Faiz SiddiquiDec 24, 2022

NEW: Elon Musk sent a Signal message ordering his staff to aid in the Twitter Files: "please give Bari [Weiss] full access to everything at Twitter. No limits at all.”

That triggered a frenzy inside Twitter, which was under a decade-old FTC order. IT staff refused to onboard Weiss, worried Twitter would be breaking the law.

Days later, two executives were fired.

"These guys did amazing damage,” a former employee told me of the Musk subordinates running the company.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/24/elon-musk-twitter-meltdown-tesla/

Twitter brings Elon Musk’s genius reputation crashing down to earth

Musk went down conspiracy rabbit holes and sank Tesla's stock with his behavior. And he was confronted with a chorus of boos in the cradle of the tech industry.

The Washington Post
Show threadFaiz SiddiquiDec 24, 2022

Inside Twitter, Musk occupies a 10th-floor conference room with a staging area. There, guests wait for the Twitter CEO — sometimes for more than an hour — before being called in.

Meeting guests are instructed not to speak until Musk does.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/24/elon-musk-twitter-meltdown-tesla/

Twitter brings Elon Musk’s genius reputation crashing down to earth

Musk went down conspiracy rabbit holes and sank Tesla's stock with his behavior. And he was confronted with a chorus of boos in the cradle of the tech industry.

The Washington Post
Show threadAnton ☮️🚂Dec 24, 2022
@faizsays It is obvious now that in order to become a billionaire these days you need to be a sociopath.
Show threadFrancis ☑️Dec 24, 2022
@politicalpunk @faizsays it's absurd that society lets anyone become a billionnaire. Given that money is largely numbers in computers, kind of like scores in a computer game with rules that we all agree to live by. Societies can choose any rules they want, yet we consistently choose rules in the game that is life that allows people to accumulate really large numbers.
Show threadAnton ☮️🚂
@wtfrank @faizsays I 💯 agree! If I had that wealth I would feel so guilty day in and day out.
Dec 24, 2022 at 5:50pmWeb