Twitter was ‘absurdly’ overstaffed: Elon Musk

[@n3b266]

It’s Pareto’s principle 20% of the people do 80% of the work. That’s how he fired people and twitter still works just fine.

[@levelsandgear5644]

Ask the folks left at Twitter how they feel about it.

[@casey1167]

price's law....

[@arianh9380]

Exactly!

[@gilianrampart8514]

​@Levels And Gear why?

[@leerman22]

@@levelsandgear5644 I'd be fine with the leeches out of the office.

[@Itsgoooonenooowwww]

Twitter, before Elon was a government office company. Over staffed, under performing.

[@keithbarnhart6952]

Since Musk took over Twitter: 9- million less users, cut 3,750 jobs, revenue down 40%, stock down 65%. BTW, they still censor content.

[@Witch_of_Gains]

And tax payer money in their paychecks.

[@kairidon3363]

And Elon transformed it into a dumpster fire. 😂

[@sonderevokingbuns]

I'm sure you like working at companies that force every last ounce of effort out of you. That constantly have you worried about termination if standards and quotas aren't being met. Sounds like a dream. Sounds like Elon's preferential reality for the world.

[@staunchlyspeaking]

Exactly

[@bigp2225]

This guy can literally say, "It's not rocket science!" and get away with it lmao

[@marcelogouveia9614]

Indeed! 😂😂😂😂

[@sulavlamichhane-bg9sm]

It's true he says anything, does anything he want, lawful, unlawful, absolutely anything and still gets away with that lying or making excuses, how is that?

[@JangLEE-d2y]

​@@sulavlamichhane-bg9smcuz he's a genius

[@whagment]

​@@sulavlamichhane-bg9sm not just that lol he can say and do anything he wants and still get to be the richest in the world

[@seneryy]

Well he literally knows what rocket science is

[@987654321wormy]

"It's better to have one person working with you than three people working for you". Dwight D. Eisenhower

[@user-jh7cq3ct6u]

Makes perfect sense👌

[@MachinecoMachines]

That is a GRRRREAT Slogan. We try that every day at our little company, and after 40 years, it sort of works... Elon was a master manager with indrecidlbe fortitude to pass all the naysayers in his life. Richest? Who cares? Certainly not him. HE jsut wants to accomplish useful goals.VNow if only he can drill some 'common sense' into that dense skull of President Vibration and Variation, we'll be better off.

[@robedmund9948]

Dwight was a smart man. He also said the Right is the gutter. The Left is the gutter. The middle of the road is drivable.

[@joeskill4663]

Elon hit the nail on the head…Twitter was a glorified activist organization…👍🏽🧐

[@imbluz]

He's acting like a Big Shot by bragging about laying off 80% of the workers. But does he know the exorbitant costs he will absorb with Unemployment Insurance? This may not have been the wisest move on his part if he wants to gain a profit.

[@shubhamcweb]

@@imbluz Maybe you should buy Twitter next, and hire 'em all? 🤔

[@joeskill4663]

@@imbluz you sound like one of the people that got canned..🤷‍♂️😆

[@imbluz]

@@shubhamcweb Haha. No, I wouldn't work for that Socialist-Woke S%%house.

[@scatdog1]

@@imbluz Lol !!! And your qualified to advise Elon Musk on how to run a business !! Your either one of the useless participants in the old Twitter that he wisely fired or just another useless angry Trump hater.

[@dmosher]

Going from 8k people to 2k people and improving the company is a business case study for the ages

[@fvr12345]

Burning through cash and on the edge of bankruptcy. That’s a case study in what not to do.

[@danielp1994]

@@tarmi_ricmino, he’s still making a profit. He came out and said he wasn’t loosing anything, forgot the specific percentages he mentioned.

[@CramcrumBrewbringer]

@@tarmi_ricmi I mean, he didn't buy twitter to make bank.

[@darkonone5158]

@@fvr12345 yeah no, not everything is about money

[@Lorenzconnok]

It got me to consider applying. I want to work with only the best, and I'm sick of diversity hires.

[@sherryrussell6023]

I’m so glad Elon freed twitter so everyone could have a voice so thank you sir

[@polardiscoball]

Algorithm? Twitter runs on Elons feelings 🤗

[@kairidon3363]

Not if they hurt Elon's feelings, then they get banned. 😂😂

[@octoman511]

anyone who doesnt oppose him

[@ashlibabbitt1111]

Yes, the world's richest man bought Twitter! That's a fantastic idea!! You're not an idiot or a stupid loser at all!!!

[@bobshagit-io8lq]

only if you agree with him

[@lorettakoch7408]

Still a fan of Elon. Love his labeling of CBC as 69% government funded.

[@L4M3xMRXMN]

Yeah Canadian BBC.😂

[@nv00021]

spot on Loretta......like we needed Elon to tell us.....anyone with an IQ over 20 understood this for over 10 years now....odd timing though!

[@jd4121]

Still a fan after this man-baby halved the value of twitter (loosing $20 billion)? 🤪

[@stephen8805]

@@jd4121 $44 billion well spent to showcase the government colluding with Twitter to censor people and cover up stories.

[@stevem2323]

@@jd4121 Absolutley, Twitter never had that value to beggin with.

[@ReekieReels]

"If you're not trying to run a glorified activist organization, and you don't care that much about censorship; then you can really let go of a lot of people" - hit the nail on the head. This was the internet pre-2014/15, those were good times.

[@Kerokerokeroppi2517]

After Trump won in 2016, establishment gets crazy and crazier.

[@Statusinator]

More like pre-Occupy 2011.

[@ReekieReels]

Both good points, but how about this: the web changed when it became majority mobile. Smartphones changed everything, there ceased to be a separation between the web and the mainstream culture. These days it's near impossible to be "offline", and that's sad in a way.

