So Elon now is leading innovation at Twitter! Going to be fun to watch what he does. Innovating in cars and rockets and tunnels take decades to bring to life. Software innovations can come very quickly so I don't think we will need to wait long to see him work his magic.
What ideas do we have for him? Add yours in the comments.
A few starters:
- UI: clone facebook, tiktok, insta UIs and let folks toggle between them on twitter. same backend social network which is the hard part, just different front ends that are easy to build
- On the facebook-clone UI, bias the feed algorithm to your most trusted friends. Small group social networks drive feelings of belonging which help vs hurt mental health.
- Ads: be link friendly for advertisers. Facebook has stopped working for b2c startups. Tiktok is taking the consumer attention, but is not link friendly to advertisers. Fill the void with a tiktok-like UI option that is link friendly.
- Give vc-backed startups 9 month payment terms on their ads. Lets them have infinite budget for twitter ads as they get enough gross margin from acquired users before having to pay back the CAC. They will move their ad budget away from facebook and be able to grow fast with zero dilution. Twitter could take 10% equity positions in any startup getting $1M+ per month in ads with long payment terms, and become Berkshire for tech.
CEO/Co-Founder @ Rhiz
I see a lot of "bring back Vine" comments on Twitter et al and am struggling to remember why it was acquire/killed. Anyone know, ostensibly, why?
Serial ClimateTech Entrepreneur, Investor & Ecosystem Builder @ Infiniblaze
@Tim Connors 4th point could happen. They appear to be trying a version of this with OpenAI.
https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/02/openai-will-give-roughly-ten-ai-startups-1m-each-and-early-access-to-its-systems
Serial ClimateTech Entrepreneur, Investor & Ecosystem Builder @ Infiniblaze
I love all of the ideas being generated, but how can we apply them in a different or new platform that works across all social media and allows the individuals to apply the filtering or reinforcing mechanisms they want in their hands? Could we also make it learning so that algorithms are improved upon or new ones created based on the evolving ways people use or want to use it? I also love the "interventionist bot" idea from @Jeremy Burton here which encourages users to try new ways of looking at things or interacting with others.
Founder, MD @ PivotNorth Capital
this makes me curious if Elon would make twitter subscription only vs ad-based revenue model. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/elon-musk-loses-over-twitter-040836233.html.
CEO | Founder | Managing Partner @ Platform Venture Studio
We know the ideological echo chamber is a problem so why not show people who is influencing them with data and encourage them to broaden out.
e.g. "We notice that 95% of the people you follow are regarded as on the X side of the political spectrum, why not try following some of these other voices".
VC @ Antler | Investing in Founders at Day Zero @ Antler
1 - give people options for what shows up in their feed so they know what kind of algo they are dealing with. Something like what Reddit does (hot, popular with friends, recent, etc)
2 - transparent, pizza tracker style reporting so you know what happens to a post you report or if your post is reported. This is where people's eyeballs are and doing this well will be key to prevent people leaving or being hesitant to join.
3 - +1 on copying UI from other platforms.
CEO / Founder @ Coale Cookware
Good idea, fun to think about..