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Re: Twitter Office Supply Auction

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Post by elygre »

mythhouse wrote: post #69
staindk wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah I think general consensus is that twitter was bloated and I'm guessing a lot of people were skimming by not doing much (or stuck doing things that amounted to not much). Elon's methodology isn't the best way forward though. Ugh idk.

I worked at twitter's data engineering org in 2018. It was the most relaxed work culture I've experienced. Great WLB ( code for its ok to coast) . Spent my winters working from ski resorts and ski lodges. My mental and physical health were at all time high.

Why is “great WLB” code for “ok to coast”? What does one write for actual great WLB, without the coasting?

Re: Twitter Office Supply Auction

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Post by bgentry »

gonzo41 wrote: post #17
SilverBirch wrote: post #13

This is pretty unsurprising, they're not really going to raise any serious money from this (what do we reckon? 1FTE Salary at most?) but they've got office space for 7.5k people and less than 3k less. Musk keeps saying "If you code come to the 10th floor" - which basically implies that their entire team of engineers fit onto 1 floor of the building and that there a load of empty floors now that don't need kitchens or…

Wouldn't it just be smarter to sublet the space and fill up the building. Rather than having empty floors on a building you barely use.

Subletting commercial space in San Francisco is not a simple endeavor at this time: https://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/sf-office-vacancy-...

Re: Twitter Office Supply Auction

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Post by bgentry »

dbrgn wrote: post #66

Some nice espresso machines and grinders listed there. I assume those won't sell for 25$.

I wonder what those will go for. The triple La Marzocco goes for >$20k new and the singles about $9-10k:

https://prima-coffee.com/equipment/la-marzocco/strada-ee-la-...

https://www.espressoparts.com/products/la-marzocco-linea-cla...

Re: Twitter Office Supply Auction

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Post by sekh60 »

SanjayMehta wrote: post #86
lapcat wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reddit has an army of unpaid moderators. Not to mention the Reddit users who upvote and downvote. Also, politicians and other important public figures don't use Reddit like they use Twitter.

Anyone know why those unpaid mods do what they do? It's like a cult.

I am founder and a mod of /r/schizoaffective been doing it for almost ten years now. I made the sub since I felt those with both mood disorder symptoms along side psychosis weren't served well by /r/schizophrenia, /r/depression and /r/bipolar and /bipolar2.

I am not a fan of Reddit in a lot of ways, but overall the other mods and I have made a pretty safe place for our community, and we have had relatively little trolling, hopefully it stays that way. Before Reddit I did in person meetups for a couple topics and even in highschool almost twenty years ago I was a big support for a lot of people. Reddit is just a pretty good platform compared to Facebook. The relative anonymity helps a lot in a mental health sub.

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Post by corobo »

SanjayMehta wrote: post #86
lapcat wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reddit has an army of unpaid moderators. Not to mention the Reddit users who upvote and downvote. Also, politicians and other important public figures don't use Reddit like they use Twitter.

Anyone know why those unpaid mods do what they do? It's like a cult.

When I was a free moderator for a thing it was during the time of my life I had little to no control over any aspect of what was happening.

I have to assume it's similar for others. Why do this work for free? My only answer to that is it gave me a feeling of being wanted or needed that I was severely lacking at the time.

Re: Twitter Office Supply Auction

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Post by ldjb »

SanjayMehta wrote: post #86
lapcat wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reddit has an army of unpaid moderators. Not to mention the Reddit users who upvote and downvote. Also, politicians and other important public figures don't use Reddit like they use Twitter.

Anyone know why those unpaid mods do what they do? It's like a cult.

A multitude of reasons, I suspect. For instance, they want their community to be civil and not filled with spam. Also, if a subreddit is left unmoderated, it is likely to be shut down by Reddit staff.

Re: Twitter Office Supply Auction

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Post by mikeryan »

drexlspivey wrote: post #82
ShivShankaran wrote: post #5

I am struggling to think how Elon is going to pay the interest on the loan he took for buying Twitter. On other hand his collateral , tsla stock, is crashing. He got carried away to make this purchase during the rising tide of covid bull market. I suspect this is going to severely affect both tsla and twtr

Is this a joke? You are struggling to think how the richest man on the world can afford to pay interest on a loan? He has assets worth $150B

The interest on the loan is $1B a year. Twitter’s revenue in 2021 was $6B. Can he pay the interest back? Sure. Is he going to have 1B in liquid capital every year? Harder.

Does he ever recoup the cost of buying Twitter at that rate? outlook doesn’t look good.

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