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Android Promoters Won't Get Caught Tweeting From iPhone Anymore With Upcoming Twitter Changes

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Musk also said that he has instructed Twitter employees to turn off unspecified "microservices" bloatware, as "less than 20% are needed for Twitter to work."
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So, the guy whose cars have software that allows them to make fart sounds is preaching to us about "bloatware"...

Ok...

You know what isn't necessary to make my car work? Fart noises. Or sleigh bells. Or a virtual fireplace. Or 007 theme. Maybe Musk could instruct those engineers to focus on making sure my vehicle doesn't randomly slam on the brakes in the middle of the interstate. That'd be nice.
 
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Ok so there is there a new start up aiming at replacing Twitter some day? I don't even want to visit the site anymore now thats its profiting this asshat.
 
contacos said:
He was also just pissing on his engineers and then fired a guy for pointing out he was wrong.

Free Speech my A$$ I guess.
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His dream of twitter is a town hall where you can come say whatever you want.

This guy works with him, clearly isn't professional, so he fired him. He is free to work anywhere in the world, just not at a place he owns.

He didn't censor him, he didn't delete him, he just chose that this guy isn't a team player at his company.

Wtf does that have to do anything about free speech? If you say **** I don't like, and I PAY YOU, then I'm firing your ass, you can go say the same stuff at someone else's place.
 
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contacos said:
How did he disrespect him though? Musk made a statement, the guy engaged with him in a conversation (that should have STARTED offline in the first place) and when Musk ended up being in the wrong, he got offended like a little boy.

You all sound like you work in toxic work environments btw. NO THANKS
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And you sound like a bad employee, who would probably have a history of being fired if your actions in real life actually followed your claims here.
 
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contacos said:
He was also just pissing on his engineers and then fired a guy for pointing out he was wrong.

Free Speech my A$$ I guess.
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brofkand said:
I don't publicly disrespect my boss, do you? Sure I can say whatever I want but I also am an intelligent human being and I know that would be frowned upon.
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Most people know their rights.
Some people flaunt them.
But relatively few go on to also embrace their responsibilities.

kenny7 said:
Free speech means less censorship. It doesn't mean no consequences for speech.

Why is it so hard to comprehend?
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Beautifully and succinctly summarized.
 
Nobody knows because the idiot fired all the people who knew.

Full disclosure: I liked this feature.
 
kenny7 said:
Free speech means less censorship. It doesn't mean no consequences for speech.

Why is it so hard to comprehend?
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Consequences for speech IS censorship.

You think countries like North Korea have zero consequences for speech?
 
wankey said:
His dream of twitter is a town hall where you can come say whatever you want.

This guy works with him, clearly isn't professional, so he fired him. He is free to work anywhere in the world, just not at a place he owns.

He didn't censor him, he didn't delete him, he just chose that this guy isn't a team player at his company.

Wtf does that have to do anything about free speech? If you say **** I don't like, and I PAY YOU, then I'm firing your ass, you can go say the same stuff at someone else's place.
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Only poor leaders expect total fealty. Aside from the fact that it was said publicly, nothing said by Frohnhoefer was out of line by any reasonable standard. Fully constructive criticism directed at the product in question, not Musk.

And as I said in an earlier post, no one forced Musk to start this exchange by being publicly wrong, failing to do due diligence before firing his mouth off on Twitter instead of addressing it with the relevant team(s).
 
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I can tell you why- there used to be a ton of third party Twitter apps before Twitter limited API usage, so it would indicate what the user was using. Now, it's mostly irrelevant.
 
All those arguing in favor of Musk firing that engineer is why we need more and stronger unions in this country. Employers aren't gods, they aren't better than their employees, they are just people exploiting the hard work their employees to make a boat load of money. The only way they profit is by paying far less than the work is worth. Also, a good employer would admit when he was wrong and thank the employee for pointing out his error. As a matter of fact, I would never hire anyone who wouldn't point out my errors. That's how you lead.
 
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contacos said:
How did he disrespect him though? Musk made a statement, the guy engaged with him in a conversation (that should have STARTED offline in the first place) and when Musk ended up being in the wrong, he got offended like a little boy.

You all sound like you work in toxic work environments btw. NO THANKS
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Nope. Eric Frohnhoefer publicly demonstrated his ignorance of the set of 1200 microservices his code invoked. Musk literally read them out and challenged him for a correction. It was this incompetence that got him fired as much as his insubordination.

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Frohnhoefer goes on to make unsupported claims about the code run time and it being just as fast regardless of the country of origin - a farcical assertion given the locale-specific specialization required. The arrogance of his response is juvenile and he richly deserved to be humiliated like that.
 
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Treq said:
All those arguing in favor of Musk firing that engineer is why we need more and stronger unions in this country. Employers aren't gods, they aren't better than their employees, they are just people exploiting the hard work their employees to make a boat load of money. The only way they profit is by paying far less than the work is worth. Also, a good employer would admit when he was wrong and thank the employee for pointing out his error. As a matter of fact, I would never hire anyone who wouldn't point out my errors. That's how you lead.
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Companies aren't daycare centres either. And no major company on earth allows random employees to argue with their CEO on Twitter.

You work out disagreements internally and present a united front to the world.
 
jonblatho said:
Only poor leaders expect total fealty. Aside from the fact that it was said publicly, nothing said by Frohnhoefer was out of line by any reasonable standard. Fully constructive criticism directed at the product in question, not Musk.

And as I said in an earlier post, no one forced Musk to start this exchange by being publicly wrong, failing to do due diligence before firing his mouth off on Twitter instead of addressing it with the relevant team(s).
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Care to suggest which CEO of major tech companies (past Twitter, Facebook, Apple, Google, etc) would tolerate an employee arguing with them publicly on Twitter?
 
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