How long before one of the Twitter snowflakes sets up a gofundme to help them survive the "cruelty" of Elon's layoff?
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So is every other oil and gas, tech, finance, etc. company who lays people of getting sued?
SF LAYOFFS: 16,772 workers laid off at 138 companies according to @sfstandard #sf #sanfrancisco #layoffs #tech #techgiants @twitter @lyft @stripe pic.twitter.com/NrXXWvcC1i
— Suzanne Phan (@SuzannePhan) November 3, 2022
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So is every other oil and gas, tech, finance, etc. company who lays people of getting sued?SF LAYOFFS: 16,772 workers laid off at 138 companies according to @sfstandard #sf #sanfrancisco #layoffs #tech #techgiants @twitter @lyft @stripe pic.twitter.com/NrXXWvcC1i
— Suzanne Phan (@SuzannePhan) November 3, 2022
The tech crunch is going to be enormous. The bloat in the tech world is worse than the bloat was in oil and gas at its peak during the shale boom. I would bet money that the vast majority of tech workers don't actually do anything at all. Those "day in the life" videos those girls keep posting are classic examples of how severe the bloat has become.
I don't like big corporations but this needed to happen a decade ago.
Depends on specifics. Read about the warn act. When acquisitions or mergers happen we would conduct a warn analysis if there were significant layoffs involved. If closing a division or shutting down locations, same thing. Some reps in a deal doc would address warn issues.
They didn't fire people today. They gave them notice and locked them out.
Al of those laid off get paid for the next 60 days, then are terminated.
The thrashing about notice and the WARN Act stuff is just more dumb crying by the left.
Al of those laid off get paid for the next 60 days, then are terminated.
The thrashing about notice and the WARN Act stuff is just more dumb crying by the left.
You get around WARN by simply paying them for 60 days (plus benefits).
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Oh, it applies, but it's not that big a deal to comply with - though expensive b/c you have to pay those laid off for 60 days.Quote:
Warn act is a thing. Lots of nuance and exemptions, but I bet it will apply.
LGB
Libs mad that lying Libs fired from Twitter.
It appears Elon Musk has fired the director of software engineering at Twitter who, with a team of researchers, found "Tweets posted by accounts from the political right receive more algorithmic amplification than the political left."
— Max Kennerly (@MaxKennerly) November 4, 2022
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Of course. It's just a bit complicated to figure out true liability over multiple locations, especially when financing the deal so as not to have a gotcha with lenders.
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Rossticus said:
Libs mad that lying Libs fired from Twitter.It appears Elon Musk has fired the director of software engineering at Twitter who, with a team of researchers, found "Tweets posted by accounts from the political right receive more algorithmic amplification than the political left."
— Max Kennerly (@MaxKennerly) November 4, 2022
🤔https://t.co/ySW6YSx0s8 https://t.co/SNcmzC6Zty pic.twitter.com/Suxw2ZaF6f
This reminds me of Dan Rather saying that CBS News was actually harder on Democrats than Republicans.
Happy "Twitter employees ****ed around and will now find out" day
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Elon Musk has declared All-Out war on his former staff. At 9am Pacific time, Massive Layoffs go into affect at Twitter. With no formal notice and gut-wrenching efficiency, Musk and his inner circle have eliminated about half of its pre-Elon workforce. 3,700 Twitter jobs gone.
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) November 4, 2022
Zarathustra said:Rossticus said:
Libs mad that lying Libs fired from Twitter.It appears Elon Musk has fired the director of software engineering at Twitter who, with a team of researchers, found "Tweets posted by accounts from the political right receive more algorithmic amplification than the political left."
— Max Kennerly (@MaxKennerly) November 4, 2022
🤔https://t.co/ySW6YSx0s8 https://t.co/SNcmzC6Zty pic.twitter.com/Suxw2ZaF6f
This reminds me of Dan Rather saying that CBS News was actually harder on Democrats than Republicans.
There had to be a problem to solve with censorship and amplification of the opposite party.
Similar to 9/11 and patriot act and TSA (is fast pass the TSA version of blue check?)
You shouldn't be.samurai_science said:
Elon fixes Twitter = GOOD
Elon destroys Twitter = GOOD
I am good either way
If liberals dump Twitter entirely a new viable replacement will emerge that they then have control over again. Twitter would then essentially become the next MySpace.
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Career journalist and doesn't know the difference between affect and effect. Sheesh.RAB91 said:Elon Musk has declared All-Out war on his former staff. At 9am Pacific time, Massive Layoffs go into affect at Twitter. With no formal notice and gut-wrenching efficiency, Musk and his inner circle have eliminated about half of its pre-Elon workforce. 3,700 Twitter jobs gone.
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) November 4, 2022
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Twitter is worldwide. Like it or not it's the best place to disseminate news globally. The left can leave Twitter but that's where the trending World News will be. Without political bias, Twitter could become the go-to platform for current events and to see both sides of the story.
Twitter has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 4, 2022
Extremely messed up! They’re trying to destroy free speech in America.
Hence the massive layoffs!
"And liberals, being liberals, will double down on failure." - dedgod
Oh, no. Elon will have to fire 75% of Twitter, not just 50%.
will25u said:Twitter has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 4, 2022
Extremely messed up! They’re trying to destroy free speech in America.
