E210. Noam Blum Thinks Twitter Is Too Important

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🗓️ 8 December 2022

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Noam Blum, Chief Technology Officer at Tablet magazine, sits down with Bridget for a conversation about Twitter and the online space. Known on Twitter as @neontaster, Noam talks about having his identity revealed, the different versions of online anonymity, and the consequences of not revealing himself on his own terms. They discuss online activism, how Twitter is a concentrated version of the diluted opinions that live in regular society, news cycles about Twitter posts and Twitter reactions to news stories, how partisanship is a bigger corollary to whether or not you're gonna share something online rather than whether or not you think it's accurate, dealing with negative comments, and people who they used to like but have become terrible because of what society incentivized them to lean into. They also cover Elon, Trump, dating apps, Sam Harris, therapy, blue checks, and the awkwardness of seeing someone in real life who’s blocked you on Twitter. Check out Noam's podcast The Ambitious Crossover Attempt. Sponsor Links: Lomi - https://bit.ly/lomiWiW The Jordan Harbinger Show - https://spoti.fi/3LhJBTP FIRE.org - https://bit.ly/thefire-wiw Progressive Insurance - https://pgrs.in/3Dp5ZIW

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0:56.0	You might know me from my terrible Twitter, my horrible books, or the nonsense I spout on podcasts like Rogan and Glenn Beck.
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2:03.0	This week on the podcast, I'm excited to have Noam Bloom.
2:07.0	He is the Chief Technology Officer at Tablet Magazine and co-host The Ambitious Cross Over Attempt Podcast and all crossed out on the Colin app.
2:16.0	You can find him on Twitter at Neon Taster, which is where we met and then met in real life.
2:22.0	And then we got to catch up on this podcast and have a riveting discussion about all things Twitter, talking shop.
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