a bunch of whiny losers left twitter - that's all this is

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">First, the &quot;Whaling&quot;:<br><br>It&#39;s a common refrain that you&#39;ve probably heard at some point or another &quot;10% of people do 90% of the work.&quot; That&#39;s what that tight 2 week deadline for Twitter Blue was for; he was perfectly aware that it was an unrealistic time frame. It was a test.</p>&mdash; Oliver Campbell (@oliverbcampbell) <a href="https://twitter.com/oliverbcampbell/status/1593434330843516928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hence, Elon was looking for the whales at the company. The heavy hitting, actually producing and hard people who have been there for a while. When the whales don&#39;t have to carry dead weight, they perform like the equivalent of 10 people.</p>&mdash; Oliver Campbell (@oliverbcampbell) <a href="https://twitter.com/oliverbcampbell/status/1593434334060494848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So by culling unproductive staff, he actually untied the hands of the PRODUCTIVE staff. Fewer obstacles to getting in the way of getting things done. It also revealed to him who was there to make Twitter a better product, versus who was there to be &#39;activists&#39;.</p>&mdash; Oliver Campbell (@oliverbcampbell) <a href="https://twitter.com/oliverbcampbell/status/1593434337562664960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Because the productive people actually know WHAT THEY NEED to get things done. Don&#39;t be surprised if the people that are left get to be part of the interviewing process for the new people. They&#39;ll be looking for efficiency and people who don&#39;t make THEIR jobs more difficult.</p>&mdash; Oliver Campbell (@oliverbcampbell) <a href="https://twitter.com/oliverbcampbell/status/1593434341014659072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is what he was talking about with &#39;Twitter 2.0.&#39; It&#39;s likely not a &#39;new twitter.&#39; Not for us. It&#39;s a new Twitter INTERNALLY. How things get done, how things get rolled out, rebuilding the company with productive and more efficient people.</p>&mdash; Oliver Campbell (@oliverbcampbell) <a href="https://twitter.com/oliverbcampbell/status/1593434344416239617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

ill give him credit if he actually manages to destroy twitter

hopefully he buys facebook next

Chiefsplanet has been around way before twitter

GOAT

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I'm a big fan of Elon. But I'm pretty skeptical that this is going to work out. Tesla and SpaceX have the advantage of attracting people who are willing to work 80-100 hours a week because they're doing revolutionary things that can change the world but don't necessarily make a ton of money.

Twitter, on the other hand, built its culture on being a great employer, and I don't really know what grand plan they're building toward that will want people to give up their entire lives and take lower salaries to make it work.

Despite the layoffs you hear about, there are something like 4 million software engineering jobs out there, so there just really aren't significant barriers to people going elsewhere.

So who knows - maybe he'll manage to find enough "hardcore" people to keep it afloat. I'm just not sure what the motivation would be for someone to put themselves through that kind of misery.

Wonder when he'll tweet about their ad revenues. Or maybe revenue from the 3 days of Twitter Blue before it blew up.

He has not built tech and has no experience with content moderation. The guy who owned the platform couldn’t even figure out how to make money and continuously struggled to even make the app work. Google couldn’t figure out how to make a competing technology. just because he’s a genius in one area doesn’t mean he’s a genius in another.

All good points, and I'm definitely not saying the guy will ultimately succeed with Twitter. I really have no idea what the intricacies are with a social media company and it's innerworkings, and it certainly doesn't seem to be in his wheelhouse, but it's obviously way too soon to judge what he's trying to do. I can't imagine he went into this without a plan and without a lot of advice from people with knowledge of how to run such a platform.

Should be very interesting to say the least. I've never been a Twitter user so I don't really have a dog in the fight, but I'd put my money on him based on all his success in every other venture he's pursued.

There seemed to be many hints that he was trying to get himself out of it. But now he’s stuck with it. I sense it’s a big part begrudgingly making it work at this point.

I think you're definitely correct he wanted to get out of it, and maybe at this point he honestly doesn't care if it fails, and dare I say he secretly wants it to? :hmmm:

The world will instantly improve once twitter is gone.

I don't really think that's the case. He's been a VERY active Twitter user for years, and it's hard for me to imagine he's doing all of this because he wants it to go away.

I think he really does believe he knows how to fix some of the issues with content moderation, and I believe him when he says that he's trying to drive conversation more toward the middle and away from the extremes.

