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Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by Consultant32452 on Friday November 04, 2022 @11:42AM (#33468548)
>Twitter in it's current form is a dead end, and there's no way "more free speech" is going increase either revenue or users.

Twitter was on its death bed until Trump signed on and became the shit-posting President. This is not an endorsement of Trump or bringing him back, but the type of "free speech" people are talking about saved Twitter, made it a pile of money, and made other media/press companies billions of dollars covering the chaos.

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Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by r00fus on Friday November 04, 2022 @12:55PM (#33469927)
I do not have that impression at all. Twitter was made more relevant by Trump's presidency but you'd have to show me revenue numbers that somehow he saved it.
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Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by mikkergp on Friday November 04, 2022 @01:05PM (#33470119)
According to this:

https://www.zippia.com/twitter-careers-11916/revenue/

It seems like Growth was actually lowest during Trump's presidency.

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Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by KerrAvon on Friday November 04, 2022 @03:14PM (#33472202)
Trump's presence on Twitter was a major factor in deleting my account a few years ago. Have not regretted it.
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Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by Consultant32452 on Friday November 04, 2022 @03:45PM (#33472707)
Trump announced his run for the Presidency and began shit-posting his way into the White House in 2015, the year Twitter had over a 50% increase in revenue.
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