Inside Twitter as ‘mass exodus’ of staffers throws platform’s future into uncertainty
On the platform Thursday evening, where #RIPTwitter was the top trend worldwide, users wrote what they feared might be their last posts,
offering apprehensive goodbyes and listing the other (more stable) social media platforms where they can still be found.
They were reacting to the dire news emanating from inside Twitter. Scores of remaining employees at the social media company
on Thursday appeared to reject owner Elon Musk’s ultimatum to work “extremely hardcore,” throwing
the communications platform into utter disarray and raising serious questions about how much longer it will survive.
The death of Twitter would have weighty consequences, given how integral the platform is to global communications.
The platform has often been compared to a digital town square. World leaders use Twitter to communicate, journalists use Twitter to newsgather,