Since purchasing Twitter for $44 billion, Elon Musk has reportedly attempted to cut costs by eliminating some 3,700 jobs. The Onion asked several former employees how they felt about being laid off, and this is what they said. bit.ly/3WYTNX0

The Onion (@TheOnion)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 17:15 GMT

https://twitter.com/adrianmouat/status/1591014063139852288

I’ve been asking for registry webhooks or an RSS feed for a long time. Maybe I’ll fix this. LMK if you’re interested.

Jeff Nickoloff (@allingeek)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 14:47 GMT

https://twitter.com/AndonisPappas/status/1591147014762692608

Red Scare 🕷🕸🧟‍♂️🎃🙀🌹🚩🏴 (@EUGENEDABS2020)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 21:56 GMT

https://twitter.com/AustonCoin/status/1591151081861828608

I realize this has to be sarcasm but for those that think this should be a thing maybe you should verify facts and not take someone else's word for it without doing any research.

Bradley Oliver (@ChiefBigBear83)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 19:40 GMT

https://twitter.com/richardrabbat/status/1590498081237520384

Do you genuinely not understand why changing the meaning of a well-established UI element that is a core part of Twitter's brand might confuse users? Did you not predict this? We sure did.

Nelson "Parody is Impossible Now" Minar (@nelson)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 22:14 GMT

Few notes. If you teach your user base, verification means something specific, it will be hard for them to unlearn it. We learned that it's rare for a verified account trying to phish us. Changing the meaning of the check is a security issue.

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So, does Elon Musk's new paid Twitter Blue verification system lead to more scams? 🤔 Hmmm, I don't know, let's ask this Verified Twitter account over here, he seems rather official.🔵Tens of thousands of people seem to agree... ☝️🧐

Gillian de Nooijer (@GillianDN)Wed, 09 Nov 2022 16:49 GMT

Jaana Dogan ヤナ ドガン (@rakyll)Wed, 09 Nov 2022 22:34 GMT

https://twitter.com/rakyll/status/1590472823759605760

This is why it's not fun to work on established products. You have unwritten contracts with your users and sometimes both sides are not aware of them until they are broken. Build new verticals under the same brand, that's how you kick off new greenfield products.

Jaana Dogan ヤナ ドガン (@rakyll)Wed, 09 Nov 2022 22:39 GMT

https://twitter.com/pati_gallardo/status/1591195197660352514

ROFL I step away for just a few hours and you break Dr. Evils master plan?

Patricia Aas 🐢🏳️‍🌈 (@pati_gallardo)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 22:26 GMT

https://twitter.com/gp2k/status/1591148229873520640

why would it not? Apple is quite literally the "clueless rich white guy" brand in all regards, why would this company be any different?

Yster 🏳️‍🌈 (@Ysterman_Rs)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 21:06 GMT

https://twitter.com/gp2k/status/1591148229873520640

Why would people think the OFFICIAL Eli Lilly @ was @LillyPad lol

69 420 (@M0rbidlyOnline)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 19:27 GMT

https://twitter.com/rafaelshimunov/status/1591133819918114816

I dont usually contribute to the public conversation but...

paradoxidia (@paradoxidia)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 18:42 GMT

Did Twitter Blue tweet just cost Eli Lilly $LLY billions? Yes.

Rafael Shimunov is on Mastodon (@rafaelshimunov)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 18:20 GMT

https://twitter.com/rafaelshimunov/status/1591135071142313984

Eli Lilly stock isn't just tanking because of a satirical Tweet on Musk's hellscape, it's tanking because millions of people are asking why we have to pay for insulin, when it was made to be free. That's why other insulin stocks are falling too. Happy Disability Awareness Month

Rafael Shimunov is on Mastodon (@rafaelshimunov)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 18:43 GMT

https://twitter.com/simonw/status/1591196364301824000

I mean this is objectively the funniest consequence of this whole absurd nightmare saga yet

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Did Twitter Blue tweet just cost Eli Lilly $LLY billions? Yes.

Rafael Shimunov is on Mastodon (@rafaelshimunov)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 18:20 GMT

Simon Willison (@simonw)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 22:31 GMT

Has anyone published a blow-by-blow account yet of what was going on inside Twitter yesterday when the Eli Lilly (and other amazing impersonations) thing happened? I refuse to believe there's no-one inside anonymously talking to the press about it

Simon Willison (@simonw)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 22:29 GMT

So not only did @rem give all the #ffconf speakers a refurbished game boy, he wrote an ACTUAL GAME featuring all the speakers. It’s set in the Duke of Yorks Picturehouse, and I’m especially tickled as I’m employee of the month and I actually worked for Picturehouse for 6 years 😂

Sophie Koonin @ #ffconf (@type__error)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 22:06 GMT

https://twitter.com/freezydorito/status/1591197613440655360

picturing elon parked in the garage locked in his cybertruck reverting this pr every time they land it

laura 💩 (@freezydorito)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 22:34 GMT

Some of us took a lot of heat.

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The early crypto skeptics deserve more credit. Not only did they call all of this, they did so in the face of constant shaming and harrassment. (Not to mention everyone pointing to the increasing value of their crypto wallets as evidence that they were wrong.)

Ed Elson (@edels0n)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 18:49 GMT

Kelsey Hightower (@kelseyhightower)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 20:06 GMT

https://twitter.com/j_tguy/status/1591197678113030145

I’m sure Elon thinks about your $8 while you stroke his balls.

Tina (@ErdrickStorm)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 22:49 GMT

The early crypto skeptics deserve more credit. Not only did they call all of this, they did so in the face of constant shaming and harrassment. (Not to mention everyone pointing to the increasing value of their crypto wallets as evidence that they were wrong.)