My skepticism is almost entirely driven by the fact that he's basically decided that there's no value in keeping anyone who has been working there before and understands how all of these complex systems were built. That seems pretty arrogant to me.

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It looks like he's trying to kill it. Can he afford to let Twittle die?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">While everyone is focused on Twitter (starting from last month):<br><br>-Amazon:10,000 laidoff<br>-Meta (Facebook): laying off 11,000 people + a hiring freeze<br>-Disney: instituting a hiring freeze and is looking at layoffs<br>-Microsoft laid off 2000+ this year<br>-Peloton laid off 500 people <a href="https://t.co/PHTm0Sva9C">pic.twitter.com/PHTm0Sva9C</a></p>&mdash; Oliver Campbell (@oliverbcampbell) <a href="https://twitter.com/oliverbcampbell/status/1593534717294510080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The way he's going about it is insane. Even if he thought that current staff needed to be culled, how does he expect it to be marketable to future employees. Throwing a timed ultimatum to leave or commit to a "hardcore" work environment isn't gonna attract talent.

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The only thing I can think is that he just doesn't think that Twitter is any different than his previous companies:

SpaceX: Who else are you going to work for? ULA? Boeing? Lockheed? Sure, if you want to work for a dinosaur that never seems to get anything done.

Tesla: Who else are you going to work for? GM? Ford? Toyota? Sure, if you want to work for somewhere that's literally just trying to catch up to Tesla from dragging their feet the past decade.

Twitter: Who else are you going to work for? Apple? Microsoft? Google? One of the thousands of startups out there? Uh...yeah, that seems like a pretty obvious choice.

Keep in mind that jack dorsey is also starting sky blue which will be an alternative to Twitter. You wonder if this was part of his plan to watch Twitter implode on its own. I’m actually somewhat rooting for Elon because without a doubt Twitter has become one sided in content moderation and I still think there’s something way bigger there with live streaming that they failed to achieve. Probably in large part due to Dorsey being a part time ceo. Maybe competition between the two would be a very good thing, although given that one could barely stay afloat I’m not sure that two will be any better.

I dont give a single **** about twitter, but i do get sad thinking about all the great people ive met on forums that are now dead. I'm still friends with some on facebook, but man theres a lot of knowledge gone from forums that are completely gone now.

It's Bluesky, not sky blue.

And it's not an alternative to Twitter, it just a protocol that enables a user post a Tweet, Truth, Parley, etc across multiple platforms with one post instead of having to copy-and-paste it across multiple platforms. So someone could post a Truth on Truth Social have that same Truth also be posted as a Tweet and a Parley across those platforms.

But other than being wrong about everything, great post! :thumb:

Probably. I haven’t paid much attention to it. I stand very corrected.

Just showing how badly Twitter has been ran for years. Twitter will be fine, the end.

My wife got banned from twitter 2 days ago for calling someone a whore....that's pretty goddamn lame.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Twitter loses 90% of their employees and everything functions exactly the same. <br><br>Reminds me of every government shut down.</p>&mdash; Dale Stark (@DaleStarkA10) <a href="https://twitter.com/DaleStarkA10/status/1593467169253183488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

No worries, I was just messing with you. But I did want to correct the record. I think Bluesky will be pretty cool if/when they roll it out. Will make life a lot easier for people who post a lot of content on multiple platforms.

The whole point was NOT to stay the same. The real test will be whether they can actually improve anything (and Twitter Blue didn't exactly go swimmingly).

No matter how much you want him to.....Elon isn't going to **** you, Clay.

Lol, that’s worse than the old KC star board, although they did start getting pretty nitpicky towards the end.

Yeah, it's fairly well documented from a psychological standpoint what it takes to become a "Founder" ESPECIALLY in the VC free money era post 2008 is dramatically different from what it takes to manage a publicly traded company.

ipod-era Jobs was what everybody strives to become, but even then he got booted from his own company. There really isn't any success stories of transitions from Founder to CEO.

he's ****ing awesome!

twitter gonna be LIT for YEARS!

going NOWHERE now that LORD MUSK is in POWER!!!!!!! HAIL!

HA-HA-HA-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

They're losing roughly 88% of their work force as the world cup starts...it's gonna break.

Who needs twitter when Truth Social is working so well?

Maybe, but that's just because CP is immortal

Saying he has not built tech? That's all he does. Now if you said social media you would of been correct. :thumb:

The source of our magik comes from our extremely large penises. Like a Unicorn horn.

