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Owen Thomas

@owenthomas
32 posts
2022-08-27
Joe Rogan asked Mark Zuckerberg about societal division on his podcast. Zuckerberg thinks Fox News was launched in the “'70s or '80s.” It was created in 1996. Zuckerberg was 12 at the time. https://www.vice.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2022-08-27 View on X
VICE

Mark Zuckerberg talks with Joe Rogan about his life, content moderation decisions, the FBI and the Hunter Biden laptop story, the metaverse, and more

Mark Zuckerberg is the chief executive of Meta Platforms Inc. … David Molloy / BBC : Zuckerberg tells Rogan FBI warning prompted Biden laptop story censorship Justin Carter / Game ...

2022-06-29
Google Commerce is the Googleplex's Defense Against the Dark Arts job. https://www.wsj.com/...
2022-06-29 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann is stepping down and transitioning to executive chairman, to be replaced by Google's president of commerce Bill Ready

and Google's e-commerce exec takes the reins Mahira Dayal / The Information : Pinterest Bets Big on Commerce With CEO Hire; A Science Creator Shuns YouTube Ad Share Abner Li / 9to5...

2022-05-15
She's not a Crypto Mom. She's a Regulatory Clarity Mom. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce spoke to Protocol's @benpimentel on her disagreements with SEC colleagues and what she sees as the right path for crypto regulation. https://www.protocol.com/...
2022-05-15 View on X
Protocol

A Q&A with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, on her criticisms of the SEC's approach to crypto, chair Gary Gensler's leadership, being called “Crypto Mom”, more

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce is celebrated in memes as “Crypto Mom.”  She's considered crypto's staunchest ally … Tweets: @cryptolawus , @benpimentel , @wilber54x , @xrpcryptowol...

2022-05-08
Here's an idea for Elon Musk: Give Twitter the https://x.com/ domain and set it up as an OnlyFans competitor (maybe that will get him to $10 billion a year in subscriber revenue)
2022-05-08 View on X
New York Times

Elon Musk's investor pitch deck: grow Twitter revenue 5x to $26.4B, cut ad revenue reliance to <50% by 2028, grow Twitter Blue's users to 69M by 2025, and more

2022-05-07
Here's an idea for Elon Musk: Give Twitter the https://x.com/ domain and set it up as an OnlyFans competitor (maybe that will get him to $10 billion a year in subscriber revenue)
2022-05-07 View on X
New York Times

Elon Musk's investor pitch deck: grow Twitter revenue 5x to $26.4B, cut ad revenue reliance to <50% by 2028, grow Twitter Blue's users to 69M by 2025, and more

Here's what Mr. Musk is projecting for Twitter's finances over the next few years, according to a pitch deck he presented to investors.

2022-02-09
I remember colleagues raving about Roelof Botha as PayPal raced to an IPO two decades ago, during the dot-com bust. He's since played a pivotal role transforming Sequoia, first as an investor (YouTube, Instagram, Square) and now as... https://www.linkedin.com/... https://www.protocol.com/...
2022-02-09 View on X
Protocol

A profile of Sequoia's Roelof Botha, who seeded the idea of Sequoia Capital Fund, which holds stakes in companies past the traditional 10-year VC fund cycle

109. One billion dollars.  —  Roelof Botha used to write 109 on the corner of his notepad every week when he started at Sequoia 19 years ago. Tweets: @bizcarson , @inakib , @mfried...

2021-11-05
It's amazing that Facebook and Twitter have ended this decade-long feud over Instagram previews. But I'll believe the bad feelings really are over when @jack posts on his Instagram account, inactive since the day Facebook bought Instagram. https://www.protocol.com/...
2021-11-05 View on X
TechCrunch

Instagram brings back support for Twitter Card previews after removing the feature in 2012

Instagram is bringing back support for Twitter Card previews starting today.  Now when users share an Instagram link on Twitter, a preview of the post will be shown in the tweet.

2021-11-04
It's amazing that Facebook and Twitter have ended this decade-long feud over Instagram previews. But I'll believe the bad feelings really are over when @jack posts on his Instagram account, inactive since the day Facebook bought Instagram. https://www.protocol.com/...
2021-11-04 View on X
TechCrunch

Instagram brings back support for Twitter Card previews after removing the feature in 2012

Instagram is bringing back support for Twitter Card previews starting today.  Now when users share an Instagram link on Twitter, a preview of the post will be shown in the tweet.

2021-09-09
I think ... the SEC just subtweeted the CEO of Coinbase. https://twitter.com/...
2021-09-09 View on X
The Block

Coinbase says SEC threatened to sue over its yet-to-be-launched Lend program, following discussions with the regulator that have lasted almost six months

Frank Chaparro / The Block :

2021-08-23
Automattic's capital structure is weird, though not in a bad way. Instead of a dual-class share structure, @photomatt asks new investors to assign him a proxy to vote their shares. More discoveries from @bizcarson: https://twitter.com/...
2021-08-23 View on X
Protocol

Interview with Matt Mullenweg on Automattic's recent funding news, which outlined a $288M primary round, buybacks, and an internal liquidity market for staff

2021-07-13
This deep dive into the divergent strategies of Tiger Global Management and SoftBank Investment Advisers' Vision Fund was my first chance to work on a deep dive for Protocol with @bizcarson. Give it a read and you'll learn why both...https://www.linkedin.com/ ... https://www.protocol.com/...
2021-07-13 View on X
Protocol

A look at the divergent investment strategies of SoftBank and Tiger Global, the largest funders of startups in 2021, amid growing competition between the firms

Nylas CEO Gleb Polyakov had been following the Silicon Valley playbook for raising money: meet with firms; deal with associates … Tweets: @sarthakgh , @bizcarson , @apompliano , @b...

