cover of episode The Twitter Fantasy from Land of the Giants

The Twitter Fantasy from Land of the Giants

2023/11/6
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The early days of Twitter saw vibrant communities flourish, despite the platform facing issues. Del Harvey, Twitter's 25th employee, dealt with unexpected problems like Bieber spam, highlighting the platform's unique challenges.

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Today we’re playing you an episode of Land of the Giants that takes a walk down memory lane to the early days of Twitter and how the platform became the best and worst place on the internet. If you like it; check out the Land of The Giants: The Twitter Fantasy) and revisit our interviews with Ben Mezrich), Walter Isaacson), Ronan Farrow and William Cohan), or Kara and Nayeema’s own walk) down memory lane on Twitter. 

Enjoy! And we’ll be back on Thursday with a new episode of On.

This episode hosted by Peter Kafka (@pkafka) and Lauren Goode (@laurengoode)

EDITOR'S NOTE: This episode contains descriptions of sexual harassment and of graphic threats of violence. This section begins after the second midroll break and lasts for about 7 minutes.

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