Wael GhonimVerified account

@Ghonim

Product Manager / Senior Fellow / Curious Egyptian / Love challenging status quo!

California, USA
Joined March 2009
Born on December 23
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    19 Jan 2016

    "We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools." Martin Luther King, JR

    112 replies 418 retweets 813 likes
  2. 19 Jan 2016

    "We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools." Martin Luther King, JR

    112 replies 418 retweets 813 likes
  3. Jan 7

    Social media is broken. When will we realize that we're the problem? via

    26 replies 85 retweets 123 likes
  4. 23 Dec 2016

    "We need to think about how to design social media experiences that promote civility and reward thoughtfulness."

    24 replies 549 retweets 1,044 likes
  5. 9 Dec 2016

    As the world lost its professional editors & every single person became one through smartphones, master editor is now the demagogue

    3 replies 5 retweets 29 likes
  6. 9 Dec 2016

    "Connecting people" is only positive if you build proper product norms. People will be as shallow as platforms encourage them to be.

    3 replies 10 retweets 40 likes
  7. 9 Dec 2016

    "Fake news" is an easy problem to solve. Mobocratic algorithms which optimizes for engagement resulting in echo chambers & flame wars isn't.

    6 replies 7 retweets 20 likes
  8. 9 Dec 2016

    "We aren't in the business of publishing" argument is silly. You're the largest publishers today! Your mobocratic algorithms are the editors

    6 replies 5 retweets 24 likes
  9. 9 Dec 2016

    Technology companies created a vacuum by unintentionally breaking the media ecosystem. If you broke it, it's your responsibility to fix it!

    12 replies 26 retweets 79 likes
  10. 23 Nov 2016

    Read my Thursday column, "No, Trump, We Can’t Just Get Along," tonight and let me know what you think. via

    1,717 replies 5,413 retweets 11,545 likes
  11. 21 Nov 2016

    Thanksgiving Reading: "North Korea's Hidden Revolution" . Non fiction that will come across as fiction!

    3 replies 5 retweets 35 likes
  12. 16 Nov 2016

    "fake news" is a hot topic today due to the election results, but we should also discuss the mobocratic nature of social media algorithms ..

    We need to be speaking truth to "social media" power: Optimizing primarily for engagement is dangerous.
    1 reply 20 retweets 66 likes
  13. 13 Nov 2016

    .'s TED Talk on social media's role during polarizing cultural events is more relevant now than ever before:

    2 replies 5 retweets 41 likes
  14. 9 Nov 2016

    Here come the "what to expect from Trump presidency" articles from people who were consistently wrong about what to expect

    3 replies 120 retweets 237 likes
  15. 8 Nov 2016

    واللي مش عاجبه يروح كندا ..

    43 replies 192 retweets 345 likes
  16. 8 Nov 2016

    At least you wouldn't have to travel abroad to study authoritarian regimes. It will be home grown. 😐

    8 replies 69 retweets 140 likes
  17. 8 Nov 2016

    Time to start packing ..

    0:18
    Thanks to .. I got some solid plans if becomes president ..
    11 replies 16 retweets 29 likes
  18. 2 Nov 2016

    So in just 9 months, Facebook pulled in more advertising revenue ($18B) than the entire U.S. newspaper industry:

    22 replies 1,099 retweets 683 likes
  19. 5 Nov 2016

    The world's most inconvenient truth ..

    7 replies 312 retweets 329 likes
  20. 4 Nov 2016

    Thoughtful interview w/ Wael , on elections+what social media can do—and can’t: #

    , , and 2 others
    3 replies 15 retweets 53 likes
  21. 4 Nov 2016

    “It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.” Marcus Aurelius

    10 replies 141 retweets 260 likes

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