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Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by gwbas1c on Friday November 04, 2022 @09:36AM (#33466437)
> Anyone want to make predictions about the state of Twitter in a few years?

1: Profitable

2: More signal, less noise

3: Significantly less misinformation

4: (Maybe) A reliable way to get news

Personally, I'm eating popcorn on this one. I think Musk got himself in trouble for letting his big mouth yap, and he fired the execs as revenge. As a software developer who's seen good and bad organizations, I'm very curious about the layoffs.

Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by VectorLock on Friday November 04, 2022 @09:43AM (#33466553)
>Significantly less misinformation

Considering day 1 the new head of Twitter posted false information about the Pelosi attack from a site known to publish fake news, I'm going to guess this probably won't be the case.

Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by h3rsko on Friday November 04, 2022 @09:59AM (#33466783)
And on day two the Biden white house was "fact checked" so brutally on a tweet that they ended up deleting it. That would never have happened under the previous regime. A republican white house - sure, but not to Biden.
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by boc on Friday November 04, 2022 @10:25AM (#33467208)
Biden’s statement wasn’t wrong. The fact check just provided a statement stating that the reason social security payments were the highest they’ve ever been is because they are automatically tied to CPI.

It’s weird to editorialize fact checks. If Biden said the payments were the highest ever, but the payments were actually lower, then sure add a fact check and provide the real number.

It’s honestly an example of how much of a mess Elon is stepping in with this venture.

Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by rhino369 on Friday November 04, 2022 @11:33AM (#33468415)
>Biden’s statement wasn’t wrong.

Bullshit. ". . . through President Biden’s leadership" is objectively false. It's through the CPI adjustment he had nothing to do with. Even if you leave that out it is intentionally misleading.

It's the sort of lie the media (rightfully) wouldn't let Trump get away with.

Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by robswc on Friday November 04, 2022 @11:59AM (#33468836)
This is my issue too. Politicians have seemed to abandoned reality. Why not though, its what they get rewarded for.

Politician X makes a claim that would be torn to shreds in a setting where people are at least trying to be honest. Politician X then gets thousands of supporters blindly agreeing or having meta discussions about almost anything besides what matters.

Until we as a people stop rewarding this behavior, it will only continue.

Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by nullc on Friday November 04, 2022 @12:38PM (#33469571)
> Bullshit. ". . . through President Biden’s leadership" is objectively false.

Unless you want to take the position that it was "biden's leadership" that caused the high inflation, then you could say it was objectively true but uhhh... not something they should be bragging about.

The "fact check" specifically said it was providing context: https://twitter.com/cwt_news/status/1587863492077330432/phot... it was written in a very neutral and factual style. I think it was well placed.

If it were the Trump whitehouse though people would probably be asking if the administration broke the law by removing the tweet and thereby causing the removal of the 1A protected 'fact check'.

Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by Gene_Parmesan on Friday November 04, 2022 @01:40PM (#33470744)
Except he did get away with it. My wife works in Medicare compliance for a large insurer and under Trump, every single communication they received from Medicare about an initiative literally included the language "Through the leadership of President Trump, ..."
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by EricDeb on Friday November 04, 2022 @10:45AM (#33467571)
It's good that both sides are held to account. I just hope this is being applied evenly.
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by martin8412 on Friday November 04, 2022 @09:55AM (#33466722)
He has already added 1b in annual expenses.. More than Twitters' annual profits.
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by s1artibartfast on Friday November 04, 2022 @11:41AM (#33468532)
%50 headcount reduction will be more than 1b in savings.
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by mplewis on Friday November 04, 2022 @01:44PM (#33470819)
Your math doesn't add up here.
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by seydor on Friday November 04, 2022 @09:56AM (#33466741)
I think he will try to make it more "facebook like" in terms of moderation line, which is generally considered to be too rightwing by the MSM , and they will attack him viciously, like they attack FB. He either will sell it or it will be the new Yahoo, my bet is the former.
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by jleask on Friday November 04, 2022 @09:58AM (#33466772)
1 possibly we'll see, but 2-4 with less people and no obvious plan to get there I really I don't see it.
Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by pjc50 on Friday November 04, 2022 @12:35PM (#33469517)
His "free speech" views seem likely to result in more misinformation, more noise, and especially more harassment and annoying Firstname Bunchofnumbers making people's mentions even more unusable.

I can't see a path to profitability. In particular, "cutting to profitability" never works in momentum driven tech companies. I think he's underestimated how many people love their twitter community but hate twitter as a platform steward.

Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by pelorat on Friday November 04, 2022 @12:42PM (#33469638)
Sure. Bankrupt.