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Chilling read. October 28 is less than 6 days away. Hope I can direct message enough of the wonderful people I have met on the platform before then. https://t.co/G7ZCkWQEY5
— Richard Saunders (@BoycottUtah) October 22, 2022
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— TribelSocialNetwork (@TribelSocial) October 22, 2022
"I need something like Twitter. I don’t need an Elon Musk-infused anything."
— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) October 22, 2022
We’re going to need an alternative to Twitter https://t.co/ET9O9wpmG4
All-hands meeting at @Twitter post-acquisition@elonmusk: Look at the person on your right. Now, look at the person on your left. I want to assure you that before year's end, you have 1 chance in 3 to be just as unemployed as they'll be. https://t.co/xdZqFNYqSt
— ALEX (@ajtourville) October 22, 2022
As it appears now, Elon Musk is planning to change Twitter into a garbage dump for far right radicals... https://t.co/11boPhjAkf
— 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒊𝒏 🇺🇸 (@YouGiveMeFever7) October 22, 2022
Yikes.
— Ann "No Relation" Lipton (@AnnMLipton) October 21, 2022
"Some Twitter employees said they hoped to at least be employed through Nov. 1, when many are scheduled to receive their next equity grant and tranche of stock or cash compensation."https://t.co/nlN8sVsJQ0
Employees’ fears were stoked on Thursday when The Washington Post reported that Mr. Musk planned to cut Twitter’s staff by as much as 75 percent in the coming months, reducing its work force to little over 2,000 people. https://t.co/EbcovwQRmq
— Marc Owen Jones (@marcowenjones) October 22, 2022
Employees’ fears were stoked on Thursday when The Washington Post reported that Mr. Musk planned to cut Twitter’s staff by as much as 75 percent in the coming months, reducing its work force to little over 2,000 people. https://t.co/EbcovwyI8i
— Marc Owen Jones (@marcowenjones) October 22, 2022
Twitter Tries Calming Employees as Deal With Elon Musk Looms - The New York Times https://t.co/TaxAfVuN0K
— JPR007 (@jpr007) October 22, 2022
Something about Snap describing its San Francisco office as “lightly used” makes me feel like they’re selling it on eBay https://t.co/4ZKwXKmo68 via @sarahfrier
— Nick Turner (@NewsyNick) October 21, 2022
Snap's lease in SF was not due to run out until late 2024 https://t.co/7IfWOSXihK via @businessinsider @HaysKali
— Alistair Barr (@alistairmbarr) October 21, 2022
SF office vacancy rate is now at a record 25.5% https://t.co/7IfWOSXihK via @businessinsider @HaysKali
— Alistair Barr (@alistairmbarr) October 21, 2022
This largely sounds like BS on his part. He knows that if he lays off that many staff, not only will the company become essentially nonfunctional, but it will also increase the likelihood of government scrutiny and possibly regulation.https://t.co/4UYBcq8NBd
— Larry Middleton - Democracy Forward 2022! 💙🇺🇸🌻 (@l78lancer) October 21, 2022
JUST IN: Elon Musk reportedly plans to lay off nearly 75% of Twitter’s 7,500 employees if he buys the company, the Washington Post reported, in what would be one of the biggest tech job cuts in years. https://t.co/QswrdprVF8
— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) October 20, 2022
Elon Musk reportedly plans to lay off nearly 75% of Twitter’s 7,500 employees if he buys the company, the Washington Post reported, in what would be one of the biggest tech job cuts in years.
— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) October 21, 2022
https://t.co/oqywUlJLVn
Elon Musk reportedly plans to lay off nearly 75% of Twitter’s 7,500 employees if he buys the company, the Washington Post reported. https://t.co/XUlD5t3Hkq
— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) October 21, 2022
Elon Musk reportedly plans to lay off nearly 75% of Twitter’s 7,500 employees if he buys the company, the Washington Post reported, in what would be one of the biggest tech job cuts in years. https://t.co/bgBDKuQkPf
— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) October 21, 2022
💯🤣
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 21, 2022
Twitter is its own beast, with the fog of Elon Musk around it, but the fact that the company reportedly planned to cut significant amounts of employees even before Musk got involved is telling. Big tech job cuts highlight the dramatic shift in fortune https://t.co/Muuux9tnRJ
— Lisa Abramowicz (@lisaabramowicz1) October 21, 2022
Read carefully: bigs cuts, followed by targeted rehiring. https://t.co/OzwfAMzzJ9
— Dennis "Nails" Herring (@dcherring) October 20, 2022
*taps head* can't have content moderation without moderators https://t.co/o36TsiSXsk
— Elizabeth Joh (@elizabeth_joh) October 20, 2022
When you gut a company down to 25% of its staff it doesn’t matter if those 25% are high performers or not. They’re going to look for other jobs. And when you try and backfill them all the people out there who know the company aren’t going to come back. https://t.co/6y1kqDprx3
— Tom Coates (@tomcoates) October 21, 2022
Well first he has to buy twitter which seems about as likely as the cybertruck coming to market at scale anytime soon. https://t.co/56uHGO5dBv
— Roberto Baldwin (@strngwys) October 20, 2022
NEW: Elon Musk said he would cut nearly 75 percent of Twitter's staff if he takes control, far deeper cuts than the company's current leadership has proposed. The initial cuts would target lower performers, who scored less than a 3 on performance reviews. https://t.co/xcd8nQdw15
— Faiz Siddiqui (@faizsays) October 20, 2022
The future looks bright… or something… https://t.co/NIVvYYTuc5
— Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) October 21, 2022
well if this isn’t a cue to unionize I don’t know what is! https://t.co/yx9sr9PftR
— Natalie Shure (@nataliesurely) October 21, 2022
man this is crazy... also really slimy of current Twitter management, passing the buck for this as they escape with their multi-million $ golden parachutes https://t.co/Jdw91ec3xJ
— Paul Szoldra (@PaulSzoldra) October 20, 2022
Another bang-up day at Twitter HR. https://t.co/mO8J9YaLxw
— Quentin Hardy (@qhardy) October 20, 2022
National Security Council spokesperson to Axios, on review of Elon deals: "We do not know of any such discussions."
— Dan Primack (@danprimack) October 21, 2022
oh boy. Twitter employees have been bracing for layoffs but this would be much bigger than I imagine anyone expected https://t.co/4lOQjgzXzd
— Kurt Wagner (@KurtWagner8) October 20, 2022
So Elon wants to layoff 75% of @twitter staff, and only keep the top performers?
— Joe Florez (@jflorez) October 20, 2022
Surprise, surprise, the top performers are going to jump ship long before he drags the company through chaos and make them work overtime trying to keep a dead ship afloat.https://t.co/uyPJmGp7ll
I will happily put up with Twitter not running well for 3-6 months while they trim 75% of staff (who, btw, are mostly middle mgt bloat and moderators).
— Grummz (@Grummz) October 21, 2022
Bet we never even notice. Too many parasites.
The terms are acceptable. https://t.co/4c6n58XDZc
Hm. Where are all the "They're private companies, they can do whatever they want" censorship advocates on this one/https://t.co/sieWJQW5C3
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) October 21, 2022
Elon’s Husk https://t.co/Ug5dZYOLjq
— David Carroll (@profcarroll) October 20, 2022
Get ready for exponentially more white supremacy, bro-science, incel rage, revenge porn, and doxing on this website. https://t.co/sZXWVIDsnJ
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) October 21, 2022
Musk: the biggest problem on Twitter is spam.
— Mike Masnick (@mmasnick) October 20, 2022
Also Musk: I'm going to fire basically everyone, especially those who are spending all their time preventing spam.
