Many articles repeat this Wednesday, April 27, 2022, the employees’ reaction after the takeover of Twitter by Elon Musk. At first, the board of directors tried to prevent a hostile takeover before changing course – officially after being convinced of the financial package proposed by the engineer. Network Founder social Jack Dorsey seemed thrilled by this news, but on I obviously can’t say the same for all the Twitter employees who reacted en masse with a series of posts online. social. Not everything is so gloomy: many hope, in particular, that the fact of Twitter’s exit from the markets, in particular, will allow work to begin that is currently impossible. Elon Musk’s creed against robots and for open source is seen as points bearers of hope in this operation. But the overall atmosphere is still rather filled with frustration and existential questions. Indeed, Elon Musk has a special – very libertarian – concept of freedom of expression. He also reminds that it will son main goal in one of his latest tweets:
Here’s what Twitter employees think about the takeover of Elon Musk
????????♥️ Yeah!!! ♥️???????? peak.twitter.com/0T9HzUHuh6 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 25, 2022
“Free speech is the foundation of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the de facto forum public which discusses vital topics for the future of mankind. I also want to add more shine twitter than ever by expanding the product with new features, making algorithms open source to increase trust, outsmarting spam bots, and authenticating all people. Twitter has insane potential – I look forward to working with the company and the user community to bring it to life,” says Elon Musk. Some articles on the subject, including a fascinating article from Time that recalls Elon Musk’s sometimes dubious actions on Twitter. Like when he traded with his 85 millions from followers, a pedophile lifeguard in Thailand, after the latter spoke out against Elon Musk’s help in providing an experimental vehicle to rescue children stuck in a cave. Therefore, many employees fear that the company’s anti-harassment efforts place years were destroyed by this seizure – precisely to the detriment of freedom and democracy of speech.
Elon Musk doesn’t look good role model for twitter
“Over and over it followers committed targeted harassment, as well as the use son profile encourages the pursuit of shallots, which is the kind of attitude we’re trying to curb,” said a member of the Twitter Platform Health team, whose job it is to make the platform healthier. And add: “Since Trump was banned from Twitter, Elon Musk became power platform user #1”. An anonymous employee quoted by Time adds that he fears that even in the best case, all this work will lose credibility with the rise of Elon Musk. The same employee adds: “In some ways, Elon Musk’s goals are the same as ours. car we are very interested in defending democracy. But the idea of bringing more freedom of expression to the platform reveals its naivety when you dig a little deeper into the subject. Many platforms have been based on this principle of free speech, but in reality they either become suffocating cesspools or understand that a certain level of moderation is needed.” The Verge plunges us into son on Twitter, a Slack employee communicates immediately after the announcement. The article begins like this: “Early in the morning no one came. Work could not stop, employees told me. Like a lesson the teacher is late for when the students try to organize auto”Control,” one of them said. “Hell hole,” says another. A thread in which an employee very naturally asked if anyone was “glad” at the prospect of working with Elon Musk prompted dozens of responses, many of which were not very pleasant to read.
Resignation settles in the corridors of Twitter
But after a few hours comes the resignation. Even if the messages are still heavily tinged with uneasiness and irony, many are wondering if “working on Twitter will be as attractive as it used to be economically.” Promotions and other promotions option will no longer be part of the remuneration within the firm, an exit from the markets is required.
Can anyone just tell me if I’m rich or fired please — Ned Miles (@nedmiles) April 25, 2022
“Can someone tell me if I’m rich or fired, please,” one of the employees joked on Twitter. But perhaps the best overview of the situation has been given to us by Edward Perez, director of product management at Twitter, a team “dedicated to protection healthy conversations about everything related to social science during elections and major crises on the air”:
If you’re wondering what @Twitter staff think i can only talk for to myself: it’s time of genuine discomfort and insecurity. Majority of us we deeply believe that Twitter is much more how tech Platform; we have a deep responsibility to society. I hope our new the owner gets it. — Eddie Perez (@eddie1perez) April 25, 2022
Read also: Jeff Bezos trolls Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover… on Twitter. Most of us deeply believe that Twitter is much more than just a platform. tech; we have a deep responsibility to society. I hope our new owner understands this,” he said. And you, what do you think of this takeover? Share your opinion in the comments to this article.