RIP Twitter?

[Boltorano]

Luke Simon, a senior engineering director at Twitter, was ecstatic. “Elon Musk is a brilliant engineer and scientist, and he has a track record of having a Midas touch when it comes to growing the companies he’s helped lead,”

Can't look up this guy's education, but here's your daily reminder that even "smart" people can be pretty dumb at times.

[Sacul]

Luke Simon, a senior engineering director at Twitter, was ecstatic. “Elon Musk is a brilliant engineer and scientist, and he has a track record of having a Midas touch when it comes to growing the companies he’s helped lead,”

Can't look up this guy's education, but here's your daily reminder that even "smart" people can be pretty dumb at times.

BS, MsC, PhD in Computer science. University of Texas

[Nordstern]

How does the saying go? "Never meet your heroes"?

[Dee Jiensai]

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...t-tweet-or-dm/

Like many Twitter users, it's possible that Musk simply does not have access to tweet an update right now.

Twitter has no communications department to follow up to confirm if the apparent outage is due to a bug or recent product update, both possible causes reported by CNBC.

Absolute gold. Can't make this shit up. :-D

[Idara]

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...t-tweet-or-dm/

Like many Twitter users, it's possible that Musk simply does not have access to tweet an update right now.

Twitter has no communications department to follow up to confirm if the apparent outage is due to a bug or recent product update, both possible causes reported by CNBC.

Absolute gold. Can't make this shit up. :-D

[Hel OWeen]

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...t-tweet-or-dm/

Like many Twitter users, it's possible that Musk simply does not have access to tweet an update right now.

Twitter has no communications department to follow up to confirm if the apparent outage is due to a bug or recent product update, both possible causes reported by CNBC.

Absolute gold. Can't make this shit up. :-D

Looks more like a downgrade to me, i.e. cutting costs left and right.

https://twitter.com/kyliebytes/statu...58872106311680

[Pattern]

https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/24/2...ce-degradation

Today, let’s check in on Elon Musk’s Twitter, where sudden software outages and another dubious transparency effort have left the company’s remaining workers more beleaguered than usual.

On Wednesday, Twitter employees had the tech equivalent of a snow day: the company’s Slack instance was down for “routine maintenance,” they were told, and the company was implementing a deployment freeze as a result.

That same day, Jira — a tool Twitter uses to track everything from progress on feature updates to regulatory compliance — also stopped working. With no way to chat and no code to ship, most engineers took the day off.

Jira access was restored on Thursday. But Platformer can now confirm that Slack wasn’t down for “routine maintenance.” “There is no such thing as ‘routine maintenance.’ That’s bullshit,” a current Slack employee told us.

In this as in so many other things, Twitter hasn’t paid its Slack bill. But that’s not why Slack went down: someone at Twitter manually shut off access, we’re told. Platformer was not able to learn the reason prior to publication, though the move suggests Musk may have turned against the communication app — or at least wants to see if Twitter can run without Slack and the expenses associated with it. (Musk’s Tesla uses a Slack competitor called Mattermost for in-house collaboration, and Microsoft Outlook and Teams for email and meetings.)

[Fara]

So is Twitter dead yet?

Since I dont have a twitter account and my main interaction with twitter is when a online news portal says "people are angry with xyz on twitter" I didn't notice any new alternative being shown there like mastodon or w/e was propagated to be twitter successor.

[DerWish]

https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/24/2...ce-degradation

Today, let’s check in on Elon Musk’s Twitter, where sudden software outages and another dubious transparency effort have left the company’s remaining workers more beleaguered than usual.

On Wednesday, Twitter employees had the tech equivalent of a snow day: the company’s Slack instance was down for “routine maintenance,” they were told, and the company was implementing a deployment freeze as a result.

That same day, Jira — a tool Twitter uses to track everything from progress on feature updates to regulatory compliance — also stopped working. With no way to chat and no code to ship, most engineers took the day off.

