TrevorNov 18, 2022
Qasim Rashid, Esq.

This Twitter fiasco is a reminder of who is *actually* critical to the survival of our economy & society.

Twitter worked before the billionaire got here. Now that workers are gone, Twitter is collapsing. Workers made Twitter work—a billionaire broke it.

Workers > Billionaires

Nov 18, 2022 at 4:10amMastodon Twitter Crossposter
Show threadUncle Cid (They/Them/We/Us)Nov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid at least the billionaires are nice and tasty.
Show threadDewey Ritten Nov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid
Jack Dorsey was also a billionaire.
Show threadSinister DesignNov 18, 2022
@deweyritten @QasimRashid ...and Twitter kept running juuuuuuust fine after he was gone. 🙂
Show threadCollector Of DreamsNov 18, 2022
@deweyritten @QasimRashid true but a nicer millionaire...😁
Show threadDavid BNov 18, 2022
@deweyritten @QasimRashid and Twitter survived him leaving (both times)
Show threadPurple DragonNov 18, 2022
@deweyritten @QasimRashid Not when he started Twitter. Twitter made him a billionaire. He was just a coder when it started, and he and his workers made it what it was
Show threadDewey Ritten Nov 19, 2022

@purpledragon @QasimRashid
So what's your point?

This should not have to be said, but here it goes:

Money isn't the problem. Currency is nothing but a means to an end, an abstract one at that.

The choices that people make with whatever resources they have at their disposal are at the root of every social calamity — from Lord of the Flies to Elon Musk.

Show threadYodaNov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid das capital
Show thread🍊 The Ken 🌾 🌹Nov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid in fact, in many cases (especially this one) things run smoother without the billionaires and would continue to run even if all the C-level staff went on a month long cruise.
Show threadGabeBeRealNov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid labor has always been driving force. We gotta remember that!
Show threadClipper Chip Nov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid It wasn't really working well before. We should not pretend all was well on Twitter before Elon took over.
Show threadfFringeENov 18, 2022
@clipperchip @QasimRashid this is true, but imagine it getting worse.
Show threadClipper Chip Nov 18, 2022
@fringe @QasimRashid That's an understatement :)
Show threadCrafty FeministNov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid @clipperchip wasn’t it though? Yes, Twitter has its issues, (trolls, bots, misinfo) but it’s still good for getting information and a place for an exchange of thoughts.
Show threadKobe652Nov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid an fundamental read on this topic : The Ignorant School Master by Jacques Rancière
Show threadForeverAndaDayNov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid workers create all value. they deserve to own it, not a leech like musk who owns stuff for a living and can't write a line of code to save his life.
Show threadDazzNov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid https://flip.it/_kW7IW All Twitter Offices Closed as Hundreds of Employees Resign
All Twitter Offices Closed as Hundreds of Employees Resign

The Twitter CEO gave employees until Thursday to decide whether to leave or commit to an “extremely hardcore” culture

Rolling Stone
Show threadDov H. LevinNov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid Yup https://mastodon.online/@dov_levin/109362735129207430
Dov H. Levin (@[email protected])

I.e. Twitter's possible forthcoming collapse: For non Americans, or ppl who lived outside the US for a while, the US tradition of letting private individuals control key communication & other infrastructure & do with them as they please is quite odd. If twitter goes down this will show its key weakness.

Mastodon
Show threadKhoaNov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid if twitter shuts down did elon just wasted $44B for NOTHING?
Show threadFrank Hucke officialNov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid Twitter was not successful as it could be - they made no profit - but since Musk is in the house … sheeesssshhh!
A proof that Musk is not a businesman because he has the ‚right feeling‘ - he is a proof for a dork who made money luckily (selling a good idea … win the lottery - same level…) and tried things. Reckless to other people.
Show threadDaniel ZimmermanNov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid lol wut? “The billionaire” is also a worker. Man literally sleeps at hq. Also Twitter is currently running just fine.
Show threadJuan Per¢ent,🇲🇽 🍉,🇻🇪Nov 18, 2022
@doctorworm @QasimRashid Yes Musk is also a worker, working 214 000 times harder than any other worker in Tesla, Space X and Twitter combined. He deserves every of his 20 thousand billon pennies,as well as the right to break any toy he pleases.
Show threadDaniel ZimmermanNov 18, 2022
@dacig @QasimRashid ….k
Show threadLuca 🤓Nov 18, 2022
@doctorworm @QasimRashid cosplaying as a worker /= being a worker
Show threadDaniel ZimmermanNov 18, 2022
Cosplaying? How do you figure
Show threadCJ the Awkward LeftyNov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid I think a lot or LGBTQ and other people who experienced a crap ton of harassment might take issue with the idea that Twitter ever "worked."
Show threadNgati Pakeha KuiaNov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid @awkwardlefty_cj it became a cess pit of trolling, pile ons and abuse.
Show threadpolytaphNov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid master thinks he is independent but actually is dependent. thanks hegel.
Show threadGabrielNov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid
I call this the pyramid fallacy: it wasn't pharaoh who actually built them.
Show threadBeccaFarkasNov 18, 2022

