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Re:X.com Is Down by jmondi on Monday March 10, 2025 @01:16PM (#43322723)
Definitely has nothing to do with axing the staff
Re:X.com Is Down by seabird on Monday March 10, 2025 @01:25PM (#43322853)
The site has performed more or less the same after the staff cuts as it did before. I say this as somebody who has used it nearly daily for ten-ish years now. Most users I know have the same experience. Maybe you noticed something if you're parked on Twitter for hours at a time, but I try to limit my exposure to people that do that.

I get that Musk is a dipshit and that there are other problems with the site since the change of ownership, but the griping about stability seems to come from people that don't actually use it.

Re:X.com Is Down by consp on Monday March 10, 2025 @01:31PM (#43322929)
It's becomming slower and slower over time. Feeds often don't load properly. Refresh only works properly manually since the feed often disconnects. Dragscroll (or whoever it is called when you press a button and you can scroll by dragging the mouse up/down) is broken and results in 100% cpu load and a stalled site until you cancel it. But these are just my annoyances, maybe it's just me. I'm switching it out for alternatives as much as possible anyway.

And as a bonus there is rampant racism and hate.

Re:X.com Is Down by FirmwareBurner on Monday March 10, 2025 @01:30PM (#43322913)
>griping about stability seems to come from people that don't actually use it.

Imma just say the quiet part out loud that people working in the valley don't like the idea being spread that a lot of big-tech is over bloated with useless hires from the previous tech bubble, and can function with 50% of staff just as well, as that legitimizes more layoffs when every tech CEO sees the results Elon can get by being a strongman.

Granted, Elon mostly fired those useless workers hired by the previous administration for the sake of increasing headcount and diversity to be drinking kombucha and do yoga at work and show investors how much they're growing and how progressive they are, not the ones doing actual engineering, so of course nothing of value was lost and everything functions the same as before, which terrifies workers at other companies knowing they can also be axed without any loss for the company.

This isn't just Elon. Make no mistake, Pichai, Bezos, Nadella, all know this and will not hesitate to pull the "no more Mr nice guy" rug when the line goes down and investors want their pound of flesh. The older workers who lived through the 2009 crash learned this before, the younger generation are learning this now, that all the perks and pampering are only temporary as long as the economy is booming, they don't actually value you.

Re:X.com Is Down by theultdev on Monday March 10, 2025 @01:19PM (#43322769)
correct. because twitter 1.0 went down constantly.

and staff has been axed for awhile.

ddos happens, having a large staff isn't really relevant.

Re:X.com Is Down by resize2996 on Monday March 10, 2025 @01:31PM (#43322942)
quality is relevant
Re:X.com Is Down by theultdev on Monday March 10, 2025 @03:11PM (#43324633)
elaborate.
Re:X.com Is Down by senojsitruc on Monday March 10, 2025 @01:23PM (#43322823)
Don't be making a mess in the HN echo chamber!
Re:X.com Is Down by rco8786 on Monday March 10, 2025 @01:23PM (#43322825)
eh twitter 1.0 was 10+ years ago. twitter more recently had been extremely stable.

(source: was on the platform eng team for years)