by sillysaurusx on 3/1/23, 10:42 AM
It's interesting seeing the predictions come true. I was slightly nervous when Elon fired 90% of twitter staff and the site kept working. If stuff never broke, then empirically, firing 90% of your staff seems to be a good idea.
But now stuff is breaking each week, and it's evident that maybe it wasn't the best idea.
by yoelo on 3/1/23, 10:47 AM
Apart from this, that has left the timeline completely broken, has anyone else noticed that the timeline on mobile doesn't auto-update anymore? It's often out of date and I have to refresh it manually, which I didn't use to. Maybe a hardcore measure to save server capacity?
by thrdbndndn on 3/1/23, 10:41 AM
Symptom: you can't see the timeline. It shows "welcome to twitter!".
Search works half-ass-ly ("top" works, but not "live").
You can still read specific tweet or someone's profile.
by looseyesterday on 3/1/23, 10:43 AM
Inevitable given the cuts, very much feels like anyone capable has left the business or been fired.
by doomleika on 3/1/23, 11:56 AM
As a SWE this is uplifting for many managements use Musk/Twitter as example to squeeze us.
This is selfish, but the worse Twitter burn, the less higher ups think of cheap out on software.
by skc on 3/1/23, 12:06 PM
I was pleasantly surprised in the beginning of Musks reign, because a few weeks into it the World Cup came and went and Twitter didn't even flinch.
But since then it's been quite the shit-show from a stability point of view. I'm not a heavy user so I don't really care, but it is interesting how the initial pessimistic predictions had a sort of lag before being borne out.
by andrewinardeer on 3/1/23, 12:22 PM
by xvector on 3/1/23, 11:20 PM
Hope this website crashes and burns and Elon finds himself in a $44b hole.
by solarkraft on 3/1/23, 12:20 PM
No problem. It has lost a lot of relevance anyway.
by rfmoz on 3/1/23, 10:43 AM
A new ASAP functionality is beng deployed.
by rohannn on 3/1/23, 12:08 PM
works fine for me