vagueness of Jack Dorsey’s responses as well as the format of the interview itself.
Your #KaraJack tl;dr:
Jack: We need to stop X.Kara: What specifically are you doing to stop X?Jack: We haven’t done enough to stop X. We’re thinking hard about how to do that.Kara: Have you done anything to stop X?Jack: We haven’t done enough.
— Felix Salmon (@felixsalmon) February 12, 2019
You can check out the thread yourself under the #Karajack hashtag.
