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I know this is premature, but I can't help but wonder what the effect of Twitter going under would have on the Bay Area tech scene.

idlewords 10y ago
http://www.theonion.com/article/48-hour-internet-outage-plunges-nation-into-produc-779 http://www.theonion.com/article/48-hour-internet-outage-plun...
mmanfrin 10y ago
Twitter employs around 3900 people total, 2300 in San Francisco (numbers are from some random google sources, so may be off by a bit/time). In the first quarter, Yahoo laid off 3,135 people in the Bay Area. Twitter going under would be newsworthy, but I don't think make too much of a splash in the job market -- at least not any more than the normal tides.
- pmiller2 10y ago
  Maybe the loss of Twitter as a platform for social media self-promotion would be more significant than the direct effects of 2300 people suddenly on the job market?
  - niftich 10y ago
    Conversely, other platforms have already come along that target some of Twitter's use-cases and offered better UX and user engagement. I'm sure they, or a new player, could fill the void (successfully). This is also less of a problem today (as opposed to years ago) when everyone with a meaningful social presence cross-posts or maintains a split presence on multiple platforms.
    - Ar-Curunir 10y ago
      Is this true? At least within the niche of security and crypto academia, I find Twitter to be a very useful tool.
- toomuchtodo 10y ago
  What's the rent decline curve correlation per-100 persons laid off I wonder.
  - pmiller2 10y ago
    Not enough.
- praneshp 10y ago
  Where did you get the 3135 number for Yahoo from? That is definitely wrong, as far as I know (from being there during the layoffs).
vacri 10y ago
If Twitter went under, modern TV journalism would have a seizure as their source of lazy reaction quotes disappears.
- douche 10y ago
  They might have to do some real work again...
- swang 10y ago
  just farm more reddit posts.
LordHumungous 10y ago
Not to mention journalism. Practically every journalist that I read is addicted to Twitter.
- gaius 10y ago
  Reporting is hard. Let's quote tweets instead!
adrenalinelol 10y ago
I don't think it would have a profound impact. The current incarnation of Twitter is only lackluster by Decacorn VC standards. The worst case scenario is the limp along like Yahoo has for the last decade. But during said limping a lot of employees made a decent living.

idlewords 10y ago

http://www.theonion.com/article/48-hour-internet-outage-plunges-nation-into-produc-779 http://www.theonion.com/article/48-hour-internet-outage-plun...

mmanfrin 10y ago

Twitter employs around 3900 people total, 2300 in San Francisco (numbers are from some random google sources, so may be off by a bit/time). In the first quarter, Yahoo laid off 3,135 people in the Bay Area. Twitter going under would be newsworthy, but I don't think make too much of a splash in the job market -- at least not any more than the normal tides.

pmiller2 10y ago
Maybe the loss of Twitter as a platform for social media self-promotion would be more significant than the direct effects of 2300 people suddenly on the job market?
- niftich 10y ago
  Conversely, other platforms have already come along that target some of Twitter's use-cases and offered better UX and user engagement. I'm sure they, or a new player, could fill the void (successfully). This is also less of a problem today (as opposed to years ago) when everyone with a meaningful social presence cross-posts or maintains a split presence on multiple platforms.
  - Ar-Curunir 10y ago
    Is this true? At least within the niche of security and crypto academia, I find Twitter to be a very useful tool.
toomuchtodo 10y ago
What's the rent decline curve correlation per-100 persons laid off I wonder.
- pmiller2 10y ago
  Not enough.
praneshp 10y ago
Where did you get the 3135 number for Yahoo from? That is definitely wrong, as far as I know (from being there during the layoffs).

vacri 10y ago

If Twitter went under, modern TV journalism would have a seizure as their source of lazy reaction quotes disappears.

douche 10y ago
They might have to do some real work again...
swang 10y ago
just farm more reddit posts.

LordHumungous 10y ago

Not to mention journalism. Practically every journalist that I read is addicted to Twitter.

gaius 10y ago
Reporting is hard. Let's quote tweets instead!

adrenalinelol 10y ago

I don't think it would have a profound impact. The current incarnation of Twitter is only lackluster by Decacorn VC standards. The worst case scenario is the limp along like Yahoo has for the last decade. But during said limping a lot of employees made a decent living.