On the Meta content moderation change, I think there’s something to the idea that a company will always pivot or disappoint you if you don’t know what they stand for. Twitter also changed who they were multiple times. I want to build a company that has an unwavering, clear message over decades.

@manton I applaud your vision and hope you can maintain it. People need what you’re building.

@manton What we believe in.

@manton This is doable for privately held companies with few investors such as yours.

I’m not sure it is for public ones.

@jeff @manton If you want to do it for a public one or a nonprofit with a changing board, you need to engineer an elaborate web of contracts imposing liability greater than any potential profit from being evil, so that fiduciary duty and not being evil remain aligned.

@manton

It is very possible, but is very rare and takes principled leadership. Patagonia comes to mind.

It is impossible with sny venture capital backed company.