Agreed. I used to work at a top 200 website (also social media) and we had about 30 engineers and another 30 non-engineer staff. I think cutting workforce was

Agreed. I used to work at a top 200 website (also social media) and we had about 30 engineers and another 30 non-engineer staff. I think cutting workforce was the correct move for an acquirer, but he probably should've moved just a bit slower (e.g. using a more sophisticated metric for employee productivity than "# lines committed"). And of course try to make cuts in a way that doesn't harm the morale of those who aren't cut.