It's indeed very concerning. I also use Pocket Casts as well as Day One, and both have been exceptional apps which are integral to my daily routines and well-being. I certainly hope for the best, but… shrug
For the last decade I have always signed up for Twitter, used it for a few months, deleted the account and stayed away for months/years and then returned. This is largely because I get addicted to Twitter.
My last return to Twitter, a few months ago, was the first time since the firings. And it is awful. Glitches all over the place. Bots all over the place.
This is the longest I’ve had a Twitter account because I have absolutely no reason to delete it since I have no desire to use it.
Also, I don’t use Twitter for politics at all. It’s almost entirely for sports/tech/science so it’s not a partisan thing.
All that being said, I think it’s absolutely true that Twitter could have reduced its workforce somewhat. Like every other tech company they had massively over hired during the pandemic and all of them have had deep layoffs. And Twitter was the poster child of “why does tech company X need so many employees”. But even then the impact of the cuts are very evident to me at least.
Anecdotally, I'm a near daily user and have noticed the platform has significantly more latency, a massive uptick in spam as well as strange / intermittent bugs.
It's indeed very concerning. I also use Pocket Casts as well as Day One, and both have been exceptional apps which are integral to my daily routines and well-being. I certainly hope for the best, but… shrug
Exporting my Day One right now, I don't want my data around an unstable CEO.
80% of the Twitter workforce was fired. The first month was kind of shaky, but at least from my point of view the platform has been pretty stable.
I of course can't say for sure, but I imagine most of Automattics products will continue running though maybe with a much lower frequency of updates.
I think it could be boiling frog syndrome.
For the last decade I have always signed up for Twitter, used it for a few months, deleted the account and stayed away for months/years and then returned. This is largely because I get addicted to Twitter.
My last return to Twitter, a few months ago, was the first time since the firings. And it is awful. Glitches all over the place. Bots all over the place.
This is the longest I’ve had a Twitter account because I have absolutely no reason to delete it since I have no desire to use it.
Also, I don’t use Twitter for politics at all. It’s almost entirely for sports/tech/science so it’s not a partisan thing.
All that being said, I think it’s absolutely true that Twitter could have reduced its workforce somewhat. Like every other tech company they had massively over hired during the pandemic and all of them have had deep layoffs. And Twitter was the poster child of “why does tech company X need so many employees”. But even then the impact of the cuts are very evident to me at least.
Anecdotally, I'm a near daily user and have noticed the platform has significantly more latency, a massive uptick in spam as well as strange / intermittent bugs.