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I don’t think of Twitter as a social network. I think of it as a messaging system that has a lot of social components to it.

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If people are passionate about your product, whether it’s because they’re hating or loving it, those are both good scenarios.
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The future of marketing is philanthropy.
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Understand that you dont have all the answers, you just have to start somewhere and keep an open mind.
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Constraint inspires creativity
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We didn’t have anything before Twitter that allowed a group of people roaming around a city to communicate instantly, in real time, and in a coordinated way, in a group.
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They picked my jacket and when the art director got back to Boston, he wanted to know who designed it and I said, “Me.” He was like, “The box guy?”
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Embrace your constraints.
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I think Twitter has brought something totally new to the table.
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I was kind of showing the art director a thing or two about how to use a Mac. And one day everyone went out to lunch and I jumped on the computer and designed a book jacket and slipped it in the pile to go to the review board in New York.
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When you think about Twitter, there are people all around the world reporting twenty-four seven, every second. They’re reporting what they’re seeing and what’s happening around them. So there’s a lot of potential for breaking news.
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The most rewarding thing for me has been this affirmation for me that people are basically good and smart, and if you give them a simple tool that allows them to exhibit that behavior, they’ll prove it to you every single day.
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Even the simplest tools can empower people to do great things.
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You curate information that you want to receive. It’s a lot different because I’m not asking you if it’s okay, I’m just saying I’m following your updates. That’s why I don’t think of Twitter as a social network.
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We hired a CSR person at Twitter, years before we hired our first sales person, to make sure we had a culture and impact of doing good.
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You can be hyperconnected, then you can take a break for a couple days and it’s fine.
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I don’t think of Twitter as a social network. I think of it as a messaging system that has a lot of social components to it.

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