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Does quality matter as much for X as it does for Boeing? A closer example to Boeing is Tesla and SpaceX. Tesla is a mixed bag of good and bad stuff. But SpaceX is a marvel and essentially has no competitors.

Compare X to media. Since the bridge collapse in the Baltimore I have read interesting analysis on X and reddit, not the best medium, but yet did not come across a single decent article about it in the media.



SpaceX is a much better analogy than Tesla.

Tesla accepts that there will be some accidents at the cost of progress.

SpaceX does not. (Or specifically lines up launches so that accidents have negligible consequences)


Tesla can cause injuries and casualties to general public, so can Boeing. SpaceX much less likely.


>Does quality matter as much for X as it does for Boeing?

If Xitter returns 404s for 5 minutes, it's not the end of the world. Its users will come back after going to the bathroom. If Xitter spews garbage "news" stories, it doesn't really matter: its users will stick around anyway, and the people who think the stuff on Xitter is garbage are already gone anyway, or not paying attention to those channels anyway.




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