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Twitter Expected to Begin Layoffs and Stop Headquarters Expansion

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Re: Twitter Expected to Begin Layoffs and Stop Headquarters Expansion

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Post by joe5150 »

bpicolo wrote: post #13
werber wrote: post #5

I don't use Twitter and don't have any friends that do. Am I just uncool, or is it super niche now?

I see it used most heavily for, like, customer support... Surprised that's not a more core part of their business

Even just setting up a Twitter account for a business feels like it's not something they've put any effort into. You can set up an advertising account with multiple users, but for a regular public-facing Twitter account it's either use TweetDeck or share passwords.

Re: Twitter Expected to Begin Layoffs and Stop Headquarters Expansion

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Post by tootie »

werber wrote: post #22
xienze wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't doubt it's challenging to keep the thing up, but 4100 employees? And meanwhile WhatsApp has 50 or so employees in total.

It's crazy that it makes sense a billion+ company would need that few people now

I wonder how many of the 4100 are tech. Probably less than half at this point. The rest are there to work with advertisers, publishers, celebrities. All to maximize profitability and all of them failing at it.

Re: Twitter Expected to Begin Layoffs and Stop Headquarters Expansion

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Post by [deleted] »

robryan wrote: post #25
xienze wrote: post #9

4100 employees for a service dedicated to moving around 140 character messages? Yeah, there might be a little fat to trim there.

Without knowing the breakdown I assume that there are a lot of people working in marketing type roles where they are working with big business and celebrities to get them using the platform.

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Re: Twitter Expected to Begin Layoffs and Stop Headquarters Expansion

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Post by bachmeier »

pavornyoh wrote: post #20
werber wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Really? For who? That's super interesting

I agree with @bpicolo when it comes to support. If you have a problem with most of the big companies in terms of support and they are delaying a response, all you have to do is reach out to the support team on Twitter and they respond ASAP. Companies such as AT& T, Chase, Citi, Bank of America, Amazon etc..

AT&T is truly the shittiest company I've ever dealt with. Maybe I should try the magic of Twitter...

Re: Twitter Expected to Begin Layoffs and Stop Headquarters Expansion

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Post by addicted »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #32
hlfcoding wrote: post #30

That's truly surprising. I don't recall Facebook ever resorting to layoffs?

Yet.

Facebook has 3 properties which have more users than Twitter (Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram). Facebook itself has more active users than Google and has another property, Whatapp which is also close to or just over that billion user mark.

And they are already reporting profits.

I doubt they will go the way of Twitter.

Re: Twitter Expected to Begin Layoffs and Stop Headquarters Expansion

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Post by lolive »

I used to be a Google Reader/Google Buzz addict. And was interacting with a very living community through those tools. I now use twitter as my exclusive medium for both mainstream and "niche" news. I appreciate the wide availability of content, but still think they are much too conservative with their user experience. The inability to browse tweets by topic is sometimes a pain. The inability to connect with the right people and build a discussion about topics you discover and find interesting. Basically twitter should have a chatroom. And propose you conversations about (your) trending topics.
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