[@bppatel7063]

05/23/23 - Elon is regretting get rid of staff - he said, he made those choices late at night. Wants to hire some back, I read Twitter has lost 50% or its revenue and has hired Linda Yaccarino to get Corp accounts back - sounds like he made a few rash BAD business choices. I hope Corp accounts doing come back. Tweeter is useless, people with short attention spans just tweet others comments, with VERY LITTLE INSIGHTFUL PEOPLE ON TWEETER. Lets hope TWEETER goes bankrupt - its useless to the creative, inquisitive mind.

[@Kerokerokeroppi2517]

@@bppatel7063 obviously you're radical left and with Trump derangement syndrome. God bless your soul........maybe one day you'll have moral compass!

[@clintoncherry8893]

So nice to see two people can still sit in a room and have a conversation that revolves around rational thinking and reality. Don't see much of this in an interview anymore.

[@TurboTyler]

Amen

[@usern4metak3ns]

That sounds dangerously close to a racisms...

[@berlinwallneverfall1989]

Great comment. 👍

[@Deathwish026]

@@TurboTyler reality and rational thinking. then you comment with a conformatism to religious nonsense hahaha well played

[@joesouthborn2960]

@@Deathwish026 religious nonsense may seem a legitimate thing to you. But in the world of nonsense, there are plenty other adjectives which describe far more serious, and lethal, nonsense. Pick your nonsense wisely. Especially if you go it alone.

[@brookskimball48]

Former Twitter workers can work as trauma counselors for depressed npr hosts.

[@christophernaggs4018]

That is untrue. There is still people who are banned

[@barne3668]

@@christophernaggs4018 it's a long list and each day thousands of accounts are being reinstated.

[@wbotti]

creative solutions are your forte!

[@jimboscooter432]

They can clean my toilets for me. I'll even pay them 15$ an hour

[@ganymeade5151]

More proof that Leftist ideology causes brain rot and mental illness.

[@sgillard960]

Elon is absolutely right when he mentioned no one cared about negative events happening on the other side of the world 200 years ago. We were only concerned with negative news in our village. The issue we face today is that all news is instant and can be overwhelming. As an example, no one knew or cared about hurricanes running rampant through mostly uninhabited land half a world away 100 years ago but now, not only do we hear and see it live, we attribute it to our imminent doom as a planet.

[@donaldkasper8346]

Yeah and 200 years ago we did not have this standard of living which causes us to depend on so much of the rest of the world to make that stuff and ship it to us.

[@TEAMGETHELP]

Very well said.

[@TEAMGETHELP]

​@@donaldkasper8346 'We need to be globalists' is a horrible and despicable sentiment.

[@lepotdefleur9906]

@@donaldkasper8346 Used to be a time when every nations was producing what it needed , we should strive to get back to that. Yeah, it would initially cost more then the market would stabilize . It s ridiculous to be so dependent on other countries. Like Iceland is doing with greenhouses , of course not every country have easy access to steam power , here in Canada, we should be able to use the extra electricity to power/heat greenhouses, it s done in my part, we grow cucumbers yearly long , even with -30C winter, they are planning to add more kind of vegetables maybe even fruits.

[@luftgeist7671]

😅😮щд

[@darkflamestudios]

Thank you Elon Musk

[@kairidon3363]

Buy a Tesla and support him.

[@keithbarnhart6952]

Since Musk took over Twitter: 9- million less users, cut 3,750 jobs, revenue down 40%, stock down 65%. BTW, they still censor content.

[@geneharrogate6911]

For what? Shitty battery powered cars?

[@farqueueman]

@@geneharrogate6911 you would get one if you could afford one . Don't kid yourself lol

[@geneharrogate6911]

@@farqueueman Haha!! I could afford more than one, don't worry. But only a moron would pay that much for rolling garbage!

[@DJezdic]

Remember like 6 years ago when Elon was the lefts guy, then Elon called out the cult and is now the lefts second worst enemy? 🤔

[@ryanb8736]

Left doesn’t like powerful men. They like submissive men. Men in dresses is a Libs dream.

[@masonhunter2921]

Musk is such an unlikely MAGA hero. He supported, then voted for Clinton in 2016. He supported Yang then voted for Biden in 2020. Then he dumped the Democrats for supporting unions and the working middle class, which cut into his bottom line. He’s pushing for an all electric auto world, including legislation to promote that. Tesla’s stock is down by half over the last several years. The part that’s doing best is partnered with the Chinese government. Half the major advertisers on Twitter quit because of him. He promised free speech, then banned Ye, Trump’s latest bromance. He rapidly turned Twitter into being as irrelevant and as nonviable as Truth Social.

[@apreviousseagle836]

@@ManipulationDoesntWork You can know them by their actions. So far, Musk has shown some decent actions. Even more than Trump's.

[@paulrybarczyk5013]

Very true. I keep hoping that Musk and DeSantis and Trump will realize that they're all on the same team.

[@PuppetMasterdaath144]

you can't change the macrocosm

[@jennh2096]

The fact that he fired 7k people and Twitter kept on functioning, didn't miss a beat, tells you that it was way over staffed. If a hospital had 10k employees and 7k were fired instantly, the hospital would shut down and wouldn't be able to function. Cut a business by 80% and it will tank if it actually requires that much manpower

[@ihaveakirbyobessesion2617]

How's that going now?

