Twitter’s Lawyers Admit They’re Overwhelmed; 2000 Laid Off Employees File Claims

Re:Twitter’s Lawyers Admit They’re Overwhelmed; 2000 Laid Of... by robertlagrant on Monday June 19, 2023 @11:23AM (#36392116)

> Isn't wage theft like $30 billion/year or something ridiculous like that?

It's hard to justify this. It's multiplied-up survey data. It's not real the way FTX numbers were actual real numbers worth talking about.

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Re:Twitter’s Lawyers Admit They’re Overwhelmed; 2000 Laid Of... by Timon3 on Monday June 19, 2023 @12:02PM (#36392616)

"Multiplied-up survey data" seems like a pretty normal way to do estimations in statistics. What is your concrete issue with this?

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Re:Twitter’s Lawyers Admit They’re Overwhelmed; 2000 Laid Of... by robertlagrant on Monday June 19, 2023 @12:22PM (#36392877)

Surveys aren't a general thing about statistics.

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Re:Twitter’s Lawyers Admit They’re Overwhelmed; 2000 Laid Of... by Timon3 on Monday June 19, 2023 @12:26PM (#36392938)

I assumed you were derogatorily referencing study data. Can you be specific what kind of survey it was that you saw, and why it doesn't rise to the status of a study?

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