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I wonder if the premium tier of the API has contributed towards this?

• walshemj 9y ago
  No just cut back on stock options aka a paycut for the staff.
  • adventured 9y ago
    A further quarter of a billion dollars in stock options per quarter is insane when stacked against a $15-$20b market cap. Practically no sustaining public companies operate like that, with that scale of constant dilution.
    • wpietri 9y ago
      It'll be interesting to see what that does to their hiring and retention, though. They are competing for people with Facebook, Google, etc. They weren't previously giving out those options to be nice.
      • walshemj 9y ago
        And instead of paper options they will have to increase real $ - part of the problem for them is the way options are treated from an accounting perspective when in fact not all options get exercised.
        • xxpor 9y ago
          So why not hand out RSUs instead?
          • wpietri 9y ago
            I think Twitter was actually already giving out RSUs, not options. But either one dilutes the investor share of the company, which will push stock price down.
            • walshemj 9y ago
              I think the problem is that appears on the accounts