Jira access was restored on Thursday. But Platformer can now confirm that Slack wasn’t down for “routine maintenance.” “There is no such thing as ‘routine maintenance.’ That’s bullshit,” a current Slack employee told us.

In this as in so many other things, Twitter hasn’t paid its Slack bill. But that’s not why Slack went down: someone at Twitter manually shut off access, we’re told. Platformer was not able to learn the reason prior to publication, though the move suggests Musk may have turned against the communication app — or at least wants to see if Twitter can run without Slack and the expenses associated with it. (Musk’s Tesla uses a Slack competitor called Mattermost for in-house collaboration, and Microsoft Outlook and Teams for email and meetings.)

I'm not saying Slack is a vital tool for a tech company nowdays, but something equivalent is.

If you are using it one day and the next it's gone without proper change management and planning... all the integrations, alert noticies, knowledge shared, support channels, guild discussions, easy to find contacts are gone.
If this is true, Elon is a bigger idiot than I have ever imagined.

[theBlind]

https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/24/2...ce-degradation

Today, let’s check in on Elon Musk’s Twitter, where sudden software outages and another dubious transparency effort have left the company’s remaining workers more beleaguered than usual.

On Wednesday, Twitter employees had the tech equivalent of a snow day: the company’s Slack instance was down for “routine maintenance,” they were told, and the company was implementing a deployment freeze as a result.

That same day, Jira — a tool Twitter uses to track everything from progress on feature updates to regulatory compliance — also stopped working. With no way to chat and no code to ship, most engineers took the day off.

Jira access was restored on Thursday. But Platformer can now confirm that Slack wasn’t down for “routine maintenance.” “There is no such thing as ‘routine maintenance.’ That’s bullshit,” a current Slack employee told us.

In this as in so many other things, Twitter hasn’t paid its Slack bill. But that’s not why Slack went down: someone at Twitter manually shut off access, we’re told. Platformer was not able to learn the reason prior to publication, though the move suggests Musk may have turned against the communication app — or at least wants to see if Twitter can run without Slack and the expenses associated with it. (Musk’s Tesla uses a Slack competitor called Mattermost for in-house collaboration, and Microsoft Outlook and Teams for email and meetings.)

I'm not saying Slack is a vital tool for a tech company nowdays, but something equivalent is.

If you are using it one day and the next it's gone without proper change management and planning... all the integrations, alert noticies, knowledge shared, support channels, guild discussions, easy to find contacts are gone.
If this is true, Elon is a bigger idiot than I have ever imagined.

It is, quiet frankly, unimaginable for me. Next day, I sometimes don't know what I worked on last day, not to mention what I should be working on next. If really true it's really a bigger idiot moment.

[duckduck]

https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/24/2...ce-degradation

Today, let’s check in on Elon Musk’s Twitter, where sudden software outages and another dubious transparency effort have left the company’s remaining workers more beleaguered than usual.

On Wednesday, Twitter employees had the tech equivalent of a snow day: the company’s Slack instance was down for “routine maintenance,” they were told, and the company was implementing a deployment freeze as a result.

That same day, Jira — a tool Twitter uses to track everything from progress on feature updates to regulatory compliance — also stopped working. With no way to chat and no code to ship, most engineers took the day off.

Jira access was restored on Thursday. But Platformer can now confirm that Slack wasn’t down for “routine maintenance.” “There is no such thing as ‘routine maintenance.’ That’s bullshit,” a current Slack employee told us.

In this as in so many other things, Twitter hasn’t paid its Slack bill. But that’s not why Slack went down: someone at Twitter manually shut off access, we’re told. Platformer was not able to learn the reason prior to publication, though the move suggests Musk may have turned against the communication app — or at least wants to see if Twitter can run without Slack and the expenses associated with it. (Musk’s Tesla uses a Slack competitor called Mattermost for in-house collaboration, and Microsoft Outlook and Teams for email and meetings.)

