VeeDubJul 6, 2023
Matt Binder

Twitter is threatening legal action against Meta over Threads

in November, Elon Musk mocked laid off Twitter employees, saying โ€œtheir immense talent will no doubt be of great use elsewhereโ€

well, apparently some went to Meta to build Threads & Musk now has a problem with that

Jul 6, 2023 at 8:17pmMastodon for iOS
Show threadSebastian LasseJul 6, 2023

@MattBinder

Wait, does that mean that the cage-fight is just a show and they will both survive?

Show threadstephen m ๐Ÿž๐ŸŒน๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธJul 6, 2023
@MattBinder someone wants to have his billionaire cake and eat it too
Show threadmaryjane Jul 6, 2023
@MattBinder He must have thought at the time that the persons he fired would not search a job elsewhere and would just go hungry out of loyalty to him...
Show threadArne BrasseurJul 6, 2023
@MattBinder can zuck and musk just get a room already?
Show threadCristi_anJul 6, 2023
@MattBinder take a hike Musk(ovia).
Show threadJohn Federico โŒ˜Jul 6, 2023
@MattBinder ๐Ÿฆ‡๐Ÿ’ฉ๐Ÿคช
Show threadChuckJul 6, 2023
@MattBinder this is honestly hilarious.
Show threadMaya BaireyJul 6, 2023
@MattBinder Sadly hilarious.
Show threadLogan HighlenJul 6, 2023

@MattBinder meta responded that seemingly no one in the threads team was ex-twitter

https://9to5mac.com/2023/07/06/twitter-meta-threads-sue/

Twitter spooked by Threads, threatens to sue Meta for hiring employees after Musk fired everyone

ICYMI, Elon Musk spent $44 billion in 2022 to buy Twitter and fired most of the company. A lot has...

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Show thread13 barn owls in a trenchcoatJul 6, 2023
@MattBinder may they devour each other
Show threadSebastian PeitschJul 6, 2023
@MattBinder Meta told Semafor they didn't hire anyone
Show threadOrca ๐ŸŒป | ๐ŸŽ€ | ๐Ÿช | ๐Ÿด๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธJul 6, 2023
@MattBinder
"their immense talent will no doubt be of great use elsewhere"
This. This line means Elon will use these ex-employees as a reason to troll those companies that dare hire them with lawsuit.
Show threadChango369Jul 6, 2023
@MattBinder It looks as though all the money in the world can't buy emotional maturity.
Show threadCelia ValdeolmillosJul 6, 2023
@MattBinder Sorry not sorry. Leopards ate his face.
Show threadAlberto โ“‹Jul 6, 2023
@MattBinder oh, really? ๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿฟ
Show threadChris HansonJul 7, 2023
@MattBinder LOL, welcome to California, where non-competition agreements arenโ€™t a thing!
Show threadSometimes NoJul 7, 2023
@MattBinder Every time I see a post from this jagoff I hear circus music playing in my head now. They should never have sold the big top to the clown.
Show threadM.S. Bellows, Jr.Jul 7, 2023

@MattBinder Similar employees also went to Bluesky, which began as an internal Twitter project, but Musk's not whining seriously about that.

I wonder why not. #CuiBono

Show threadChris PirilloJul 7, 2023
@MattBinder ...they may have gone to Meta, but they're not on the Threads engineering team (according to Meta).
Show threadDavid HopkinsJul 7, 2023
@MattBinder Well, of course, those Twitter employees would take their skills to whoever offered them a job ... if there wasn't a clause in the contract about who they could work for X months after leaving, then it's fair game!!
Grow up, this is of your own making #Musk
Show threadFluffgar ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ HAS MOVEDJul 7, 2023

@MattBinder I'd dearly like to see that Musk getting his arse handed to him by the court.

Not a fan of the other guy either but one billionaire at a time... for now.

Show threadKarl Morant ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ  ๐Ÿ––Jul 7, 2023

@MattBinder

Meta claims that the threads team has zero former Twitter employees.

Show threadLauren Wu (Kayna on TFT)Jul 7, 2023

@MattBinder @rodhilton That's not what Meta says!

https://tapbots.social/@paul/110668817741940522

Paul Haddad :tapbots_logo: (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image How did I miss this beauty.

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Show threadKBhopeful (she/her)Jul 7, 2023
@MattBinder awkward
Show threadMiakoda Jul 8, 2023
@MattBinder [laughs in Mastodon]