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To be fair X has significantly declined as an experience since Elon laid of 80%. I assume many of those he laid off were soft skill people that helped curate th

To be fair X has significantly declined as an experience since Elon laid of 80%. I assume many of those he laid off were soft skill people that helped curate the experience.

jdross 7mo ago
As you know, this is a subjective take. (I enjoy my experience there more now, for example, with less social politics in my feed.) And their head of product claimed that X only has around 30 FT employees apparently working on it, so it's much more than 80% since then. https://www.ndtv.com/feature/x-head-of-product-claims-company-operates-with-skeleton-crew-of-30-elon-musk-clarifies-10997411#:~:text=Nikita%20Bier%2C%20the%20head%20of,a%20user%20raised%20the%20issue. https://www.ndtv.com/feature/x-head-of-product-claims-compan...
- veryemartguy 7mo ago
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- mixdup 7mo ago
  Just because you agree with the social politics the algorithm is throwing out now vs. before doesn't mean it's not political
- VirusNewbie 7mo ago
  It has 30 FT people working on the core product. That isn't counting infra/ai/ads/legal/ etc.
- dntrkv 7mo ago
  I don't use that site much nowadays, but every time I do, I am shocked at just how many fucking bugs there are. This idea that they laid off whatever percentage of their workforce with no impact to the quality of the software is not based in reality whatsoever. And don't get me started on the UX. Fucking dumpster fire of an experience. But network effects gonna network effect.
- interestpiqued 7mo ago
  Experience is usually a subjective thing. But it seems pretty clear to me. I’m was huge advocate of free speech and a political moderate but X made me question my priors on content moderation. There was genuinely heinous shit on my feed and i had no good way to filter it.
  - bakies 7mo ago
    There was? It's full of nazi shit now? What was it before?
    - interestpiqued 7mo ago
      I used was because I no longer have an account
- locallost 7mo ago
  I logged into xitter recently after a long time, and my feed was cluttered with anti immigrant scare stories, western values under threat etc. that I got really scared thinking what the future holds if people are getting brain washed to this extent. It was things I never followed anywhere, so Elon is literally stuffing this crap down everyone's throat. Vibes of invention of radio and television powering the Holocaust.

To be fair X has significantly declined as an experience since Elon laid of 80%. I assume many of those he laid off were soft skill people that helped curate the experience.

jdross 7mo ago

As you know, this is a subjective take. (I enjoy my experience there more now, for example, with less social politics in my feed.) And their head of product claimed that X only has around 30 FT employees apparently working on it, so it's much more than 80% since then. https://www.ndtv.com/feature/x-head-of-product-claims-company-operates-with-skeleton-crew-of-30-elon-musk-clarifies-10997411#:~:text=Nikita%20Bier%2C%20the%20head%20of,a%20user%20raised%20the%20issue. https://www.ndtv.com/feature/x-head-of-product-claims-compan...

veryemartguy 7mo ago
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mixdup 7mo ago
Just because you agree with the social politics the algorithm is throwing out now vs. before doesn't mean it's not political
VirusNewbie 7mo ago
It has 30 FT people working on the core product. That isn't counting infra/ai/ads/legal/ etc.
dntrkv 7mo ago
I don't use that site much nowadays, but every time I do, I am shocked at just how many fucking bugs there are. This idea that they laid off whatever percentage of their workforce with no impact to the quality of the software is not based in reality whatsoever. And don't get me started on the UX. Fucking dumpster fire of an experience. But network effects gonna network effect.
interestpiqued 7mo ago
Experience is usually a subjective thing. But it seems pretty clear to me. I’m was huge advocate of free speech and a political moderate but X made me question my priors on content moderation. There was genuinely heinous shit on my feed and i had no good way to filter it.
- bakies 7mo ago
  There was? It's full of nazi shit now? What was it before?
  - interestpiqued 7mo ago
    I used was because I no longer have an account
locallost 7mo ago
I logged into xitter recently after a long time, and my feed was cluttered with anti immigrant scare stories, western values under threat etc. that I got really scared thinking what the future holds if people are getting brain washed to this extent. It was things I never followed anywhere, so Elon is literally stuffing this crap down everyone's throat. Vibes of invention of radio and television powering the Holocaust.