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Eugene Wei

@eugenewei
29 posts
2025-11-18
TFW a Cloudflare outage takes down half the internet [image]
2025-11-18 View on X
The Independent

Cloudflare says “a fix has been implemented and we believe the incident is now resolved”, after a major outage impacted X, ChatGPT, and others from 11:48am UTC

Outage comes around a month after Amazon Web Services outage also took much of the internet offline

2025-01-17
American TikTok refugees fleeing to Little Red Book en masse and interacting directly with the Chinese user base there is the most significant breach of the Great Firewall in years. Now Little Red Book (I refuse to play along with this “Rednote” branding nonsense) is scrambling
2025-01-17 View on X
Wired

Job listings show Xiaohongshu is rushing to hire English-speaking moderators to help manage the unexpected influx of English videos and posts on the platform

a sign of wider censorship. Earlier this week, China's Cyberspace Administration warned Xiaohongshu to “ensure China-based users can't see posts from US users.” [image] Stuart Gilm...

2023-11-23
I just watched Napoleon. Very touching when he returns from exile in Elba and thousands of soldiers are tweeting “France is nothing without its Emperor” and Napoleon takes the time to quote tweet each with “❤️ ❤️ ❤️”
2023-11-23 View on X
Axios

OpenAI reaches a deal in principle for Sam Altman to return as CEO, with an initial board of Bret Taylor as chair, alongside Larry Summers and Adam D'Angelo

4 key takeaways Jason Dorrier / Singularity Hub : OpenAI Mayhem: What We Know Now, Don't Know Yet, and What Could Be Next New York Times : Explaining OpenAI's Board Shake-Up CNBC :...

I just watched Napoleon. Very touching when he returns from exile in Elba and thousands of soldiers are tweeting “France is nothing without its Emperor” and Napoleon takes the time to quote tweet each with “❤️ ❤️ ❤️”
2023-11-23 View on X
The Information

Source: a breakthrough spearheaded by OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever enabled a model that could solve basic math problems, stoking excitement and concern

One day before he was fired by OpenAI's board last week, Sam Altman alluded to a recent technical advance the company …

2023-11-22
I just watched Napoleon. Very touching when he returns from exile in Elba and thousands of soldiers are tweeting “France is nothing without its Emperor” and Napoleon takes the time to quote tweet each with “❤️ ❤️ ❤️”
2023-11-22 View on X
Axios

OpenAI reaches a deal in principle for Sam Altman to return as CEO, with an initial board of Bret Taylor as Chair alongside Larry Summers and Adam D'Angelo

OpenAI said late Tuesday that it had reached a deal in principle for Sam Altman to return as CEO, with a new board chaired by former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor.

2023-07-10
I'll miss peak Twitter. It was never perfect, but it was the social media site best suited to me. I met some of my closest friends today through Twitter, and I feel the absence of so many of them who've left. Twitter won't vanish, it will persist, but it won't ever be the same.
2023-07-10 View on X
Remains of the Day

How a TikTok-like algorithm and pay-to-play scheme ruined Twitter's complex but functional community, causing the social network to suddenly lose its vitality

I haven't had time to write about Threads, but I wanted analyze and mourn the decline of my most-used social media service ever, Twitter.  It was often a hot mess, but it felt like our hot mess, and...
2023-07-10 View on X
Remains of the Day

How a TikTok-like algorithm and pay-to-play scheme ruined Twitter's complex but functional community, causing the social network to suddenly lose its vitality

Threads is very aggressive with distribution from the jump.  Seems smart when trying to get people to stick with it though there are always downstream consequences
2023-07-10 View on X
Remains of the Day

How a TikTok-like algorithm and pay-to-play scheme ruined Twitter's complex but functional community, causing the social network to suddenly lose its vitality

My first piece in a while, How to Blow Up a Timeline, is on how Twitter lost its vitality as a social network. (I wrote this before the rate-limiting fiasco and accelerated launch of Threads, so I'll have to leave that discussion for another day) https://www.eugenewei.com/...
2023-07-10 View on X
Remains of the Day

How a TikTok-like algorithm and pay-to-play scheme ruined Twitter's complex but functional community, causing the social network to suddenly lose its vitality

2023-07-09
My first piece in a while, How to Blow Up a Timeline, is on how Twitter lost its vitality as a social network. (I wrote this before the rate-limiting fiasco and accelerated launch of Threads, so I'll have to leave that discussion for another day) https://www.eugenewei.com/...
2023-07-09 View on X
Remains of the Day

