Comment by marshray
1 day ago
> Musk chopped an awful lot of headcount at Twitter, right, and proved it was overkill, has that panned out?
Has X-Twitter released a single new feature since?
1 day ago
> Musk chopped an awful lot of headcount at Twitter, right, and proved it was overkill, has that panned out?
Has X-Twitter released a single new feature since?
You can buy blue checks, I guess. On the other hand they shut off embeds and access to replies unless you were signed in so it's functionally dead as a "website". Oh and sometimes there's child porn? So I guess it was overkill unless you care about things like moderation and safety. Anyway, excited to see how it very fairly handles the next US elections! I'm sure most of the remaining devs have invested their time there.
If the site is dead, why would it have any influence on elections?
So is it a dead app or is it influencing elections? I know Elon makes you mad, but try to be objective
Not really the point. I think Musk just wanted to trim headcount down to something that could keep the product running, more or less, and get rid of all the costs he could. He didn't care about turning Twitter into a hugely successful business or an amazing product. He just wanted to be able to control and influence what people say on the platform, and push his agenda and politics.
no, but they weren’t exactly churning out new features in the 2010s either
Spaces were amazing.
Creator monetization, which is great.
In general though I feel like the less new features it adds, the better.