The phrases RIPTwitter, TwitterDown and GoodByeTwitter were among the most used hashtags on Twitter in the past day. turned to this Attention 9To5Mac portal. This is how reporter Ben Lovejoy believes social network users are preparing for the service’s impending “death” and likens what has happened on Twitter in recent days to a “car crash in slow motion”.
According to Lovejoy, Musk’s actions plunged Twitter into a crisis that affected not only the status of company employees, but also the mood of users. At the same time, the journalist believes Musk may have passed the point of no return when he gave employees an ultimatum: refuse to work remotely and accept a grueling schedule or quit. According to Fortune, only 25% of staff have agreed to stay, and now Musk is in a panic as he tries to restore his mincing business, calling key employees for a personal conversation and promising to return to remote work.
There’s no guarantee that Musk will regain the likes of most employees and persuade them to stay. According to Lovejoy, if this does not happen, the most valuable staff who know Twitter’s weaknesses will leave the company. Without them, the social network will stop developing and there will be much more technical problems in it.
Lovejoy doubts Twitter will shut down in the near future. At the same time, he noted that if he wanted to achieve this, Musk would not have come up with a better action plan than the one he is currently pursuing.
As a result, the 9To5Mac journalist wrote that, in addition to the gloomy hashtags that Twitter users rank high, people are seriously discussing an alternative to their favorite service in case of shutdown on the social network. Currently, Mastodon leads the way with a user base that has tripled in the last two weeks.
Formerly socialbites.ca Wrote Hundreds of Twitter employees voluntarily quit due to Musk’s tough ultimatum.
Source: Gazeta
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