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Re:Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads [pdf] by molave on Thursday July 06, 2023 @05:21PM (#36623246)
Makes sense. However, I hope no one takes this the wrong way and hire too many people to starve competitors of talent.
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Re:Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads [pdf] by itsdrewmiller on Thursday July 06, 2023 @05:29PM (#36623345)
This idea floats around but is not practical. Here's a comment thread about it with some numbers: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32413948
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Re:Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads [pdf] by eptcyka on Thursday July 06, 2023 @05:36PM (#36623438)
Pretty sure that was FAANG's approach, until the interest rates returned to normal.
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Re:Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads [pdf] by robocat on Friday July 07, 2023 @03:37AM (#36628474)
An analysis using some reasonable assumptions suggests that is not a profitable idea for major tech companies.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24487744

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Re:Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads [pdf] by inerte on Friday July 07, 2023 @10:35AM (#36632355)
In fact the opposite has happened, and major Silicon Valley companies have agreed not to hire from each other, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_L...
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