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> Elon fired a principal engineer last week because the engineer had the temerity to tell him that fewer people wanted to read tweets by the increasingly unhing

by nailer 4y ago

> Elon fired a principal engineer last week because the engineer had the temerity to tell him that fewer people wanted to read tweets by the increasingly unhinged Musk. I have never heard this before. It seems very unlikely and given you seem to have some personal issue with Musk I’m unlikely to believe it unless you provide a source.

byroot 4y ago
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/9/23593099/elon-musk-twitter-fires-engineer-declining-reach-ftc-concerns https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/9/23593099/elon-musk-twitter...
- nailer 4y ago
  From a credible source please.
  - byroot 4y ago
    Is Forbes good enough for you? https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/02/09/elon-musk-fires-engineer-who-delivered-bad-news-about-twitters-engagement-report/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/02/09/elon-musk-...
    - nailer 4y ago
      > “I have more than 100 million followers, and I’m only getting tens of thousands of impressions,” Musk reportedly said. I’d fire someone who tried to claim that staggering lack of impressions was organic too. Twitter is in a much better place without employees that make up BS to avoid doing actual work. It’s also simultaneously amazing yet unsurprising to see Verge (and the OP) try and frame concern over concerning numbers like this as an matter of ego.
      - byroot 4y ago
        If it isn't a matter of ego, how to you explain that the fix was to add a special weight to his tweets specifically? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-15/musk-forced-algorithm-change-to-help-boost-his-tweets-platformer-says https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-15/musk-forc... I hope Bloomberg is reliable enough for you.
        nailer 4y ago
        Well it's paywalled and blogspam around an original source which is https://www.platformer.news/p/yes-elon-musk-created-a-special-system https://www.platformer.news/p/yes-elon-musk-created-a-specia... which you'd know if you read the article. Again it seems like testing rather than ego. Shame of you to promote it as such.

by nailer 4y ago

byroot 4y ago

https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/9/23593099/elon-musk-twitter-fires-engineer-declining-reach-ftc-concerns https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/9/23593099/elon-musk-twitter...

nailer 4y ago
From a credible source please.
- byroot 4y ago
  Is Forbes good enough for you? https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/02/09/elon-musk-fires-engineer-who-delivered-bad-news-about-twitters-engagement-report/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/02/09/elon-musk-...
  - nailer 4y ago
    > “I have more than 100 million followers, and I’m only getting tens of thousands of impressions,” Musk reportedly said. I’d fire someone who tried to claim that staggering lack of impressions was organic too. Twitter is in a much better place without employees that make up BS to avoid doing actual work. It’s also simultaneously amazing yet unsurprising to see Verge (and the OP) try and frame concern over concerning numbers like this as an matter of ego.
    - byroot 4y ago
      If it isn't a matter of ego, how to you explain that the fix was to add a special weight to his tweets specifically? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-15/musk-forced-algorithm-change-to-help-boost-his-tweets-platformer-says https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-15/musk-forc... I hope Bloomberg is reliable enough for you.
      - nailer 4y ago
        Well it's paywalled and blogspam around an original source which is https://www.platformer.news/p/yes-elon-musk-created-a-special-system https://www.platformer.news/p/yes-elon-musk-created-a-specia... which you'd know if you read the article. Again it seems like testing rather than ego. Shame of you to promote it as such.