[@shadowslayer9988]

​@@ihaveakirbyobessesion2617Still going good Elon has rebranded Twitter now it is called X

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

@@ihaveakirbyobessesion2617it’s still fine 😂 keep the salt flowing

[@illiabovtriuk2166]

​@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 yeah, the price lowering by over 70% is measure of success

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

@@illiabovtriuk2166 it was artificially inflated by bots lol

[@Drew_3000]

there were just under 8,000 staff members when he bought the company. Now, Twitter is left with around 1,500 employees

[@no_alias_for_me]

Yeah and despite Twitter being this huge thing it doesn't require 8.000 people to run this. No way in hell you need that many people.

[@AstralApple]

Wow. What a clownfest it was before Elon showed up.

[@ianrocco8453]

8000 people had that much power. Disgusting.

[@craigwheeler4760]

And the functioning of Twitter as a website has not gone down by much. That is how you know the other 6,500 people were not necessary

[@abradfordajb]

The real question is: How many CEO's are learning from this Twitter-Fest ? i.e., "Dead Wood" running amuck in corp America. (Mary Barra ..... take some notes here.)

[@____________________________.x]

No company needs 200 diversity officers, in fact no company needs any

[@atobaidoo8948]

Elon saying twitter isn't as hard to manage as compared to Building cars and rockets was the ultimate flex! Incredible man.

[@Sacrifice117]

obviously it is because he keeps trying to get out of paying for it LMAO. homie tried to sell it back 10 times and is still trying to do it.

[@4X10S]

@@Sacrifice117 I assume you talk to yourself quite often.

[@ItsMinarmy]

This incredible man bought Twitter for tens of billions and is bleeding money every month 🤣

[@Sacrifice117]

@@ItsMinarmy none of these children even realize he's been trying to back out of the deal ever since.

[@MrPlenty1]

@@Sacrifice117 back out of what deal? It’s done

[@robertreynolds2421]

The more I listen to Elon, the more I admire him greatly.

[@keithbarnhart6952]

Since Musk took over Twitter: 9- million less users, cut 3,750 jobs, revenue down 40%, stock down 65%. BTW, they still censor content.

[@kairidon3363]

Buy a Tesla.

[@DRichards705]

Musk definitely has qualities worth admiring.

[@Folker46590]

Why? He has a hard time forming and communicating a thought. He sounds like Biden and I wonder if he has a mental problem connecting his mind with his mouth.

[@DRichards705]

@@Folker46590 He does tend to pause a lot, which could be explained as rethinking exactly what he wants to say on the fly. I dunno. Or starts a sentence and struggles to get out what he wants to say for a bit. I notice he does that. That by itself isn't indicative of a lack of intelligence or mental disorder considering the well thought out stuff he actually says and does. He still says a lot of intelligent things and I like some of the actions he's done. I also admire his ability as a businessman. He's achieved a lot more than most people and appears to be a fairly decent person, although I'm sure some would dispute that.

[@MrLaserPony]

So glad he bought the company..thanks you Elon

[@THE_WOAT]

"You don't need all those people unless you are trying to run a glorified activist organization" 😂

[@delife_bkk]

Most firms today work like this and Biden' s firm. UNs too. That's why this world for 4legs, get it?

[@lanemedcalf9506]

Elon just uttered one of the most revealing and profound things in the entire interview!

[@jetuber]

Best line of the interview.

[@smokey_mcbong]

@Jordan I hope you read this and go walk off the closest cliff. Its one thing to sell a message but its another to push your BS on every single thread expecting people to care.

[@SSL0707Star]

Accurate

[@mcbain1131]

The stark contrast between this interview and the BBC "interview" is terrifying

[@barne3668]

it's incredible really. the BBC person was out to smear him period. did that Woke thing of just talking over him constantly.

[@iggyzeta9755]

Knowing how the BBC feel about themselves (literally more arrogant and self-important than any other outlet in the world) and how they feel about Fox, it must really grind their gears to see the night and day difference between this interview and that one.

[@Oceanfoxy]

And predictable

[@BigMamaCat]

Tucker's a far right buddy, isn't he?

[@davidnavarro4226]

One company paid almost a BILLION dollars for spreading fake news and the other hasnt. Big difference, I know.

[@jackmehoff9595]

This man made Twitter truly a open platform. Reminds me of the internet in the early 1990s where anything perceived good or bad could be expressed without censorship or “moderation”. Social media spell the doom of the Wild West internet.

[@loglounge.de.podcast]

I still hate twitter cause you cant discuss anything with this small amount of characters. Only stupid stuff... Dont know what was so interesting for Musk to buy twitter if he was about the plattform and nothing else...

[@JohnSmith-bs9ym]

It's not social media, per se, it's the LEFT!

[@joannewalsh1462]

What a difference from the BBC interview 😅 good job Tucker

[@ashlibabbitt1111]

😂😂

[@ashlibabbitt1111]

BBC didn't get caught lying about the election. Tucker did. He's a proven liar and you believed his lies.

[@dandare2520]

Do fox viewers even know what the BCC is let alone having ever left the fox bubble.

[@apreviousseagle836]

@@dandare2520 They can't penetrate the far more insidious BBC bubble.

[@malice2921]

@@dandare2520 yeah, i personally cross-reference news from many different sources because pretty much every outlet is biased. you should try changing your perspective about news and media consumption instead of judging people for watching news from a platform you dislike.

[@ndxsp]

God almighty protect Elon Musk and Tucker Calson

[@kairidon3363]

“Sidney Powell is lying. F```ing b````.” - Tucker *Swanson* Carlson

[@Ivan_Nano]

Nah, just Elon

[@beeeean]

@@Ivan_Nano 💀💀💀 what if two of them kissed

[@octoman511]

you misspelled "strike down"

[@masonhunter2921]

I think Musk is a pretty honorable, honest guy. Carlson’s emails showed that he would lie to and intentionally dupe his viewers over the fabricated stolen election story for higher ratings and revenue.

