Jack Dorsey

Jack Patrick Dorsey (1976–) is the CEO of both Twitter and the SquareFile:Wikipedia's W.svg mobile payments system. This has made him so hyper-busy that he has had to search out new crank methods for destressing.

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Nazis, what Nazis?
“”We're committing Twitter to help increase the collective health, openness, and civility of public conversation, and to hold ourselves publicly accountable towards progress.
—Jack Dorsey[1]

Nazis are a known problem, but Dorsey has blamed the victims (non-Nazi Twitter users) for not reporting Nazis:[2][3]

“”A lot of the calls for “remove the Nazis” are also due to the fact our enforcement operates on reporting. A lot of people don’t report. They see things, but it’s easier to tweet out “get rid of the Nazis” than to report it.

Despite the topic of Twitter Nazis being a one that he should have been prepared for, that he did in fact think he was prepared for, he actually was factually wrong in the most painfully obvious way about Twitter Nazis — that they exist:[3]

Dorsey: "It actually is. If they align themselves with a violent extremist group, like the American Nazi Party, we suspend their account. There are not self-professed Nazis. If you can show them, I would love to see them, and figure out why we haven't taken action on them, but…"
Brian Hiatt: I can confirm that there are Nazis on Twitter.

Evidentially it would seem that Dorsey still does not give a fuck.[4][5]

Dorsey is also highly deferential to populist (i.e., popular on Twitter) authoritarian figures such as Donald Trump:[6]

Ashley Feinberg: OK, but if Trump tweeted out asking each of his followers to murder one journalist, would you remove him?
Dorsey: That would be a violent threat. We’d definitely ... You know we’re in constant communication with all governments around the world. So we’d certainly talk about it.
Feinberg: OK, but if he did that, would that be grounds to—
Dorsey: I'm not going to talk about particulars. We’ve established protocol, it’s transparent. It’s out there for everyone to read.[note 1] We have, independent of the U.S. president, we have conversations with all governments. It’s not just limited to this one.

Woo promotion

Dorsey practices meditation for 10 days a year. He starts each day with "salt juice", which is water with Himalayan salt and lemon added; Twitter makes this available at its offices around the world. Before going to work each day, he alternates several times between using a home electromagnetic field-blocking infrared sauna and an ice bath (the latter is normally a legitimate treatment for people with high fevers). He fasts from Friday evening until Sunday evening, and only eats one low carbohydrate meal[8] on other days.[9][10] Dorsey began his fasting regimen in 2017 after viewing the film Fasting.[11] Dorsey also takes a multivitamin as well as "a lot of vitamin C",[10][note 2] which probably does nothing but could give him the runs[13] be compensatory for his dietary deficiencies. In 2019, Dorsey apparently began promoting another fad diet, the alkaline diet by tweeting an image of "alkaline spring water" with no comment.[14]

Because of his unusual dietary habits, Dorsey has been accused of promoting eating disorders, for this is what it is even if the tech bros call it "biohacking".[15][16] According to a UK dietitian, Dorsey's diet is dangerous since he likely runs a constant calorie deficit.[8]

Even though he is so busy running two multi-billion dollar companies, he still finds time to promote his brand of crankery. His nose ring[17] shows that he is a leader and that you too can be led around like a water buffalo if you buy his promoted products.

Charity

Dorsey's record on charitable giving is not well-focused (except on public relations), with a history of unkept promises, and an ever-present capacity for Dorsey to just take back the money into his personal hoard.[18]

Bitcoin promotion
See the main article on this topic: Bitcoin

In February 2020, Dorsey began to quietly promote Bitcoin by including a Bitcoin hashtag on his Twitter profile.[19] Dorsey's tweets about Bitcoin had been nonexistent or sporadic until about February 8, 2021,[20] corresponding roughly with Elon Musk's public and rather nutty purchase (via Tesla) of US$1.5 billion in Bitcoin.[21][22] The purchase resulted in an all-time high Bitcoin purchase price at the same time that Dorsey was retweeting a 'Black Bitcoin' promoter (@bitcoinzay) urging African Americans to become "Satoshi millionaires" (1 Satoshi = 0.00000001 Bitcoin = roughly 0.0005 USD in February 2021) by purchasing Bitcoin (roughly US$500 worth) when the price was high,[20] amounting to what is effectively affinity fraud (buy high, sell low).

gollark: I have no idea how you would actually run experiments on this, but there might be something I guess.
gollark: I think you're oversimplifying the things, umnikos.
gollark: If a trillion bacteria want some sugar a human is eating, say.
gollark: What about when those things conflict between entities?
gollark: And has all the bad things like "kill suffering things".

