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“The team has been hard at work this week and we’re now happy to announce that the number line has even more numbers available in it.”

by danjc 4y ago

smoldesu 4y ago
You have to hand it to the bean-counters for finding a new way to butcher their cash cow.
archildress 4y ago
Can't wait for the courageous design decision to then remove numbers from the follow-up release for more simplicity.
- qzw 4y ago
  “Our metrics show that less than 0.02% of all apps are using the $26.65 and $57.30 price points. They are therefore no longer available to new apps. Existing apps using these price points will be required to change to one of the other supported price points by March 1, 2024.”
  - hackernewds 4y ago
    The hallmarks of a true monopoly here
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015a 4y ago
I don't agree with most of what Musk does; but if this is the kind of innovation that requires a team of highly compensated tech employees and warrants a press release; something is actually, seriously wrong with efficiency in companies like Apple, and maybe he's actually right that Twitter, or many companies, could run better on far fewer employees.
- fckgw 4y ago
  Companies can do more than one thing at a time.
  - 015a 4y ago
    That's my point; that clearly they have so many people and so few actual problems to solve that they're worried about adding more discrete numbers rather than solving this problem significantly more efficiently.
- threeseed 4y ago
  EU and US has already told Musk that his content moderation, trust/safety, compliance teams are woefully inadequate and would need to be significantly increased to comply with existing decrees and regulations. Also whilst some employees may find it fun and others on H1B have no choice but working 80+ hours is not sustainable. So before making conclusions about whether Twitter is some innovative new approach to headcount I would give it a little more time.
  - hackernewds 4y ago
    Not to mention, everything works smoothly (as per design) during a _code freeze_. Luckily Twitter has few competitors, and also the ones that remain also have code freeze during this time.
  - ars 4y ago
    Since when does the US have regulations about content moderation? > significantly increased to comply with existing decrees and regulations. What decrees and regulations? If the US wanted stuff to be illegal, make it illegal. You seem to be implying that Twitter should be a substitute government.
    - threeseed 4y ago
      Twitter has an agreement with the FTC around their data security practices. EU has GDPR now and DSA in 2024. And EU member states eg. Germany have their own rules for what content is allowed or not. You can argue whether the laws are appropriate or not but Twitter does have to comply with them or stop making their product available in those jurisdictions.
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“The team has been hard at work this week and we’re now happy to announce that the number line has even more numbers available in it.”

by danjc 4y ago

“The team has been hard at work this week and we’re now happy to announce that the number line has even more numbers available in it.”

smoldesu 4y ago

You have to hand it to the bean-counters for finding a new way to butcher their cash cow.

archildress 4y ago

Can't wait for the courageous design decision to then remove numbers from the follow-up release for more simplicity.

qzw 4y ago
“Our metrics show that less than 0.02% of all apps are using the $26.65 and $57.30 price points. They are therefore no longer available to new apps. Existing apps using these price points will be required to change to one of the other supported price points by March 1, 2024.”
- hackernewds 4y ago
  The hallmarks of a true monopoly here

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015a 4y ago

I don't agree with most of what Musk does; but if this is the kind of innovation that requires a team of highly compensated tech employees and warrants a press release; something is actually, seriously wrong with efficiency in companies like Apple, and maybe he's actually right that Twitter, or many companies, could run better on far fewer employees.

fckgw 4y ago
Companies can do more than one thing at a time.
- 015a 4y ago
  That's my point; that clearly they have so many people and so few actual problems to solve that they're worried about adding more discrete numbers rather than solving this problem significantly more efficiently.
threeseed 4y ago
EU and US has already told Musk that his content moderation, trust/safety, compliance teams are woefully inadequate and would need to be significantly increased to comply with existing decrees and regulations. Also whilst some employees may find it fun and others on H1B have no choice but working 80+ hours is not sustainable. So before making conclusions about whether Twitter is some innovative new approach to headcount I would give it a little more time.
- hackernewds 4y ago
  Not to mention, everything works smoothly (as per design) during a _code freeze_. Luckily Twitter has few competitors, and also the ones that remain also have code freeze during this time.
- ars 4y ago
  Since when does the US have regulations about content moderation? > significantly increased to comply with existing decrees and regulations. What decrees and regulations? If the US wanted stuff to be illegal, make it illegal. You seem to be implying that Twitter should be a substitute government.
  - threeseed 4y ago
    Twitter has an agreement with the FTC around their data security practices. EU has GDPR now and DSA in 2024. And EU member states eg. Germany have their own rules for what content is allowed or not. You can argue whether the laws are appropriate or not but Twitter does have to comply with them or stop making their product available in those jurisdictions.

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