[@MichaelJones-lc6ys]

The original internet was blog posts and chat rooms. He is getting back to basics.

[@xavariusquest4603]

Google "Twitter staffing changes since inception". They added nearly 5000 employees starting in 2019. The number of individuals who didn't know their job, had never had a job before but we're making huge money, and sat around all day in the free cafe and restaurant were staggering Worse still were the employees who posted their daily routines to their accounts and both YT and TikTok. Of course they all had to go.

[@barne3668]

BUT they were "cool" and had a good weed connection

[@Larry_the_risenAngel]

Working at twitter is like eating chips on the couch all day with sandals on

[@barne3668]

organic chips and recycled sandals Larry! lol

[@dmtaboo_truth7052]

"working"

[@Hawken54]

I bet the employees got chunky around the waist.

[@Sacrifice117]

yeah that would seem like work to you

[@captainz9]

As an IT guy who ran 100s of websites with (almost) 24/7 availability I can attest it doesn't really take all that many people...

[@Zactastical]

Tucker trying to hold in laughs at Elon's unapologetic honesty 😂

[@airnidzo]

Almost awkwardly. But i remotely relate to his excitement.

[@ascgazz]

Yeah, laughs just like a child doesn’t he.

[@jrlaymance]

Better than being childlike like the majority of the Communist Democrats

[@lanakopeikin4014]

Thanks Elon for your candidness and honesty!

[@stayhungry1503]

take me to the candidshop

[@ascgazz]

It’s all hearsay… He says nothing that’s not conceptual. How do you gauge for truth in concept? “It’s very hard to make cars”. That’s relevant because………………? He’s a poor talker, badly edited by fox. Bad times. 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Saying nothing.

[@haraldodunkirk1432]

Candour

[@casualweekday-ytshadowbang2469]

@@ascgazz He sold a computer game at 12 yo, so he's certainly more relevant about software than you'll ever be, clown.

[@Romanesquire]

@@ascgazz he’s saying that Twitter was spreading propaganda and controlling the narrative. They overstaffed to push it out. It’s pretty sketchy if you really think about it. The company can run with few employees unlike his automotive company.

[@glimmerz3464]

You know someone’s brilliant when they come off awkward as hell, stutters & chooses his words wisely, always critically thinking

[@fvr12345]

Uh sure….I guess.

[@eduardogrullon696]

@@fvr12345🤦🏻‍♂️

[@mattwilliams5773]

Yup. It's these people that are freaking geniuses. I mean he's right from a business prospective on the staffing for twitter and productivity. I mean lots don't like his stances, but it's the hard, business truth and well aside from stances on issues that other people don't like, they're just simple and don't understand any concepts.

[@Except1onal]

Well, he has Asperger's so yeah, he'll come across a little awkward sometimes.

[@NFLOLDMAN771]

@@fvr12345 😭😂😂

[@s.t.santos5928]

Whatever happens to Twitter's financial future, Elon can always treat that investment as a charity for humanity.

[@Rodrigo-jd2wg]

Every Elon company is basically a philanthropic endeavor

[@heyfitzpablum]

As a concession to fundamental human rights-free speech.

[@Rodrigo-jd2wg]

@@heyfitzpablum Yep that's more important than most people realize

[@ryanodneal7001]

X will be worth 10x what he paid before too long.

[@Adam-082]

Before Elon you could simply disagree with someone and you would get banned/suspended, I am not talking about being a monster and just being hateful but you literally couldn't have an opinion that didn't align with twitter. Now I can actually disagree with people and not be sent to the dungeons of twitter. Twitter is still a hive of crazy but at least I can share my disagreement with people now.

[@qozia1370]

Yup! I wasn't suspended for a while now and it feels strange, I used to get a suspension a week or bi weekly! Suspensions were for normal views btw, nothing hateful or racist.

[@kennwan9917]

Yep I used to get little bans all the time. Ended up getting a perma a few years ago and quit, until Elon bought twitter. Redownloaded same day as I knew he'd sort that nonsense. Final straw for me was some CCP loving communist, that in their attempts of trying to tell me less people live below the poverty line in china than the UK (my country), they got infuriated and called me a balding degen. That's because in my picture I had a shaved head, which I had done for a family member with Leukemia. But the intent was, shaming for male pattern baldness. So, as a rational human being, I called them a beluga whale, for appearing to be 500 pounds in their picture. That got me perma banned. Nothing for them.

[@Victor-vj5ds]

​@@kennwan9917 Perma shadow banned me for asking what a woman was.

[@nrdas8912]

I remain banned from Twitter for saying men cannot become women. Banned after Musk took over. I refuse to delete the Tweet.

[@dawoodwilliams3652]

Exactly, you couldn't disagree with a particular narrative and you'll be banned, but now at the very least I can disagree with the freaks and actually voice my opinion. Facebook on the other hand

[@daspec]

I know EXACTLY what Elon's talking about when it comes to ridiculously overstaffed internet companies. Back in the days of the bubble 20+ years ago, I used to work at the largest media company in my country as lead web designer of their web portal and it was both hilarious and infuriating how many people they had that did almost absolutely NOTHING (and even faked their overtime charts!), while myself and a few others actually carried the bulk of the work AND were also technical at multiple levels to multitask and do more than we had to. When I finally quit to join another company at 3X the money, it took them 2 months and 4 people to replace me and I believe they could barely keep 1 of them because they couldn't handle the work, nor they had the knowledge, skills, drive, management abilities and talent for the position. So I experienced first hand what Elon found when he performed due diligence on Twitter. Most of the large corporations are run by incompetent bozos and bean counters that have ZERO clue on who is who inside the companies they run.

