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Marcus Hutchins

@malwaretechblog
82 posts
2022-12-20
In his quest for the greatest self own in history, Elon Musk has now been officially voted out of the company he paid $44bn for, by his own Twitter followers. https://twitter.com/...
2022-12-20 View on X
Washington Post

Elon Musk's poll asking “should I step down as head of Twitter?” ends with 57.5% voting yes, after Musk says Twitter polls will determine “major policy changes”

is he creating conflicts of interest? Is he misappropriating company resources? Tesla is not Musk's private plaything. I've got many questions for the Tesla Board. https://www.nyti...

In his quest for the greatest self own in history, Elon Musk has now been officially voted out of the company he paid $44bn for, by his own Twitter followers. https://twitter.com/...
2022-12-20 View on X
Bloomberg

Replying to a tweet suggesting voting on Twitter policy decisions should be restricted to Blue subscribers, Elon Musk says “Twitter will make that change”

Elon Musk is actively searching for a new chief executive officer for Twitter Inc., CNBC's David Faber reported …

2022-12-19
In his quest for the greatest self own in history, Elon Musk has now been officially voted out of the company he paid $44bn for, by his own Twitter followers. https://twitter.com/...
2022-12-19 View on X
Washington Post

Elon Musk's poll, asking “Should I step down as head of Twitter?”, ends with 57.5% voting yes, after Musk said Twitter polls will decide “major policy changes”

After a new policy prompted backlash, Twitter CEO Elon Musk said future policies would be determined by polls

2022-11-09
When you decide to sell user verification checkmark to everyone for no reason, but then realize you still need a way to verify users, so you introduce a new verification checkmark which you have to visit their profile to see https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2022-11-09 View on X
The Verge

Twitter plans to label select accounts “Official” when the new Blue launches; not all previously verified accounts will get the label, which won't be for sale

Twitter is rolling out another type of check mark to help distinguish accounts that users actually need to know are real.

2022-11-07
On Mastodon, mentioning someone in a DM adds them to the conversation the same way mentioning them in a thread would. That has got to have led to some awkward experiences 🤣 https://twitter.com/...
2022-11-07 View on X
TIME

Q&A with Mastodon founder and lead developer Eugen Rochko on how decentralized social media servers mitigate hateful speech, why he built the service, and more

As Twitter changed hands at the end of October, another very similar social media site was experiencing something of an influx.

The best changes usually follow the biggest implosions. People will simply maintain the status quo until it becomes completely unviable, only then comes innovation. So, godspeed to Musk and Zuck. May the platforms you burn light our way.
2022-11-07 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: Meta plans to lay off thousands of employees this week, with an announcement expected as soon as November 9, the first broad staff cuts in its history

Social-media company's planned cuts expected to affect many thousands of its workforce  —  Meta Platforms Inc. META 2.11%increase …

2022-11-06
If you have imposter syndrome, just know that someone took out the largest personal loan in history to buy a failing social media platform during a recession. Go do what it is you want to do.
2022-11-06 View on X
CNBC

Jack Dorsey apologizes for growing Twitter “too quickly”, amid mass layoffs; Twitter's headcount grew from ~2,000 to 7,500+ between June 2013 and December 2021

- Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey apologized Saturday for growing the company “too quickly,” a day after hundreds …

If you have imposter syndrome, just know that someone took out the largest personal loan in history to buy a failing social media platform during a recession. Go do what it is you want to do.
2022-11-06 View on X
Platformer

Sources detail Twitter after mass layoffs: key teams gutted, severance packages account for the WARN Act, and an ad hoc Google Docs directory of remaining staff

Hi 👋 - Third quarter earnings show that big tech … Rise & Shine ☀ : Twitter Layoffs: The lawsuit and Fears of misinformation Nikhil Subramaniam / Inc42 Media : Musk & Mayhem @Twitt...

2022-11-05
If you have imposter syndrome, just know that someone took out the largest personal loan in history to buy a failing social media platform during a recession. Go do what it is you want to do.
2022-11-05 View on X
Platformer

Sources describe Twitter after mass layoffs: key teams gutted, severance packages account for WARN Act, ad hoc directories of remaining workers in Google Docs

I. The Snap  —  The email went out at 5:21 PT PT on Thursday.  —  For a full week, Twitter employees had waited in hopes …

2022-11-03
Social media conversion rate is low (if you post a link maybe 0.1% of your followers will click. If you say follow me on <platform>, maybe 0.1% of that 0.1% will). All big accounts know this. The celebs deleting their profiles are making politcal statements (at personal cost) 2/3
2022-11-03 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Twitter aims to charge for verification as soon as November 7, give current verified users a multi-month grace period, and make the edit button free

Twitter Inc. aims to start selling blue verification badges for user profiles as soon as next week, part of a plan by new owner Elon Musk …

