Umang J
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umang.bsky.social
Umang J
@umang.bsky.social
Used to build the ranked timeline and discovery products at Twitter, amongst other things. Writing at https://forcemultipliers.substack.com
they seem to be re-running all the mistakes of old twitter
November 19, 2024 at 3:45 AM
🙌
June 25, 2023 at 4:00 AM
That is an implicit vote on the evolution of decentralized social :)
May 9, 2023 at 2:20 AM
Read most of it in college - think I got to book 8 or 9 before dropping off.
May 7, 2023 at 3:57 PM
😍
May 1, 2023 at 5:56 AM
I see. Yes - it needs to grow (more importantly, retain) and in a way to break Twtr’s network effects. That is problem #1 to solve.

Protocol’s success depends on the first reference client and the first client is a Twitter clone, so beating Twitter is the game.
April 26, 2023 at 3:31 AM
Is it eternal September here already?
April 25, 2023 at 10:58 PM
exactly!

perhaps the copy can be explicit and say “mute notifications” instead of “mute thread” because mute means different things in different contexts?
April 24, 2023 at 12:52 AM
Yeah! Connective tissue (in this case, physical proximity) between humans is ageless.
April 22, 2023 at 4:24 AM