Twitter to lay off 25% of workforce in first round of job cuts

Re:Twitter to lay off 25% of workforce in first round of job... by yrgulation on Monday October 31, 2022 @10:29AM (#33406211)

This is mainly media workers exploiting current events for traffic, even if their content is misleading. We really need to sort out media corruption and incompetence.

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Re:Twitter to lay off 25% of workforce in first round of job... by georgeg23 on Monday October 31, 2022 @10:58AM (#33406690)

Do Twitter employees have a safe place to discuss this?

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Re:Twitter to lay off 25% of workforce in first round of job... by s1artibartfast on Monday October 31, 2022 @11:09AM (#33406857)

Phone, email, and in person are safe if you trust your counterparty?

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Re:Twitter to lay off 25% of workforce in first round of job... by forbiddenvoid on Monday October 31, 2022 @02:48PM (#33410720)

Personal email, obviously. Never discuss anything of this nature on any communication medium that is owned by your employer. There's a reason "Direct Message" labeling overtook "Private Message" in chat apps.

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Re:Twitter to lay off 25% of workforce in first round of job... by ghaff on Monday October 31, 2022 @04:09PM (#33412198)

Depending upon how sensitive I’d generally try to avoid written communications in general. It’s easy for even well-meaning friends, current or ex-workers to forward something without thinking it through.

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Re:Twitter to lay off 25% of workforce in first round of job... by ChuckNorris89 on Monday October 31, 2022 @02:51PM (#33410773)

>Do Twitter employees have a safe place to discuss this?

How did people communicate before the invention of Twitter and employer provided email and slack channels?

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Re:Twitter to lay off 25% of workforce in first round of job... by Emigre_ on Monday October 31, 2022 @04:39PM (#33412691)

Bulletin board systems?

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Re:Twitter to lay off 25% of workforce in first round of job... by ddingus on Monday October 31, 2022 @04:07PM (#33412158)

On them. I absolutely would have no trouble finding / creating a space and the Twitter people are likely far more capable.

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Re:Twitter to lay off 25% of workforce in first round of job... by habitue on Monday October 31, 2022 @02:19PM (#33410148)

> This is mainly media workers exploiting current events for traffic

This is basically what news is. The media "exploits" (reports on) current events, gets traffic and then pays its employees

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Re:Twitter to lay off 25% of workforce in first round of job... by fasthands9 on Monday October 31, 2022 @02:43PM (#33410624)

Washington Post isn't a random blog.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/search/?query=twitter+elon&fa...

Did a quick search of Elon + Twitter. Everything they reported seems factual and tied to things that actually happened? If Twitter does lay off a large amount of people will you admit that Washington Post probably had good sources or continue to be continually skeptical?

I think part of wanting a good media atmosphere is rewarding news sources that are shown to be reliable - and I would argue Washington Post is close to that.

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