@jonconnorton Greetings from the abode of one outrageously spoiled cat to that of another.
@Comus Greetings from a very contented and spoiled cat
@jonconnorton Jon, expect you already know, but if not EM has posted a poll saying: "Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll" so head back to the bird place wnd vote maybe?
@Comus Thanks, Comus. I suspect that Elmo is sick of managing a site where thousands of people call him a right thumper every day, and wants to hand it over to a council who the advertisers will trust. He’s been burning through the cash a bit.
@jonconnorton Yes, I took it to mean he was looking for a way out too.
No matter how much effort put into monetising users, if 90% of your income comes from advertisers a loose cannon CEO is a guaranteed loss maker. Not all publicity is good publicity. Even if he 'steps down' though...

@Comus I think the Onion got him bang to rights.

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