The “if twitter's so bad, why are you still here” comments are funny, because that's not how it work. It was never how it worked. If you don't like your landlord you don't throw your keys in the trash and go live on the street. 1/2
2022-11-03 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Elon Musk plans to cut ~3,700 jobs at Twitter, or half of the company's workforce, starting on November 4, and reverse its work-from-anywhere policy

Elon Musk plans to eliminate about 3,700 jobs at Twitter Inc., or half of the social media company's workforce …

Most accounts won't do this. They will stay past the very end as they shift their followers over to a new platform. The worse things get, the higher the conversion rate. You'll only realize people are actually leaving when the platform is a graveyard of inactive accounts. 3/3
2022-11-03 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Elon Musk plans to cut ~3,700 jobs at Twitter, or half of the company's workforce, starting on November 4, and reverse its work-from-anywhere policy

Elon Musk plans to eliminate about 3,700 jobs at Twitter Inc., or half of the social media company's workforce …

The “if twitter's so bad, why are you still here” comments are funny, because that's not how it work. It was never how it worked. If you don't like your landlord you don't throw your keys in the trash and go live on the street. 1/2
2022-11-03 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Twitter aims to charge for verification as soon as November 7, give current verified users a multi-month grace period, and make the edit button free

Twitter Inc. aims to start selling blue verification badges for user profiles as soon as next week, part of a plan by new owner Elon Musk …

Social media conversion rate is low (if you post a link maybe 0.1% of your followers will click. If you say follow me on <platform>, maybe 0.1% of that 0.1% will). All big accounts know this. The celebs deleting their profiles are making politcal statements (at personal cost) 2/3
2022-11-03 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Elon Musk plans to cut ~3,700 jobs at Twitter, or half of the company's workforce, starting on November 4, and reverse its work-from-anywhere policy

Elon Musk plans to eliminate about 3,700 jobs at Twitter Inc., or half of the social media company's workforce …

Most accounts won't do this. They will stay past the very end as they shift their followers over to a new platform. The worse things get, the higher the conversion rate. You'll only realize people are actually leaving when the platform is a graveyard of inactive accounts. 3/3
2022-11-03 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Twitter aims to charge for verification as soon as November 7, give current verified users a multi-month grace period, and make the edit button free

Twitter Inc. aims to start selling blue verification badges for user profiles as soon as next week, part of a plan by new owner Elon Musk …

2022-10-31
Can't see myself paying $20/month to be verified. Not that I wouldn't pay for Twitter, but pay-to-play verification is just going to gatekeep poor people while also enabling dubious accounts to buy legitimacy. https://www.platformer.news/ ...
2022-10-31 View on X
The Verge

Sources: Twitter could make Twitter Blue a $20/month subscription that verifies users; staff have until November 7 to build the feature or face being fired

Now that he owns Twitter, Elon Musk has given employees their first ultimatum: Meet his deadline to introduce paid verification on Twitter or pack up and leave.

Can't see myself paying $20/month to be verified. Not that I wouldn't pay for Twitter, but pay-to-play verification is just going to gatekeep poor people while also enabling dubious accounts to buy legitimacy. https://www.platformer.news/ ...
2022-10-31 View on X
Platformer

Sources: Twitter is strongly considering taking away its verified users' badges if they don't subscribe to Twitter Blue

Under pressure to generate revenue quickly, Twitter's new CEO considers ending free verification  —  Twitter is strongly considering making its users pay to remain verified …

@Jason I'd happily pay for Twitter, but not for verification. If the purpose is user verification then it makes no sense to require them to pay money to be seen as legitimate. If it's about highlighting notable accounts, then allowing people to buy it undermines the point.
2022-10-31 View on X
The Verge

Sources: Twitter could make Twitter Blue a $20/month subscription that verifies users; staff have until November 7 to build the feature or face being fired

Now that he owns Twitter, Elon Musk has given employees their first ultimatum: Meet his deadline to introduce paid verification on Twitter or pack up and leave.

2022-10-27
Engineers at Meta get paid about half of their salary in stock and there's a 4 year vesting period. Basically anyone working there is losing insane amounts of money due to Mark's VR pipedream.
2022-10-27 View on X
Meta - Investor Relations

Meta reports Q3 revenue down 4% YoY to $27.7B, net income down 52% YoY to $4.4B, family daily active people up 4% YoY to 2.93B, and headcount up 28% YoY

MENLO PARK, Calif. - October 26, 2022 - Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: META) today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2022.

2022-10-07
I speculated yesterday that Elon's plan may be to re-accept the original deal then sabotage the financing so it falls through. A lawyer told me the way the deal is worded it wouldn't work. Today he is trying to add a contingency that would make it work lol https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2022-10-07 View on X
The Verge

Filing: a judge grants Elon Musk's request to halt the Twitter trial and says that if the deal doesn't close by 5pm on October 28, the trial begins in November

The pending trial between Elon Musk and Twitter is suddenly on hold, as Judge Kathaleen McCormick granted the Musk side's request for a stay …