[@frankiejames6651]

Sound a lot like our current government.

[@PNW_Adventures1]

@@frankiejames6651 except you can’t just leave to work for the competition like a different govt

[@jr0079]

That sound like are U.S. gov. I know someone that works for the gov and they said that most are lazy and always what a rise.

[@samappamon5239]

just left Amazon after being paid one year for playing Total War at my place without anyone telling me anything so I can relate.

[@malanalan1]

Fox news is overstaffed with liars.

[@eternalskeptic3294]

Elon always seems like his thoughts are 15 steps ahead of his voice

[@christophernaggs4018]

It's because he's on the autism spectrum. He's got a disability

[@gregsteele806]

He clearly has at least some level of Autism. I have a nephew who's the same. Smart as a whip, but his brain moves so fast that the rest of him has trouble keeping up.

[@janeblogs324]

15 steps ahead but at a snails pace

[@inciwillard991]

@@gregsteele806 He did say he has Asperger syndrome.

[@gregsteele806]

@@inciwillard991 I hadn't heard him say that, but I'm not surprised.

[@thomasbaily2666]

Turns out when you kick 80% employees out of the cry closets the other 20% get off their asses and do their job

[@dmtaboo_truth7052]

@@lpfx777 Exactly.

[@JonathanShatford]

I thought he was describing Fox when he spoke about less truthful news.

[@idalawrence5912]

This is the energy of marketing - going for the clicks absolutely removes integrity. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the news actually had integrity... imagine that.

[@DRichards705]

It was a pretty interesting opinion of the media from someone that should probably know what he's talking about.

[@david-vf1pk]

​@@DRichards705 who BIDEN lmfao

[@timmholl9238]

The media hasn't had integrity since the late 1950s.

[@enshk79]

4:57 - only Elon could say “it’s not rocket science” as literal truth instead of the joke meaning. Elon is such a pragmatic gift to humanity. He is frank, direct, and honest. He talks like he knows what he’s doing because he knows exactly what he’s doing. He has ambitious goals and a clear vision, and he knows how to get there.

[@EbenezerEibenhardt]

Hyperloop was a really, really bad idea. Still, I'd rather have an honest if undereducated blue sky optimist in charge of Twitter than the woke mob.

[@joesouthborn2960]

@HeWhoIsWhoHeIs kudos to you for being a bigger person than you used to be!

[@Omnizid]

thinking that hes a gift is pretty dangerous, hes just nuts with dreams. Anyway, hows that amazing car tunnel going?

[@iroccata]

@@Omnizid it will be finished once autonomous driving happen.... accoring to Elon, that should have been 5 years ago, but unlike last 5 times he said it will be completed next year, this time for sure it will be completed next year... It's not so hard, just like a air hockey table...

[@BigMamaCat]

Pet, you have a little something something on your nose.

[@Paratus7]

By Gen Zs. 10 Gen zs = 1 normal human.

[@adambuettner754]

Elon musk is spot on about negative biased. He is 100 percent spot on

[@ganymeade5151]

Twitter was an agent of tyranny. Please keep the bird free. Free Bird.

[@Sacrifice117]

no he isnt at all. his comparison didnt make a lick of sense. if hunter gatherers never remembered where a berry bush was then how did gatherers even exist? ya'll have no brain power and it's hilarious lmao.

[@thisguy3844]

"you are not making cars, its difficult to make cars or to send rocket in orbit" SAVAGE😎

[@MarMaxGaming]

Amazing that he can actually say that, having done both. True inspiration!

[@BeachLookingGuy]

@@MarMaxGaming lol inspired by a con-man. the brainwashing is working very well on you

[@oscarornago7419]

Bring us back Tucker Carlson!! Alternatively RIP for Fox

[@wendylm4770]

His answers are so thoughtful and precise!

[@bppatel7063]

Hardly. Thoughtful and precise he is not. A 30min lecture on Virology is fair more interesting. I guess he taught you much, that you did not give much thought to before. You must read more studious articles.

[@dalluxe4971]

@@bppatel7063what

[@jamesgoddard871]

I can believe it was really way overstaffed . Like a company or agency that is overloaded from the top down and is nothing more than a front for rewarding jobs to family , friends and political influencers .

[@LinA-it9vd]

Sort of like the Canadian liberal party.

[@ganymeade5151]

Rich liberals protecting their own.

[@Parasiteve]

and they think THATS equality. lmfao. id love to know what they think actual privilege is. oh wait they can't even define what it is because they know how they live IS privileged and they dont want it taken away so they claim its oppression instead.

[@tsiefhtes]

Well just look at Google and Facebook, both are peer companies of Twitter and are now laying off thousands of people now that we are entering a economic downturn. Many of these laid-off people are now revealing they were often paid to do nothing seemingly for no other reason then to deny their talent to potential rival companies. These are monopolies maintaining their Monopoly by preventing future rivals from getting the talent they need to become a computer. Such behavior is not sustainable for a company but only needs to last long enough for the company to establish unassailable dominance.

[@frankoptis]

Like Google. Like Facebook.

[@swolfdab111]

now do the government

[@MrSardoc1]

Your wish may just be granted. Enter DOGE.

[@cyclonejane]

“Least untrustworthy” is so accurate.

[@bravo_01]

This interview will age well.

[@darkdan3379]

Nope...

[@kairidon3363]

😂😂Twitter is dying.

[@leonblack2651]

@Kair Idon so is the little intelligence you had.

[@kairidon3363]

@@leonblack2651 I bet you wish you could censor anyone who's mean to you, like your -snowflake- savior, Musk.

