Musk Said to Begin Firing Twitter’s Top Executives
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Re: Musk Said to Begin Firing Twitter’s Top Executives
#2When you're the wealthiest person in the world you don't have to accept insults from anyone.
Twitter offered Musk a seat on its board. But six days later, CEO Parag Agrawal tweeted that Musk "would not be joining the board after all" [1].
Musk's bid to buy the company quickly followed. And CEO Parag Agrawal has been fired.
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/26/elon-musk...
Re: Musk Said to Begin Firing Twitter’s Top Executives
#3When you're the wealthiest person in the world you don't have to accept insults from anyone. Twitter offered Musk a seat on its board. But six days later, CEO Parag Agrawal tweeted that Musk "would not be joining the board after all" [1]. Musk's bid to buy the company quickly followed. And CEO Parag Agrawal has been fired. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/26/elon-musk...
Already off to a questionable start then, making business decisions based on grudges.
Re: Musk Said to Begin Firing Twitter’s Top Executives
#4When you're the wealthiest person in the world you don't have to accept insults from anyone. Twitter offered Musk a seat on its board. But six days later, CEO Parag Agrawal tweeted that Musk "would not be joining the board after all" [1]. Musk's bid to buy the company quickly followed. And CEO Parag Agrawal has been fired. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/26/elon-musk...
What was the insult?
Re: Musk Said to Begin Firing Twitter’s Top Executives
#5Doubtless they received magnificent parting terms, and are now free of a significant burden.
Re: Musk Said to Begin Firing Twitter’s Top Executives
#6When you're the wealthiest person in the world you don't have to accept insults from anyone. Twitter offered Musk a seat on its board. But six days later, CEO Parag Agrawal tweeted that Musk "would not be joining the board after all" [1]. Musk's bid to buy the company quickly followed. And CEO Parag Agrawal has been fired. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/26/elon-musk...
What was the insult?
He was disinvited from joining the board. (Personally, I think CEO Parag Agrawal had good reason for doing so, if you remember Musk's tweets from that time, regarding changes he wanted to see in Twitter.)
Re: Musk Said to Begin Firing Twitter’s Top Executives
#7When you're the wealthiest person in the world you don't have to accept insults from anyone. Twitter offered Musk a seat on its board. But six days later, CEO Parag Agrawal tweeted that Musk "would not be joining the board after all" [1]. Musk's bid to buy the company quickly followed. And CEO Parag Agrawal has been fired. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/26/elon-musk...
What's the point of having fuck you money if you never say fuck you?
Bobby 'Axe' Axelrod
Re: Musk Said to Begin Firing Twitter’s Top Executives
#8When you're the wealthiest person in the world you don't have to accept insults from anyone. Twitter offered Musk a seat on its board. But six days later, CEO Parag Agrawal tweeted that Musk "would not be joining the board after all" [1]. Musk's bid to buy the company quickly followed. And CEO Parag Agrawal has been fired. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/26/elon-musk...
I suppose the big question is whether this makes Twitter more or less attractive to the audience at large.
Social media is extremely fickle and driven by mass migrations. All it takes is a few key players moving and the house of cards collapses.
I think Facebook is a textbook example, having once been the cool alternative to MySpace, which was the cool alternative to web 1.0 and Friendster, etc.
Re: Musk Said to Begin Firing Twitter’s Top Executives
#9When you're the wealthiest person in the world you don't have to accept insults from anyone. Twitter offered Musk a seat on its board. But six days later, CEO Parag Agrawal tweeted that Musk "would not be joining the board after all" [1]. Musk's bid to buy the company quickly followed. And CEO Parag Agrawal has been fired. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/26/elon-musk...
I suppose the big question is whether this makes Twitter more or less attractive to the audience at large. Social media is extremely fickle and driven by mass migrations. All it takes is a few key players moving and the house of cards collapses. I think Facebook is a textbook example, having once been the cool alternative to MySpace, which was the cool alternative to web 1.0 and Friendster, etc.
Right... running a social media company is different from running a rocket company or an electric car company. I wouldn't bet against Musk though. He has already adjusted his position on what is allowed on Twitter, now that he is running the company. Previously he said anything that is legal would be allowed but now he says Twitter won't be a "free-for-all hellscape where anything can be said with no consequences"! [1]
[1] https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1585619322239561728/phot...
Re: Musk Said to Begin Firing Twitter’s Top Executives
#10No surprise. It became clear that when Parag took over from Jack, he wouldn’t tolerate anyone who wasn’t a yes man and gutted their security/abuse teams.