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His infrastructure hasn't fallen over. But by his own admission the site has lost a huge majority of its value, and the main revenue source has dried up.
by dghlsakjg 3y ago
His infrastructure hasn't fallen over.
But by his own admission the site has lost a huge majority of its value, and the main revenue source has dried up.
- ryandrake 3y ago> His infrastructure hasn't fallen over. ...yet. An airplane can still glide a great distance if you turn off the engine that actually powers it. I feel like Twitter/X is still at the "Wile-E-Coyote ran off the edge of the cliff and is still running in midair" part. The technical bits are probably running on pure momentum.
- nradov 3y agoI doubt that the decline in advertising revenue has much to do with the staff cuts. Advertisers were driven away by bad PR, changes in content moderation policies, and the extension of the Community Notes feature to ads. Mainstream advertisers are rightly paranoid about anything that would harm their brand images.
- dghlsakjg 3y agoOne of the big units that he cut was to the trust and safety team, including content moderation and hate speech. A big part of why he lost so much advertising revenue is advertisers knowing that there isn't the staff necessary to ensure that their accounts are being handled properly, and the content they appear next to is moderated.