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Sidehatch
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Re: Twitter thread November 09, 2022 at 08:14 PM UTC #
This made me chuckle, but seems honest (I know don't trust this guy)

Elon Musk@elonmusk
Please note that Twitter will do lots of dumb things in coming months.

We will keep what works & change what doesn’t.
sweetcell
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Re: Twitter thread November 09, 2022 at 10:04 PM UTC #
kosmo wrote:
Whelp Twitter already scrapped the Official Tag only a few hours after launch  :o

twitter's staff in IT Ops/Deployment/SysEng/etc must be having heart attacks:
- this feature was developed very, very quickly.  i doubt it was properly tested.
- twitter's IT infrastructure is MASSIVE.  you don't just deploy code on a lark, getting something into Production (AKA "going live") is an event that is scheduled, planned, coordinated - to ensure your business doesn't go down because the servers got hosed by some new code.  i suspect elon has thrown all these precautions out the window and now the techs are stuck doing what elon wants, as quickly as elon wants.  this is seriously risky.
- rolling back a feature like this is also risky, especially on such a short time-scale.  i'm sure they planned the ability to remove, but who knows if they practiced the process…

would not want to be in the trenches for this one. 
sweetcell
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Re: Twitter thread November 09, 2022 at 10:10 PM UTC #
SoldMyPoll4RnR wrote:
This made me chuckle, but seems honest (I know don't trust this guy)

Elon Musk@elonmusk
Please note that Twitter will do lots of dumb things in coming months.

We will keep what works & change what doesn’t.

"Fail Hard. Fail Fast. Fail Often." - is an accepted and lauded approach to IT development: see what sticks, fix what doesn't.  it's  great way to innovate but you don't do it with your core product on such a massive scale.  it's ok to fail often and iterate when you're two buddies building a company out of your garage.  for a company as large as twatter, you want to fail often with new stuff, the stuff on the edges, specialized features, etc… elon is fucking around.  at some point he's going to find out.
kosmo
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Re: Twitter thread November 10, 2022 at 12:46 PM UTC #
So the whole "you too can be verified for 8 bucks" is working out so well for el0n

some of the biggest scum of the earth are now "verified"

multiple instances of "verified" account impersonating well established brands, celebrity impersonations, etc, etc,

i guess when one is CEO/Owner of three companies you are smart, clever and will do what's right for all those companies

and apparently rushing things into production and overlooking flaws is one of el0n's go to moves
Sidehatch
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Re: Twitter thread November 10, 2022 at 01:39 PM UTC #
this was a fun impersonation


it's twitter deep fake
sweetcell
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Re: Twitter thread November 10, 2022 at 05:14 PM UTC #
sweetcell wrote:
kosmo wrote:
Whelp Twitter already scrapped the Official Tag only a few hours after launch  :o

twitter's staff in IT Ops/Deployment/SysEng/etc must be having heart attacks:
- this feature was developed very, very quickly.  i doubt it was properly tested.
- twitter's IT infrastructure is MASSIVE.  you don't just deploy code on a lark, getting something into Production (AKA "going live") is an event that is scheduled, planned, coordinated - to ensure your business doesn't go down because the servers got hosed by some new code.  i suspect elon has thrown all these precautions out the window and now the techs are stuck doing what elon wants, as quickly as elon wants.  this is seriously risky.
- rolling back a feature like this is also risky, especially on such a short time-scale.  i'm sure they planned the ability to remove, but who knows if they practiced the process…

would not want to be in the trenches for this one. 

apparently i'm not the only one: "Several top security and privacy executives resigned from Twitter on Thursday, citing the rapid rollout of new features without proper security reviews and Elon Musk’s order that employees return to the office."
grateful
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Re: Twitter thread November 10, 2022 at 05:27 PM UTC #
Musk is the ultimate sorting hat. Only the people willing to work for him will remain.
jeffml
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Re: Twitter thread November 10, 2022 at 06:51 PM UTC #
Yeah.  I don't see the people unwilling to work for him remaining.

grateful wrote:
Musk is the ultimate sorting hat. Only the people willing to work for him will remain.
Sidehatch
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Re: Twitter thread November 10, 2022 at 06:57 PM UTC #
from inside Twitter:

Employees are comparing Musk's Twitter reign to the Trump White House, staying on to keep it from "going off the rails."

Musk is creating new rules “by Tweet edict,” then employees have to figure out how to enforce them
Starsky
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Re: Twitter thread November 10, 2022 at 06:58 PM UTC #
You guys are so fascinated by Elon Musk…
Sidehatch
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Re: Twitter thread November 10, 2022 at 07:03 PM UTC #
Well it’s like watching a car crash, you want to turn away but you can’t

This is the Twitter thread
But it is very Trump like in execution
Constantly shock and awe
grateful
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Re: Twitter thread November 16, 2022 at 02:32 AM UTC #
Not dead yet:

Jimmy Fallon
sweetcell
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Re: Twitter thread November 16, 2022 at 02:36 AM UTC #
deadheads wrote:
Not dead yet:

Jimmy Fallon

let's agree to disagree.
Sidehatch
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Re: Twitter thread November 16, 2022 at 09:51 PM UTC #
after three weeks, he can't take it anymore

musk says he plans to find someone to replace him as acting CEO of Twitter


haven't seen any updates on that head of lettuce
grateful
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Re: Twitter thread November 18, 2022 at 01:02 AM UTC #
NEW: Twitter just alerted employees that effective immediately, all office buildings are temporarily closed and badge access is suspended. No details given as to why.
sweetcell
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Re: Twitter thread November 18, 2022 at 02:57 AM UTC #
have we reached peak Elon yet?  that 44 billion price tag wasn't just for a user base, some code and several buildings full of servers… the human capital was a huge part of that price.  emphasis on WAS.
jrpa
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Re: Twitter thread November 18, 2022 at 03:19 AM UTC #
If you’re a narcissist, you can’t put a price tag on getting this many people to talk about you. For all the “he’s ruining Twitter” talk, the Twitter experience is exactly what it was before he bought it with the exception of Elon Musk now being the main character on it.
Sidehatch
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Re: Twitter thread November 18, 2022 at 03:36 AM UTC #
Seems like every tweet now “this is my last tweet, was nice knowing ya”

Elon, may be a dick, but this made me chuckle

"How do you make a small fortune in social media?" Musk asked. "Start out with a large
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