It was a grim day at Twitter after the news broke that billionaire Elon Musk has reversed course after months of uncertainty and intends to purchase the tech giant after all, a development that had many employees wailing in despair as judgment day now appears to be imminent.
The Tesla/SpaceX CEO’s troubled deal to acquire the San Francisco-based company appeared to be on the skids until the surprise announcement that he intends to go through with the sale at the original price of $54.20 per share according to a Monday SEC filing, news that wasn’t taken well by those who have a vested interest in maintaining the one-sided censorship that has come to define the platform.
Emotionally fragile Twitter employees took to social media to vent about the big changes that will be coming soon, changes that many of them may not survive if, as expected, Musk engages in a thorough housecleaning, something that he teased by announcing an upcoming “everything app” in a Tuesday tweet.
Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 4, 2022
Some aggrieved ministry of information workers took to Blind, an app that allows employees at corporations to post anonymously with one whining, “So we’ve got an angry triggered billionaire going to own us, who’s looking for vengeance, the worst financial market in years; hiring freezes everywhere. Q4 is looking great.”
The reaction from Twitter employees on @TeamBlind — an app that allows people at different companies to post anonymously — is something to behold. #OneTeam pic.twitter.com/oUJJ3Qoplb
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) October 4, 2022
“Am worried not so much about the Elon takeover and the consequences in the workplace, more so that he will turn this platform into a political weapon for harassing everybody, some behavior he is already exhibiting this week,” another employee wrote on Blind.
“Cue the layoffs,” wrote another.
“Living the plot of Succession is f**king exhausting,” griped Twitter’s director of ML Ethics, Transparency, and Accountability, Rumman Chowdhury who was clearly flustered by the news.
Living the plot of succession is fucking exhausting
— Rumman Chowdhury (@ruchowdh) October 4, 2022
“Never boring over here…,” wrote Nola Weinstein, the company’s global head of Culture, Engagement & Experiential Marketing.
Never boring over here…
— Nola Weinstein (@NolaBeth) October 4, 2022
“At this point, just do it or don’t. I’m so sick of having my life dictated by the whims of bored manbabies,” another Twitter employee told NBC News reporter Ben Collins.
"At this point, just do it or don’t. I’m so sick of having my life dictated by the whims of bored manbabies," one Twitter employee told me.https://t.co/ew1ZaW5jIo
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) October 4, 2022
Collins also expressed dismay over Musk’s big acquisition and the implications that it would have for the censorship regime.
“If Musk is really taking this site private, there are no real guardrails anymore. Rulemaking can be capricious,” he tweeted. “He can elevate any idea or person he wants through recommendations and UX choices and there will be no oversight on this as a private company.”
If Musk is really taking this site private, there are no real guardrails anymore. Rulemaking can be capricious.
He can elevate any idea or person he wants through recommendations and UX choices and there will be no oversight on this as a private company.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) October 4, 2022
Other reactions to Musk’s big score:
Watching the Left melt down over Elon Musk because they won't get special treatment anymore on Twitter is like my social media Super Bowl.
— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) October 5, 2022
This is just like 1938, when Hitler annexed the Sudetenland, but now it's Elon Musk annexing Twitter
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) October 4, 2022
If @elonmusk can do one thing with Twitter, he should protect independent voices against the false, manipulative, and destructive game of these "disinformation reporters," who are nothing more than mercenaries for the status quo—and enemies of free speech and open debate.
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) October 4, 2022
Remember, none of the Left-wing "progressives" upset about @elonmusk buying Twitter are worried about some sort of role reversal where they're getting banned and censored for their speech.
They're literally just furious that their opponents will have a voice.
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) October 4, 2022
Here was a live shot of twitter headquarters after they found out that Elon Musk was really buying twitter pic.twitter.com/x2L1kpOVxP
— lauras4Trump (@Lauras4T) October 4, 2022
Elon Musk didn’t like that we were all laughing at him for being a gutless chickenshit so he’s going to buy twitter and shut us all up.
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) October 4, 2022
I encourage every Twitter employee to go outside and take a walk pic.twitter.com/q21Jjxeq37
— EJ Samson (@ejsamson) October 4, 2022
twitter getting rid of all the evidence before @elonmusk takes ownership: pic.twitter.com/RRi6rTJwma
— drefanzor memes (@drefanzor) October 4, 2022
“On the internal Slack messaging system on Tuesday, employees discussed the implications for the company, their jobs and their stock compensation. In a channel with nearly 2,000 members that is used to joke about company news, some wondered what would happen if Twitter’s board did not accept Mr. Musk’s renewed offer. Some speculated that Twitter’s stock would plummet, while another, referring to Mr. Musk, said the company would not have to be owned by ‘a moron,'” the New York Times reported.
The big question now is whether Musk will do what his detractors have long been dreading, reversing the company’s decision to deplatform former President Donald J. Trump, the left’s ultimate nightmare scenario.
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