Remember Elon was strong-armed into the purchase; he tried to back out. That aside, in his shoes I would have slashed non-essential roles, but been a bit less

Remember Elon was strong-armed into the purchase; he tried to back out. That aside, in his shoes I would have slashed non-essential roles, but been a bit less heavy-handed among the engineers. I do feel that Twitter's popularity is orthogonal to the cost-cutting.