Probably a precaution related to this story, if the story is accurate: https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/17/23465274/hundreds-of-twi...
That was the cause of this measure. (most employees did not commit to the hardcore pledge)
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#12Probably a precaution related to this story, if the story is accurate: https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/17/23465274/hundreds-of-twi...
That was the cause of this measure. (most employees did not commit to the hardcore pledge)
Do you have a source for "most"? I've seen many quitting, but nowhere near 1,500+.
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
Depends how he spins it and how much he will be able to control narrative. I guess he will use something like - Twitter was broken before I got in and I could not save it anymore. Being Elon, I would be more worried about the fact that Saudi's are supposed to be as one of the investors in Twitter and they already have trace of killing people. If Elon won't be able to spin the story as somebody's else problem and inst…
I mean, he may be finding himself a good reason to repay the Saudis their 44 billion dollars after mismanaging their investment that terribly or he may find himself having an "accident". This is no threat, just a very real concern that I have for him. That is not the kind of money you blow.
My understanding was the Twitter financing was $27B cash from Musk, ~$5B from his pals, and $13B in bank loans. There was something like $500m in Twitter shares owned by a Saudi prince that were transferred to Musk as part of buying in, I think.
Where are you seeing $44B of Saudi money?
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#14@dang - maybe let one twitter story through to the home page?
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#15@dang - maybe let one twitter story through to the home page?
Yeah given paulg's tweets I'm wondering if our free speech absolutist view as a website, actually holds here.
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#16Is there precedent anyone can point to where these sorts of wild dramatic moves under new leadership led to turning a large company around into success?
Steve Jobs returning to Apple comes to mind
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#17How will Musk's failure at Twitter affect market confidence in his other ventures?
they're going to have to rehabilitate him or make it clear he's not in operational paths
'chief creative officer' sort of thing with a sandbox
always wondered if he bought twitter to boost spacex IPO; for now, good thing that it's private or it would be getting hosed to mortgage twitter fail like tesla is
tesla build quality and self-driving snafus may get assigned to him as well
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#18@dang - maybe let one twitter story through to the home page?
Yeah given paulg's tweets I'm wondering if our free speech absolutist view as a website, actually holds here.
dang has done a phenomenal job at moderating this site, and I trust his judgement. It is heavily moderated, and that's a good thing to keep it focused. Too much twitter drama would be lame. But this feels like an important moment.
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#19How will Musk's failure at Twitter affect market confidence in his other ventures?
Depends how he spins it and how much he will be able to control narrative. I guess he will use something like - Twitter was broken before I got in and I could not save it anymore. Being Elon, I would be more worried about the fact that Saudi's are supposed to be as one of the investors in Twitter and they already have trace of killing people. If Elon won't be able to spin the story as somebody's else problem and inst…
I'm sure he'll be able to dump it for peanuts on a company like Oracle or Salesforce.
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#20@dang - maybe let one twitter story through to the home page?
This is a fast moving situation and is directly related to the industry. I’d like to see as many of them as is distinct and relevant.