I keep saying that it is *possible* that Musk can do something good for Twitter, but he has yet to show how. https://t.co/qHps7dwe5M
U.S. weighs security reviews for Musk deals, including Twitter buy
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) October 21, 2022
They don’t even hide the weaponization of institutions. https://t.co/dFaUDpk7Ki
US officials uncomfortable over @elonmusk threat to stop supplying Starlink to Ukraine & what they see as Russia-friendly stances. Also looking at his plan to buy Twitter w group of foreign investors; CFIUS is one possible tool. Story by me & @SalehaMohsin https://t.co/Ngoktswdlf
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) October 21, 2022
Elon Musk reacts to Biden officials' discussions, still at early stage, on what tools, if any, are available to let federal govt to review his ventures. "It would be hysterical if the government stopped Elon from over paying for Twitter 😂," a reader tweeted. @elonmusk: "💯🤣."
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) October 21, 2022
Back of envelope suggests Twitter is actually worth somewhere between $7B and $20B today — a fraction of what Musk is paying for it. https://t.co/he27FkJ99u
— Will Oremus (@WillOremus) October 21, 2022
I hope y'all are ready for me to do tiktoks because that site starts feeling less problematic than this one. https://t.co/3TMsMk8jwP
— James McLeod (@jamespmcleod) October 21, 2022
Get rid of the H-1B workers and those sourced through third party contracting firms @elonmusk https://t.co/2Mt3IQv5qF
— U.S. Tech Workers (@USTechWorkers) October 20, 2022
Maybe when Twitter dies a horrible, unnecessary death (as seems increasingly likely) we can go back to blogs and RSS readers? That wouldn’t be so bad.https://t.co/qO4lAwBNS3
— Tonx (@tonx) October 20, 2022
Elon Musk has gotten a lot of benefits from the federal government, such as all those Tesla tax credits.
— Dan Primack (@danprimack) October 21, 2022
But if Biden is his out for overpaying for Twitter... I really can't even process it. https://t.co/Fs8IISyDPi
I know legally and logically no one can stop this at this point but like
— Paul Tassi (@PaulTassi) October 21, 2022
can somebody please stop this
unlike most people I actually like this place and don't want it burned to ash https://t.co/INWQDPkYVe
It would be hysterical if the government stopped Elon from over paying for Twitter 😂
— Nik “The Carny” Lentz (@NikLentz) October 21, 2022
I read this as “after 28 months of public acrimony” and honestly it sure feels that way https://t.co/9HDEXkhL8j
— Rachel Metz (@rachelmetz) October 21, 2022
“It would be a cascading effect,” he said, “where you’d have services going down and the people remaining not having the institutional knowledge to get them back up, and being completely demoralized and wanting to leave themselves.” https://t.co/Rq8AKPByl4
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) October 20, 2022
I'm sorry for the people I know & work with who spent years of their life trying to make Twitter a good product for the right reasons.
— Kate Klonick (@Klonick) October 20, 2022
But please know your talents and skills are hugely in demand right now and will be for a long time. https://t.co/eNu7fNVoNL
It’s going to be quite epic if Biden stops Elon Musk from buying Twitter because he tweets like a Russian asset.
— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) October 21, 2022
That would truly be a 4D chess move to get out of the Twitter deal. https://t.co/09ISjxGN3e
New: Internal memo from Twitter's @edgett sent around tonight says "no plans for any company-wide layoffs."
— Kurt Wagner (@KurtWagner8) October 21, 2022
As for Musk's planned layoffs: "we do not have any confirmation of the buyer’s plans following close."
He warned there will be "tons of public rumors and speculation"
Before you get all bent out of shape about Elon Musk telling some investors he would cut 75% of Twitter employees, remember that he also told bankers that he would actually increase $TWTR headcount this year.
