> I don't understand the social structure inside a software company where this kind of thing can go from some intern's 3am idea to production This is what happ

> I don't understand the social structure inside a software company where this kind of thing can go from some intern's 3am idea to production This is what happens when you "cut the fat" and are left with an adversely-selected[1], skeleton crew of "hard core engineers." The site was never going to fail all at once, instead, it's a death by a thousand cuts and suboptimal engineering. 1. No disrespect to current Twitter engineers who can't leave easily, or believe in the mew mission. However those who survived layoffs but could leave have left.