https://www.foxnews.com/video/6325259104112
'Monetizing hate': Unease as misinformation swirls on Twitter
When the iconic U.S. diaper company Huggies was swamped with false p--ophilia allegations last month, the conspiracy was traced to a once-banned influencer reinstated to Twitter by Elon... — read more
Anybody wants to bet on the final end of Twitter?
I say it'll be gone within 12 months.
Twitter becomes X Corp.
Twitter has announced a significant development, stating that it has merged with everything app called 'X', owned by Elon Musk. In a court filing in the US, Twitter quietly disclosed that it no longer exists. "Twitter Inc. has been merged into X... — read more
Sad end to once a great app
https://www.ft.com/content/8180fb22-60ed-4df1-8f62-3752fae71dc1
Company valuation
If Elon values the company at $20 billion now and says that he sees a "clear but difficult path" for it to become a $250b company, I'm curious what miracle needs to happen to make his vision come true? It sounds too unrealistic.
Survival of the fittest stock options?
https://fortune.com/2023/03/25/elon-musk-gives-twitter-employees-details-on-stock-awards-after-relentless-layoffs-cost-cutting/
Office is optional!!
People will take their talents somewhere better where they are respected and will not accept bullish corporate dictators!!
Twitter and the Bank Runs
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-17/wall-street-billionaires-tweet-through-a-banking-crisis Oh, and by the way..."A new academic study on 2023 bank fragility concludes that 186 U.S. banks remain vulnerable to a run on deposits that... — read more
Anyone from Twitter to Meta
And get layoffs again?
Did Twitter help set off the Silicon Valley Bank crisis?
https://www.americanbanker.com/news/did-vcs-and-twitter-trolls-help-take-down-silicon-valley-bank
Every anecdote of WWM is a pleasure. Here's dissing disability and apologizing.
Layoff or firing or purgatorying - our wonder warthog all the best ways. This is the story I read (you can 'maybe later' the article if needed) that has finally convinced me: EM is a bot. or an helminthes sort of... — read more
Twitter no longer able to protect users from trolls as layoffs continue
The BBC investigation also revealed that child se-ual exploitation is on the rise on Twitter and not being sufficiently raised with the law enforcement agencies as it used to be... — read more
Is this guy for real?
I guess we're finally seeing the true Musk - when he has no assigned handlers who make sure that any/all of his id--tic moves happen (but have to make sure he believes it was his idea not to do it). I can't believe there was a time when I believed in... — read more
Keep talking, big guy. Won't be long now until Twitter dies under you.
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/26/elon-musk-calls-us-media-and-schools-racist-against-whites-asians-.html
Musk King of Welfare
https://www.thestreet.com/technology/elon-musk-attacked-by-an-old-and-powerful-enemy SKIP TO MAIN CONTENT Save this Presidents Day with our AAP Sale! PRESIDENTS DAY SALE TheStreet home Tech EV Biotech Streaming Video Games Social... — read more
Another 50 bite the dust
The first real glitch that happens is going to bring the site down for good. There aren't enough people left who know how to fix it and nobody will want to join that mess any time soon. I feel bad for the people being let go but I have to admit that... — read more
New roles
How many of those who were laid off have managed to find new roles already? You had a head start since Twitter is the first company that had major layoffs and I'm guessing there were plenty of open positions at that time. I'm just curious since it's... — read more
Tech layoffs cause a jump in number of startups
https://www.wired.com/story/tech-layoffs-are-feeding-a-new-startup-surge/
Twitter Layoffs Now Impact Employees From Sales Team: Report
Before the news of these mass layoffs at Twitter surfaced, the social media giant also reportedly shut its offices in Delhi and Mumbai and sent the staff home... — read more
Historical perspective
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-california-took-over-the-world-180981660/
If Tesla can organize, why can't Twitter?
https://tesla-workers-united.squarespace.com/
Is EM a self-replicating cyborg?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJcrjKGPwFc
Big Tech Stagnation
The next phase of Big Tech. https://novum.substack.com/i/101103540/big-tech-stagnation
Twitter’s Wednesday outage was reportedly because an employee accidentally deleted data and the team that could fix it left in November: ‘It’s c
https://fortune.com/2023/02/10/twitter-outage-accidentally-deleted-data-elon-musk-layoffs/
Elon Musk’s cost cutting at Twitter reaches the next level after layoffs and stiffing landlords. Now he wants to dump pricy software used by his
The extent of Musk’s penny-pinching has been closely followed in the media. And on Twitter, it has raised many eyebrows. Musk stopped paying rent on Twitter’s offices, leading to lawsuits. He stiffed vendors including for private jet flights by... — read more
Attracting Content Creators Is A Good Idea
popular content creators are more famous with young people than legacy "celebrities". love him or hate him, smart move by elon to target content creators for generating more... — read more
Plans for a payments feature
I'll just leave this here: https://www.nationalworld.com/lifestyle/tech/twitter-super-app-elon-musk-paypal-online-payments-system-4008709 Elon Musk has announced plans for a payments feature to be introduced on Twitter, similar to the PayPal... — read more
"Big Tech Using Layoffs to Rein In Workers"
“Controlling labor costs via periodic layoffs is like breathing for Silicon Valley: cyclical, necessary for life,” Malcolm Harris, author of the forthcoming book “Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism and the World,” told me. The layoffs... — read more
Is EM a "petulant oligarch"?
"Muskpocalypse"? https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/nobel-economist-paul-krugman-slams-elon-musk-and-sam-bankman-fried-and-says-we-re-living-in-an-era-of-petulant-oligarchs
Anyone from Twitter to Google and Microsoft
And gets layoffs again? there will be more layoffs for you if you have engaged X-X in 2021
So that Lawsuit
https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2023/01/16/elon-the-indestructible-court-smacks-down-lawsuit-against-twitter-filed-by-disgruntled-ex-employees-n689514 Enjoy the education
Inside Elon Musk’s “extremely hardcore” Twitter
Twitter’s staff spent years trying to protect the social media site against impulsive billionaires who wanted to use the reach of its platform for their own ends, and then one made himself the... — read more
A question for laid off employees
I'm not sure how many actual Twitter employees (current and former) post here, but if there are some, I'm wondering if you could share if you were able to find a new job yet? And how long did it take you? I know it hasn't been that long since the... — read more
‘It’s a nightmare’: Twitter’s New York City janitors protest over sudden layoffs
Laureta is one of the twelve janitors who worked at Twitter’s office in New York City who are now protesting against the social media company’s sudden decision to lay off all janitors, who were employed by contractor Flagship Services, the latest... — read more
I would love to come back for just one day
I left Twitter before the change of control happened, not because I didn't like working there anymore, but because I got a much better offer. Now I would like to go back just for one day to see if all this talk about greater pressure on employees... — read more
Twitter still going strong!
No massive exodus of members or sponsors! With all the staff reductions still going strong! Just makes you think how much money was wasted the past 10 years!
Lisa Bloom’s Tweets
Twitter workers, many of whom I represent, were FINALLY given their "severance agreements" on Saturday. They are really settlement agreements which SILENCE WORKERS FOR LIFE and and require them to give up important legal rights. Let's discuss... — read more
Twitter will be very active in 2023-25...
Folks will need a place to communicate information quickly as conditions worsen politically, economically, and socially.