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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 quarte
by 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 agoMaybe 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 agoConversely, 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 agoIs this true? At least within the niche of security and crypto academia, I find Twitter to be a very useful tool.
- toomuchtodo 10y agoWhat's the rent decline curve correlation per-100 persons laid off I wonder.
- pmiller2 10y agoNot enough.
- praneshp 10y agoWhere did you get the 3135 number for Yahoo from? That is definitely wrong, as far as I know (from being there during the layoffs).