The Fate of Twitter

[HaveFunExpectToWin]

FWIW, I deleted the official app from my phone when they blocked Tweetbot. It was a little harder than quitting Facebook.

[JasonEvans]

Twitter laid off another 10% of its staff this weekend: https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/27/tech/twitter-layoffs

The latest axing of about 200 jobs takes the company's headcount down to under 2,000 staffers, according to the Times. That's down from the 7,500 who worked for the social media platform before Elon Musk bought the company last fall for $44 billion.
The paper reported that the cuts hit product managers, data scientists and engineers who worked on machine learning and site reliability, which, it said, helps keep Twitter's various features online.

[MChambers]

Twitter laid off another 10% of its staff this weekend: https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/27/tech/twitter-layoffs

Including Crawford, the manager who tweeted a picture of her sleeping on the floor in the office back when Musk first took over the company. https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/0...n-office-floor

[AGDukesky]

“Right-sizing”

[rsvman]

It would seem that he's on a personal mission to decrease his personal wealth as quickly as possible (long way to go, I know), not by giving it away but by blithering it away.

This post aged poorly. As of today, the richest man in the world, again, apparently.


If that was his personal mission, he was pretty bad at realizing it.

[CrazyNotCrazie]

This post aged poorly. As of today, the richest man in the world, again, apparently.


If that was his personal mission, he was pretty bad at realizing it.

I am curious how they value Twitter when completing this analysis. I assume its market value is way down. In the grand scheme of his fortune, it isn't a huge amount, but it might be enough to lower him a bit in the rankings. Though it might be factored in. Unclear. These lists are great for headlines and clicks but are completely worthless.

[LasVegas]

This post aged poorly. As of today, the richest man in the world, again, apparently.


If that was his personal mission, he was pretty bad at realizing it.

I mean, he was at $340 Billion in 2021 and is now at something like $187 billion. That’s some decent success.

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

I mean, he was at $340 Billion in 2021 and is now at something like $187 billion. That’s some decent success.

I'm not good with money, but I've never lost $150 billion.

[Skydog]

At least he’s coming to the defense of poor misunderstood Scott Adams.

I’ll self ban myself now.

[AGDukesky]

I'm not good with money, but I've never lost $150 billion.

I’ve seen Brewster’s Millions and feel well-equipped to do it if needed

[OldPhiKap]

At least he’s coming to the defense of poor misunderstood Scott Adams.

Call me crazy, but I think I am beginning to sense a pattern….

[Gooch]

My client is a large health insurance company, and their head actuary asked us the other day, “If Elon Musk were to design an actuarial department, what would he do?” My first reaction was to say “fire 75% of the staff and figure it out later” but I think he’s looking for something a bit more nuanced than that.

[ClemmonsDevil]

My client is a large health insurance company, and their head actuary asked us the other day, “If Elon Musk were to design an actuarial department, what would he do?” My first reaction was to say “fire 75% of the staff and figure it out later” but I think he’s looking for something a bit more nuanced than that.

And have more kids with someone there.

[bundabergdevil]

And have more kids with someone there.

And offer the ladies ponies for erotic massages.

[ClemmonsDevil]

And offer the ladies ponies for erotic massages.

A move he stole from me.

[MChambers]

My client is a large health insurance company, and their head actuary asked us the other day, “If Elon Musk were to design an actuarial department, what would he do?” My first reaction was to say “fire 75% of the staff and figure it out later” but I think he’s looking for something a bit more nuanced than that.

Actuaries are supposed to measure risk, right? Musk seems completely uninterested in the topic of risk, so I assume he would fire everybody but himself and the board members.

[Acymetric]

Anything big happen on Twitter lately?

[burnspbesq]

If the data presented here are accurate, it’s quite bad.

https://www.vox.com/technology/2023/...evenue-fleeing

[CameronBornAndBred]

If the data presented here are accurate, it’s quite bad.

https://www.vox.com/technology/2023/...evenue-fleeing

Highlight quote.

Chief among their (advertisers) concerns is a perception that Musk has turned Twitter into a place where people can post racist, sexist, or otherwise harmful speech without much consequence. Major corporations don’t want to jeopardize what they call “brand safety” by associating with offensive content. Musk has taken a lax approach to content moderation — such as allowing Neo-Nazis, white nationalists, and other controversial figures back on the platform in the name of free speech.

[75Crazie]

... data ... are accurate, ...

Pedants everywhere salute you.