• No one buys anything from Twitter, but lots buy from Insta. Why?

    Twitter was algo-coded to maximize impressions, which maximizes irrelevance (said Musk). Because if you click on an ad you lose 40% of your impressions total.

    "An ad that is highly relevant is content. An ad that is irrelevant is spam"

    "As relevant to people's needs as possible."

    Is this what it's like for Tech CEOs to work with code developers? Is it just because in this industry the skilled workers are younger than in other industries? Is this a stage in the industry where next year's top wanted developers learn how to work with their director?

    Or is there a question about how can you get tech coder workers to become workers who can work with other people? (if they just work alone all the time, have super high demand and so don't need to adjust themselves to their companies, and have high salaries)

     
    Category: Technology
    Posted: Dec 24, 2022

  • Musk stated an ultimatum, commit to work hardcore long hours by Friday or quit. Hundreds quit.

    How many of these walkouts just were workers who didn't want to work harder?


     
    Category: Technology
    Posted: Nov 18, 2022
  • Twitter employees are all a-twitter, talking about quitting

    Maybe illustrative of something maybe not expected. That it's not just the board of directors responsible for a malfunctioning (or just biased) organization, but, especially after years of use, the users and the workers. It might not be so easy to change and make it inclusive of those same people plus the people who had been excluded by them.
     
    Category: Technology
    Posted: Apr 28, 2022
  • Democrat Howard Dean left Twitter

    Jameela Jamil (actress and feminist) left.

    NYT colomnist Charles Blow left.
     
    Category: Technology
    Posted: Apr 27, 2022
  • Musk making some statements in favor of free speech that seem sort of antagonistic to liberals (woke etc)

    Is this the best plan to keep an inclusive, pluralistic platform?

    #Musk #Twitter
    Category: Technology
    Posted: Apr 27, 2022
  • Big follower number changes day after Musk bought Twitter

    Obama down 300k, Katy Perry down 200k. A Republican congresswoman and Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil went up 100k followers.

    They said this was caused by organic changes (left wingers leaving platform, right wingers joining).

     
    Category: Technology
    Posted: Apr 27, 2022
  • Musk tweeted "Love me tender" with music notes

    People think he'll make a tender offer. He has to show he has sufficient funds, though. There are no competing offers, so analysts say if he has the money he'll own Twitter.

    Category: People
    Posted: Apr 18, 2022
  • Musk bought like 10% of Twitter stock

    Stock rose 25%. It went down a bit in the following days, but is still up significantly.

    A few days earlier he engaged with the public on his Twitter, asking about if Twitter respects democracy and stuff and what should be done, and people wondered if he might buy a majority in Twitter for a few billion.

    A few days after buying his 10% in stoc, he offered to buy all of Twitter for like $40b or something. It wasn't accepted. News is discussing it.

     
    Category: People
    Posted: Apr 04, 2022

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