[@GoatDust]

@@kairidon3363please get a life

[@jliuatl]

It's literally a message board in which people are limited in the number of characters they can write. That's it. The technology is not that special, and it didn't take an army to run - unless that army was ruthlessly engaged in censorship and moderation and suppressing true information - which it was.

[@aupy-ben]

this dude is waay much wiser than i expected

[@LinA-it9vd]

This guy is a certified genius. Why would it be surprising?

[@Sacrifice117]

@@LinA-it9vd because he tried to build a huge tunnel without any plan to seal it water tight. he's not as smart as you think little girl.

[@rtth465]

You need a lot of employees at the old Twitter to serve the FBI demands

[@dymondlyfe1603]

Yes! Same with the other tech companies, all infiltrated by former alphabet agency workers. Inside jobs aplenty.

[@philnleblanc6664]

Overstaffed like the US government. I worked with an employee whose title was the “librarian” at the Department of Treasury. There were probably 20-30 books in some corner office and her job was to sit in that room just in case someone wanted to read a book during their break. This “librarian” was making 6 figures too. Now, imagine what other useless jobs are out there in government.

[@SuperFranzs]

Problem was doubling the amount of people needing a job in the 1970's, and then having to invent jobs for them.

[@mcihs2]

Government is useless, we don’t need it..

[@BasedGymChad]

It's hard to feel sorry for the employees who were laid off from Twitter.

[@arfajob4246]

Impossible. They got paid enough to beat feet.

[@jd4121]

Just like it’s hard to feel sorry those firings to have led to a loss of $20 billion in value for twitter; what a way to prove those employees worth 😂

[@tirebesidetheroadarchive]

To be fair, they didn’t hire themselves.

[@Johngotowned]

​@jd4121 did you just make that up?

[@AP-nj1mr]

A pig does not like it if you forcibly remove its snout from the trough.

[@snowcloudshinobi]

tucker and elon, two men i have a lot of respect for. i'm glad he decided to give this interview.

[@ReadDeath225]

No matter what, X now has better news than any newspaper out there.

[@Toddv1]

I love hearing Elon talk because he's actually involved in the stuff other people just pretend to be.

[@DontBurnTheAmericanFlag]

I love hearing him talk because it shows he has no idea about anything.

[@joeg6242]

@@DontBurnTheAmericanFlag That comment just proves your stupidity. Nothing more.

[@michaelmamitesarmecin5137]

@@DontBurnTheAmericanFlag by assigning your account the name "Literally God", I bet you know everything.

[@ER-uy7ct]

And yet.........you're possibly still living in your mom's basement with a "command center".

[@polpol1005]

he also pretends

[@lanakopeikin4014]

Honesty and integrity will get you everywhere, thanks Elon for your bold moves in everything that you do!

[@keithbarnhart6952]

Since Musk took over Twitter: 9- million less users, cut 3,750 jobs, revenue down 40%, stock down 65%. BTW, they still censor content.

[@SIE44TAR]

2:30 "The news very often seems to attempt to answer the question, "What is the worst thing that happened on Earth today?"" Yep, that about sums it up.

[@Based_Is_Best]

Without all that staff, who’s going to do all the censoring?

[@kairidon3363]

Musk will just be in a corner crying about people being mean to him. 😂🤣

[@quirk8841]

@@kairidon3363 He hasn't been so far. But you just keep imagining it since that makes you feel good about yourself. 🤡🙈🙉🙊

[@masonhunter2921]

The first person banned was Ye, Trump’s latest bromance.

[@ashlibabbitt1111]

Musk is in charge of censoring everyone he doesn't like. That's why they call him Twittler

[@alelokaoseumu]

@@kairidon3363 even when their poster boy Elon musk has control of Twitter, they are still victimizing themselves with their RINO persecution syndrome.

[@Wolfman7870]

I just trust him. Thanks for being you, Elon.

[@kairidon3363]

Buy a Tesla to support him.

[@lucindabrashear695]

Careful, he could be a Trojan horse 🐎 might be a trap for those who speak out against the government!!

[@MathiasVerhasselt]

do you trust him on climate change?

[@keithbarnhart6952]

Since Musk took over Twitter: 9- million less users, cut 3,750 jobs, revenue down 40%, stock down 65%. BTW, they still censor content.

[@47aRealN]

i trust him too . RICHEST man in the world why would he betray you ? i wish he could help lead america. one of the smartest humans to ever live. and a rocket scientist .

[@jimmybutler1379]

The enter net give the public a voice; to say what is needed to be said to keep all informed what really is going on around us in each town ship around our nation; so no surprise that people talk about things some would rather be hidden from our knowledge here and around the world in our citizens name by government s within the USA !...

[@earthroamer9907]

“No one should trust the internet”. Agreed!

[@AshleyShieff]

these comments are being censored.. what happened to free speech

[@smoothoperator1083]

Candidly, Elon is the Edison of our time! Their will be history books written about this dude after everyone is gone.💯

[@a.d.4536]

And bks will say he was blk someday and u will be called racist for saying her was whyte

[@brandonbentley5453]

More like Tesla

[@smoothoperator1083]

@@a.d.4536 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Probably right

[@dennislawrence8501]

Not even close to Edison. To say that says a lot about your education.

[@kairidon3363]

😂😂 Sorry, what did he invent? How has he improved the world? Crying and banning anyone who's mean to him on Twitter is great as Edison? 😂🤣

[@ijs8548]

Yes love elon musk. Hr isnt a real job they all should get fired , they care so much about choosing the right person who will stick to the company , you know what also make people stick to the conpany fire you and i give them a raise from your salary, that will make them never leave

[@josephtalmadge3108]

1 of Tucker's best interviews yet. Thank you Tucker for interviewing Elon and shedding light on all this for the American people

[@allottashit8118]

Keep bringing the HEAT Tucker!!

