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1) From the average Twitter user's perspective it's currently a mess. Pages timeout loading constantly, I can't think of a single user I know who doesn't know m

by lepus 4y ago

1) From the average Twitter user's perspective it's currently a mess. Pages timeout loading constantly, I can't think of a single user I know who doesn't know multiple people who are permanently quitting specifically because of this buyout, and multiple features are now either disabled or not functioning properly. Maybe they can pull out of this but it's evident just from trying to use Twitter that right now the company is clearly in chaos. The media can say what it wants and can focus on a few funny trolling moments, but the experience speaks for itself. 2) Keyword "sometimes". So wait, you completely trust a man who bought a company for multiple billions and doesn't even really understand how to run the organization he took complete control over before starting to take drastic actions? Do engineers do that sort of thing? Sometimes NPD in a person can lead to getting a lot of things done and getting a lot of support for it when needed, but in this case like many others it goes down a destructive path. If he had a clear way out he would have proudly announced it and stuck with it with some signal it's working a long time ago without constantly having to back peddle or drastically switch directions. Maybe he can eventually pull it off, but what he's doing now isn't showing any indication of that.

logicalmonster 4y ago
> I can't think of a single user I know who doesn't know multiple people who are permanently quitting specifically because of this buyout Who knows how and when people actually end up walking the walk? A chunk of Hollywood swore that they'll move to Canada to protest Trump taking office in 2016 too and that never materialized. > and multiple features are now either disabled or not functioning properly. Twitter was arguably at its most loved years ago when fail whales were a constant. A few broken features for a while is forgotten very quickly as long as things improve. > So wait, you completely trust a man who bought a company for multiple billions and doesn't even really understand how to run the organization he took complete control over before starting to take drastic actions? I never said I completely trust Musk. In general though, I think that smart engineers can learn to wield complex systems. > Do engineers do that sort of thing? Moving fast and breaking a few things is bad if you're designing bridges or buildings or spaceships, but not necessarily the end of the world if you're designing a social media site.

by lepus 4y ago

logicalmonster 4y ago

> I can't think of a single user I know who doesn't know multiple people who are permanently quitting specifically because of this buyout Who knows how and when people actually end up walking the walk? A chunk of Hollywood swore that they'll move to Canada to protest Trump taking office in 2016 too and that never materialized. > and multiple features are now either disabled or not functioning properly. Twitter was arguably at its most loved years ago when fail whales were a constant. A few broken features for a while is forgotten very quickly as long as things improve. > So wait, you completely trust a man who bought a company for multiple billions and doesn't even really understand how to run the organization he took complete control over before starting to take drastic actions? I never said I completely trust Musk. In general though, I think that smart engineers can learn to wield complex systems. > Do engineers do that sort of thing? Moving fast and breaking a few things is bad if you're designing bridges or buildings or spaceships, but not necessarily the end of the world if you're designing a social media site.