Discussion

• @moxie Moxie Marlinspike on x

  It's a new year! I've decided it's a good time to replace myself as the CEO of Signal: https://signal.org/...

• @corbett Christine Corbett Moran on x

  I don't think many people appreciate how lean @Signal was as it grew iOS was me and @FredericJacobs at a certain point both on the side of school, Android was a person or two or zero, plus or minus a few people for support or web and it all was held together by superhuman Moxie. …

• @williamturton William Turton on x

  It's nothing sort of incredible how far Signal has come. I remember using beta versions of it and struggling to just send a text massage. There was an era where trying a phone call was pretty much pointless. Now it's my primary communication app for me and many others I know

• @jack @jack on x

  👏🏼 https://twitter.com/...

• @charstiles @charstiles on x

  Applying to be the CEO of signal so I can remove that notification that pops up whenever someone from you contacts joins signal https://twitter.com/...

• @evacide Eva on x

  Brian Acton is the new interim CEO of Signal. Moxie Marlinspike is stepping down. This is good and I'm happy about it. https://signal.org/...

• @diakayyali @diakayyali on x

  All CEOs (and Executive Directors) should eventually step down. 10 years is a good bar. This is the right move. https://twitter.com/...

• @dinodaizovi Dino A. Dai Zovi on x

  End of an era! This would be an amazing gig for whomever they end up choosing. https://twitter.com/...

• @moxie Moxie Marlinspike on x

  @matthew_d_green There's not really any way to make news like this “unsudden.” I've been building Signal towards this for a long time & been talking w/ candidates for a while. I'm sharing publicly now to help w/ the search, and transitioning out to focus on it w/ more time bc it'…

• @mer__edith Meredith Whittaker on x

  Thank you @moxie for doing the work to make Signal sustainable and not dependant on a single person! I'm excited to remain on the Signal board with Moxie & @brianacton as we look for a new CEO & ensure that Signal continues to reflect its core values of safety + privacy. ❤️ https…

• @valkenburgh Peter Van Valkenburgh on x

  Here's to Moxie “sitting alone on the sidewalk in the rain late at night trying to diagnose a service degradation.” Individuals dedicating their lives to privacy can and do make a huge positive dent in the course of history. https://signal.org/...

• @seldo Laurie Voss on x

  It's very difficult to believe that 1. @moxie quitting Signal (which has been dabbling with crypto things) exactly one day after 2. posting an anti-web3 article are two wholly unrelated events. https://signal.org/...

• @ncweaver Nicholas Weaver on x

  @evacide Now if only they will roll back the shitcoin integration.

• @bascule @bascule on x

  Interesting to see that Brian Acton, one of the cofounders of Whatsapp, is the new Signal CEO. You might remember him from the time he told everyone to #DeleteFacebook and left $850 million in stock options behind because he wanted to ragequit that badly https://www.forbes.com/..…

• @johnhering @johnhering on x

  The internet is very lucky to have @moxie https://twitter.com/...

• @ariannasimpson @ariannasimpson on x

  Does this mean Moxie now has more time to build web3 stuff?! 😁 https://twitter.com/...

• @mcwm Mike Murphy on x

  is this because of that web3 post https://twitter.com/...

• @apollozac Zac Hall on x

  Acton be actin' https://twitter.com/...

• @josephmenn Joseph Menn on x

  One of the biggest contributors to user privacy and security in the past decade has earned a break. https://twitter.com/...

• @zooko @zooko on x

  Big news! Moxie is already a hero in future history books, and successfully navigating this transition is one of the biggest and most important challenges for someone in his position. https://twitter.com/...

• @williamturton William Turton on x

  Wow. Brian Acton, the co-founder of WhatsApp, is now the interim CEO of Signal. https://twitter.com/...

• @howelloneill Patrick Howell O'Neill on x

  Really interesting. Brian Acton, co-founder at WhatsApp, will be interim CEO while they search for a permanent replacement. https://twitter.com/...

• @iainthomson Iain Thomson on x

  End of an era for Signal but the organization looks on a steady path. https://twitter.com/...