[Technology] Elon Musk and Twitter

[Bozza]

Is anyone else following this fast-moving soap opera?

$8/month if you want a blue tick.

Half the company sacked today. If you couldn't login to your email then you were gone.

Numerous blue-chip advertisers pulling the plug, temporarily at least.

This was funny though.

 

[Springal]

Didn’t even comply with local laws when laying staff off. Removed without any severance pay in some places. Scumbag.

 

[willalbion]

It’s pretty mental. 44 billion, sack half the company and…

 

[willalbion]

Didn’t even comply with local laws when laying staff off. Removed without any severance pay in some places. Scumbag.

Yep he’s not a nice fella.

 

[Scappa]

Elon Musk - a very intelligent guy who also happens to be a complete idiot

 

[Tom Bombadil]

Elon doesn't seem to have realised the blue tickers are the product. If he drives them away to other platforms he'll lose user/user engagement and add revenue

 

[Razzoo]

The vast majority, maybe all blue tickers can easily afford that sub cost. I can't bring myself to feel any sympathy for them.

 

[A1X]

First lot he got rid of were the people who remove misinformation. Which tells you most of what you need to know.

 

[Weststander]

The ex-European head of Twitter was interviewed on Sky News business last week, he said the $54/share price paid really should’ve been $14/share. Musk was compelled by the company as it was to honour the deal and that high price.

Reminds me a bit of the 1999 / 2000 tech stocks bubble, although I realise Twitter is long established, but they’re loss making.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

First lot he got rid of were the people who remove misinformation. Which tells you most of what you need to know.

They allowed plenty of misinformation. All the time.

When you remove Trump but allow groups like the Taliban to operate on twitter that says a lot about those who were in power on twitter.

 

[beorhthelm]

Elon doesn't seem to have realised the blue tickers are the product. If he drives them away to other platforms he'll lose user/user engagement and add revenue

there are no other platforms. for reasons i cant fathom, no one has replicated twitter. there are other ways to communicate, but the format is unique.

im only surprised how quickly he's acted. many of these internet social media companies look vastly over staffed. notice how twitter closed down... nope, thousands of employees doing nothing productive. that said, this feels uncoordinated, unplanned and probably a good way to destroy a lot of value.

 

[herecomesaregular]

He's wanting to be the new Bond villain. Certainly looks the part.

 

[Triggaaar]

He is a nasty fool with a god complex. His comments regarding Russia's invasion of Ukraine are shameful.

 

[Mr Putdown]

im only surprised how quickly he's acted. many of these internet social media companies look vastly over staffed. notice how twitter closed down... nope, thousands of employees doing nothing productive.

Twitters been kept up because he didnt sack the tech that maintain the platform.

You seem to be suggesting that therefore everyone else was ‘doing nothing productive‘.

What if the bulk of those sacked were involved in moderating twitter?

 

[Tom Bombadil]

there are no other platforms. for reasons i cant fathom, no one has replicated twitter. there are other ways to communicate, but the format is unique.

im only surprised how quickly he's acted. many of these internet social media companies look vastly over staffed. notice how twitter closed down... nope, thousands of employees doing nothing productive. that said, this feels uncoordinated, unplanned and probably a good way to destroy a lot of val

Its not really that unique though. The forced character limit is about the only thing unique about it

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Its not really that unique though. The forced character limit is about the only thing unique about it

Many are already talking about switching to Tribal, although there are doubts about data protection on that.

 

[BNthree]

Loads of user Twitter users have gone to Mastodon which is a decentralised Twitter alternative.

 

[willalbion]

The timing is interesting, not long until the midterms in the US. A high proportion of Republican candidates still claim the last election was fraudulent. Allegedly the bulk of the moderating & fact checking teams at Twitter have been given the Spanish Archer. What could possibly go wrong?

 

[willalbion]

They allowed plenty of misinformation. All the time.

When you remove Trump but allow groups like the Taliban to operate on twitter that says a lot about those who were in power on twitter.

I’ll bite, what does it say?

 

[Swansman]

I'm not and never will be a Twitter person but if he wants to allow more free speech, I'm all for it.