evacideSep 28, 2023

The story of why Elon Musk fired most of the election integrity team after saying he would expand it is stupider than I even imagined. The team's manager liked a tweet calling Elon a dipshit.

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/09/28/elon-fires-half-of-extwitters-election-integrity-team-because-a-manager-liked-a-tweet-calling-him-a-fucking-dipshit/

Elon Fires Half Of ExTwitter’s Election Integrity Team, Because A Manager Liked A Tweet Calling Him A Fucking Dipshit

There is no doubt that it’s not always easy to figure out what social media websites should do about election disinformation. There are those who believe that websites need to very actively remove …

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Show threadRalph Waldo Pickle ChipsSep 28, 2023
@evacide is calling your boss a dipshit legally protected workplace speech? asking for a friend
Show threadevacideSep 28, 2023

@shadowfacts That would be a really interesting question if that had happened, but it didn't. One guy got fired because he liked a tweet that criticized his boss. A bunch of other people got fired because THEIR MANAGER liked a tweet that criticized the boss.

For extra irony, that same boss had publicly offered to pay the legal fees of any person who had been fired because of something they had tweeted, which indicates that he does not think this is the right thing to do.

Show threadRalph Waldo Pickle Chips
@evacide hmm, that too seems like the sort of thing that should maybe be protected? like, if I were to like a tweet saying "our boss is a piece of shit, we should unionize to avoid getting jerked around so much," that definitely seems like it should be protected

also, lmao, I didn't even put this together with the legal fees thing, that's hilarious
Sep 29, 2023 at 12:26amWeb