Flipping The Bird: Elon vs. Twitter

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1:22And once Elon became Twitter's new CEO, you were either with him or against him. Those still employed at Twitter soon saw the company and its culture morph into something they didn't recognize. He laid off 75 % of the Twitter workforce, reinstated exceedingly problematic and dangerous users, and even encouraged his staff to sleep in the office. Ex-employees, Elon's critics, and fellow CEOs were quick to denounce him as an in-over-his-head rich guy. But Twitter's doors are still open today. Is Elon all talk or are his unruly methods actually the work of a genius? However you feel about his approach, Elon's influence is not only ushering in a new era of Twitter, but shaping the future of free speech on the Internet as we know it.

2:10I'm about to play a clip from Flipping the Bird, Elon versus Twitter. While you're listening, follow Flipping the Bird wherever you get your podcasts.

2:25Twitter is under new ownership. Elon Musk has arrived at Twitter's San Francisco offices. And he's got big ideas about how his platform should be. I believe in the free flow of ideas. Is someone you don't like allowed to say something you don't like? That is a sign of a healthy, functioning, free speech situation. Except maybe for one Twitter employee who does just that. I opened up my phone, opened up Twitter, and one of the first tweets I saw when I opened the app was... From his new boss. I'd like to apologize for Twitter being super slow in many countries. App is doing more than 1 ,000 poorly batched RPCs just to render a home timeline.

3:08I was like, this doesn't make sense. So he responds in the free flow of ideas, tagging Elon for effect. I spent six years working on Twitter for Android and can say this is wrong. Well, turns out there are limits to what Elon will tolerate on his platform. He's fired. You know, your heart kind of sinks a little bit. Like, this is the end of eight years. This is how this ride's going to end. From Wondery, the makers of We Crashed and In God We Lust, comes a new series, Flipping the Bird, Elon vs. Twitter. A story about what happens when the richest man on the planet decides to acquire a powerful social media company in the name of free speech.

3:53It started off promising, and then he just kind of, you know, keeps going on and on. But does he have what it takes? I can't believe I have to transition from aliens away from this conversation back to Twitter. I'm not saying it's aliens, but it's aliens. I'm supposed to believe this man is a genius. Or is this all just about Elon? He's essentially mad that his tweets aren't performing as well as he would have expected them to. To like tweet a thing and then everyone's like, we got to work on that now because he tweeted it. It really just felt like, OK, this really is just a platform being ruled by a dictator who does things on his own whim.

4:38And what will be left of Twitter by the time he's done? Basically, my entire team was gone. By the end of it, infrastructure was just completely gutted. They literally auctioned off the contents of the Market Street San Francisco Twitter headquarters. It just felt like everything was kind of descending into chaos.

4:58I'm David Brown, the host of Business Wars. Follow Flipping the Bird, Elon vs. Twitter on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. You can start listening to Flipping the Bird early and ad-free by subscribing to Wondery Plus and Apple Podcasts or the Wondery app. I must confess I've made a mess of what should be a small success, but I digress, at least I've tried my very best, I guess. Put me on a pedestal and I'll only disappoint you. Tell me I'm exceptional, I promise to exploit you.

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