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Emmett Shear@eshear• almost 2 years ago

Twitter should have an asks-box, like tumblr. I get questions via DM that I might answer as a post, but probably wouldn’t answer as a DM. Eg…

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11/23/2023

Emmett Shear@eshear• almost 2 years ago

Replying to @eshear

Companies no one is building aren’t worth anything. The right question: what’s the most valuable company that I personally could build? The answer to that depends on the asker. What are you good at? More importantly, what are you willing to work for months when it’s not working? https://t.co/8MKBVklL6C

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11/23/2023

Guy IS IN SF 😎@nosilverv• almost 2 years ago

Replying to @eshear

@eshear Many people are using curiouscat for this

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11/23/2023

Emmett Shear@eshear• almost 2 years ago

Replying to @nosilverv

@nosilverv Yeah fair — but curiouscat can’t put an “ask” button into the Twitter interface, or render responses nicely.

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11/24/2023

Emmett Shear@eshear• almost 2 years ago

Replying to @eshear

@nosilverv Alternative solution: build an API that enables 3rd party developers to build new post-types.

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11/24/2023