Elon Musk’s Twitter: Layoffs, Widespread Verification And More
Elon Musk has caused an upheaval in the Twitter office since his takeover of the social media platform in a $44 billion deal
Elon Musk, The Musketeer Helming Twitter
Twitter fired nearly 50% of the workforce in the last week. In India, the entire communication, sales, marketing and some more teams were laid off
Twitter Layoffs
Elon Musk said layoffs were essential to trim costs and make profits. He cited drop in ad revenue each day as a major reason for layoffs
Twitter Layoffs
However, Twitter has reportedly reached out to dozens of employees who lost their jobs, asking them to come back as they were either fired in error or are too essential for the company
Fired. Not Fired?
Twitter introduced a new feature called 'Official' badge only to roll it back the same day as it created more confusion than clarity
Twitter ‘Official Badge’
Elon Musk in his most recent tweets said that Twitter will introduce many changes in the coming months to see what works and what doesn’t
‘Many Dumb Things’ In Store
Making full use of his newly acquired platform, Twitter, Elon Musk said that Twitter’s mission is to “become the most accurate source of information about the world”
Twitter: The Most Accurate Source Of Information
Elon Musk tweeted that any Twitter handles found impersonating, without clearly specifying parody, will be permanently suspended
Impersonators: Beware!
Elon Musk also made it clear that no warnings will be issued before suspension of Twitter handles as they are rolling out widespread verification
No Warning!
Elon Musk also specified that any name change in the Twitter handle will lead to a temporary loss of verified checkmark
No Change In Names Allowed
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