Bingo, my thoughts exactly. And this is not only a twitter thing. I work in one of the biggest companies in the world, and im telling you, in my service, we could halve the workforce and it would have a beneficial effect on the bottom line.
I noticed in her comment about James Lindsay being reinstated, which she wasn't into because she finds him "frustrating." So does she have principles, as she sounded like when she pointed out the people at Journohub.whatever seem to lack (in letting George Takei count as a journalist), or not? If you can't tolerate frustrating people why be on Twitter to begin with? Also, she's often mentions that she's blocked by a bunch of people. All she'd have to do to be in a James Lindsay free Twitter is to block him & mute tweets that mention him.
I took that more as that she personally is annoyed that she'll have to read more Lindsay tweets eventually, not that he actually shouldn't be allowed back on
Yeah, you're likely right. I'm just tired of other people clutching pearls about the people being let back on the site, and perhaps I'm reading more into what she said than I should.
Katie had a great opportunity to do some journalism here and she failed.
What is an appropriate headcount for twitter?
How does twitter headcount compare to other companies (hint WAY high).
What did all these people actually do?
Are other tech companies laying off now? (yep). If so, why?
etc.
etc
etc.
I am really disappointed in the superficial analysis.
Bingo, my thoughts exactly. And this is not only a twitter thing. I work in one of the biggest companies in the world, and im telling you, in my service, we could halve the workforce and it would have a beneficial effect on the bottom line.
I noticed in her comment about James Lindsay being reinstated, which she wasn't into because she finds him "frustrating." So does she have principles, as she sounded like when she pointed out the people at Journohub.whatever seem to lack (in letting George Takei count as a journalist), or not? If you can't tolerate frustrating people why be on Twitter to begin with? Also, she's often mentions that she's blocked by a bunch of people. All she'd have to do to be in a James Lindsay free Twitter is to block him & mute tweets that mention him.
I took that more as that she personally is annoyed that she'll have to read more Lindsay tweets eventually, not that he actually shouldn't be allowed back on
Yeah, you're likely right. I'm just tired of other people clutching pearls about the people being let back on the site, and perhaps I'm reading more into what she said than I should.
Totally agree the people are generally being absolute babies about it
My reading as well.
I think she gave a good high level for majority of audience. I think a lot of us are IT dorks though and we weren’t the intended audience.