Hardware Podcasts

Let That Sink In! (Whither Twitter?)

Oxide and Friends · 28 Oct 2022 · 1h 43m · Episode 32

What this episode covers

Bryan Cantrill hosts a Twitter Space with guests including Charity Majors, Joshua M. Clulow, and Aaron David Goldman to discuss the immediate aftermath of Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter. The group analyzes the potential impact of mass layoffs, the controversial decision to reinstate banned accounts, and the platform's future regarding content moderation, advertising, and technical reliability. They debate whether Twitter will deteriorate into a 'hellscape' or improve through better engineering and API access, while also considering the viability of alternative social networks like Mastodon and Bluesky.

Most relevant to

large enterprises

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
IBM, SpaceX, Tesla, Oracle, Sun
Products
Twitter, Mastodon, Bluesky, TikTok, HPE GreenLake, Gab, Discord, Matrix, Brave
Also
Elon Musk

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