Ah, the passing "C." Also known as the white man's "A."

In a live interview conducted on Twitter, ReCode's Kara Swisher pressed Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey about what grade Dorsey would give his company and himself at fulfilling "tech responsibility."

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Dorsey replied with the oh-so-humble C. In other words, he knows he could do better, but he's really trying, guys! So he totally deserves to keep his job.

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Swisher continued to press Jack for more details, insisting on specifics, which Dorsey ducked and weaved like the Twitter C-student he is, though he eventually addressed Swisher's bullet points.

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We heard more of the same about conversational health (initiatives to decrease trolling and toxic speech that are actually working), and other policy adjustments.

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Still, Swisher was not having it.

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If Jack wants to bump up his grade, he'll have to do more in the arena of "tech responsibility." But why put in the extra effort you need for an A when you can get by perfectly well on a C? Maybe they call it CEO for a reason.

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