— Jeremy C. Owens (@jowens510) October 20, 2022
Musk says a lot of things, guys.https://t.co/aT1fhsFoSG
Biden Admin/Power Elite cooking up ways to destroy @ElonMusk because they can’t control him—just like Trump. Expect them to use every law enforcement and regulatory body as weapons to bring Musk down or force him to surrender. Blatant authoritarianism.https://t.co/z9WeupeJmZ
— Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (@TulsiGabbard) October 21, 2022
remember though that our small brains cannot comprehend the 25 dimensional chess that is twitter’s potential as x, the everything app https://t.co/PN8RtuEj46
— Charlie Warzel (@cwarzel) October 21, 2022
With the TikTok news today, it’s important to remember that threats to user safety and leaks of personal information don’t even require nefarious intent. It can just be because you’ve fired everyone who knows how the protections work. https://t.co/1yI66NWOAH
— Jason Goldman (@goldman) October 20, 2022
My fear was that Musk would buy Twitter and the changes would be so gradual that people would hang in. But sounds like he may destroy it rapidly. https://t.co/5XL7r0e2q8
— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) October 21, 2022
omg he's gonna pull it off pic.twitter.com/CTIiNJtXNn
— Matt Levine (@matt_levine) October 21, 2022
I will say it again, Elon Musk owning Twitter is a threat to national security. pic.twitter.com/1viwaplmds
— Christopher Bouzy (@cbouzy) October 21, 2022
On the topic of child sexual abuse material on Twitter which is mentioned in this article, currently when Twitter actually removes the imagery 97% of it is removed by PhotoDNA and proprietary tools.
— Eliza (@elizableu) October 21, 2022
That’s all public information. https://t.co/ws4A1VH8yl
It would be hilarious if this is how it ended. https://t.co/H49rvvfPu3
— Rakesh Agrawal (@rakeshlobster) October 21, 2022
Sounds crazy, but I think Elon Musk is cosying up to the Russians to get the US govt to block his acquisition of Twitter. Seems to be workinghttps://t.co/JXjbuIPQpd https://t.co/OFRO6IPOgI
— Sunny Hundal (@sunny_hundal) October 21, 2022
Funniest possible outcome, by far, is Elon getting out of the Twitter deal because his posts convince the most Twitter brained people in the Biden admin that he’s a Russian asset https://t.co/pChYo8JOp4
— Tom Gara (@tomgara) October 21, 2022
People are about to learn a lot about the national security specific merger and acquisition regulatory bodies. Real heads know.https://t.co/0FANXE6veb https://t.co/VunJdGeSRX
— Nathan Tankus (@NathanTankus) October 21, 2022
Twitter is already doing too little regarding content moderation and, if true, this move would be a deliberate, unconscionable open invitation for threats and violence against marginalized communities. https://t.co/gs4V4C9vQZ
— Muslim Advocates (@MuslimAdvocates) October 21, 2022
Twitter's support can be hit or miss, depending on who you get. And their trust and safety policies are kind of a joke. But gutting Twitter's staff by up to 75 percent would do the opposite of solving Twitter's problems — it would make them substantially worse. https://t.co/JJ39jgSpFI
— Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) October 20, 2022
The idea that Musk is surreptitiously going to provoke the government into saving him from himself is both hilarious and terrifying. https://t.co/OXHJoHAvxL
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) October 21, 2022
Meanwhile, literally 2/3 tweets on this platform are now political dis/misinformation or blatant sex/crypto spam
— Catalin Cimpanu (@campuscodi) October 20, 2022
This site hasn't got long, that's for sure. https://t.co/ZHiHgZOJkQ
nothing substantive in this which addresses the question that begs an answer: where is the rest of the money coming from? i am sure the biden administration and us regulators also want to know.https://t.co/mDA6AdoHS9
— Fred (@WaywardWinifred) October 21, 2022
Good thing he has no Chinese government exposure. Oh, wait… $TSLA https://t.co/WG4pposwdV
— Diogenes (@WallStCynic) October 21, 2022
1/ https://t.co/RDwyrqkJf0
— Jürgen Hubert (@FranconianExile) October 21, 2022
I have no idea how this whole Elon Musk thing is _really_ going to shake out around here.
But just in case, my current Plan B is Mastodon: https://t.co/JxouErrMBx