Casey NewtonFeb 9, 2023

NEW: Elon Musk fired a top engineer over his declining view counts.

Plus the reason the site went down yesterday, fears about an upcoming FTC audit, and more, and more.

https://www.platformer.news/p/elon-musk-fires-a-top-twitter-engineer

From @zoeschiffer and me.

Elon Musk fires a top Twitter engineer over his declining view count

Inside Twitter 2.0, turmoil leaves employees stretched to the max

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Show threadStefanFeb 9, 2023
@caseynewton @zoeschiffer probably ends with elon's tweets as required reading.
Show threadJaeFeb 9, 2023
@stefan @caseynewton @zoeschiffer Definitely feels like they’d need to force Musk’s tweets into timelines to increase engagement. Then people will ban or hide Musk, or just stop using Twitter.
Show threadmbulskov
@me @stefan @caseynewton @zoeschiffer Already muted him. I get angry reading his bull so just protecting my sanity 😊
Feb 10, 2023 at 12:24amWeb
Show threadTurdus MerulaFeb 10, 2023
@mbu @me @stefan @caseynewton @zoeschiffer 👍👏👏