[@anonymousspeaker7880]

Thanks Elon

[@Jason-sf8vx]

Elon is very very practical and objective oriented. When Tweeter had a lot of free money previously, the staffs were shaking legs until Elon gave them a shake

[@adrianaadnan9958]

Hmmm yeah but.. it also doesn't matter how much more ethical or efficient a company is. If lots of people hate it and it has less money to sustain it then it won't last. So he has to make it likable again by the left and right or at least Americans. Right now allot of SF people don't like twitter cos they are far left and they used it as political arena to defend their ideology and spread propaganda. He's locating it at the wrong place. And public support for a human and a company is instrumental. You can't thrive if people hate your product or your company. It's not strategically located neither rent cost affective for a company does not have walk in customers you don't have to pay high rent to be in prime location. Jeff bezos is better at renting warehouse in the middle of nowhere. Twitter does not need to be in a prime area. There's no reason why they should pay allot of rent for an internet company with no walk in customers. It could be in texas and still work. Other businessmen be like. Lobby both sides don't get knee deep into politics, it's bad for business. Elon musk goes the opposite way. I wana police politics! And buy twitter. Ow nooooo😅

[@dam8087]

He literally doesn't know what he's doing, which is why he grossly overpaid for Twitter and now he is burning it down

[@maxwellcrazycat9204]

From what I've read. "Working" at Tweeter was more like being on break all day.

[@beyond_the_infinite2098]

Yes, but you had do your quota of blocking and banning conservative speech.

[@kencurtis2403]

Did you see the video? Yoga rooms, game rooms, wine on tap, etc.

[@dymondlyfe1603]

Those tik toks narrated with that weird stilted speech patterns (usually chic's in their 20's) about corporate culture....before summarily being laid off. L OL!

[@trumbaron]

I think it is still surprising that as many as 1500 people work at twitter. It was almost 8000 people when he took over. That's unbelivably many. No one seems to mention that.

[@arunsigamani1]

We'll honestly..their tech (Devs, data mangement, testing, server management, R&D) alone should be around the 500s. Let's outsource support, and support management would be about 100. ..the rest would be corporate...training, hr, ops, admin, legal, finance etc etc. pretty good number

[@patriciaedmunds9086]

Fear sells!!!

[@dennislawrence8501]

Fox knows that, very well.

[@ashlibabbitt1111]

​@@dennislawrence8501 these people are clueless

[@dmtaboo_truth7052]

@@dennislawrence8501 Says the side cowering in fear at the fictional boogeyman of right wing extremism

[@TheGamingHoser]

I can speak from experience that many corporations are overstaffed and have no interest in correcting it. They are full of people who's job it is to report to other people who report to other people and contribute almost nothing. On lower levels where people do actual work they are full of managers who have a very low standard regarding work efficiency. Staff spend most of their day socializing, choosing playlists and having a fun day. This often equates to a happy staff and easier job for their manager who can get away with doing the bare minimum. They hire 2X the number of employees they actually need to get the job done to overcompensate for the poor efficiency and they BS when its time to justify their numbers.

[@d0ntreply]

those who he fired, were the employees that made "day in the life of a software engineer at twitter" and showing them eating their free food perks 90% of the video.

[@Salnas3557]

“What’s the worst thing that happened on Earth today?” Elon’s way to saying things always gives me a chuckle. But he’s right, most news is all about the horrible things that aren’t happening remotely close to us and we wonder why folks have a negative outlook on things.

[@InvictumLupus]

I went to school with a very smart girl. I recently found out that she instead was some exec with a ridiculous job title at Twitter during the Obama presidency and Hillary’s presidential run. She left Twitter before Elon’s take over. I’m more shocked she didn’t become the doctor or engineer I thought she’d end up being.

[@chickenbroski99]

There are a ton of very smart people who don't have the wisdom needed to properly use their intelligence because they've had easy, coddled lives and never been forced to dig deep or question anything.

[@rayray8687]

What does the presidency have to do with working at Twitter?

[@Voltaje_YT]

@@rayray8687 Timeframe.

[@TheRtpbuc]

@@rayray8687 lol

[@randomrazr]

so what does she do now? the corner?

[@riokobeforever3398]

Why can't you stop all these nonsensical Costly Billion dollar Businesses Rather Give Starving people money.. Right Now as As Speak innocent Children in 3rd world Countries Are dying by the Second. Stop money making Start Showing Humanity

[@itsPanTatesnotPancakes-gp1jf]

It's by far the most sweetest thing to have ever been done. Elon.. sounds like nobody got hurt to me 😁

[@arfajob4246]

Maybe "butt hurt" is all. Best reality show for 2022 for the rest of us. 😁

[@Wolfpack2077]

I also think the government is overstaffed to many people just star gazing instead of working

[@monocyte2210]

All governments are like that

[@KEEVVY]

And the result twitter died. But Elon also fired top engineers like Engineer Cristina Balan, this engineer has her initial stamped onto the car's battery packaging of Model S. She just tried to warn Elon directly that the carpets were curling underneath the pedals a simple potentially lethal design flaw because you couldn't push the brake. What Elon and Tesla did fired her and hided this flaw.

[@darkgalaxy5548]

Rubbish! Platform is running just fine.

[@thundersnow8648]

I've never really heard Elon speak before, he's Fun, Funny and Down to Earth and very Eloquent! 😎✌️

[@kairidon3363]

Down to Earth... Like his daddy's emerald mine?

[@ryanb8736]

He’s one of the coolest tech guys.

[@lorettakoch7408]

Elon....the OG Honey Badger!

[@CarbonGlassMan]

@@kairidon3363 Why don't you cry some more about his daddy's emerald mine? As if what his dad owned has anything to do with Elon.