2021-07-02
The Protocol | Fintech team does its usual thorough job breaking down the Robinhood S-1 filing. Here's everything you need to know about one of the most-watched upcoming initial public offerings: https://www.protocol.com/...
2021-07-02 View on X
Axios

Robinhood files for long-awaited IPO, says it will set aside up to 35% of shares for retail investors

Popular trading app Robinhood on Thursday filed for its initial public offering, and disclosed that it will set aside up to 35% of shares for retail investors who rarely get to buy...

2021-05-07
Is Netflix's N-Plus an amazing new social network for streaming video fans? Or is it the next Ping? Here's what @bizcarson and @jank0 know about Netflix's plans to pull together all the assets it's currently putting on other social networks: https://www.protocol.com/...
2021-05-07 View on X
Protocol

Netflix is surveying users about their interest in features such as podcasts and user-generated playlists of shows and music, for a project called N-Plus

not a guarantee it will ever exist. One thing the survey makes clear, though, is that Netflix wants to own more than just TV shows but the world of content around it. https://www.p...

2021-04-21
Google has a system of forced unemployment where it makes data center workers quit for six months between two-year contracts. @anna_c_kramer dives deep into the world of workers who keep the web running: https://www.protocol.com/...
2021-04-21 View on X
Protocol

Google data center contractors say they sign up for two year contracts, but to keep the same job they are required to leave for six months before reapplying

Shannon Wait felt a muscle pull in her shoulder as she knelt to lug a 50-pound battery into its rack, but she ignored the pain and kept going. Tweets: @owenthomas , @techwontsaveus...

2021-04-04
Here's @meganrosedickey's first big swing since joining @protocol: a deep look at the experiences of Asian Americans in tech as they grapple with a wave of anti-Asian hate. https://www.protocol.com/...
2021-04-04 View on X
Protocol

A deep look at the experiences of Asian Americans in tech, including going unheard, getting passed over for promotions, and stereotyped as passive and diligent

Going unheard.  Getting passed over for promotions.  Stereotyped as “passive” and “diligent.” Tweets: @aaaj_la , @moorehn , @protocol , @meganrosedickey , @kristina_wong , @aasian ...

2021-03-26
Slack is getting new audio features, @stewart says. Imagine Telegram, but for work, or Clubhouse, but for work, or Snapchat, but for work: https://www.protocol.com/...
2021-03-26 View on X
Protocol

Stewart Butterfield says Slack will introduce audio messages and a Clubhouse-like feature that will allow users to drop into rooms without an invitation

Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield said on Clubhouse that Clubhouse-like additions will soon be coming to the app.

The shade, the shade of it all! https://www.protocol.com/...
2021-03-26 View on X
YouTube

Recording of House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on platform misinformation with Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, and Jack Dorsey

The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology and the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce of the Committee on Energy and Commerce …

2021-03-22
Tech goes slow until it goes fast. More than 20 years after President Bill Clinton made e-signatures legally binding, the market is heating up and DocuSign is looking to expand beyond it. ⁦@JoePWilliams31⁩ takes a look: https://www.protocol.com/...
2021-03-22 View on X
Protocol

Interview with CEO of DocuSign, whose sales grew 57% YoY to $431M in Q4, on its plans to expand beyond e-signatures as the market heated up during the pandemic

Adobe's co-founder invented the PDF! https://www.protocol.com/... @protocol : Electronic signatures have been legal since President Bill Clinton signed off on legislation in 2000. ...

2021-03-14
Before 2006, Amazon's “web services” were a motley collection of e-commerce APIs. 15 years ago this Sunday, Amazon launched S3, its first venture into cloud infrastructure. @tomkrazit goes behind the scenes to explain how this move changed everything: https://www.protocol.com/...
2021-03-14 View on X
Protocol

An oral history of Amazon's cloud storage service S3, which debuted 15 years ago to store 20B objects and has scaled to store 100T objects by 2020

Tom Krazit / Protocol : Tweets: @_msw_ , @storagezilla , @joepwilliams31 , @tomkrazit , and @owenthomas Tweets: Matthew S. Wilson / @_msw_ : Here's another great article about the...

2021-03-13
Before 2006, Amazon's “web services” were a motley collection of e-commerce APIs. 15 years ago this Sunday, Amazon launched S3, its first venture into cloud infrastructure. @tomkrazit goes behind the scenes to explain how this move changed everything: https://www.protocol.com/...
2021-03-13 View on X
Protocol

An oral history of Amazon's cloud storage service S3, which debuted 15 years ago to store 20B objects and has scaled to store 100T objects by 2020

In late 2005, Don Alvarez was just another software entrepreneur struggling to get a new business off the ground when a friend working … Tweets: @joepwilliams31 , @tomkrazit , and ...