Someone can be an excellent tech person, but not a journalist.
Wrote Protocols, Not Platforms which at least partly inspired Jack to move Twitter toward being a service on an independent protocol, which ultimately led to the formation of Bluesky
https://www.techdirt.com/2019/08/28/protocols-not-platforms-technological-approach-to-free-speech/
This month he joined the board of Bluesky
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Actually I have not seen Mike demonstrate any sort of serious tech chops, he’s been a tech journalist for decades. (And a very influential one).