Destroying free speech by a company choosing not to advertise with you by exercising their own free speech is certainly a take.
Al Capone rolling over in his grave...ThunderCougarFalconBird said:Career journalist and doesn't know the difference between affect and effect. Sheesh.RAB91 said:Elon Musk has declared All-Out war on his former staff. At 9am Pacific time, Massive Layoffs go into affect at Twitter. With no formal notice and gut-wrenching efficiency, Musk and his inner circle have eliminated about half of its pre-Elon workforce. 3,700 Twitter jobs gone.
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) November 4, 2022
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"They" refers to the activists, not the companies, so it actually isn't anyone's take. Unless its yours, I mean you made it up after all...HTownAg98 said:will25u said:Twitter has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 4, 2022
Extremely messed up! They’re trying to destroy free speech in America.
Destroying free speech by a company choosing not to advertise with you by exercising their own free speech is certainly a take.
I'm not sure if people genuinely believe someone is going to say, "Wow, if some people say I'm a moron for not believing this, it clearly must be true."
It's not much a persuasive argument. It really just sounds like a bunch of miniature dachshunds barking because the first one one barked when it thought it heard something.
It's not much a persuasive argument. It really just sounds like a bunch of miniature dachshunds barking because the first one one barked when it thought it heard something.
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"Tweets posted by accounts from the political right receive more algorithmic amplification than the political left."
I thought it was the other way around?
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I am, we are divided and nothing can fix it. All that matters is what happens at the endjavajaws said:You shouldn't be.samurai_science said:
Elon fixes Twitter = GOOD
Elon destroys Twitter = GOOD
I am good either way
If liberals dump Twitter entirely a new viable replacement will emerge that they then have control over again. Twitter would then essentially become the next MySpace.
will25u said:Twitter has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 4, 2022
Extremely messed up! They’re trying to destroy free speech in America.
You know we're living in idiocracy when people honestly believe there's free speech on privately owned websites.
Also, with his wealth I'm sure he won't ever feel what is likely a drop in his banks bucket with whoever stops advertising on Twitter.
Rarely does that poster ever have the right take on things.PlaneCrashGuy said:"They" refers to the activists, not the companies, so it actually isn't anyone's take. Unless its yours, I mean you made it up after all...HTownAg98 said:will25u said:Twitter has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 4, 2022
Extremely messed up! They’re trying to destroy free speech in America.
Destroying free speech by a company choosing not to advertise with you by exercising their own free speech is certainly a take.
The companies are indeed free to make their own decisions. The issue is they are capitulating to the woke, vocal mob (who primarily use Twitter to deliver their wokeism) to "punish" Twitter for being run by a guy committed to ALL voices being heard.
I massive reckoning is coming for those companies with slumping demand, deep recession, and rising costs on everything from energy to payroll.
One of Elon's primary reasons for taking over Twitter was to ensure free speech on "privately owned websites" as the proliferation of the use of Twitter has reached the status of public infrastructure, public space.No Spin Ag said:will25u said:Twitter has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 4, 2022
Extremely messed up! They’re trying to destroy free speech in America.
You know we're living in idiocracy when people honestly believe there's free speech on privately owned websites.
Also, with his wealth I'm sure he won't ever feel what is likely a drop in his banks bucket with whoever stops advertising on Twitter.
Twitter let their private pool become a swimming place for official government persons and agencies to disseminate official information, sometimes urgent and critical, to the public. in example, White House account, local police accounts, emergency weather accounts, etc.
When they then decided to "turn off" the microphone of the sitting President, his press secretary, and other accounts, they stepped over the line. This was particularly unacceptable as it was one sided - allowing only left elitist to control the "conversation".
The old guard at Twitter and the current guard at Facebook should receive more than just fines for election interference. They should be in jail as insurrectionist. Fortunately their coup falls apart next Tuesday and its time for justice.
Considering there is documented proof of government control of posts/moderation across social media/big tech, I think it might be more apt than previously thought.
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No Spin Ag said:will25u said:Twitter has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 4, 2022
Extremely messed up! They’re trying to destroy free speech in America.
You know we're living in idiocracy when people honestly believe there's free speech on privately owned websites.
Also, with his wealth I'm sure he won't ever feel what is likely a drop in his banks bucket with whoever stops advertising on Twitter.
That's an incredibly shallow and obtuse take for someone with the handle "no spin".
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HTownAg98 said:will25u said:Twitter has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 4, 2022
Extremely messed up! They’re trying to destroy free speech in America.
Destroying free speech by a company choosing not to advertise with you by exercising their own free speech is certainly a take.
Here's HTownAg98, everybody!
TexAgs91 said:Quote:
"Tweets posted by accounts from the political right receive more algorithmic amplification than the political left."
I thought it was the other way around?
That was what they wanted to find.
The reality is that emotional content on any side is what gets amplified
DubFalls said:TexAgs91 said:Quote:
"Tweets posted by accounts from the political right receive more algorithmic amplification than the political left."
I thought it was the other way around?
That was what they wanted to find.
The reality is that emotional content on any side is what gets amplified
The issue is that bots are able to amplify, and that staff are able to put their thumb in the scale. Take right and left out, this is a problem that should be solved.
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