Elon Musk buys $3 billion stake (9.2%) in Twitter and is now the platform's largest shareholder

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Anonymous wrote:I’m honestly surprised no one has launched a DDOS or other shenanigans directed towards Twitter yet.

Yes I've been wondering if Anonymous is going to join the fray.

Anon is a phenomena of 4chan. They love Musk.

Nope. There are people who pretend to be Anons on 4chan. There are people who pretend to be Anons who love Musk.

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Has anyone in the payroll department written any code in the last year? No, I didn’t think so!

What point are you attempting to make here?

Sarcasm, I think. Elon seems to measure Twitter employees' worth by how much code they have written. Clearly, HR, payroll, compliance, legal, etc. are totally worthless then.

Because a coder for Twitter will be hard to replace quickly, since they know the product, and the product is complex, whereas it's easier to replace a non-coder - HR and payroll are generic jobs and not likely to be vary enormously from company to company. You can't parachute a FB coder to Twitter and expect them to be productive on day 1.

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Has anyone in the payroll department written any code in the last year? No, I didn’t think so!

What point are you attempting to make here?

Sarcasm, I think. Elon seems to measure Twitter employees' worth by how much code they have written. Clearly, HR, payroll, compliance, legal, etc. are totally worthless then.

Because a coder for Twitter will be hard to replace quickly, since they know the product, and the product is complex, whereas it's easier to replace a non-coder - HR and payroll are generic jobs and not likely to be vary enormously from company to company. You can't parachute a FB coder to Twitter and expect them to be productive on day 1.

If you are in a field like HR or payroll and can literally work anywhere, why the F would you want to work at Twitter?

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Has anyone in the payroll department written any code in the last year? No, I didn’t think so!

What point are you attempting to make here?

Sarcasm, I think. Elon seems to measure Twitter employees' worth by how much code they have written. Clearly, HR, payroll, compliance, legal, etc. are totally worthless then.

Because a coder for Twitter will be hard to replace quickly, since they know the product, and the product is complex, whereas it's easier to replace a non-coder - HR and payroll are generic jobs and not likely to be vary enormously from company to company. You can't parachute a FB coder to Twitter and expect them to be productive on day 1.

That is not strictly true. While not as difficult to onboard as tech staff, there is always a learning curve with new positions, vis a vis payroll/HR systems, approval chains, and so on.

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Has anyone in the payroll department written any code in the last year? No, I didn’t think so!

What point are you attempting to make here?

Sarcasm, I think. Elon seems to measure Twitter employees' worth by how much code they have written. Clearly, HR, payroll, compliance, legal, etc. are totally worthless then.

Because a coder for Twitter will be hard to replace quickly, since they know the product, and the product is complex, whereas it's easier to replace a non-coder - HR and payroll are generic jobs and not likely to be vary enormously from company to company. You can't parachute a FB coder to Twitter and expect them to be productive on day 1.

That is not strictly true. While not as difficult to onboard as tech staff, there is always a learning curve with new positions, vis a vis payroll/HR systems, approval chains, and so on.

Especially if there’s nobody there to show you where anything is. We’ll know the truth of it all by next week.

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Anonymous wrote:

Has anyone in the payroll department written any code in the last year? No, I didn’t think so!

What point are you attempting to make here?

Sarcasm, I think. Elon seems to measure Twitter employees' worth by how much code they have written. Clearly, HR, payroll, compliance, legal, etc. are totally worthless then.

Because a coder for Twitter will be hard to replace quickly, since they know the product, and the product is complex, whereas it's easier to replace a non-coder - HR and payroll are generic jobs and not likely to be vary enormously from company to company. You can't parachute a FB coder to Twitter and expect them to be productive on day 1.

That is not strictly true. While not as difficult to onboard as tech staff, there is always a learning curve with new positions, vis a vis payroll/HR systems, approval chains, and so on.

Of course, but the point is the difference in learning curve between a programmer and someone else.