If you follow the markets even casually and realize what an idiot clown Jim Cramer is, this account is a great Twitter follow. Theory behind their Twitter handle obviously is that if you watched Jim Cramer and did the exact opposite of what he recommends, you'd make a fortune. Instead of doing what he recommends and losing almost every trade. How that moron still has someone willing to give him airtime is one of the world's greatest mysteries.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pictured: The last engineer left keeping Twitter alive <a href="https://t.co/nNz8w7XQsl">pic.twitter.com/nNz8w7XQsl</a></p>&mdash; Inverse Cramer ETF (Not Jim Cramer) (@CramerTracker) <a href="https://twitter.com/CramerTracker/status/1593646839919616000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Check out their timeline. Pretty humorous, especially if you follow the markets.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jim Cramer: “there is a real possibility the Fed can engineer a soft landing”<br><br>The landing: <a href="https://t.co/H652D6WAFZ">pic.twitter.com/H652D6WAFZ</a></p>&mdash; Inverse Cramer ETF (Not Jim Cramer) (@CramerTracker) <a href="https://twitter.com/CramerTracker/status/1592663583007313922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

HAHAHA

if it survives the NFL weekend the world cup is a light snack

He just buys things and takes credit for creating it when he wasn't part of that.

I love Twitter, I don't tweet hardly at all but I use it for my job (IT) and sports. Since Elon has taken over alot of the Infosec users have left for Mastodon which kind of sucks.

The issue Elon is going to have is to replace all the engineers that know everything, brain drain is real deal in IT.

lol you dumbass. Elon gave everyone a severance if they wanted to leave.

Sounds pretty cool to me..

Musk should just kill twitter and say **** it. Keep the naming rights and make sure nobody does it agin.

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Lmao this will turn into a classics thread fail....... Jesus

"Dur is the RICHEST man in the world going to ruin a company"

Well, here's the thing. If Twitter can manage just fine without that many people, it's probably because of the extreme work from all of the admins and engineers at Twitter.

That's some serious talent walking out the door.

Web Dev's are a DIME a DOZEN.. And I'd assume the engineers at Twitter are just a cut below those at Tesla and SpaceX....

Its a message board company.

Maybe we can pry away one of their server techs.

Wasn't even thinking web devs my man.

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Elon will make Twitter profitable. All the liberal nutall celebs that claim to leave haven't left and will pay the 8 bucks for their shitty blue check mark. None of them are abandoning Twitter. They are addicted.

I've been on Twitter for a long time. I have zero problems with it. That being said, I only follow sports figures, teams and sports media that I feel add value. No political BS at all. Works great for me.

Oh. I also follow Elon Musk. He's quite interesting and has a self-deprecating sense of humor.

Today he posted, "Do you know how to make a small fortune in social media? Start with a large one!"

Then what were you thinking? CNC? CNC are are dime a dozen too

Ah yes as he wants people to sign a pledge saying they'll work 100 hours a week...

They're going to hire a whole new workforce here soon. He's just asking the remaining people (all of whom are likely top performers) to work extra until that happens. I've been in tech for 30+ years and see this all the time with M&A activities.

LMAO How is this thread still in the lounge.

Even getting past the whole free speech aspect he demonstrated he was a total moron by completely destroying the verification system and in the process likely opening the site to lawsuits, breaking laws that came out of previous lawsuits, and just making the entire thing even more of a joke that advertisers were never going to want any part of, to say nothing of the likelihood that him immediately killing the same program likely led to many, many people rushing to get their money back after not being given their full month which would cost the associated banks a f***ton and likely make them not want to work with him again either.

On every level it's been a total disaster.

There's one thing Musk should have learned early on – platforms built on unlimited "free speech" either die a quick death or linger in the purgatory of fringe websites burning a hole in their backers' pockets. Advertisers and investors want nothing to do with such sites, and the trolls quickly chase away any legitimate users.

Of course, it was never about free speech for Musk. The guy just wanted to shut down everybody who was making fun of him, so seeing it completely blow up in his face and make him the biggest laughing stock in the western world is extremely gratifying.

It is surprising, you can tell a few people are really suppressing, but haven't had to roll anyone out yet.

