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As time goes on, it turns out that pre-Elon Twitter is becoming more and more of a disaster. Now it turns out it was full of porn, and especially child porn whi

by sidibe 4y ago

As time goes on, it turns out that pre-Elon Twitter is becoming more and more of a disaster. Now it turns out it was full of porn, and especially child porn which previous leaders didn't care about. Also instead of a company struggling to be consistently profitable it was actually a complete dumpster fire that was doomed to fail in the near future if not for the timely intervention

MomoXenosaga 4y ago
I think we'll find out it certainly wasn't worth 40 billion. No idea if Musk even cares but I doubt he'll recoup his investment.
zimpenfish 4y ago
> Now it turns out it was full of porn, Well, it never had a ban on porn as such, did it? Although I'd venture "full of porn" is an exaggeration. Do you have numbers? > and especially child porn which previous leaders didn't care about. Got a source for that? As best I know, they weren't considered a problem by the authorities. Unlike now where they have one (1) moderator (thanks to Musk's firings) for the entirety of Asia (tens of millions of users.) > it was actually a complete dumpster fire that was doomed to fail in the near future Their 2020 figures show that, apart from an unfortunately timed $800Mi settlement, they'd have made $580Mi profit. Now that's not a great profit on $5Bi revenue but it's definitely not "a complete dumpster fire that was doomed to fail", is it? > if not for the timely intervention Which has added $1Bi a year debt payments. Now that is "a complete dumpster fire that was doomed to fail"...
- SECProto 4y ago
  The entire comment you responded to was meant to be read with a /s tag
wyclif 4y ago
Pre-Elon Twitter was quite bloated in terms of assessing it as an organisation. Tons of pointless meetings, massive amount of time spent tweaking icons, and a shitload of DEI mandates. The fact that it's now faster and less hateful with half the employees is telling.
- dsmithn 4y ago
  “The fact”? Got a source for those facts other than Musk?

by sidibe 4y ago

MomoXenosaga 4y ago

I think we'll find out it certainly wasn't worth 40 billion. No idea if Musk even cares but I doubt he'll recoup his investment.

zimpenfish 4y ago

> Now it turns out it was full of porn, Well, it never had a ban on porn as such, did it? Although I'd venture "full of porn" is an exaggeration. Do you have numbers? > and especially child porn which previous leaders didn't care about. Got a source for that? As best I know, they weren't considered a problem by the authorities. Unlike now where they have one (1) moderator (thanks to Musk's firings) for the entirety of Asia (tens of millions of users.) > it was actually a complete dumpster fire that was doomed to fail in the near future Their 2020 figures show that, apart from an unfortunately timed $800Mi settlement, they'd have made $580Mi profit. Now that's not a great profit on $5Bi revenue but it's definitely not "a complete dumpster fire that was doomed to fail", is it? > if not for the timely intervention Which has added $1Bi a year debt payments. Now that is "a complete dumpster fire that was doomed to fail"...

SECProto 4y ago
The entire comment you responded to was meant to be read with a /s tag

wyclif 4y ago

Pre-Elon Twitter was quite bloated in terms of assessing it as an organisation. Tons of pointless meetings, massive amount of time spent tweaking icons, and a shitload of DEI mandates. The fact that it's now faster and less hateful with half the employees is telling.

dsmithn 4y ago
“The fact”? Got a source for those facts other than Musk?