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Re: Twitter CEO fires two top executives, freezes hiring

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Post by pcurve »

fleddr wrote: post #480

Just a spring cleaning that is about a decade late. Twitter under-performs in every aspect imaginable: financially, product quality, product innovation. Nothing ever gets released and whilst this pace has improved in recent years, those "innovations" don't really deliver. They're barely used, copycats from other apps, and so on. Meanwhile, age-old problems are never addressed, like bots and the extremely hostile mob…

as a non twitter user, their biggest contribution to the humanity is actually Bootstrap, and I actually say that with all due respect.

Re: Twitter CEO fires two top executives, freezes hiring

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Post by [deleted] »

slibhb wrote: post #794
saxonww wrote: post #738

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In short: yes, it's a good thing. As written, the amendment is designed to prevent me from being arrested or killed by the Federal Government for speaking my mind, disseminating my thoughts on paper, or congregating with like-minded people. I don't agree that this should be expected or required of businesses, because the dangers and incentives are different. Twitter is not going to have you arrested or killed for cri…

> In short: yes, it's a good thing. As written, the amendment is designed to prevent me from being arrested or killed by the Federal Government for speaking my mind, disseminating my thoughts on paper, or congregating with like-minded people. You didn't say why . You restated the law. There are all kinds of arguments for free speech. I'll quote Mill: > First, if any opinion is compelled to silence, that opinion may,…

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Re: Twitter CEO fires two top executives, freezes hiring

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Post by 2muchcoffeeman »

p1esk wrote: post #768
2muchcoffeeman wrote: post #764

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That’s a trap though. It’s far more sensible for most people to live well below their means and create options for their future.

I've stated what I've observed and experienced. Whether it's a "trap" or "sensible" is irrelevant.

Fair point.

But it’s a bit ridiculous to get 42 million USD and not be satisfied. And the original comment is ridiculous to suggest that it’s not sufficient compensation.

Re: Twitter CEO fires two top executives, freezes hiring

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Post by saxonww »

slibhb wrote: post #794
saxonww wrote: post #738

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In short: yes, it's a good thing. As written, the amendment is designed to prevent me from being arrested or killed by the Federal Government for speaking my mind, disseminating my thoughts on paper, or congregating with like-minded people. I don't agree that this should be expected or required of businesses, because the dangers and incentives are different. Twitter is not going to have you arrested or killed for cri…

> In short: yes, it's a good thing. As written, the amendment is designed to prevent me from being arrested or killed by the Federal Government for speaking my mind, disseminating my thoughts on paper, or congregating with like-minded people. You didn't say why . You restated the law. There are all kinds of arguments for free speech. I'll quote Mill: > First, if any opinion is compelled to silence, that opinion may,…

_Why_ is that the American colonists were very familiar with life in contemporary England, which had recently had a civil war over (among other things) religious freedom; the Pilgrims were mostly people who had fled England because of religious persecution. I believe you were risking a charge of treason to run your mouth about the King or members of the royal family. I guess I just assumed that the framers wanted to try and design a government where that wouldn't easily happen.

Come on now. It is clear what you believe, and it's fine that you believe it. I'm just personally tired of reading people whack Twitter, Facebook, etc. with a stick that doesn't exist. When we pass laws or ratify amendments requiring the Twitters of the world to platform everyone, the people crying about free speech on Twitter will have a legitimate gripe. Until then, they just won't.

Re: Twitter CEO fires two top executives, freezes hiring

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Post by someonenice »

dillondoyle wrote: post #797
jdavis703 wrote: post #402

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Many states in the US have family leave (including paternity leave). California is more than 10% of the US population and the rules for paternity leave are extremely broad: - Welcomed a new child into the family in the past 12 months through birth. - Paid into State Disability Insurance (noted as "CASDI" on most paystubs) in the past 5 to 18 months. - Not taken the maximum eight weeks of PFL in the past 12 months Ins…

It's only through birth? I didn't know that and would have expected CA to do better. E.g. adopting a young child or baby. And does surrogacy count as birth?

Looks like adoption is under different category and you get 12 weeks. https://www.yeremianlaw.com/uncategorized/can-i-take-leave-f...

Re: Twitter CEO fires two top executives, freezes hiring

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Post by seydor »

pcurve wrote: post #821
fleddr wrote: post #480

Just a spring cleaning that is about a decade late. Twitter under-performs in every aspect imaginable: financially, product quality, product innovation. Nothing ever gets released and whilst this pace has improved in recent years, those "innovations" don't really deliver. They're barely used, copycats from other apps, and so on. Meanwhile, age-old problems are never addressed, like bots and the extremely hostile mob…

as a non twitter user, their biggest contribution to the humanity is actually Bootstrap, and I actually say that with all due respect.

as a bootstrap user i agree

Re: Twitter CEO fires two top executives, freezes hiring

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Post by dawsmik »

kyledrake wrote: post #189

I've been using Twitter since it's main novelty was that it was a successful Ruby on Rails app, and honestly I've been trying to figure out where the exit is for my personal use of Twitter lately. If the acquisition goes through, Twitter won't make enough money to service it's debt, and the things they will do to fix that are pretty much guaranteed to lower the quality of the platform, which frankly has never worked…

I know many people share your view if social media platform x allows content y, then it will be reduced to anarchy. I never understood that. Reddit used to allow some pretty insane sub-reddits, but I never knew that until it was on the news that they banned them. I used the platform daily and only looked at what interested me. Vegetarians and Keto(atarians?) both go to the same grocery stores. They just pick the part that works for them and don't worry about the rest. Could you explain how you would imagine that Twitter "could quickly devolve into a scarychan-style sewer?"

Re: Twitter CEO fires two top executives, freezes hiring

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Post by gammarator »

lastofthemojito wrote: post #92
paxys wrote: post #42

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That's my point though. The board accepted the buyout offer. "Hands on the wheel" means keeping the lights on and making sure everything stays stable until the deal closes. Firing the company's product and revenue leads is the opposite of that.

Could just be that Kayvon Beykpour got replaced by someone better at the job? Baseball fans know of Wally Pipp, who was a solid first baseman for the Yankees for a decade or so. One day Pipp had a headache and was replaced in the lineup by a young Lou Gehrig, who turned out to be one of the greatest hitters in baseball history. I have no idea if Jay Sullivan is a Lou Gehrig talent, but he's been doing the job while B…

All I know is that Jay Sullivan has tweeted less than 700 times in his life, which does not suggest fantastic engagement with the product he’s supposed to be leading.

https://mobile.twitter.com/jaysullivan/status/15138653219411...

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