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Nobody has said the magic word yet. LMAO

I think it’ll be a struggle. Not because of Elon but because Twitter will always be difficult to monetize. The reason there is tons of content moderation is because no moderation leads to an awful experience with bots everywhere, and because advertisers don’t want to associate with this. Too much content moderation leads to endless bickering, not just from users but with all kinds of political implications. In the middle is the guy running the ship who has to keep the users happy but can’t really make a lot of money. That’s a big reason why I think musk acts like he regrets the decision every passing day.

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Oh there's a substitute alright...people can shut the **** up and not tweet out every useless thought in their pea brains

The real key is to be like someone else already said. Follow mostly for sports and a few close friends and you stay out of the riff-raff from both sides that make Twitter an unpleasant experience for some.

I did find a couple of posts from the pipe fitters to those who lost their jobs at Twitter entertaining.

But beyond that most of it is real bitterness from both sides.

Yep. I don't really even think of Twitter as being all that controversial because I mainly use it for lists I tailor around my interests. I've got lists for Chiefs media, NFL media, Chiefs players, Space journalists, Avs media, and Avs journalists. I scroll my "home" feed sometimes, but honestly Elon himself is the most controversial figure that shows up on there most of the time. But then, I don't really follow any politicians, so I'm guessing the algorithm spares me.

If you just follow sports content you like and ignore opinions and commentary, there’s a ton of great shit. Commentators like baldy, news from guys like schefter, and I love the hell out of jomboy. Not to mention kelce and mahomes are legit excellent at using social media in a very positive and entertaining way. You just have to avoid the bait which can be really really hard to do

Pretty much the same. My feed is mostly NFL/Chiefs. My friends too, but they don’t tweet a lot. Some of them retweet politics stuff but it’s not too much.

I don't bother with twitter.

Man, i'd get banned from twitter quicker than i'd get banned from a CP lounge thread.

Yeah...when I first got on Twitter I didn't filter like I do now I have my political preferences but don't really allow them to be part of what I follow on Twitter. Mostly because politics on Twitter is mostly the domain of the silly and overwhelming emotionally extreme segments of both sides.

I do love some of the stuff that Mahomes and Kelce put out there. I like levity....I really enjoy people with a wicked sense of humor...life is already serious enough I don't need drama online also.

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It’s amazing that I’m addition to being the best in the game, kelce and mahomes are tremendous at this stuff. Most QBs are complete robots. Mahomes is not only fun, but very authentic. I don’t think there’s a qb that’s even remotely close to his charisma. Peyton is a hell of a charismatic guy and even he doesn’t have nearly the same kind of natural relatability as mahomes.

I'm on account number 5. Mostly staying away from controversial subjects now. Mostly...

I use it for my two main lists: Stock trading and Fantasy Football

Other than that I stay away as much as possible. Spending more than a tiny amount of time on Twitter can make a person feel unclean.

I remember the original thread on twitter here. So many moons ago...I remember it being talked about on CP as a way to get focused info relevant to the user. It was going to make traditional news media obsolete! Only pay(?) for what you need.
I still don't have a twitter account.

a year from now twitter will still be here and you'll still be bitching about the legendary elon musk because you hate capitalism, which ironically has given you the opportunity to do what you love to do... ROFL

you should move to north korea and tell us how much you ****ing love it

You gotta have infrastructure before devs are even considered.

This is what I do as well. I have lists and don't get into the politics BS so Twitter is a ****ing great resource.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Some internal estimates showed that at least 1,200 full-time employees resigned from Twitter on Thursday. Some core teams are down to zero people. Elon Musk is also considering shuttering one of the company’s three main U.S. data centers. <a href="https://t.co/iwsmideDjE">https://t.co/iwsmideDjE</a> <a href="https://t.co/SW8lN4RTT8">pic.twitter.com/SW8lN4RTT8</a></p>&mdash; The New York Times (@nytimes) <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1593714446681378816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Here we go again.

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It is kind of weird seeing people shout about the Hindenburg going down from the windows of the Hindenburg.

Why on earth would a top performer, who can get hired anywhere, stay through all this chaos w/o even being offered a pay bump?

I bet he's down to a bunch of boot-licking sycophants who can't code for shit, and some H1B visas who get deported if they quit.

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So the shadow banning everyone complained about is back (or it never went anywhere).

Elon is slowly learning why sites that don't want to become shhhh have content moderation policies. His stans are not happy with this one at all.

****ing losers

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">if this is my very last tweet, i just gotta say one thing -- I will never, ever, buy a Tesla</p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1593411470909480962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>