@QasimRashid just saw this:

Text reads: Wise Teachings. Some scribes were well known from ‘Teachings’ or ‘Instructions’. These writings discussed moral principles in the form of short sayings and warnings and were often copied. The Loyalist Teaching of Kaires addresses hierarchy and the dependence of the elite on their subordinates: ‘an overworked field-labourer will run away, so a harsh master will ultimately undermine his own success’.

1295-1069 BC, Deir el-Medina, limestone
British Museum

Show threadBeccaFarkasNov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid this post was via @capswing666 (on Twitter originally)
Show thread𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕪𝕎𝔸™️Nov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid deliberately maybe?
Show threadGordon 📀 Data Hunter-GathererNov 18, 2022

@QasimRashid

Analogous to

Show threadTolliesPolysNov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid billionaires constantly demoralize workers, under pay them and work them too hard. Workers need to realize their true power in this world.
Show threadMickNov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid just seen that people reckon Twitter is going to die
Show threadXauMankibNov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid More importantly, trying to standardise the behaviour of a whole social to the term of a billionaire will lead always to the dinamism of the users to... Well, be dinamic. Meanwhile, the flatlined logic of who made the changes will be it's own heavy demise.
Show threadBillNov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid
Show thread𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝘗𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 ☾༆༄𓇽᯾✰𓆙𓃠☔︎︎Nov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid 🙏 Amen
Show threadpmai.reNov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid Yas, the last time a billionaire took the power : Trump ! Not so good...
Show threadLemauNov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid Without the cogs and wires doing the dirty work, your car may look shiny on the outside, but it won't run. This is a lesson many managers should take to heart as well.
Show threadGil FewingsNov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid I love this
Show threadHarveenNov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid telling it like it is!
Show threadMarcinW 🖥️🚀Nov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid Let's not jump to conclusions. Twitter is unlikely to fold down completely. Even MySpace lives to this date. There are already weirdos offering free, voluntary work for Musk on Twitter.
Show threadC. M.Nov 18, 2022
@MarcinW @QasimRashid And something tells me they are all incels.
Show threadAlan GardeNov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid The one thing missing from Twitter was people with a clear vision of how to make it a profitable business. It didn't need someone ripping it apart for memes or being a dick to the employees.
Show threadLooking for explanations…Nov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid and also leads us to question the actual value of things. Something that was worth 44 billion a few weeks back is now worth a hell of a lot less.
Show threadDJP (Darren John Pope)Nov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid so true
Show threadJohnKayNov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid And that was true during the pandemic lockdowns. We relied on the nurses and the people in the local stores.
Show threadSouvenir Coffee MugNov 18, 2022

@QasimRashid in spite of its notoriety and widespread usage, Twitter was fatally flawed from the start. My primary objection was its stingy unwillingness to share the tweets of ordinary, non-celebrity users.

One could have shared the true secret to eternal happiness on Twitter and maybe a dozen or so people would have actually read it.

Show threadSergius Q PaulusNov 18, 2022
@zoobadger @QasimRashid I couldn’t agree more.
Show threadQuuuxNov 18, 2022

@QasimRashid Both Jack Dorsey, and Prince Alwaleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia are billionaires, too.

It's just a different billionaire now what makes the difference.

Show threadAlexa_CruzNov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid so glad I found you here. I follow your other socials and I you're a great source of social justice
Show threadJoel SeattleNov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid I'm just going to leave this here...
Show threadRabsinthe 💀Nov 18, 2022
@JoelSeattle @QasimRashid he believes he was actually involved in getting Twitter to where it was before this dumpster fire caught light.
Show threadMary DoyleNov 18, 2022

@QasimRashid

Is #Twitter not working fine at the moment? I see no difference 🤔

Show threaditsgivingextraNov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid it's a nice narrative, but it's not guaranteed to collapse. He might still hire a whole new team and revitalize it, right? I know it looks bad now though...
Show threadSuzanneNov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid
💯💯💯
Show threadArtemisNov 18, 2022
@QasimRashid Dunno. Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, & Jeff Bezos contributed a lot. There are productive billionaires & train-wreck billionaires.