I'm not saying Slack is a vital tool for a tech company nowdays, but something equivalent is.

If you are using it one day and the next it's gone without proper change management and planning... all the integrations, alert noticies, knowledge shared, support channels, guild discussions, easy to find contacts are gone.
If this is true, Elon is a bigger idiot than I have ever imagined.

It is, quiet frankly, unimaginable for me. Next day, I sometimes don't know what I worked on last day, not to mention what I should be working on next. If really true it's really a bigger idiot moment.

And for many teams where I work, Jira is even more critical. Many people's jobs are simply to work Jira tickets.

[Dee Jiensai]

Twitter and Mastodon switched icon slots on my phone today.

Almost everyone (important to me) I follow on Twitter is on Mastodon posting more or less the same on both (except William Gibson, come on dude, please...)
There are some less technically minded people who find it too troublesome to use both.
But with current level of super annoying Ads they will move over eventually.
I used to just block all ads/accounts, and after 5 or so, it was fine for a few days, but currently the amount is just a immediate Nope for me.

[Melichor]

Twitter and Mastodon switched icon slots on my phone today.

Almost everyone (important to me) I follow on Twitter is on Mastodon posting more or less the same on both (except William Gibson, come on dude, please...)
There are some less technically minded people who find it too troublesome to use both.
But with current level of super annoying Ads they will move over eventually.
I used to just block all ads/accounts, and after 5 or so, it was fine for a few days, but currently the amount is just a immediate Nope for me.

Since the takeover, I get so much GOP leaning news notifications, so I have been muting most of the notifications

[Hel OWeen]

Twitter and Mastodon switched icon slots on my phone today.

Almost everyone (important to me) I follow on Twitter is on Mastodon posting more or less the same on both (except William Gibson, come on dude, please...)
There are some less technically minded people who find it too troublesome to use both.
But with current level of super annoying Ads they will move over eventually.
I used to just block all ads/accounts, and after 5 or so, it was fine for a few days, but currently the amount is just a immediate Nope for me.

Since the takeover, I get so much GOP leaning news notifications, so I have been muting most of the notifications

There was that subtile change after the takeover, Twitter defaulted to the "For you" tab instead of "Following". I wasn't even aware that it exists until someone mentioned it. I saw all sorts of weird tweets as well, but that stopped after I switched back to "Following".

[Malcanis]

Luke Simon, a senior engineering director at Twitter, was ecstatic. “Elon Musk is a brilliant engineer and scientist, and he has a track record of having a Midas touch when it comes to growing the companies he’s helped lead,”

Can't look up this guy's education, but here's your daily reminder that even "smart" people can be pretty dumb at times.

BS, MsC, PhD in Computer science. University of Texas

"No training in critical thinking whatsoever"

[Phrixus Zephyr]

Wasn't that degree honorary so he could get a visa?

Sent from my Pixel 6 using Tapatalk

[Malcanis]

If you mean Elon's? He actually stayed in the US illegally because he dropped out. Mentioning this verifiable fact on twitter is a good way to find out how a 'free speech absolutist' operates.

[Hel OWeen]

And now he replaced the Twitter icon with dog face associated with crypto currency Dodgecoin, which promptly went up 30% in value. Next thing we'll see is Twitter adding some cryptomining JavaScripts ...

[depili]

And now he replaced the Twitter icon with dog face associated with crypto currency Dodgecoin, which promptly went up 30% in value. Next thing we'll see is Twitter adding some cryptomining JavaScripts ...

Not like he is involved in a lawsuit relating to dogecoin pump-and-dump before, no wait...

[VARRAKK]

https://www.cnbctv18.com/technology/...366461.htm/amp

More than 600 cases regarding hate speech on Twitter are pending before German courts under the country’s hate speech takedowns law". The law, known colloquially as NetzDG, allows for fines of up to 50 million euros per case.