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I wonder what is the fewest number of employees needed to run Twitter with some way to financially support itself. Could it reduce to the number of employees as
by pkaye 10y ago
I wonder what is the fewest number of employees needed to run Twitter with some way to financially support itself. Could it reduce to the number of employees as at Reddit and still substain itself?
- kesselvon 10y agoHow they're spending 30% of revenue on R&D and have little to show for it is beyond me. They can probably cut staff by a huge percentage and there would be little impact on day-to-day operations.
- beagle3 10y agoWhatsapp was having comparable traffic and users with something like 20 engineers. It is not directly comparable, as all whatsapp users at the time were app users whereas twitter's users are web users (more expensive to run). Furthermore, with everything public, Twitter needs a lot more policing than whatsapp ever did. But they can probably reduce their stuff to 2-5 percent of current size and still provide the same service that users get - though it will have to be better engineered than what they are currently running.
- cotinoco 10y agoTwitter isn't comparable to whatsapp like... absolutely at all. It's different in all ways I can think about.
- TheRealDunkirk 10y agoThis is an apples and oranges comparison. The changes Reddit instituted under Pao, and the return of spez, were designed to create a platform that can be "remotely controlled." The entire site is being gamed from behind the scenes now. Oh, wait. No, this IS apples to apples. You're right. Why in the world do they need so many people? I'd say Twitter is directly employing their gamers, and Reddit leaves it to political PAC's.