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
PauloDec 26, 2022
Show threadFaiz Siddiqui

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
Dec 24, 2022 at 3:34pmWeb
Show threadFaiz SiddiquiDec 24, 2022

Musk made Tesla the world's most valuable automaker and SpaceX the most succesful private spaceflight company in history

But inside Twitter, it wasn't always clear that Musk grasped the issues the social media company was dealing with

Show threadBrian HoggDec 24, 2022
@faizsays holy cats.
Show threadHolly 🚀⚜️Dec 25, 2022
@faizsays *private meaning billions in taxpayer funds via federal contracts.
Show threadAriM 🇺🇲🇮🇱🇺🇦Jan 11, 2023
@faizsays that's exactly what any semi-competent salesman would do - project confidence and full control, then scurry over to the engineers to find out if it can be done. Basic stuff.
Show threadAlgernon D'AmmassaDec 24, 2022
@faizsays They’re a step away from being told not to look directly at His Eminence.
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 threadAngieDec 24, 2022
@politicalpunk @faizsays Wealth hoarding, like any hoarding, is a mental illness and yet capitalism rewards and celebrates it.
Show threadLt.Cpl Хуёвый ПчеловодDec 24, 2022
@angiebaby @politicalpunk @faizsays Wealth hoarding is but a small part of the problem. We, as a society, need to stop worshiping idols.
Show threadAnton ☮️🚂Dec 24, 2022
@hu_logic @angiebaby @faizsays Exactly. I only admire never worship, and even that can be fraught with downsides.
Show threadZelkDec 24, 2022
@angiebaby @politicalpunk @faizsays True.
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 ☮️🚂Dec 24, 2022
@wtfrank @faizsays I 💯 agree! If I had that wealth I would feel so guilty day in and day out.
Show threadsemiquaverDec 25, 2022
@wtfrank @politicalpunk @faizsays the key has been tax reduction. The top marginal rate is half what it was 50 years ago ! The super rich got control of a political party and made that job one. They are going to cancel democracy before it swings the other way.
Show threadFrancis ☑️Dec 25, 2022
@semiquaver @politicalpunk @faizsays And these dark-funded "think tanks" that drag the public policy debate in a direction that optimises for the wealthy rather than the public at large.
Show threadSteve PopovichDec 26, 2022
@semiquaver @wtfrank @politicalpunk @faizsays that's if it CAN swing the other way...either the rich would have to allow the swing, or there would be revolutions and guillotines before the society could reach such s point.
Show threadche chou Dec 24, 2022
@politicalpunk @faizsays i would even say that being a sociopath is the only way to accumulating that much wealth.
Show threadVAWeismanDec 24, 2022
@politicalpunk @faizsays Most billionaires made that money through exploitation: exploiting loopholes in laws & regulations, exploiting labor, or exploiting the environment. All for the goal of self enrichment. They then showily give .001% of that wealth to address the results of that exploitation as “charity”, thus allowing them to write it off their taxes.
Show threadSteve PopovichDec 26, 2022
@vaweisman @politicalpunk @faizsays most? Pretty much all billionaires, and even quite a few lower level capitalists. Capitalism, at its root, is exploitation to extract value from other people's labor for the capitalist class.
Show threadSteve PopovichDec 26, 2022
@politicalpunk @faizsays to be honest, that has always been the quickest way to riches. CEOs and politicians both have much higher rates of sociopathy than almost all other occupations, because the whole job, in both cases, is manipulating other people.
Show threadMike FraserDec 26, 2022
@politicalpunk @faizsays Brains was never the prerequisite for success in business. It was always a mixture of being fearless and utterly ruthless.
Show threadNonilexDec 24, 2022
@faizsays what a diva
Show threadsilverhorsemanDec 24, 2022
@faizsays
The classic weakness of autocrats.
They surround themselves with lickspittles who tell them what they want to hear.
Based on that, they make self destructive decisions.
#musk #xi #putin
Show threadIsaac LeFeverDec 24, 2022
@faizsays all just sounds incredibly immature
Show threadLucius Annaeus SenecaDec 24, 2022
@faizsays
Not much of a genius. Rather, an insecure, small man with a well-justified imposter syndrome who uses his money and power as a cudgel. Pathetic.
Show threadBKDec 24, 2022
@faizsays smh
Show threadNanaKimDec 24, 2022
@faizsays Omg. He thinks he's a king.
Show threadjwbvtDec 24, 2022
@faizsays a real man of the people!
Show threadJustinDec 24, 2022
@faizsays he sounds just like Trump.
Show threadPeter PrincipleDec 24, 2022
@faizsays So Space Karen likes to keep people waiting as a dominance move? Just like Putin.
Show threadSteve PopovichDec 26, 2022
@jobsboils @faizsays lol...next he'll be using that same, really long table for meetings, er I mean audiences.
Show threadVegDec 24, 2022
@faizsays Software Guru Joel Spolsky once referred to the notion of rewriting a functional codebase from scratch as "the single worst strategic mistake that any software company can make."
When Elon suggested it, someone should have said "Amazing, wow,” [...]“You’re a jackass. … What a moron.”
Show threadWayne55Dec 24, 2022
@faizsays no ego there!
Show threadTim Y.C 🌐🌍Dec 24, 2022
@faizsays it's disappointing to read that he's more interested in chasing conspiracy theories than actually solving technical problems. That should be a red-flag anyone helping this operation.
Show threadRachel WalesDec 24, 2022
@faizsays Just WOW.
Show threadauthor_is_ShrikeTron🔠💉x5Dec 24, 2022

@faizsays EdgeLord still doesn't realize SOCIAL culture HAS TO permeate the company whose business/product is SOCIAL.

Such a mismatch is how to crater a company.

Show threadDan GreaneyDec 24, 2022
@faizsays You left out the YouTube videos! That was the best part!😂
Show threadNo Good At AllDec 25, 2022
@faizsays What the fuck? First time I'm given the official notification to not speak before a boss I quit. That's a corporate culture I want nothing at all to do with.
Show threadTakayaDec 25, 2022
@faizsays sounds very healthy.
Show threadtom4okstateDec 25, 2022
@faizsays what a fucking psycho. Why does every additional detail we learn about him sound like mashup of the bad guy from multiple genres of 70s/80s movies?
Show threaddingodogDec 25, 2022
@faizsays he's busy watching Glass Onion
Show threadMorten Rand-HendriksenDec 25, 2022
@faizsays this sounds like the new textbook example of toxic work culture.
Show threadJulian ToedterDec 25, 2022

@faizsays Not condoning this approach nor saying that it's okay, rather in my experience and also from what I've heard, this can be a common situation for Founder CEOs who have a hands-on management style, and their CEO office teams.

Think there're pros and cons to this depending on the situation and where you sit in the corporate food chain, but I can understand why this can look toxic from an outside POV, or actually be toxic for some who have to go through with this.

Show thread(((JaneinNJ)))Dec 25, 2022
@faizsays Don’t speak until spoken to…like royalty! 😂
Show threadKarmaKatDec 25, 2022
@faizsays Creepy.
Show threadPlanet_CCDec 25, 2022
@faizsays so insufferable. Those visa holders are basically hostages
Show threadSteve PopovichDec 26, 2022
@faizsays what happens if they speak first? Off with their heads? He sounds like a mad king from a bad fantasy novel.