Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun

Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by shkkmo on Friday November 04, 2022 @11:03AM (#33467904)

I also have my doubts about the wisdom of the Twitter move, but it isn't hard to see a line of reasoning that puts fixing twitter as a key part of the path to addressing climate change.

If you view the massive endemic corruption and polarization of our political system as one of the key reasons we are failing to solve climate change, and you also view Twitter as the core public square through which our political system can be fixed, then Twitter is not a distraction at all.

I don't personally think that twitter has a major role to play in fixing our political system, but maybe I'm wrong.

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Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by jonathankoren on Friday November 04, 2022 @11:24AM (#33468266)

Dude. If he wanted to make humanity link arms and sing Kumbaya, he’d be investing in water facilities and dropping LSD into it.

Musk got bullied into buying Twitter by a bunch of WallStreetBets folks, took a puff and tweeted out a number, and surprise surprise, the offer was accepted. And then he’s been struggling to get out of it ever since

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Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by naasking on Friday November 04, 2022 @11:29AM (#33468344)

I agree he's probably regretting it. I suspect he's going to try to make Twitter more profitable as fast as possible and then maybe sell it when it's on its way to being good. It's a distraction from things he cares about more, but it's not unimportant.

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