Is Chiefsplanet seriously going to outlive Twitter?

[Wisconsin_Chief]

Originally Posted by DaFace

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.

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.