My expectation is not much. Maybe moderation policies will change to be more friendly to the right. I think that a lot of the people who have been getting paid in stock will quit after they get their cash payout and they'll have a hard time hiring people going forward, especially if they (1) start demanding return to office and (2) stay in san francisco due to cost of living. The salary they will pay may not be able to keep pace with the wider industry that offsets salary costs through diluting investors, so they'll have a harder time hiring. Elon is kinda polarizing even in the tech industry so that may not help.
So basically I think that there will be some policy changes but anything that requires developers will be deprioritized. Twitter is already really slow to ship changes, this will only make them slower.
There's literally no way they could stay in SF and force return to the office. There is a lot of tech workers who would love to work for the new Twitter, but 0.0% of them would live in SF. I wouldn't be surprised if he moves HQ to either Miami or Austin.
I think that there will be some policy changes but anything that requires developers will be deprioritized
This is as a feature, and for good reason - you don't need as many developers if you aren't trying to manipulate and censor the platform. Will it be profitable, as in it can still be monetized without those algorithms? That's another story.
I mean it kinda depends on what they want to do. If he just wants to open it up and let it rot, sure, but he's been talking a lot of shit about having some kind of "human verification" and whatnot and complains a lot about bots. That stuff will absolutely not happen in any reasonable timescale if they start losing people.
My expectation is not much. Maybe moderation policies will change to be more friendly to the right. I think that a lot of the people who have been getting paid in stock will quit after they get their cash payout and they'll have a hard time hiring people going forward, especially if they (1) start demanding return to office and (2) stay in san francisco due to cost of living. The salary they will pay may not be able to keep pace with the wider industry that offsets salary costs through diluting investors, so they'll have a harder time hiring. Elon is kinda polarizing even in the tech industry so that may not help.
So basically I think that there will be some policy changes but anything that requires developers will be deprioritized. Twitter is already really slow to ship changes, this will only make them slower.
There's literally no way they could stay in SF and force return to the office. There is a lot of tech workers who would love to work for the new Twitter, but 0.0% of them would live in SF. I wouldn't be surprised if he moves HQ to either Miami or Austin.
This is as a feature, and for good reason - you don't need as many developers if you aren't trying to manipulate and censor the platform. Will it be profitable, as in it can still be monetized without those algorithms? That's another story.
I mean it kinda depends on what they want to do. If he just wants to open it up and let it rot, sure, but he's been talking a lot of shit about having some kind of "human verification" and whatnot and complains a lot about bots. That stuff will absolutely not happen in any reasonable timescale if they start losing people.
https://mobile.twitter.com/maxcan/status/1518973230131945472
Got the lathe going!