We're flying without a pilot on Twitter

So who's minding the store?

I have a feeling we're going to see Twitter down altogether shortly.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE:

The crisis at Twitter reached new heights on Friday as hundreds of employees were reported to have rejected Elon Musk’s ultimatum to keep working for the business, threatening its ability to keep operating.

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The departures include many engineers responsible for fixing bugs and preventing service outages, raising questions about the stability of the platform amid the loss of employees and prompting hurried debates among managers over who should be asked to return, current and former employees said.

In an early sign that the number of those declining to sign was greater than anticipated, Musk eased off a return-to-office mandate he had issued a week ago, telling employees on Thursday they would be allowed to work remotely if their managers asserted they were making “an excellent contribution”.

  Guardian

Jesus Christ. What a little Hitler.

Earlier, Musk was meeting some top employees to try to convince them to stay, said one current employee and a recently departed employee who was in touch with Twitter colleagues.

In a private chat on Signal with about 50 Twitter staffers, nearly 40 said they had decided to leave, according to the former employee.

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On Thursday evening, the version of the Twitter app used by employees began slowing down, according to one source familiar with the matter, who estimated that the public version of Twitter was at risk of breaking during the night. Website DownDetector reported a significant uptick in user reports of issues on the site.

“If it does break, there is no one left to fix things in many areas,” the person said, who declined to be named for fear of retribution.

I hope you find another job quickly.

I hate that this is happening because there are a number of really great Twitter accounts doing a good service for everyone. Unlike Elon Musk.

The news prompted an outpouring of grief on the platform, and prompted many users to link to their accounts on Instagram or Mastodon as an alternative.

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Official government accounts also began providing means of being found elsewhere.

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“Shout out to all the workers at Twitter. You all built a vital place for connection and deserved so much better,” [Alexandrai Ocasio-Cortez tweeted].

Amen.

UPDATE:

The National Archives and Records Administration preserves the content of all federal government Twitter accounts, according to a spokesman from the Library of Congress. Activists and media outlets have built their own tracking systems, with “Politiwoops” – a service from ProPublica that tracks deleted tweets from public officials – and PolitiTweet, which aims to “keep the powerful accountable” by monitoring and archiving tweets from celebrities, politicians and public figures.

But what about the average Twitter user, whose posts have not been deemed of interest by anyone but those who know them?

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The Internet Archive, a non-profit founded in 1996, is the largest public web archive and offers publicly available tools to upload and save content online. It has archived more than 625bn web pages – including a number of tweets. But many platforms do not make saving content easy in the event of their collapse, and Twitter is no exception

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The archive of Twitter may look quite different from the online version – many tools for downloading tweets do not save media included with them, or replies. It is difficult to scrape accounts for content over time, particularly those that are private. The sheer volume of posts on Twitter make it particularly difficult to archive.

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Scott said the questions sparked by the chaos at Twitter could lead to a future in which social media is managed differently, deferred to non-profits, or regulated more closely. But in the meantime, if you want to save tweets – whether jokes from a favorite celebrity or the last thoughts of a loved one who has passed – he suggests a more analog solution.

“Print out their tweets, and put them in a box,” he said. “They will last longer in every way.”

  Guardian

Not a particularly satisfactory answer.  Personally, any tweets I might want to archive are probably here somewhere in the blog.  

Maybe people can archive their own and then post a link to the archive on some other platform?  For now, at least you can archive your own.  Some instructions:

UPDATE:

Snowflake.

Can't help but think he intends to destroy Twitter because, after buying it to get Trump bullshit back in it, then deciding he couldn't afford to buy it but was denied the right to back out of the contract, it's his revenge on his own behalf and Trump's.