Things are going from bad to worse at Twitter. Twitter CEO and Chief Elon Musk apologist Linda Yaccarino is trying to spin Elon Musk’s F-Bomb laced tirade from a couple of days ago. You can read the details via this CNBC article that a reader pointed me towards. Here’s the relevant points:
Linda Yaccarino sent a memo to employees of X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday in the aftermath of Elon Musk’s interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin, which she characterized to her staff as “candid” and “profound.”
Her memo goes on to try and act as some sort of rallying cry by not only putting some spin on Elon’s tirade. Here’s a example of what I mean:
We’re at one of the most maverick companies in the world and we get to do things that have never been done before. X sits in a one-of-a-kind constellation of companies that are changing the world – from helping to conserve the planet through Tesla’s electric vehicles, to exploring new planets with SpaceX, to the seamless global connectivity of Starlink, to the potential of transforming lives with Neuralink, to responsibly reimagining the benefits of AGI through xAI.
You’re at X because you have the courage and conviction to build and operationalize the most consequential platform that exists. That’s quite an enviable position to be in.
Our mission at X is bold: to be an open platform without censorship of thought – one that provides people information and the freedom to make up their own minds. Our principles do not have a price tag, nor will they be compromised – ever. And no matter how hard they try, we will not be distracted by sideline critics who don’t understand our mission.
Yeah, if you want to call a platform full of racists and antisemitic humans among other miscreants that’s run by a guy who likes to lash out at his critics any way he can an”open platform without censorship of thought“. But you do you Linda.
The problem with this is that I don’t think that this message is resonating with Twitter staff based on this:
Claire Atkinson reported on Thursday that X, formerly known as Twitter, had faced a series of resignations from staff, including senior and junior employees, amid what has certainly been a chaotic month for the site and its owner. Sales staff began exiting the company shortly after X handed out bonus checks this month, the report said.
Atkinson reported that X was operating with a skeleton staff at its office, and the advertising division had been losing money.
A spokesperson for X did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
If a business is failing, employees head to greener pastures because they have bills to pay. Thus it’s really not surprising that there’s a wave of resignations given that Twitter is a train wreck next to a dumpster fire with no real hope of recovering from that. The real question is when will this make Twitter to be no longer viable because there’s not enough staff, or the right staff to run the platform.
Linda Yaccarino has lost the plot here. If she were smart, she’d heed the advice of her friends and quit Twitter. But based on the above, she’s going nowhere. Which means that either not that smart, or she’s all in with Twitter and is willing to go down with the ship. Not that it matters at the end of the day. What does matter is that this is yet another data point that shows that Twitter is doomed.
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Linda Yaccarino Tries To Rally The Troops At Twitter While Some Of Those Troops Are Leaving The Building
Things are going from bad to worse at Twitter. Twitter CEO and Chief Elon Musk apologist Linda Yaccarino is trying to spin Elon Musk’s F-Bomb laced tirade from a couple of days ago. You can read the details via this CNBC article that a reader pointed me towards. Here’s the relevant points:
Linda Yaccarino sent a memo to employees of X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday in the aftermath of Elon Musk’s interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin, which she characterized to her staff as “candid” and “profound.”
Her memo goes on to try and act as some sort of rallying cry by not only putting some spin on Elon’s tirade. Here’s a example of what I mean:
We’re at one of the most maverick companies in the world and we get to do things that have never been done before. X sits in a one-of-a-kind constellation of companies that are changing the world – from helping to conserve the planet through Tesla’s electric vehicles, to exploring new planets with SpaceX, to the seamless global connectivity of Starlink, to the potential of transforming lives with Neuralink, to responsibly reimagining the benefits of AGI through xAI.
You’re at X because you have the courage and conviction to build and operationalize the most consequential platform that exists. That’s quite an enviable position to be in.
Our mission at X is bold: to be an open platform without censorship of thought – one that provides people information and the freedom to make up their own minds. Our principles do not have a price tag, nor will they be compromised – ever. And no matter how hard they try, we will not be distracted by sideline critics who don’t understand our mission.
Yeah, if you want to call a platform full of racists and antisemitic humans among other miscreants that’s run by a guy who likes to lash out at his critics any way he can an”open platform without censorship of thought“. But you do you Linda.
The problem with this is that I don’t think that this message is resonating with Twitter staff based on this:
Claire Atkinson reported on Thursday that X, formerly known as Twitter, had faced a series of resignations from staff, including senior and junior employees, amid what has certainly been a chaotic month for the site and its owner. Sales staff began exiting the company shortly after X handed out bonus checks this month, the report said.
Atkinson reported that X was operating with a skeleton staff at its office, and the advertising division had been losing money.
A spokesperson for X did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
If a business is failing, employees head to greener pastures because they have bills to pay. Thus it’s really not surprising that there’s a wave of resignations given that Twitter is a train wreck next to a dumpster fire with no real hope of recovering from that. The real question is when will this make Twitter to be no longer viable because there’s not enough staff, or the right staff to run the platform.
Linda Yaccarino has lost the plot here. If she were smart, she’d heed the advice of her friends and quit Twitter. But based on the above, she’s going nowhere. Which means that either not that smart, or she’s all in with Twitter and is willing to go down with the ship. Not that it matters at the end of the day. What does matter is that this is yet another data point that shows that Twitter is doomed.
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