[@dennislawrence8501]

​@@CarbonGlassMan His Daddys money got him started.

[@Demon-fz4rw]

Великолепный человек. Образец прогресса, созидания, креатива, способности смотреть в будущее … Достоин уважения, восхищения …

[@anacc3257]

Why are you writing in russian..?

[@chrisw3327]

​@@anacc3257 Maybe it's their first language. Seems okay to me. After all, many videos are available with subtitles in many languages, so that they are accessible around the world. I might watch a video in French subtitled in English, but for me to reply in my very poor French would be a real limitation on how expressive I could be. One of the great things about the internet is how we can all learn about different cultures I suppose 😊

[@mohamud3917]

@@anacc3257why shouldn’t someone write in Russian? Or any other language they chose… Xenophobia anyone?

[@MsAAAAAA222]

@@mohamud3917 BECUASE AMERICAN THE ONLY LANGAUGE THATS GON BE USED ON MY INTERNET

[@mohamud3917]

@@MsAAAAAA222 that “joke” of yours says more of your arrogance than your comedic understanding of nuisance

[@AniketKapse]

Love this interaction so much! Specially when Tucker couldn't hold his laugh when Elon called Twitter a "glorified activist organization".🤣

[@thighdude7]

And full of spooks

[@daves913]

Elon Musk, is my favorite African American, 😃 I think Tucker Carlson, is the only journalist, that can carry a conversation, on any topics. In my opinion, he’s a genius and very unique.

[@shelch]

I have always suspected that a lot of tech companies have like 100 people doing the job that 10 people could do comfortably.

[@sunny-sq6ci]

no one should ever be given full trust. even the most honorable and kind hearted can do bad things.

[@divinehatred6021]

And sometimes things that are considered "bad" by some naive people - must be done, for the sake of future without complete madness.

[@divinehatred6021]

No kindness or forgiveness to the enemies of humanity, or they will use it to end our world.

[@Sacrifice117]

LMAO bro you just shitted all over the concept of elon's twitter without realizing it. elon is giving all of HIS trust to the people that use twitter. not very smart at all bud.

[@guyb6665]

Whatever can be done, will be done. Controlled opposition. Never more obvious than now.

[@hurricaneaquatics]

So glad certain people are starting to stand up for what is obviously right in the world. The way the world was heading was a sewer of insanity and ignorance on an enormous scale. I think we have the same 80/20 split in humanity too. 80% are sheep and 20% are lions. Lions built every successful country. When men were men and women were women and weren't ashamed of who they were.

[@Sacrifice117]

if you say the word "sheep/bot/NPC" in 2023 you're the sheep/bot/NPC just so you know. literally nothing original at all to say and just regurgitating your cringe Fox and friends lmao.

[@Ethan7s]

HR came about because managers can’t deal with their employees.

[@kleamat38lee74]

Thank you Elon for giving us the hope!!! Hope in 2023 is rare and precious!!!

[@mattj500]

I’m seeing a lot more positive things on my Twitter timeline as well. I actually feel better most of the time after checking Twitter funny enough.

[@mediocreman2]

When social media came about, NOBODY guessed it would have been used to manipulate people by filtering out information. Google decided to start customizing your news and search results based on your preferences. I fought against this and called it out but most people didn't show any fear. Unfortunately, that's now the standard with all media.

[@BigMamaCat]

Like that's not what Fox News and the majority of main stream media do?

[@dylanwang8779]

As an African immigrant, Elon Musk is really inspiring

[@awax43]

Many years ago when improving the operations of several companies by implementing administrative systems, I noted that about 25% of the people were creating problems, 25% of the people were working on problems that others had created, 25% were just there for the 3 C's -- coffee, camaraderie, and check; and about 25% were actually doing something productive.

[@TheRtpbuc]

Count yourself luck for having 25%

[@michaellavaughnrobinson]

Of course you are among the hardest working 25%, please. I bet your one of the boomers that picks his nose and sticks it under his chair 😂

[@awax43]

@@michaellavaughnrobinson projection

[@LinA-it9vd]

Sounds pretty accurate.

[@LinA-it9vd]

@@michaellavaughnrobinson and your comment confirmed exactly what your generation is. Good job and now a round of 👏

[@TheBruceKeller]

Many places are still overstaffed. There are people out there working 3-4 fulltime dev jobs because the workload for each is 5-10 hours a week, basically getting paid deep six figures to do almost nothing because it's 'knowledge work'.

[@fromfattofit206]

I got 3 wfh jobs . Make 220k a year.

[@markthomas7279]

That's about high performance. If you are good you are worth it.

[@TheBruceKeller]

@@markthomas7279 As long as money is cheap and people can inflate the time something really takes.

[@Horselattice]

Caught sleeping on my desk, blame it on insomnia

[@bASICMiner]

I really appreciate this conversation... I wasn't too sure about Elon... but this is a good insight to his actual person... I like what he is doing.. Great vid Tucker.

[@ryanb8736]

This will make people understand him and now like him a lot more.

[@friedlogic]

“We didn’t love freedom enough. And even more - we had no awareness of the real situation. ” ~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

[@bossmen6665]

never had freedom, any type of government

[@Darren51283]

Getting the truth out to the people is a difficult thing to do, given the varied and powerful voices out there who are constantly pushing the narrative that honesty is hate speech.

[@chrisrent8895]

Tucker Carlson is by far the best Fox News has to offer! Great show Mr. Carlson!

[@barne3668]

That's a fact Chris. There are others like Levin but Tucker is up front and center and beyond reproach or cancellation

[@KittenBowl1]

Agreed! I am loving new or reformed Tucker Carlson! ❤