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Sounds a bit like reasonable downsizing. Ethical research team in a microblog/chat company?

by tommek4077 4y ago

dainiusse 4y ago
Obviously there was bloat, but its the handling of layoffs that tell a lot about their new ceo...
- isitmadeofglass 4y ago
  There is no way to carry out layoffs that people will see as being good. So what exactly does they lay-offs say about their new CEO? Except that he has a fever frenzied army of journalists chasing his every action and trying to draw it ups as ether the single most important thing in our generation or the start of our entire species downfall? There was an acquisition and now there’s a trimming of fat. Is neither unexpected, unusual or in anyway outside the typical action you would expect of any competent ceo.
  - orra 4y ago
    > trimming of fat That's a misleading understatement. He fired half the company. He decimated the staff six and a half times.
- SturgeonsLaw 4y ago
  It's shock doctrine at the scale of a single company. This, along with the elimination of the old guard leadership, will destroy any lingering anti-Musk factions. It will save some money on salaries too. It's not a great experience for Twitter staff, but it's a rational approach from Musk. It paves the way for him to radically alter Twitter's culture and agenda, if he chooses to do so (and may already have done so).
- cuteboy19 4y ago
  In any case, all this nonsense and political stuff would make it very difficult for talented people to accept offers with Twitter. Even if they did, they would need to be compensated for all the extra risk. This is no way to run a tech company.
jpeter 4y ago
You have an algorithm that deciced what kind of content millions of people see every day. Only optimizing for engagement is a bad idea as Facebook showed
- MichaelZuo 4y ago
  To be honest ethical principles sounds like an even worst optimization target then engagement due to Goodhart's law. When it becomes the measure it ceases to become effective, and will likely be gamed to some extent.
fragmede 4y ago
you sense zero ethical issues at a company who's biggest question in the most recent last ongoing question is the definition of censorship? literally zero possible ethical consideration? I'm sure there's bloat too but yeesh

Sounds a bit like reasonable downsizing. Ethical research team in a microblog/chat company?

dainiusse 4y ago

Obviously there was bloat, but its the handling of layoffs that tell a lot about their new ceo...

isitmadeofglass 4y ago
There is no way to carry out layoffs that people will see as being good. So what exactly does they lay-offs say about their new CEO? Except that he has a fever frenzied army of journalists chasing his every action and trying to draw it ups as ether the single most important thing in our generation or the start of our entire species downfall? There was an acquisition and now there’s a trimming of fat. Is neither unexpected, unusual or in anyway outside the typical action you would expect of any competent ceo.
- orra 4y ago
  > trimming of fat That's a misleading understatement. He fired half the company. He decimated the staff six and a half times.
SturgeonsLaw 4y ago
It's shock doctrine at the scale of a single company. This, along with the elimination of the old guard leadership, will destroy any lingering anti-Musk factions. It will save some money on salaries too. It's not a great experience for Twitter staff, but it's a rational approach from Musk. It paves the way for him to radically alter Twitter's culture and agenda, if he chooses to do so (and may already have done so).
cuteboy19 4y ago
In any case, all this nonsense and political stuff would make it very difficult for talented people to accept offers with Twitter. Even if they did, they would need to be compensated for all the extra risk. This is no way to run a tech company.

jpeter 4y ago

You have an algorithm that deciced what kind of content millions of people see every day. Only optimizing for engagement is a bad idea as Facebook showed

MichaelZuo 4y ago
To be honest ethical principles sounds like an even worst optimization target then engagement due to Goodhart's law. When it becomes the measure it ceases to become effective, and will likely be gamed to some extent.

fragmede 4y ago

you sense zero ethical issues at a company who's biggest question in the most recent last ongoing question is the definition of censorship? literally zero possible ethical consideration? I'm sure there's bloat too but yeesh