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Jun 2023
21m 30s

Twitter is Still Up

37signals
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It's been more than seven months since Elon Musk purchased Twitter. Since then, a reported 80% of the company has been let go, reducing their staff from just under 8,000 employees to around 1,500. With all that turmoil, many believed that Twitter would fail completely or stop working, but Twitter's still up! Today, host Kimberly Rhodes, Jason Fried, and ... Show More
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