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The Vergecast

Twitter's Kayvon Beykpour on product features Twitter is prioritizing

The Vergecast

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Tech News, Technology

4.44.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Twitter’s head of product Kayvon Beykpour sits down with Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel and Silicon Valley editor Casey Newton to talk about how Twitter juggles its policy with trust and safety, the state of verification, the future of video in your feed, and how tweets can become more ephemeral. Please take our survey here: theverge.com/survey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Support for this podcast comes from Slack.

0:03.0

You have to get your work done.

0:05.0

But what if you and your team could do it better?

0:08.0

Slack is a productivity platform that connects all your team members together instantly.

0:12.0

It's built to help your team with a host of features, like huddles for quick check-ins,

0:16.0

and clips for recording and sharing video.

0:19.0

Slack also makes it easy to search and find the right information you need.

0:23.0

You can even integrate the apps you use in your normal workflow,

0:26.0

like your calendar or product management tools.

0:28.0

So you stay focused on the work that matters and get more done.

0:31.0

Learn more at slack.com slash productivity.

0:34.0

Hey everybody, it's Jeff from the Verchast.

0:36.0

On this week's interview episode, Casey Newton and I sat down with Kavon Bigbor is the head of product at Twitter.

0:41.0

Obviously you know we talk about Twitter all the time.

0:44.0

Casey covers Twitter very closely.

0:46.0

Kavon walked us through how he got to Twitter.

0:48.0

He was actually one of the founders of Periscope, Twitter acquired Periscope.

0:51.0

He rose up to be the head of product Twitter.

0:53.0

How he's thinking about the platform, how he wants it to move a little faster.

0:56.0

They've just done some big changes on the back end to make that happen.

0:59.0

How he manages the intersection of Twitter's policies, its content moderation systems,

1:04.0

and how that stuff is expressed in features.

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