How a TikTok-like algorithm and pay-to-play scheme ruined Twitter's complex but functional community, causing the social network to suddenly lose its vitality

NOTE: I'd been working on this piece on and off for a few weeks while trying to move to NYC and settle into my new apartment …

I'll miss peak Twitter. It was never perfect, but it was the social media site best suited to me. I met some of my closest friends today through Twitter, and I feel the absence of so many of them who've left. Twitter won't vanish, it will persist, but it won't ever be the same.
2023-07-09 View on X
Remains of the Day

How a TikTok-like algorithm and pay-to-play scheme ruined Twitter's complex but functional community, causing the social network to suddenly lose its vitality

NOTE: I'd been working on this piece on and off for a few weeks while trying to move to NYC and settle into my new apartment …

I haven't had time to write about Threads, but I wanted analyze and mourn the decline of my most-used social media service ever, Twitter.  It was often a hot mess, but it felt like our hot mess, and...
2023-07-09 View on X
Remains of the Day

How a TikTok-like algorithm and pay-to-play scheme ruined Twitter's complex but functional community, causing the social network to suddenly lose its vitality

NOTE: I'd been working on this piece on and off for a few weeks while trying to move to NYC and settle into my new apartment …

2023-03-13
Fed statement: “We are backstopping everything everywhere all at once.”
2023-03-13 View on X
U.S. Department of the Treasury

The US Treasury, Federal Reserve, and the FDIC say all Silicon Valley Bank depositors will be “fully” protected, and their money will be available on March 13

WASHINGTON, DC — The following statement was released by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen …

2022-11-21
Iger's return reminded me of that crazy time when Disney thought for a moment that the streaming tech platform they needed to own was Twitter(?!) https://twitter.com/...
2022-11-21 View on X
The Hollywood Reporter

The Walt Disney Company's board announces Bob Chapek will step down as CEO and be replaced by Bob Iger for two years effective immediately; stock jumps 8%+

Disney's board of directors announced the move Sunday evening.

2021-02-23
Finally published my long-overdue third piece on TikTok, “American Idle.” It's about the network effects of creativity, as promised, but also includes a bunch of other thoughts on TikTok as a product and an experience. https://www.eugenewei.com/...
2021-02-23 View on X
Remains of the Day

TikTok's networks effects, largely driven by remixability of content and features that interconnect, cannot be easily cloned by rivals to recreate the ecosystem

I promised one final piece on TikTok, focused primarily on the network effects of creativity.  And this is that, in part. Tweets: @eugenewei , @sarthakgh , @joshelman , @johnbattel...

I experimented with a new form. Like the TikTok FYP feed, this piece is a series of short pieces arranged in a vertical feed. You can skip to the next section if bored or read them in random order. Those who find long essays too daunting may find this more digestible.
2021-02-23 View on X
Remains of the Day

TikTok's networks effects, largely driven by remixability of content and features that interconnect, cannot be easily cloned by rivals to recreate the ecosystem

I promised one final piece on TikTok, focused primarily on the network effects of creativity.  And this is that, in part. Tweets: @eugenewei , @sarthakgh , @joshelman , @johnbattel...

2020-09-22
I guess TikTok may turn out to be a propaganda weapon after all. https://finance.yahoo.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2020-09-22 View on X
New York Times

Trump says he would not approve a TikTok deal unless ByteDance ceded its control, after ByteDance said it would retain an 80% stake

President Trump on Monday said that he would not approve a deal for TikTok if its Chinese owner did not fully sell its interest in the product …

2020-09-21
I guess TikTok may turn out to be a propaganda weapon after all. https://finance.yahoo.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2020-09-21 View on X
Financial Times

ByteDance asserts it will maintain majority ownership and control over TikTok Global and will not transfer source code or technology to Oracle and Walmart

Chinese company contradicts assertions of Donald Trump, Oracle and Walmart  —  ByteDance said on Monday that it would maintain majority ownership …

I guess TikTok may turn out to be a propaganda weapon after all. https://finance.yahoo.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2020-09-21 View on X
Bloomberg

Trump says he wants the $5B pledged from the companies making the new US-based TikTok venture put toward teaching US children “the real history of our country”

President Donald Trump said Saturday he wants $5 billion from companies creating a new U.S.-based TikTok venture …

2020-08-01
Corp Dev departments everywhere https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2020-08-01 View on X
CNBC

President Trump says he will act as soon as Saturday to ban TikTok in the United States

- President Donald Trump on Friday told reporters he will act as soon as Saturday to ban Chinese-owned video app TikTok from the United States.  —  President Donald Trump on Friday...