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0 pointslondons_explore2y ago0 comments

> Elon raised the bar for how large of a staff cut you can make.

Every member of staff fired now has a beef with the company, and being a social media company those staff will probably be big social media users with quite a lot of influence. Some may set up competitors or just badmouth you and your product.

Elon discovered this the hard way.

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jjulius2y ago

>... and being a social media company those staff will probably be big social media users with quite a lot of influence.

Genuinely curious to hear why you think this is the case. It's my anecdotal experience that the average social media company employee is just an average person like you and I, with an average number of followers.

dboreham2y ago

Amazon already had a long reputation as the Hunger Games of s/w so their rep can't go down much.

dangus2y ago

This is an “inside a bubble” take.

The idea that software engineers at Twitter are influential on the platform is laughable.

How many of these accounts are software engineers? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-followed_Twitter_...

vineyardmike2y ago

There’s more employees than just SWEs. And you don’t need to be generally famous, you need influence in key niches.

Twitter has historically hired people with large Twitter followings into roles that are more external. Some of them have been interviewed by the news media (eg The Verge). I’d be surprised if it didn’t have an impact on advertisers.

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