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Hey can everyone here please vote in this poll

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Anonymous wrote:I’m honestly surprised no one has launched a DDOS or other shenanigans directed towards Twitter yet.

They’re pretty much laying out a red carpet for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The app is already acting super buggy today.

I have had no problems. No slowness, no bugs.

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He's finished, finished! lol. You saps don't realize the choreographed astroturfed pushback is from the Silicon Valley machine which is full of freeloading deadweight who don't want their a**es to be next on the employment line. How could you not watch those viral TikToks of worthless sorority girls bragging about doing LITERALLY nothing all day at their "tech job" and realize the entire industry was full of dead weight?

Everyone’s on Twitter because they want to be there at the moment the lights inevitably go out. You get that, right? Please tell me you don’t think that “oops we fired the people who control access so we had to lock everyone out of the building” is some form of 3D chess.

Do you think websites only "stay up" because a webmaster is peddling a bicycle? You think DCUM's owner and his wife take turns peddling a bicycle 24 hours a day?

Like…what? You think a platform like Twitter doesn’t need people to run it?

Maybe <10% of the aces at twitter did any real work. Elon sought out those whales who do all the work, then culled the deadweight. Now the whales get to help decide the few who get to come back. I mean seriously, do you think all of those viral worthless idiot sorority girls who were posting tiktoks about drinking smoothies and doing yoga at their "tech jobs" are necessary? It was pointless bloat x1000s.

That only works if the whales don't leave. The choices where three months severance plus a job at a competitor or staying with longer hours and fewer perks to work for a private company that is hemorrhaging money (not great if you expect to be compensated with equity). It appears that many of the whales have left.

+1. DH works in tech and has been through several acquisitions. Generally, they freeze most hiring and firing for about 90 days to get in and really study the structure of the company and the individual teams and departments and make a long term business plan. After that, layoffs may happen quickly. But they have a purpose in line with the business plan. Not “if you don’t like it, leave”.

His company has been getting resumes from talented tweets and is hoping to hire some. It appears that most of those left behind aren’t whales— they can easily get a new job and not have to deal with the chaos and cr*p. It’s immigrants with Visas tied to Twitter who can’t be out of status. Those folks are shopping around too. They just couldn’t walk away yesterday.

Twitter had a unique disease, one in which people were shaping news to fit a narrative. They were working with the Biden administration to do so. The way they went about their business would not have stood up to Constitutional scrutiny. It’s imperative to stop this behavior quickly, even if that means chaos.

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Look a the photo in that tweet. None of that look odd to you?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Has anyone in the payroll department written any code in the last year? No, I didn’t think so!

What point are you attempting to make here?

Sarcasm, I think. Elon seems to measure Twitter employees' worth by how much code they have written. Clearly, HR, payroll, compliance, legal, etc. are totally worthless then.

Because a coder for Twitter will be hard to replace quickly, since they know the product, and the product is complex, whereas it's easier to replace a non-coder - HR and payroll are generic jobs and not likely to be vary enormously from company to company. You can't parachute a FB coder to Twitter and expect them to be productive on day 1.

If you are in a field like HR or payroll and can literally work anywhere, why the F would you want to work at Twitter?

You don’t think there are independents and conservatives looking for work? BTW, there are entire contracting firms dedicated to HR and payroll who’d love the work.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Has anyone in the payroll department written any code in the last year? No, I didn’t think so!

What point are you attempting to make here?

Sarcasm, I think. Elon seems to measure Twitter employees' worth by how much code they have written. Clearly, HR, payroll, compliance, legal, etc. are totally worthless then.

Because a coder for Twitter will be hard to replace quickly, since they know the product, and the product is complex, whereas it's easier to replace a non-coder - HR and payroll are generic jobs and not likely to be vary enormously from company to company. You can't parachute a FB coder to Twitter and expect them to be productive on day 1.

If you are in a field like HR or payroll and can literally work anywhere, why the F would you want to work at Twitter?

