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American social networking service founded in 2006
Common Themes
Videos Mentioning Twitter
John Vervaeke — How to Build a Life of Wisdom, Flow, and Contemplation | The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss
Social media platform where John Vervaeke can be found at @vervaeke_john.
Fighting Sexism & Winning: The Founder Behind The $1Billion Dollar Tech Company Bumble
The Diary Of A CEO
Social media platform where discussion and mischaracterization of Whitney Wolfe Herd occurred after her departure from Tinder.
⚡️ Polsia: Solo Founder Tiny Team from 0 to 1m ARR in 1 month & the future of Self-Running Companies
Latent Space
Platform mentioned as the current primary social channel for Pulsia posts.
Reality Check: A Conversation with David Wallace-Wells (Episode #365)
Sam Harris
Platform mentioned as having algorithmic problems within the information landscape.
Diplo: College Dropout To World's Most Iconic DJ | E128
The Diary Of A CEO
Diplo mentions he hasn't used Twitter in five years and that someone else has his password, indicating a conscious effort to disengage from social media.
Ep. #185: John McPhee's Writing Process, Admin Overload, and Filter Bubbles | Deep Questions Podcast
Cal Newport
A social media platform mentioned as a source of potentially emotionally salient or distracting information during work breaks, and as a homogenized interface for information consumption.
World Leading Mindset Expert: How To Reach Your Full Potential - Matthew Syed | E84
The Diary Of A CEO
Social media platform that Matthew Syed admits he struggles with but is recommended as a learnable channel for writers to share ideas.
A Postmortem on My Response to Covid (Episode #335)
Sam Harris
Referenced as the platform where clips of the podcast host's opinions are shared, often leading to misrepresentations. Also mentioned in the context of Elon Musk's acquisition and changes to the platform regarding content moderation.
Ryan Hoover on Product Hunt's Acquisition and Lessons Learned About Launches with Dalton Caldwell
Y Combinator
Platform mentioned in the context of mobile apps and social networking, as well as how early Product Hunt leveraged its graph.
Balaji Srinivasan — How to Start a New Country
Tim Ferriss
Social media platform mentioned as an example of an 'open state' system, where data visibility could provide deeper societal understanding.
Knowledge Work: A Conversation with Cal Newport (Episode #363)
Sam Harris
A social media platform that becomes a major discussion point, particularly regarding its negative impact, the decision to leave it, and its functional analogy as a 'Coliseum' rather than a town square.
Neal Stephenson: Sci-Fi, Space, Aliens, AI, VR & the Future of Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #240
Lex Fridman
A social media platform, also cited in the context of users generating valuable intellectual property through interactions like likes.
Co-Creator of Exploding Kittens — How to Raise Millions on Kickstarter | Elan Lee
Tim Ferriss
A social media platform mentioned as something Tim Ferriss reinstalled for a specific purpose but intends to remove for mental health reasons.
E7: California's collapse, how SPACs are opening the markets for growth stocks & more
All-In Podcast
Discussed as a source of depressing news and overwhelming trends, contributing to negative emotions.
The 10,000x Yolo Researcher Metagame — with Yi Tay of Reka
Latent Space
Discussed as a platform for researchers to market their work and a place where misunderstandings or undue scrutiny can arise from tweets.
What Shutting Down Your Startup Feels Like - Avni Patel Thompson of Poppy with Kat Manalac
Y Combinator
Mentioned as an example of a company by Blake, in the context of serial entrepreneurship.
Legendary Investor Bill Gurley on Investing Rules, Insights from Jeff Bezos, Must-Read Books, & More
Tim Ferriss
Social network that Benchmark invested in; Gurley suggests it has untapped potential for 'interest graph' features and leaderboards.
E142: "Rich Men North of Richmond" hits #1, upward mobility, real estate capital crunch, Trump RICO
All-In Podcast
Social media platform, where Michael Burry is known for going on and off, auto-deleting his tweets.
Nic Carter: Bitcoin Core Values, Layered Scaling, and Blocksize Debates | Lex Fridman Podcast #173
Lex Fridman
A social media platform mentioned as a medium where 'toxicity' and 'derision' are prevalent, particularly within the Bitcoin maximalist community.
Liam Payne Opens Up About His Darkest Moments, Failed Relationships & Entrepreneurship!
The Diary Of A CEO
Liam Payne credits Twitter's rise and worldwide trends with contributing to One Direction's global success.
Full Length Episode | #181 | March 14, 2022 | Deep Questions Podcast with Cal Newport
Cal Newport
Social media platform mentioned as an example of content that contributes to fragmented attention, amplifying issues raised by Nicholas Carr.
Jonathan Haidt: The Case Against Social Media | Lex Fridman Podcast #291
Lex Fridman
A social media platform discussed as a major contributor to political polarization and a place where a 'stream of horror stories' can put people in 'defend mode'.
James Clear, Atomic Habits — Strategies for Mastering Habits
Tim Ferriss
Platform carefully curated by James Clear for receiving useful ideas and shaping information flow.
How AI is Eating Finance - with Mike Conover of Brightwave
Latent Space
Social media platform whose dataset was used in Mike Conover's PhD research on network structures and polarization.