I would say Elon cutting 80% of Twitter to no real consequence is the real driver. Everyone is asking "are we Twitter 1.0?"
Edit: actually increased engineering velocity
Edit: actually increased engineering velocity
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/05/technology/twitter-ad-sal...
You'd think, though, in these days of AI there would be a way for someone to post what they like but be segregated from adverts.
At best function as a canary in a coal mine but realistically are more like the "shit's on fire, yo" meme in stating facts that should be obvious to anyone paying attention.
If things have gotten so bad that the ADL say you're toxic, you're likely a Superfund site.
It'd actually be more surprising if the ADL wasn't trying to destroy Musk right now. That's just how those groups roll.
> If things have gotten so bad that the ADL say you're toxic, you're likely a Superfund site.
ADL define criticism of the ADL as anti-semitism, so it really means nothing.
The anti-Semitic conspiracy theory is that Jews are perceived as power brokers controlling global financial markets and having massive sway. And that the ADL is some powerful lobbying group with the ability snap it's fingers and get multi-billion dollar corporations to do it's bidding.
No one is denying that the ADL is pressuring groups to boycott platforms and organization that are supporting anti-Semitic messages. The disconnect is that "Conservatives" think it is completely unfounded because they are incapable of self reflection. "Conservatives" feel that their entire ideology is being unfairly attacked by global Jewish power brokers while ignoring the blatant racist white nationalist venom spitting maggots infesting their ranks.
I say "Conservatives" because they aren't true conservatives and haven't held or are sacrificing most of those ideals for decades to "own the libs". Politics in America are no longer a divide between about progressive vs conservative ideals, but rather between a divide between those that would embrace people who are different and those that would rather hurt them.
Modern "Conservatives" are so blinded by hate that they are willing to forgo Individual Freedom, Limited Government, Fiscal Responsibility, and Human Dignity to hurt others. They cry foul when anyone attempts to uphold the Rule of Law, demonstrate Peace through Strength, or leverage the Free Markets against them. They are no longer conservatives but rather hate mongers who want to win at all costs.
The Wall Street Journal, Mark Levin, and Mitch McConnell fret over these Jewish power brokers, do they?
Or did you mean the ultra-MAGA wing, where DeSantis flies to Israel to cheerfully sign a bill against anti-Semitic hate speech? Or Donald Trump himself, the most popular American president among Israelis?
The country of Iceland dropped plans to ban male circumcision after the ADL not-so-subtly threatened to, ironically, defame the country and tank its tourism industry https://grapevine.is/news/2018/03/22/american-anti-defamatio...
It was a bill proposed by a progressive party member without consulting religious groups in the country. National polls never had more than 50% support, and it was challenged by both Muslim and Jewish communities in Iceland. There was a concern that it would set a precedent in Europe for religious discrimination. There was never a vote and it was withdrawn after international outcry.
So to frame it as though the ADL waved it's hand and made the government change it's mind is misleading and dishonest.
The ADL just does it all electronically now.
The daddy of no consequences, Elon, himself admits the company is worth way less now. [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/26/technology/elon-musk-twit...]
Which means the company is probably worth even less than that. [https://apnews.com/article/twitter-fidelity-musk-value]
Then he got held to it and they wouldn't let him back out, even after 3 attempts to break free of it.
So now he's got lemons and is making lemonade the only way he knows how.
Haven't we known that for decades from the performance art piece that is Hewlett-Packard?
the jury is still out on the "no real consequence" piece, however
managers seem to ignore the fact that Twitter is private, so who knows how bad it's really doing these days
No observable impact. Until the whole thing implodes.
Clearly that never happened. Twitter is still online, making changes and executing. That's what executives are responding to here. They aren't going to draw a strong link between fewer people and less ad revenue when attacks on Twitter by advertisers are so clearly politically motivated, it's just not relevant for most companies business models. Overstaffing is.