The first thing Elon Musk did after taking over the platform was to radically reduce the workforce. The ongoing mass layoffs are not unique to Twitter, but the fact that Musk fired as much as 80 percent of the staff is noticeable, according to media strategist and faithful Twitter user Brit Stakston.
– It’s like the service is coughing, I get a flow I don’t recognize at all, says Stakston.
In an attention-grabbing post on Twitter, Stakston has shared his reflections on just leaving Twitter. She believes that it has been difficult to predict where it is going.
Verification ticks and markings
This week, a number of American celebrities have shared humorous memes ahead of April 20 – the date when all accounts that do not subscribe to Twitter will lose their blue tick. But some have reacted differently.
Chris Messina, the man who popularized the use of hashtags on Twitter, announced that he intends to leave Twitter once he gets rid of the verification badge.
However, the scandal-ridden Twitter CEO is said to be paying out of his own pocket for the tickets of three people: writer Stephen King, actor William Shatner and basketball star LeBron James, according to TT.
– The goat has been quite an important credibility function that other platforms have followed and now it has been reduced to a clown mark. Everyone who buys a verification goat is laughed at right now, says Brit Stakston.
Abandon the platform
In addition, Musk’s decision to inconsistently label various media companies’ accounts with “government funded” and “publicly funded” has created controversy.
American NPR and Canadian CBC are among the latest media companies to recently announce that they are either pausing or abandoning the platform entirely. Here at home have Sweden’s radio has announced that they are leaving the platform due to time and resource constraints and SVT Nyheter recently decided to close down their comment fields due to lack of moderation options.
During the week tweeted the S profile Annika Strandhäll moreover, that she has had “enough” of what she describes as bullying on the platform.