Ed Elson (@edels0n)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 18:49 GMT

https://twitter.com/TimothyBuffett/status/1591151827667779584

Close! That's actually the shock of half the staff being fired and the loss of product knowledge and panic from not knowing how to keep all of the systems afloat

notme (@notfaustenough)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 22:31 GMT

https://twitter.com/TimothyBuffett/status/1591104100867133440

They are talking about monetizing long form videos to make more money, what about this interview blurb has anything to do with free speech 💀

Wizpog (@Wizpog69420)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 18:21 GMT

i say this both in a self-loathing and yet completely unironic way: so much brand value is being destroyed this week

rat king 🐀 (@MikeIsaac)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 20:50 GMT

https://twitter.com/andrewzigler/status/1591105575542468608

Does the green checkmark mean the certificate is really valid or just that some rando has paid $8?

Norman (((Melonkus))) Wilson🐀Ⓜ️ (@oclsc)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 17:08 GMT

If you aren’t someone the church would’ve killed 400 years ago, are you even really living?

༻☆ 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐲 ☆༺ (@budweiserbreath)Sun, 07 Nov 2021 19:44 GMT

https://twitter.com/phelsel/status/1589081608039997442

Wow, it’s like you completely missed the point of the entire thread. That level of determinedly pig headed ignorance is actually almost impressive.

Graham G Porter (@GrahamGPorter)Sun, 06 Nov 2022 14:14 GMT

https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1588429889107296256

Right now a disk is filling up on a server somewhere in some data center that a person who has just been laid off has been manually clearing every few days and when that disk fills up Twitter will go down.

@cdc@ioc.exchange (@craigcalef)Fri, 04 Nov 2022 13:55 GMT

If it's not that, it'll be an internal TLS cert expiring, and no-one knows where the CA key is kept.

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https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1588429889107296256

Right now a disk is filling up on a server somewhere in some data center that a person who has just been laid off has been manually clearing every few days and when that disk fills up Twitter will go down.

@cdc@ioc.exchange (@craigcalef)Fri, 04 Nov 2022 13:55 GMT

Roger Lipscombe (@rogerlipscombe)Fri, 04 Nov 2022 20:40 GMT

https://twitter.com/GeckoSunday/status/1590973593558863872

Tweetdeck itself may work, but if it's communicating to Twitter endpoints over SSL, it's going to be useless once twitters SSLs expire.

Seth (@sethrd)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 17:47 GMT

Well, this will be a nice little litmus test....assuming we still need a litmus test next month.

Jesse (@obra)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 04:13 GMT

https://twitter.com/IurySza/status/1591119379319914497

Well it wont be worth the 44B by the time December 12th rolls around :P

Kyle Tansley (@KyleSimulator)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 18:35 GMT

https://twitter.com/handsomeadult/status/1590996872919142400

There’s a nerd who bought this website cuz he was so desperate to be funny and we have a chance to ruin his fucking life. We have a chance to cost him billions but most importantly we have a chance to really hurt his feelings.

mike mulloy: give me $400,000 now. (@handsomeadult)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 09:21 GMT

Kevin Conroy has passed away at age 66

Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 16:22 GMT

“there’s no reply guys on your own website” - @type__error #FFConf

Carol ⭐️ (@CarolSaysThings)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 12:29 GMT

RT @yayfrens The person you want to become is merely the person you are plus time and energy. You can do it.

Carol ⭐️ (@CarolSaysThings)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 16:55 GMT

https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/1590967221769076736

this is absolutely post-satire

Stewart Webb (parody (parody)) (@nuclearpidgeon)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 07:21 GMT

https://twitter.com/sunglassesface/status/1591109227564892162

or if you use uBlock origin, add this as a rule

😎orlie: github opensource + indiehacking (@sunglassesface)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 16:44 GMT

Getting some really lovely feedback from #ffconf attendees about my talk about personal websites - going to thread some resources and links!

Sophie Koonin @ #ffconf (@type__error)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 16:17 GMT

BREAKING: JavaScript has been banned from Twitter for impersonating a real programming language.

Lukas Eder (@lukaseder)Wed, 09 Nov 2022 11:13 GMT

if i were ceo of this hellsite i'd simply not... blow it up within a week by pissing off basically every user, advertiser, and government with a series of comically nonsensical decisions and pivots?

danielle 🏳️‍🌈 (@endocrimes)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 11:23 GMT

https://twitter.com/type__error/status/1591109632113594368

Some movements bringing back the personal site: Indieweb: indieweb.org Yesterweb: yesterweb.org

Sophie Koonin @ #ffconf (@type__error)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 16:45 GMT

👏👏 well played, tumblr 👏👏

Is there a Mastodon List of all former top #Twitter executives and technologists now on #Mastodon? #TwitterMigration

ADHD has meant I've fallen very behind with my deadline. On the plus side, I dragged a dead branch home from the park, bought a saw and made a handbag storage solution. (Deepest apologies to publishers. i am ON IT)

Shaparak Khorsandi 🌻💙💛 (@ShappiKhorsandi)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 12:48 GMT

https://twitter.com/CarolSaysThings/status/1591050989754548225

Also a great plug to carol.gg 👀

Joe Hart 🏳️‍🌈 (@JoeHart)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 12:56 GMT

https://twitter.com/Jessicalessin/status/1587165720684601345

This isn't gonna be the business school case you think it is

Mike MacLennan (@MacLennanMike1)Mon, 31 Oct 2022 20:16 GMT

lovely plug to the #IndieWeb and owning your content online 💛 #FFConf

Carol ⭐️ (@CarolSaysThings)Fri, 11 Nov 2022 12:51 GMT