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Musk has seen production hell. This is a different kind. Good luck Elon. Make good on your promises. EDIT: What I will be watching for is what Elon will do

Musk has seen production hell. This is a different kind. Good luck Elon. Make good on your promises. EDIT: What I will be watching for is what Elon will do when freedom of speech is at odds with a big chunk of revenue. He is investing a boatload of money and at his philanthropic worst, he would like to break even in a few years.

boringg 5y ago
I was thinking the same thing. Musk has done very well on hard engineering problems - now he is entering a special kind of hell running a social media company.
- UncleOxidant 5y ago
  I have no idea why he would willingly take on this kind of distraction at this point.
- warning26 5y ago
  Presenting Twitter with AI Full Self Anti-Spam!* *Coming in 5 years
- dudus 5y ago
  Why do you assume he'll be running the company? I assumed he would appoint a new CEO and just participate on the board.
  - AlexandrB 5y ago
    If he just wanted to participate on the board he could have stuck with his 10%. It definitely seems like he's looking for a more hands-on role than that.
    - dudus 5y ago
      He just has a different kind of decision power by owning 100% of a private company. But he doesn't need to be involved on day to day operations and can appoint a CEO to do his bidding.
MuffinFlavored 5y ago
Serious question: how many Twitter employees (engineers + managers + directors + whateveer other levels) will quit/protest/strike if Elon un-suspends Trump's account, and what are the chances Elon suspends Trump's account?
- tick_tock_tick 5y ago
  Serious response: Wouldn't that be good for Twitter to get rid of those people? It's like when Coinbase offered people a payout if you're not 100% onboard with there mission and told people to stop talking politics.
- parkingrift 5y ago
  I've no doubt Elon would be happy for these people to quit so that he doesn't have to fire them.
- spoonjim 5y ago
  It doesn’t matter how many quit. The asset of Twitter is its network and they won’t be taking it with them.
  - queuebert 5y ago
    Does that suggest the vast majority of them are overpaid then?
    - spoonjim 5y ago
      I'm not saying Twitter engineers aren't good, but you can replace them with anyone and the product will be equally good.
- lr4444lr 5y ago
  Semi seriously, I think Musk would use a move like that to conveniently encourage the kind of people he doesn't want at Twitter to self selectively remove themselves rather than go through a painful HR process of finding and identifying them manually.
nailer 5y ago
You can fix a lot of the interaction at scale by allowing mass verification (there are third party APIs for this) and allowing people to filter on verified real human interactions.

boringg 5y ago

I was thinking the same thing. Musk has done very well on hard engineering problems - now he is entering a special kind of hell running a social media company.

UncleOxidant 5y ago
I have no idea why he would willingly take on this kind of distraction at this point.
warning26 5y ago
Presenting Twitter with AI Full Self Anti-Spam!* *Coming in 5 years
dudus 5y ago
Why do you assume he'll be running the company? I assumed he would appoint a new CEO and just participate on the board.
- AlexandrB 5y ago
  If he just wanted to participate on the board he could have stuck with his 10%. It definitely seems like he's looking for a more hands-on role than that.
  - dudus 5y ago
    He just has a different kind of decision power by owning 100% of a private company. But he doesn't need to be involved on day to day operations and can appoint a CEO to do his bidding.

MuffinFlavored 5y ago

Serious question: how many Twitter employees (engineers + managers + directors + whateveer other levels) will quit/protest/strike if Elon un-suspends Trump's account, and what are the chances Elon suspends Trump's account?

tick_tock_tick 5y ago
Serious response: Wouldn't that be good for Twitter to get rid of those people? It's like when Coinbase offered people a payout if you're not 100% onboard with there mission and told people to stop talking politics.
parkingrift 5y ago
I've no doubt Elon would be happy for these people to quit so that he doesn't have to fire them.
spoonjim 5y ago
It doesn’t matter how many quit. The asset of Twitter is its network and they won’t be taking it with them.
- queuebert 5y ago
  Does that suggest the vast majority of them are overpaid then?
  - spoonjim 5y ago
    I'm not saying Twitter engineers aren't good, but you can replace them with anyone and the product will be equally good.
lr4444lr 5y ago
Semi seriously, I think Musk would use a move like that to conveniently encourage the kind of people he doesn't want at Twitter to self selectively remove themselves rather than go through a painful HR process of finding and identifying them manually.

nailer 5y ago

You can fix a lot of the interaction at scale by allowing mass verification (there are third party APIs for this) and allowing people to filter on verified real human interactions.