In the backchannels I have with software engineers, the act of firing a respected engineer after he publicly responded to Elon criticising Twitter’s engineering team - and explaining choices - broke the straw with many. It’s a chilling message. Contradict Elon and you’re fired.

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How to be the ultimate professional and still utterly destroy someone, a masterclass by @EricFrohnhoefer

Dan Kim (@dankim)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 11:45 GMT

Gergely Orosz (@GergelyOrosz)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 22:41 GMT

https://twitter.com/GergelyOrosz/status/1592286605024415744

My question on “who would work at Twitter, given options” now includes that of working there you should expect to receive criticism in public, and firing on the spot for responding in public. The pool of experience sw engineers who would choose Twitter just shrank some more.

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Serious question: outside of outsized, unvested stock on the line or high compensation, why would any software engineer with options consider working at Twitter, going forward? Policies changing overnight and an owner acting visibly hostile towards staff who built Twitter.

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Gergely Orosz (@GergelyOrosz)Thu, 10 Nov 2022 18:01 GMT

Gergely Orosz (@GergelyOrosz)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 22:45 GMT

https://twitter.com/GergelyOrosz/status/1592287508729303041

Three senior software engineers fired in one day for criticising Elon’s statement on how Twitter’s backend works. The other two firings were now communicated on Twitter but also happened yesterday. I haven’t heard of an engineer being fired promptly over a tweet, much less 3.

Gergely Orosz (@GergelyOrosz)Tue, 15 Nov 2022 07:35 GMT

My lungs haven’t functioned normally since the second time I had COVID and it really is killing my vibe for living

Cher Scarlett (@cherthedev)Tue, 15 Nov 2022 07:42 GMT

12 years ago, Twitter’s office used a Mac Mini to tunnel into the servers. One day, an IT guy found it in the closet. “Anyone know who owns this?” “Unplug it. Someone will show up.” Everyone lost access to servers. Huge crisis. It became known as the “Load Bearing Mac Mini.”

Ben Sandofsky (@sandofsky)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 18:32 GMT

FRIENDS. LATIF AND I ARE ABOUT TO INTERVIEW THE SCIENTIST WHO SHOWED THAT EVOLUTION KEEPS MAKING CRABS. From separate, unrelated species, the crab shape KEEPS evolving, almost like an ideal form. Evolution wants a crab. Got any Qs? Big or Small?

Lulu Miller (@lmillernpr)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 20:30 GMT

https://twitter.com/lmillernpr/status/1592253569083838467

My 4 yr old: are crabs happy? Do crabs have friends? My wife: does this mean there aren’t actually any different species on earth and instead we’re just all at different points on our way to Crab?

Lulu Miller (@lmillernpr)Tue, 15 Nov 2022 02:28 GMT

I'm pleased to announce that git conflict markers are parsed as valid Scala.

Jakub Kozłowski 🐀 (@kubukoz)Wed, 09 Nov 2022 00:15 GMT

If we don't get told a reason for the change freeze soon I shall simply assume it's because the microservice-shy experts don't know how to resolve a merge conflict

nickrw (@nickrw)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 21:49 GMT

is this the time to say someone told me like two months ago that i should “embrace my asian eyes”and “love my squint”

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hold up.. lets zoom in here

rebkah (@yeaenee)Sun, 13 Nov 2022 21:05 GMT

rebkah (@yeaenee)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 05:09 GMT

https://twitter.com/ajmiko444/status/1592110209098723329

yes it is. even more so when you sitting up in an asian restaurant eating their food. the child doesn’t realize what she’s doing but the mother 10000000% ought to know better

💕 (@andreamslone)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 13:38 GMT

hold up.. lets zoom in here

rebkah (@yeaenee)Sun, 13 Nov 2022 21:05 GMT

The value proposition of Twitter blue is letting everyone know you’re an absolute fucking doofus for the low price of $8

Abby Fuller (@abbyfuller)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 22:12 GMT

Try getting people to go in your mars rocket now

Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 18:05 GMT

Company culture has such an impact on employee retention

Ryan Burgess (@burgessdryan)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 20:05 GMT

In the unlikelihood you've been using Twitter to log onto other websites (OAuth et al), now it might be a good idea to stop doing that.

L. Pereira (@lafp)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 19:13 GMT

In the mentions of a verified murderer cool

Aaron Stewart-Ahn (@somebadideas)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 20:18 GMT

[twitter rn] __ <(o )___ ( ._> / mr. musk, i `---' __ ___( o)> \ <_. ) don't feel `---' _・·.°°。・°。 <(o )_・·.° ° °。 ( ._> ・·.°。。 so good `--・·.°°・°。

Kayleecious🍧 (@TweetsByKaylee)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 15:42 GMT

look at him!!!!!

roberto updates (@robertoupdates)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 20:24 GMT

I hoped this site wasn’t gonna die but the speed of its decline is frankly terrifying. Musk firing clearly incredibly knowledgable staff *in public* while hacking at the site with a machete. The god awful features, rushed out, cancelled, then reinstated is madness.

Andy Bell (@piccalilli_)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 20:22 GMT

If this place burns down tomorrow, I want to say how thankful I am to have had this time with you. You all are such a blessing in my life. I treasure being able to share my ups and downs and sideways adventures with you. Thank you for being incredible. ❤️

emily freeman 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@editingemily)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 05:04 GMT

Nancy Pelosi is 82. She just led House Democrats to an unexpectedly good midterms outcome. Media’s first question is when she’ll retire. Mitch McConnell is 80. He just led Senate Republicans to a humiliating defeat. Not one question about when he’ll step aside.

Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff)Sun, 13 Nov 2022 18:57 GMT

twitter is now being run by the guys that post on the orange site about how they could build twitter in a weekend

wint32 (@mountain_ghosts)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 16:26 GMT

The hypocrisy is pretty tedious to point out at this point but elon musk number 1 free speech guy hiding negative replies to his posts is really funny

eve6 (@Eve6)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 17:11 GMT

Elon: let me just flip this switchy thingy here it can't be anything but "bloat" Twitter: *all of two factor ID gets turned off unless you're using authenticator app* This is what has actually happened today. Log out with 2FA, you won't get back in. Wild.

ecmclaughlin@mstdn.social (she/her) (@ECMcLaughlin)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 20:22 GMT

The owner of Twitter is hanging out in the comments of murderer Kyle Rittenhouse.

Jason Selvig (@jasonselvig)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 15:58 GMT

Downloading my data just in case. It’s sad to think we might lose this platform - I’ve made so many friends and I’m grateful for the platform I’ve had. Not sure if I’ll get on the mastodon train, but you can always find me at localghost.dev - subscribe to my RSS feed!

Sophie Koonin (@type__error)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 20:25 GMT

https://twitter.com/richburroughs/status/1592260211200626689

“Oh weird. I tried to unblock you but it seems they must have shut down the microservice that handles unblocking.”

Rich Burroughs @ $8chan (@richburroughs)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 20:58 GMT

lmao

Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 20:55 GMT

If there’s someone you wanted to block on Twitter but couldn’t bring yourself to, consider doing it now. If they bring it up you can blame it on Twitter being broken.

Rich Burroughs @ $8chan (@richburroughs)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 20:56 GMT

lmaoooo

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Back up your data and your social graphs RIGHT NOW

Ian Coldwater (@IanColdwater)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 16:10 GMT

Arya (@FairywrenTech)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 16:22 GMT

Don't log out of Twitter if you have 2FA. The microservice for it has been shut down. You won't be able to log back in.

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lmaoooo twitter.com/IanColdwater/s…

Arya (@FairywrenTech)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 16:22 GMT

Toon Brains (@Cartoonbrains)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 19:12 GMT

the guy who called elon out for talking nonsense about microservices got fired and then lectured about not trying to "one up" his boss, the world's richest man, who is just trying to "help and learn". grim

wint32 (@mountain_ghosts)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 17:47 GMT

https://twitter.com/CaseyNewton/status/1591608307927556096

You don’t have to treat people this way

Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton)Sun, 13 Nov 2022 03:10 GMT

https://twitter.com/chicago_glenn/status/1592177822688112640

Cool meme do advertising revenue next

😌 (@chelounger)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 16:13 GMT

https://twitter.com/CaseyNewton/status/1591608305113518081

One manager just posted in Slack:"one of my contractors just got deactivated without notice in the middle of making critical changes to our child safety workflows" Working to learn more, email me for my Signal.

Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton)Sun, 13 Nov 2022 01:46 GMT

https://twitter.com/SamParkerSenate/status/1592183598303805440

there aren't any, your tweets just suck

ً (@InnuendOwO)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 16:02 GMT

https://twitter.com/chicago_glenn/status/1592177822688112640

wow! i wonder how twitters income is going to be this quarter with all the advertisers leaving in droves

transgender marx (@JUNlPER)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 17:01 GMT

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1592178009410531330

It was a useful way to provide visibility via attribution for third party clients, like Tweetie (which was acquired and became the Twitter iOS app) or Tweetdeck (RIP). It was also a useful status indicator (e.g. whether the tweet was sent via desktop or mobile).

Chris Messina 🐀 (@chrismessina)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 15:49 GMT

https://twitter.com/jack/status/1592187403271540737

I could have told him that. But then I was around back when it was a very open platform with third party clients, APIs, tweetups, and a whole lot more. It does feel like there's some history being ignored and lost here.

Paul Johnston - current focus: moving electrons (@PaulDJohnston)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 16:33 GMT

This video of a Tesla trying to park and instead taking off at high speed, killing two people seems to keep getting deleted, weird!

Read Jackson Rising by @CooperationJXN (@JoshuaPHilll)Sun, 13 Nov 2022 21:20 GMT

get in loser we’re batching RPCs

chompie (@chompie1337)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 03:28 GMT

https://twitter.com/freebsdfrau/status/1592026599490486272

getting informed about how non-technical I am by every yahoo on earth

Ian Coldwater (@IanColdwater)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 08:35 GMT

https://twitter.com/mattstratton/status/1592264668814639104

yeah, on your MOM

Kat Cosgrove (Rat Arc) 🐀 (@Dixie3Flatline)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 21:14 GMT

ah yes, the useless microservices! turn them off! what could possibly go wrong

Susan Rigetti (@susanthesquark)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 21:18 GMT

BREAKING 🚨🚨🚨 In a fitting moment, Matt Hancock is buried in the ground with only two people in attendance.

Politics For You (@PoliticoForYou)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 21:21 GMT

His fanboys have been saying the slowness and errors are because of all the new users, and then he posts the graph with the massive 3 percent spike.

Rich Burroughs @ $8chan (@richburroughs)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 20:22 GMT

https://twitter.com/fold_right/status/1592201933783470081

genuine: why is this broken? is it lacking the "category" info? as in "Politics" - Trending on...?

Lukeberry Pi (@LukeberryPi)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 17:13 GMT

If you're a sw engineer: today could hardly get more interesting. Shutting down microservices in bulk is next up today. Now we know why the Git freeze was instituted a few hours earlier. As said before, this is the kind of stuff that we've not seen in public, at this scale.

twitter.com/elonmusk/statu…

Gergely Orosz (@GergelyOrosz)Mon, 14 Nov 2022 16:09 GMT