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Comment by yrgulation | Hacker News Reader

This is mainly media workers exploiting current events for traffic, even if their content is misleading. We really need to sort out media corruption and incompetence.

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Washington Post isn't a random blog.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/search/?query=twitter+elon&fa...

Did a quick search of Elon + Twitter. Everything they reported seems factual and tied to things that actually happened? If Twitter does lay off a large amount of people will you admit that Washington Post probably had good sources or continue to be continually skeptical?

I think part of wanting a good media atmosphere is rewarding news sources that are shown to be reliable - and I would argue Washington Post is close to that.

> This is mainly media workers exploiting current events for traffic

This is basically what news is. The media "exploits" (reports on) current events, gets traffic and then pays its employees

Do Twitter employees have a safe place to discuss this?

Phone, email, and in person are safe if you trust your counterparty?

Personal email, obviously. Never discuss anything of this nature on any communication medium that is owned by your employer. There's a reason "Direct Message" labeling overtook "Private Message" in chat apps.

Depending upon how sensitive I’d generally try to avoid written communications in general. It’s easy for even well-meaning friends, current or ex-workers to forward something without thinking it through.

>Do Twitter employees have a safe place to discuss this?

How did people communicate before the invention of Twitter and employer provided email and slack channels?

Bulletin board systems?

On them. I absolutely would have no trouble finding / creating a space and the Twitter people are likely far more capable.

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