Ken WhiteDec 24, 2022

Freethinker Elon Musk defies woke mind virus, refuses to tell people how to think about suicide

https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musk-orders-removal-twitter-suicide-prevention-feature-sources-say-2022-12-23/

Exclusive: Twitter removes suicide prevention feature, says it's under revamp

Twitter Inc removed a feature in the past few days that promoted suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources to users looking up certain content, according to two people familiar with the matter who said it was ordered by new owner Elon Musk.

Reuters
Show threadpodkaynelivesDec 24, 2022
@Popehat Like they couldn't keep the existing system in place on production while they worked on the new system in their dev environment 🙄
Show threadGeorge BuddDec 24, 2022
@podkaynelives @Popehat Does Twitter even have a dev environment? Regardless, this is completely disgusting
Show threadKevin SoursDec 24, 2022
@Gbudd @podkaynelives @Popehat Everybody has a dev environment. Some organizations have a separate environment for production. I don’t believe Twitter is one of them.
Show threadGeorge Budd
@kevinrsours @podkaynelives @Popehat You’re right, I wish I had said it that way (I am very happy not to work in a “move fast and break things” development shop (I personally just break things at a more leisurely pace 🙄))
Dec 24, 2022 at 4:30amWeb