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People act like musk is the genius who invented layoffs or being a cut throat executive. Yeah, firing people saves money. Yeah a ship can still run with a ske
by cramjabsyn 4y ago
People act like musk is the genius who invented layoffs or being a cut throat executive. Yeah, firing people saves money. Yeah a ship can still run with a skeleton crew.
However, personally I think the story of a platform supporting thousands of families is more interesting than a platform serving to enrich a small (and openly toxic) few
- asguy 4y ago> However, personally I think the story of a platform supporting thousands of families is more interesting than a platform serving to enrich a small (and openly toxic) few .. wasn’t Twitter operating at a net loss? So the VCs were the ones “supporting” those families… that’s a charity LARPing as a functional business
- cramjabsyn 4y agoSo the solution is to axe a large portion of the staff, burn established advertisers and alienate a large portion of the user base? Seems more like a playbook to torpedo the company.
- asguy 4y agoThe beauty is: we’re going to find out soon enough. So far it doesn’t seem like Twitter is going to have any problem surviving.
- TheBigSalad 4y agoI'd be shocked if it survived this.