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arista 05-11-2022 05:30 AM

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Mystic Mock 05-11-2022 05:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arista (Post 11224736)
You do not have to have it

Well that's because I'm already a bit tick.:hehe:

Mystic Mock 05-11-2022 05:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet (Post 11225336)

The fact that 21.7% voted against free speech.:umm2:

But when it comes to Elon Musk he strikes me as someone that only cares about free speech when it suits him.

GoldHeart 05-11-2022 06:13 AM

Twitter is such a cesspool of garbage , so glad i don't use it ... so i can't imagine paying £8 a month for a silly blue tick. I wouldn't even pay a penny .

Zizu 05-11-2022 06:55 AM

So his first job was to sack 50% of the Twitter staff !!!


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GoldHeart 05-11-2022 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Zizu (Post 11225433)
So his first job was to sack 50% of the Twitter staff !!!


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Sounds that way

Oliver_W 05-11-2022 07:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zizu (Post 11225433)
So his first job was to sack 50% of the Twitter staff !!!


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Fair enough, a lot of them were probably just being paid to warm seats anyway, and as a tech guy he probably knows more effective ways to run it.
Also, if he wants less moderation, that obviously means less staff

arista 05-11-2022 08:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoldHeart (Post 11225431)
Twitter is such a cesspool of garbage , so glad i don't use it ... so i can't imagine paying £8 a month for a silly blue tick. I wouldn't even pay a penny .


Media get their company to
pay the $8 for them

bots 05-11-2022 08:49 AM

it's his company, he could make himself the only employee if he wanted :laugh:

The previous board were the problem with twitter. It hasn't generated any income in years, you cant blame musk for that. The guy is a prick, but its his company now, he can do what he wants with it

Zizu 05-11-2022 12:05 PM

I’ll never understand finances ..

He says they are over staffed and losing £4 million a day then sacks 4,000 workers giving them all 3 months severance pay !?

Surely that’s gonna cost an absolute fortune in the coming days / weeks !?


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bots 05-11-2022 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zizu (Post 11225494)
I’ll never understand finances ..

He says they are over staffed and losing £4 million a day then sacks 4,000 workers giving them all 3 months severance pay !?

Surely that’s gonna cost an absolute fortune in the coming days / weeks !?


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its a finite cost though, and paying them 2 months is a lot less than paying them indefinitely

Oliver_W 05-11-2022 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy (Post 11225312)
Require everyone to use their real name and verify their identity on sign-up. No need for blue ticks, no fake accounts, no bots, far less trolling.

To sign up as a company or organisation, make it that the email address has to be @ the official site.

I'm not generally a fan of the idea of verified ID being required for everything but the initial idea behind Twitter was that people would use their real name and photo... it was never intended to be an anonymous trolling platform but that's what it increasingly is becoming.

I'd say do it the other way round - absolutely no accounts should have visible ties to your real identity. You can't be "trolled" if no-one knows who you are :joker:

Wait a min, isn't Reddit like that? You don't log in, and when you post it's just a random string of numbers?

Zizu 05-11-2022 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bitontheslide (Post 11225496)
its a finite cost though, and paying them 2 months is a lot less than paying them indefinitely


3 months wages for half the staff payable up front ( now ) seems like a massive outgoing / expense if they are leaking money each day though


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Oliver_W 05-11-2022 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zizu (Post 11225532)
3 months wages for half the staff payable up front ( now ) seems like a massive outgoing / expense if they are leaking money each day though


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I see what you're saying but after the three months, they'd certainly see the difference.

bots 05-11-2022 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zizu (Post 11225532)
3 months wages for half the staff payable up front ( now ) seems like a massive outgoing / expense if they are leaking money each day though


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every company that is leaking money does exactly the same, its standard practice. Its 60 days btw, and that is so he doesnt fall foul of california employment law

Zizu 05-11-2022 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bitontheslide (Post 11225547)
every company that is leaking money does exactly the same, its standard practice. Its 60 days btw, and that is so he doesnt fall foul of california employment law


I saw reports he’d offered more than the set 2 months amount to appease everyone


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Oliver_W 06-11-2022 07:04 AM



Love the Weasel :love:

arista 06-11-2022 07:35 AM

A Tech Journalist

on Times Radio Live
says some staff members sacked
have been invited back

bots 07-11-2022 10:27 AM

Elon Musk says Twitter users engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying it as a parody account will be permanently suspended.

Twitter previously issued a warning before suspending accounts, but there would now be no warning, he announced.

A number of accounts that changed their name to Elon Musk and mocked the billionaire have already been suspended or placed behind a warning sign.

Twitter's billionaire new owner took over the company late last month.

At the end of last week he laid off around half of the company's workforce.

He has also confirmed plans to allow users to buy blue-tick, verified status.

Detailing the new policy on parody accounts, Mr Musk tweeted: "Previously, we issued a warning before suspension, but now that we are rolling out widespread verification, there will be no warning."

He added that "any name change at all will cause temporary loss of verified checkmark".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63539617

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free speech being banned :laugh:

arista 07-11-2022 10:28 AM

"parody account will be permanently suspended."


They will have to set up another account

Niamh. 07-11-2022 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bitontheslide (Post 11226075)
Elon Musk says Twitter users engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying it as a parody account will be permanently suspended.

Twitter previously issued a warning before suspending accounts, but there would now be no warning, he announced.

A number of accounts that changed their name to Elon Musk and mocked the billionaire have already been suspended or placed behind a warning sign.

Twitter's billionaire new owner took over the company late last month.

At the end of last week he laid off around half of the company's workforce.

He has also confirmed plans to allow users to buy blue-tick, verified status.

Detailing the new policy on parody accounts, Mr Musk tweeted: "Previously, we issued a warning before suspension, but now that we are rolling out widespread verification, there will be no warning."

He added that "any name change at all will cause temporary loss of verified checkmark".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63539617

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free speech being banned :laugh:

Oh Dear :laugh:

Oliver_W 07-11-2022 02:42 PM

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Liam- 07-11-2022 02:49 PM

He’s an overgrown toddler that’s bought a social media company to punish those that make fun of him, it’s actually so pathetic

Crimson Dynamo 07-11-2022 02:53 PM

Bring back Trump please Elon

:fc:

Oliver_W 07-11-2022 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Liam- (Post 11226152)
He’s an overgrown toddler that’s bought a social media company to punish those that make fun of him, it’s actually so pathetic

Let the whole thing burn, twitter is toxic af and if his shenanigans kill it, then great!


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