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twitter_anon

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    Comment #33661766

    Existing equity was converted to cash at $54.20/share, but will still be paid out on the existing vesting schedule. It's a carrot, insofar as it is promised future money, but it's …

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    Comment #24733561

    > Do you believe the same to be true for Facebook as well? I have no idea about Facebook. I barely even use it so all my information is second-hand. > Why is Twitter encouraging ou…

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    Comment #24732260

    That is most certainly not the way engineering at Twitter works.

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    Comment #24732224

    This is a popular sentiment on HN, but it oversimplifies the situation. Engagement, in the aggregate, does not pay the bills. Advertisers paying us to sponsor tweets does. Advertis…

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    Comment #21473000

    It hasn't been until recently. We are currently locking down all internal systems based on the minimum necessary accesses for various systems. We should have done this a lot sooner…

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    Comment #21463511

    Some of us do, as we come from (or work with people who come from) states that will perpetrate violence against dissidents. Unfortunately, there still aren't enough of us. We're tr…

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    Comment #21462742

    > The problem is that companies want the flamebait and toxic content to drive enragement engagement ad impressions No, we really don't. In fact, we have mechanisms in place to keep…

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    Comment #21403882

    > Just a week ago, Twitter lost over 20% market cap because they noticed that they were showing people device-personalized ads even though they were opted out of that. After they f…