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by dan000892 1512 days ago
>Replace the entire team with dang.

What is the scalability of dang?

For deeply indebted and cash-flow poor companies like Twitter is about to become (at the surprisingly high--and positive--$1.5B EBITDA, interest is going to erode that by upwards of 60%), is there an equivalent service offering? dang-as-a-service, or "daas", if you will?
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TheDauthi 1512 days ago
> What is the scalability of dang?

I guess the real question is: are dang's parents still alive or do we have to clone him? Hopefully Twitter can wait for the minimum 18.75 years it'll take to scale out.

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neya 1512 days ago
I guess we should be looking at the value system - that is scalable. Dang is not. But Dang's value system reflects on his moderation style and we need more of that. Value system is a good start. I'm sure there are many with similar value systems and perhaps we could have some sort of "test" for it?
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celdon25 1512 days ago
Elon will definitely consider this as an option.
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LoveMortuus 1512 days ago
Wouldn't it be better to have dang reproduce than their parents, since that way we have a greater chance of having at least a 50% of dang in the output product?
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pastacacioepepe 1512 days ago
We could also train some neural models to mimic Dang's behavior, no need to get all genetical here
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dclowd9901 1512 days ago
> What is the scalability of dang?

That's a super interesting question. In my idealist mind, if one person can do something, anyone can do it (given reasonable levels of teaching and learning ability).

I don't think it looks like DaaS -- each company must curate their own "dang" group that has an almost gut-level understanding of the site's "sinew", or the ideals that it lives by come hell or high water.

Maybe Twitter doesn't even have a philosophy. Maybe it ought to.

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AnimalMuppet 1512 days ago
> In my idealist mind, if one person can do something, anyone can do it (given reasonable levels of teaching and learning ability).

Nope. I can't be dang.

I can learn the tools he uses. I can learn the procedures he follows. But I don't think that I can learn his patience and his charity toward people who are being flaming trolls. I mean, I've seen him model it. But I can't imitate it for long.

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bobwaycott 1512 days ago
Ye gods, Dang as a Service is 100% my favorite thing of 2022.
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