You don’t think there are independents and conservatives looking for work? BTW, there are entire contracting firms dedicated to HR and payroll who’d love the work.

It’s true that the work can be outsourced. If I there’s no one around to hand off the keys, it becomes difficult. Not to mention, unless you off shore it, chances are pretty good you’ll be paying more, not less than you were before. Outsourcing those functions make sense for small companies, not large ones.

I don’t know why you bring up independents and conservatives. Are they more likely to work in a toxic workplace for a mercurial boss?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

He's finished, finished! lol. You saps don't realize the choreographed astroturfed pushback is from the Silicon Valley machine which is full of freeloading deadweight who don't want their a**es to be next on the employment line. How could you not watch those viral TikToks of worthless sorority girls bragging about doing LITERALLY nothing all day at their "tech job" and realize the entire industry was full of dead weight?

Everyone’s on Twitter because they want to be there at the moment the lights inevitably go out. You get that, right? Please tell me you don’t think that “oops we fired the people who control access so we had to lock everyone out of the building” is some form of 3D chess.

Do you think websites only "stay up" because a webmaster is peddling a bicycle? You think DCUM's owner and his wife take turns peddling a bicycle 24 hours a day?

Like…what? You think a platform like Twitter doesn’t need people to run it?

Maybe <10% of the aces at twitter did any real work. Elon sought out those whales who do all the work, then culled the deadweight. Now the whales get to help decide the few who get to come back. I mean seriously, do you think all of those viral worthless idiot sorority girls who were posting tiktoks about drinking smoothies and doing yoga at their "tech jobs" are necessary? It was pointless bloat x1000s.

That only works if the whales don't leave. The choices where three months severance plus a job at a competitor or staying with longer hours and fewer perks to work for a private company that is hemorrhaging money (not great if you expect to be compensated with equity). It appears that many of the whales have left.

+1. DH works in tech and has been through several acquisitions. Generally, they freeze most hiring and firing for about 90 days to get in and really study the structure of the company and the individual teams and departments and make a long term business plan. After that, layoffs may happen quickly. But they have a purpose in line with the business plan. Not “if you don’t like it, leave”.

His company has been getting resumes from talented tweets and is hoping to hire some. It appears that most of those left behind aren’t whales— they can easily get a new job and not have to deal with the chaos and cr*p. It’s immigrants with Visas tied to Twitter who can’t be out of status. Those folks are shopping around too. They just couldn’t walk away yesterday.

Twitter had a unique disease, one in which people were shaping news to fit a narrative. They were working with the Biden administration to do so. The way they went about their business would not have stood up to Constitutional scrutiny. It’s imperative to stop this behavior quickly, even if that means chaos.

Oh do tell about “Constitutional scrutiny”….

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Has anyone in the payroll department written any code in the last year? No, I didn’t think so!

What point are you attempting to make here?

Sarcasm, I think. Elon seems to measure Twitter employees' worth by how much code they have written. Clearly, HR, payroll, compliance, legal, etc. are totally worthless then.

Because a coder for Twitter will be hard to replace quickly, since they know the product, and the product is complex, whereas it's easier to replace a non-coder - HR and payroll are generic jobs and not likely to be vary enormously from company to company. You can't parachute a FB coder to Twitter and expect them to be productive on day 1.

If you are in a field like HR or payroll and can literally work anywhere, why the F would you want to work at Twitter?

You don’t think there are independents and conservatives looking for work? BTW, there are entire contracting firms dedicated to HR and payroll who’d love the work.

It’s true that the work can be outsourced. If I there’s no one around to hand off the keys, it becomes difficult. Not to mention, unless you off shore it, chances are pretty good you’ll be paying more, not less than you were before. Outsourcing those functions make sense for small companies, not large ones.

I don’t know why you bring up independents and conservatives. Are they more likely to work in a toxic workplace for a mercurial boss?

I didn’t say overseas. There are US companies who do this. And yes, in this case independents and conservatives, who hated what Twitter were doing, would be willing to work for him.