# Do You Like My Threads?

*That Was The Week 2023 #25*

By [That Was The Week](https://paragraph.com/@thatwastheweek) · 2023-07-08

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_A reminder for new readers._ **_That Was The Week_** _collects the best writing on critical issues in tech, startups, and venture capital. I select the articles because they are of interest. The selections often include things I disagree with. The articles are only snippets._ **_Click on the headline to go to the original._** _I express my point of view in the editorial and the weekly video below._

This Week’s Video and Podcast:

Content this week from : @paulg, @ergestx , @hhhypergrowth, @micsolana, @morgan\_sung, @adhutchinson, @alishmalik1, @benedictevans, @netgarden, @kyle\_l\_wiggers, @tim, @carta, @kateparknews,

**Contents**
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*   [**Editorial**](https://thatwastheweek.substack.com/i/133576879/editorial)**:** 
    
*   [**Essays of the Week**](https://thatwastheweek.substack.com/i/133576879/essays-of-the-week)
    
    *   [How to Do Great Work](http://www.paulgraham.com/greatwork.html) Paul Graham
        
    *   [How Analytics Wins](https://ergestx.substack.com/p/how-analytics-wins?r=166m&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post) - Ergest Xheblati
        
    *   [The Modern Data Stack](https://hhhypergrowth.com/the-modern-data-stack/) - Muji
        
*   [**Twitter and Threads**](https://thatwastheweek.substack.com/i/133576879/twitter-and-threads)
    
    *   [Twitter's Final Boss: Zuckerberg Wages War](https://www.piratewires.com/p/pirate-wires-twitters-final-boss)
        
    *   [You can’t post ass, Threads is doomed](https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/06/you-cant-post-ass-threads-is-doomed-meta-instagram-twitter/)
        
    *   [Meta’s New Threads App Reaches 30 Million Users in Less Than a Day](https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/metas-new-threads-app-reaches-30-million-users-in-less-than-a-day/685316/)
        
    *   [Twitter threatens to sue Meta over its new Threads app](https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/06/twitter-threatens-to-sue-meta-over-its-new-threads-app/)
        
*   [**Video of the Week**](https://thatwastheweek.substack.com/i/133576879/video-of-the-week)
    
    *   Vinod Khosla - The Trillion $ AI Opportunity
        
*   [**AI of the Week**](https://thatwastheweek.substack.com/i/133576879/ai-of-the-week)
    
    *   [AI and the automation of work](https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2023/7/2/working-with-ai) - Benedict Evans
        
    *   [Why Generative AI is such a "Nuclear" Force](https://thenetworkgarden.blogs.com/weblog/2023/07/why-generative-ai-is-such-a-nuclear-force.html)
        
    *   [OpenAI makes GPT-4 generally available](https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/06/openai-makes-gpt-4-generally-available/)
        
    *   [Artificial Intelligence firms flock to SF, “AI capital of the world”](https://therealdeal.com/sanfrancisco/2023/07/05/artificial-intelligence-firms-flock-to-sf-ai-capital-of-the-world/)
        
*   [**News Of the Week**](https://thatwastheweek.substack.com/i/133576879/news-of-the-week)
    
    *   [Nutrition, sleep and mental health advice offered to tech founders at risk of burnout](https://www.ft.com/content/79638486-e1ec-4a96-a151-812f24402602?accessToken=zwAF_90Gv7qIkc95Y4SG4exKltOhUYEvJEAmAg.MEUCIC01Q9gOrS3szyFIWsUasPsNmsyby5zOSzkhqj9mYqPSAiEAv0Wzsjo4aPNqLb-5UEmg6JWhJyAD0Q8uDRnw4CBQLio&sharetype=gift&token=4049fc53-d483-4c28-9277-6b87fa00282d)
        
    *   [First Cut — State of Private Markets: Q2 2023](https://carta.com/blog/first-cut-state-of-private-markets-q2-2023/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=blast&utm_campaign=20230706-amer-general-data_newsletter&utm_content=&mkt_tok=MjE0LUJURC0xMDMAAAGMyyCw_NdFcx7uEkNcwpswwbWTuGugIo8FryAb7af_1-E8E9JMjZZBr4V_qEO7QVx3jnZFq2Dqr0sdFmNLHj_3kPZSuyFjDe3QkhqOaVtUQqIVW9iwelDGpeiP)
        
    *   [VC Exit Value Sags to Lowest Level Since the GFC](https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/2bvxcyfqesuymrafaja4g/portfolio/vc-exit-value-sags-to-lowest-level-since-the-gfc)
        
    *   [US venture capital spending drops sharply in 2Q](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/1020017/us-venture-capital-spending-drops-sharply-in-2q-1020017.html)
        
    *   [Unicorns face mass extinction as funding plummets](https://www.fdiintelligence.com/content/data-trends/unicorns-face-mass-extinction-as-funding-plummets-82690)
        
    *   [Khan Rewrites the Merger Rulebook](https://www.wsj.com/articles/lina-khan-federal-trade-commission-antitrust-merger-filing-requirements-8eaaec94)
        
*   [**Startup of the Week**](https://thatwastheweek.substack.com/i/133576879/startup-of-the-week)
    
    *   [SoftBank backs Japanese robotics startup Telexistence in $170M funding round](https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/06/softbank-backs-japanese-robotics-startup-telexistence-in-170m-funding-round/)
        
*   [**Thread weet of the Week**](https://thatwastheweek.substack.com/i/133576879/tweet-of-the-week)
    
    *   Bluesky, Twitter, Threads and Mastadon as clothing styles
        

**Editorial**
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Mark Zuckerberg has the demeanor of a naughty schoolboy. He brazenly misbehaves and yet somehow insists he is playing fair.

Threads, let’s be honest, is a very poor Twitter clone. It looks a bit like Twitter, smells like Twitter, and even feels a bit like Twitter. And that is intended. It’s a minimum viable Twitter or an MVT.

Mark is a copycat and a fibber

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