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Notes
  1. The protocol however differs externally[7] vs. internally with regard to whether number of followers affects the decision to suspend someone.
  2. Dorsey didn't say how much "a lot" is, but 2000 mg is the maximum recommended dose per day, which if exceeded can cause gastrointestinal disturbances, increased oxalate excretion and kidney stone formation, increased uric acid excretion, excess iron absorption, lowered vitamin B12 levels, systemic conditioning, pro-oxidant effects.[12]

References
  1. We're committing Twitter to help increase the collective health, openness, and civility of public conversation, and to hold ourselves publicly accountable towards progress. by Jack Dorsey (1 Mar 2018) Twitter (archived from January 25, 2020).
  2. Jack Dorsey: Twitter Nazis Are Here to Stay. Wall Street, among others, wishes the C.E.O. would stop talking. by Bess Levin (January 23, 2019) Vanity Fair.
  3. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey: The Rolling Stone Interview: Sometimes 280 characters just aren’t enough. The social media mogul takes on his critics — and tries to explain who he really is by Brian Hiatt (January 23, 2019 6:00AM ET) Rolling Stone.
  4. Seth Rogen says Twitter CEO 'does not seem to give a f***' about fighting white supremacists. Dude claims he had a direct line to @jack — for 8 whole months. by Sean Hollister (July 3, 2018 12:04 PM PDT) CNET.
  5. I've been DMing with @jack about his bizarre need to verify white supremacists on his platform for the last 8 months or so, and after all the exchanges, I've reached a conclusion: the dude simply does not seem to give a fuck. by Seth Rogen (8:28 AM · Jul 3, 2018) Twitter (archived from 2 Feb 2020 18:16:43 UTC).
  6. Jack Dorsey Has No Clue What He Wants: A Q&A with Twitter’s CEO on right-wing extremism, Candace Owens, and what he’d do if the president called on his followers to murder journalists. by Ashley Feinberg (01/17/2019 03:29 pm ET Updated Jan 28, 2019) Huffington Post.
  7. Hateful conduct policy Twitter (archived from January 27, 2020).
  8. Top UK dietitian weighs in on Jack Dorsey’s bizarre diet (it’s risky!) by Matthew Hughes (April 15, 2019) The Next Web.
  9. Jack Dorsey Is Gwyneth Paltrow for Silicon Valley by Nellie Bowles (May 2, 2019) The New York Times.
  10. Billionaire Jack Dorsey’s 11 'wellness' habits: From no food all weekend to ice baths by Catherine Clifford (Published Mon, Apr 8 2019 • 10:10 AM EDT Updated Tue, Apr 9 2019 • 4:24 PM EDT) CNBC.
  11. Watched this documentary on fasting. Good. For the past year and a half I've been eating only one meal a day: dinner. Not for everyone, but it works for me. Non-intuitive, but I find I have a lot more energy and focus, feel healthier and happier, and my sleep is much deeper. by Jack Dorsey (17 Jul 2018) Twitter (archived from May 3, 2019).
  12. Nutrient Recommendations: Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements (2011).
  13. Zeratsky, Katherine. "Is it possible to take too much vitamin C?" Mayo Clinic, https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/vitamin-c/faq-20058030. Accessed May 14th, 2019
  14. image of Flow® alkaline spring water by Jack Dorsey (14:58 - 6. 8. 2019) Twitter (archived from August 8, 2019).
  15. Jack Dorsey’s 5-meals-a-week diet looks a lot like a Silicon Valley-style eating disorder. From keto to fasting to 5:2 to hundreds of supplements, the tech world’s food “bio-hacking” is just another word for disordered eating.by Sarah Manavs (10 April 2019) New Statesman.
  16. The dangerous dark side of intermittent fasting for weight loss by Jane Ridley (January 7, 2021) New York Post.
  17. Jack Dorsey Got a Nose Ring by Sam Schube (June 8, 2018) GQ.
  18. Jack Dorsey comes out as a philanthropist: The Twitter and Square CEO’s Start Small has a new form, and a new dollar figure: $1 billion. But it is actually just a modest increase from his previous philanthropic commitments, which he has done little to fulfill. by Owen Thomas (April 8, 2020; Updated: April 10, 2020 10:50 p.m.) The San Francisco Chronicle.
  19. @jack Twitter (archived from February 3, 2020).
  20. @jack Twitter (archived from February 8, 2021).
  21. Tesla buys $1.5 billion in bitcoin, plans to accept it as payment Steve Kovach (Published Mon, Feb 8 20217:48 AM EST; Updated Mon, Feb 8 20211:43 PM EST) CNBC.
  22. Elon Musk Loses $15 Billion in a Day After Bitcoin Warning by Devon Pendleton (February 22, 2021, 2:03 PM PST Updated on February 23, 2021, 5:11 AM PST) Bloomberg.
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