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<\/p>\nI admit that I\u2019m still on the fence about Twitter personally. I did enjoy it and participated in some great discussions with people, in its early days.<\/p>\n
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That being said, I\u2019m \u201cMeh\u201d about it going the way of MySpace. Nobody ran in tight circles or lit their hair on fire when MySpace wound down to whatever it is now. (Is MySpace even still around?)<\/p>\n
Celebrities, Pundits, Wags, and all kinds of other people appear to be having a melt down over Twitter “Melting Down”.<\/p>\n
Elon Musk probably went too far with his email asking for, (or demanding) fealty to the company long work hours and whatever else he asked for. Clearly he pushed too hard too fast resulting in a lot of his staff resigning.<\/p>\n
This makes me wonder though if he\u2019s \u201csouring the milk\u201d just to get rid of self important dead weight.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s long been a tactic of employers to make a place a tough work environment that forces employees out the door rather than have a mass layoff. Especially with the WARN Act and all of its constraints, having a mass voluntary\u00a0exodus works for Elon and the company.<\/p>\n
Now he can hire employees to replace those that have quit, and not have to pay unemployment either. This is financially better for the company rather than have to keep those employees around for 60 days and pay them to screw him.<\/p>\n
I\u2019d imagine that he\u2019s looking very hard at the H1B1 workers who remain, and considering simply not renewing their H1B1 Status. I don\u2019t know all the ins and out of the visa system but I do know that without sponsorship the H1B1 Visa expires. At that point, the individual is supposed to return to their country of origin unless they\u2019ve become citizens of the US.<\/p>\n
Elon may be trailblazing in showing how H1B1 and other visas can be cancelled while limiting liability. I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n
I know that there are a lot of American software engineers that can certainly do the job, who\u2019d be willing to take on the challenge of working at Twitter. I\u2019d guess that American software engineers would be willing to ensure freedom of speech as long as they were from outside the Silicon Valley bubble.<\/p>\n
That so many people not involved directly with the company are commenting and wailing about the changes at Twitter is interesting to me.<\/p>\n
Journalists specifically seem to be making a lot of noise, and I couldn\u2019t figure that out.<\/p>\n
I began to wonder if these journalists are realizing that they\u2019re actually going to have to research what they say instead of relying on \u201cTweets\u201d to write a story. That could explain why they\u2019re so up in arms.<\/p>\n
Are these people saying, “My God, I\u2019m going to have to actually do research!<\/em><\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n Once that realization sinks in, I\u2019m guessing they\u2019re going to be pretty pissed off that they\u2019re going to have to pick up the phone and speak to someone, vet<\/em> their sources, and at least partially verify<\/em> their facts before running off to write a one sided hit piece on someone or some event.<\/p>\n Social media is hearsay not fact. It\u2019s always been hearsay, rumor, innuendo, and in some cases complete bullshit.<\/p>\n When so called journalists began using platforms designed for social media and conversation as their journalistic sources we got Journalism that looked like social media, instead of fact.<\/p>\n Funny how that works isn’t it?<\/p>\n So journalists\u2026 Get to fucking work!<\/p>\n I\u2019m going to be waiting for the want ads to come out to see if there\u2019s a position for me at the new Twitter.<\/p>\n If I could work from home, or in an office outside California I\u2019d work pretty damn cheap. If I have to move to San Francisco, well the job is going to have to be really \u201cCherry\u201d and the pay will have to be significantly more.<\/p>\n That\u2019s because I don\u2019t see the need to live in a Studio Apartment for 5K a month, to be in a place where I have to step over shit in the streets to go to work.<\/p>\n I absolutely love the thought of all the rainbow colored hair social justice warrior types finding that their “playpen for pay” is being taken away. I\u2019m half tempted to drive up to near San Francisco, take BART to Twitter headquarters and ask for a job application.<\/p>\n I\u2019d fill out the application in the lobby and laugh my ass off watching the tearful goodbyes as the children left the building.<\/p>\n It would be very hard for me not to say to them, \u201cWelcome to the real world, parasites!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I admit that I\u2019m still on the fence about Twitter personally. I did enjoy it and participated in some great discussions with people, in its early days. That being said, I\u2019m \u201cMeh\u201d about it going the way of MySpace. Nobody ran in tight circles or lit their hair on fire when MySpace wound down to … <\/p>\n