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avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Speaking of copycats, I have a feeling this all might have started with Elon showing Twitter “can do the same with less.”
Comment on It’s a dark time to be a tech worker right now
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Speaking of copycats, I have a feeling this all might have started with Elon showing Twitter “can do the same with less.”
catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
You think Twitter is the same as before Elon took over? ಠ_ಠ
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
To an MBA educated exec, it might.
MajorHavoc@programming.dev 8 months ago
Even an MBA educated exec can read the stock price trend… But I guess I’m making the “no one is that stupid” argument… And I know in my heart I’m on the wrong side. Somehow, some executives absolutely are that stupid.
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
I mean, the signs were there, Elon wasn’t exactly silent about his plans for Twitter and investors gave him a lot of money to proceed. Clearly there is plenty stupid.
EnderMB@lemmy.world 8 months ago
From a tech workers perspective, Twitter has long been known for having a resilient infrastructure, so it’s hardly surprising that when Elon (literally) ripped servers out of the wall, some things stayed up.
Sure, they had a lot of issues since Elon took over, but I’d say that many of them are due to the new features that Elon sticky-taped on. Twitter’s solid tech infrastructure was one of the reasons why I always wanted to work there, so I’m doubly-sad to see it go to shit under Musk.
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Agreed and this is the reason I think is possible to hollow it out without it falling apart. Then some other guy with 5 extra brain cells is probably like - “I wonder how much labor I can hollow out, till shit starts cracking. So long as I don’t pull any public stunts like Elon and I don’t go beyond the cracks… I will swear to be really sorry to be letting people go. 🤔💸”
catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
To an MBA educated exec, it might look like a roughly $30 billion dollar loss in value. But I can tell you’re not educated because the real issue is advertiser and user numbers dropping at an alarming rate.
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
You can tell eh? 😂 Now consider the point of view that you can have the labor trimming without the additional massive mismanagement by Elon that caused advertisers and users fleeing.