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I found it funny that he was scared of upsetting advertisers and tanking the stock for employees. Meanwhile, Elon Musk came in, fired 70% of the staff, said the
by melodyogonna 2y ago
I found it funny that he was scared of upsetting advertisers and tanking the stock for employees. Meanwhile, Elon Musk came in, fired 70% of the staff, said the F word to advertisers on live TV, and managed to keep the whole thing running, even accelerating product launches.
Even though I like and agree with Jack's general sentiment, I think he was weak.
Anyway, I like the idea of open competing platforms where no government can censor any speech. Censorship regimes will fight any such platform to hades and back though, so it's debatable whether it'll end up being useful
- forgotmypwlol 2y agoTwitter’s revenue has plummeted under Elon, as has active users according to third parties.
- melodyogonna 2y agoBut since he fired 70% of the company the cost of keeping it running is also down, that is why Twitter could survive such massive losses in revenue. Now they're trying to diversify revenue sources
- charlieok 2y agoTry posting some CSAM somewhere and declaring that no government can censor it, and see how that goes, and who you find yourself allied with and who you find yourself alienated from as a result. Censorship resistance is a nice principle that I agree should carry a lot of weight in a lot of situations, but it isn't everything.