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Twitter’s new CEO announces major reorganization

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Re: Twitter’s new CEO announces major reorganization

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Post by robbintt »

spaetzleesser wrote: post #20

I always feel that most reorgs are done not because they lead to a fundamentally better structure but just to shake up things and break some managers' fiefdoms that are causing political problems. You could almost pick two or three structures and rotate every three years (which basically happens when leaders get replaced). After some decades in the industry I think any organizational structure will work if people are…

> Considering that corporations are basically internally run like communist planned economies

This is interesting not because of accuracy but because thinking of counter examples is really interesting. I don't study businesses much, do you know of any counter examples?

Re: Twitter’s new CEO announces major reorganization

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Post by robbintt »

User23 wrote: post #43

Implicit in all these diversity pushes is a fixed-sized pie mentality. In that world-view, the only way to increase diversity is to replace white[1] executives with non-white ones. I'm not keen on the long term prospects of a company that is making its senior leadership hiring decisions based on a fixed-sized pie mindset. Frankly, while I'm not a fan of the racial discrimination aspect either, the lack of a growth mi…

If you consider a certain threshold of match interchangeable then it makes sense. You're going to have bad hires no matter what. Complaining about fixed-pie replacement because one is a minority is not acceptable. The hiring committee probably worked hard to vet them, but things still go wrong, particularly if the organization trashes the person's incentives.

Furthermore, a large part of most orgs is fixed-pie.

Re: Twitter’s new CEO announces major reorganization

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Post by FredPret »

the_gipsy wrote: post #48
FredPret wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Turns out smart people who do hard work providing a massive public platform want to be paid for it. Who knew.

Well then don’t bait and switch.

If they charged a subscription fee from day one they would have zero users. This is a valid business model

Re: Twitter’s new CEO announces major reorganization

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Post by FredPret »

Ericson2314 wrote: post #50
FredPret wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Turns out smart people who do hard work providing a massive public platform want to be paid for it. Who knew.

There is no evidence these changes are instigated by regular employees. This sort of stuff is usual driven by the the owners with larger stakes.

No profit = no business = no pay.

Huge profits = rich business = famously huge FAANG pay.

Re: Twitter’s new CEO announces major reorganization

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Post by CrimpCity »

tyingq wrote: post #8

I know little about how Twitter works, but it's interesting that a new leader would make such sweeping changes just a few days into the job. Usually, you would want at least a little time viewing and understanding the org from your new job/perspective before changing anything major. It sort of implies a CEO decision coming from solely a CTO perspective.

New CEOs generally have a lot of political capital upfront and many are chosen because they have a specific vision and strategy the company should take. So it actually makes the most sense to be bold first since there will be big new changes anyway. He’s also “learning the ropes” so much can be forgiven from his first couple of months.

Finally his boldness will let him know the boundaries of his position & how much he can get away with. TLDR gotta flex to see your own power level.

Re: Twitter’s new CEO announces major reorganization

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Post by adingus »

FredPret wrote: post #40
zzzeek wrote: post #19

Boy is for-profit operation a downer. We get so much from Twitter, but of course, that doesn't make enough money, so the march towards locking it down into a closed pipeline of corporate marketing/ads/curation/tracking for the product (us) at the expense of whatever made twitter great continues on. Like, my third party Twitter clients have less and less functionality as Twitter removes public API features. My ability…

Turns out smart people who do hard work providing a massive public platform want to be paid for it. Who knew.

You can get paid for something without degrading its function.

Re: Twitter’s new CEO announces major reorganization

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Post by jcrben »

cblconfederate wrote: post #37
yakshaving_jgt wrote: post #23

This part caught my attention: > Davis, previously a director of product design at Facebook, joined Twitter in 2019 to lead its design team. He is Black and Asian, and was the first Black executive at Twitter to report directly to the CEO. The company had touted him as a hard-charging leader who would detoxify the platform, but he was also criticized by some employees for what they said was a blunt, aggressive manage…

Incidentally i hate the new redesigns of everything to have black and white buttons only. I end up constantly double pressing them because i never know which one is pressed. Same with youtube. Whoever started this trend should be fired.

I think it's intended to push people into the premium version where you can customize your button color

Re: Twitter’s new CEO announces major reorganization

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Post by cblconfederate »

jcrben wrote: post #59
cblconfederate wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Incidentally i hate the new redesigns of everything to have black and white buttons only. I end up constantly double pressing them because i never know which one is pressed. Same with youtube. Whoever started this trend should be fired.

I think it's intended to push people into the premium version where you can customize your button color

wut? i wasn't even aware. What a world we live in
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