People have asked me lately if I’ve seen news footage of the giant symbol erected haphazardly atop Twitter headquarters in SF. Yes, yes, I tell them. I sometimes watch it getting destroyed by the U.S. Army just to cheer me up. Oh, they say they did Nazi that coming. Twitter’s ‘X’ sign is taken down … Continue reading Twitter’s “X” Design Based on Nazi Swastika
It’s always been a huge figurative problem for Elon Musk that he screws his workers. It goes all the way back to his start in tech, when PayPal was successful because they fired him. He got rich anyway, simply holding stocks for a company that threw him out. That was his big break, which probably … Continue reading Elon Musk Installs Beds in Office to Screw His Staff
Code quality has been trashed, the algorithm team is weak and tired at Twitter. Staff who are still stuck in the dictatorship, like Tesla, warn potential hires to work somewhere, anywhere, other than for Elon Musk. “Don’t come here if you value well-being or a safe workplace.” [It’s now] “cut-throat culture” and “leadership just sucking … Continue reading Twitter Algorithm Now Promotes Nazis, Even Obvious Lawbreakers
As I warned back in April, we now are exactly where anyone could have predicted. Hate Speech’s Rise on Twitter Is Unprecedented, Researchers Find. Problematic content and formerly barred accounts have increased sharply in the short time since Elon Musk took over, researchers said. Before Elon Musk bought Twitter, slurs against Black Americans showed up … Continue reading Twitter Code Quality Crashing, Hate Speech Exploding and Unregulated