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16vCento wrote: Thu Nov 10, 2022 12:41 pm Some of the fake ones are superb

drcarlos wrote: Thu Nov 10, 2022 10:18 am I love that this fail fast agile car crash is playing out in real life to people that would never normally see it.

A comedy lack of programme/project mgt, testing and change control process.

In small outfits with uncomplicated systems it doesn't produce results that many see or feel.

However you get to the behmoth that is the Twitter and changing something that looks small without checking dependencies and fully testing it you get this kind of result.

This could also be a result of a lack of design docs (I've seen this happen too) too so the people coding these changes have no idea of how it all hangs together.

Gavster wrote: Thu Nov 10, 2022 12:54 pm It’s inevitable that the excessive pay, benefits and bean bags which have typified tech companies will, at some point, come to an end.

Beany wrote: Thu Nov 10, 2022 1:31 pm
Also, 'move fast and break things' is what you do in your dev instances where no-one will see it, not on live....

Sorry that this is my first email to the whole company, but there is no way to sugarcoat the message.

Frankly, the economic picture ahead is dire, especially for a company like ours that is so dependent on advertising in a challenging economic climate. Moreover, 70% of our advertising is brand, rather than specific performance, which makes us doubly vulnerable!

That is why the priority over the past ten days has been to develop and launch Twitter Blue Verified subscriptions (huge props to the team!). Without significant subscription revenue, there is a good chance Twitter will not survive the upcoming economic downturn. We need roughly half of our revenue to be subscription.

Of course, we will still then be significantly reliant on advertising, so I am spending time with our sales & partnerships teams to ensure that Twitter continues to be appealing to advertisers. This is the Spaces discussion that Robin, Yoel and I hosted today:

[Links to a Twitter Spaces recording called "Elon Q&A: Advertising & the Future."]

The road ahead is arduous and will require intense work to succeed. We are also changing Twitter policy such that remote work is no longer allowed, unless you have a specific exception. Managers will send the exceptions lists to me for review an approval.

Starting tomorrow (Thursday), everyone is required to be in the office for a minimum of 40 hours per week. Obviously, if you are physically unable to travel to an office or have a critical personal obligation, then your absence is understandable.

I look forward to working with you to take Twitter to a whole new level. The potential is truly incredible!

Thanks,
Elon

tim wrote: Fri Nov 11, 2022 8:09 am https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/10/234 ... ng-q-and-a

Read the full transcript, it's very interesting I think.

tim wrote: Thu Nov 10, 2022 11:07 pm I recommend watching The Elon Musk Show on iPlayer.