Following news of widespread departures from Twitter on Thursday night, the social media platform’s users took to the platform to express their sorrow, with hashtags like #RIPTwitter and #GoodbyeTwitter trending at the top of the site’s What’s Happening section.
The tweets started pouring in after the time set by Twitter’s owner, Elon Musk, had passed. According to a story by the New York Times, Twitter employees were given until Thursday at 5 p.m. ET to determine whether or not they would remain with the firm to help develop “Twitter 2.0.”
#RIPTwitter #Twitter #ElonIsDestroyingTwitter pic.twitter.com/IF5uFBNp51
— WinkProgress.com 🐈🐾😺 (@WinkProgress) November 10, 2022
The NYT obtained an internal email from Tesla CEO Elon Musk headlined “A Fork in the Road,” and by the deadline on Thursday, hundreds of staff had opted to leave the company, which has been experiencing severe challenges since Elon Musk, 51, assumed charge in late October.
The memo stated that those who remained would be working “long hours at great intensity.” The Washington Post detailed the grave danger the resignations pose to Twitter’s continued operation on Thursday. Prior to the mass resignation on Thursday, Musk had already caused thousands of layoffs.
NEW: Twitter just alerted employees that effective immediately, all office buildings are temporarily closed and badge access is suspended. No details given as to why.
— Zoë Schiffer (@ZoeSchiffer) November 17, 2022
For a website that, in October, the business claimed hosted around 238 million daily active visitors, some operational divisions had already been cut to single digits. After the past two weeks, I really did feel like my spirit was dead. Wow, was I mistaken.
One departed Twitter employee said Thursday, “Today has been difficult.” We had the best culture there is and it will never be duplicated. There’s no doubt about that, and we know it. Competing tech firms are all aware of it. #LoveWhereYouWorked.”
Influencers on Twitter trying to come to terms with the fact that they have to get a job now 😭 #RIPTwitter #GoodByeTwitter pic.twitter.com/EXtF5d4ALp
— Adam (@FGRAdam) November 18, 2022
Many unaffiliated users reflected fondly on their most memorable moments, including the rise and fall of popular memes and other online phenomena. Others complained about the disproportionate cultural influence of certain minority populations on the platform, citing “Black Twitter” and “Gay Twitter” as examples.
The Human Rights Campaign reports that the vast majority of LGBTQ voters cast their ballots for the Democrats. “Twitter has helped me become a more introspective, knowledgeable, radicalized,
and effective human being and educator by connecting me to a wide range of individuals, experts, data, and perspectives. Friendships have formed with people I’ve met. As a platform, Black Twitter will never be replicated. Only one fist was lifted. “This has been for genuine,” tweeted someone.
Me trying to prevent #RIPTwitter pic.twitter.com/HFoSQBce5R
— Shuayb 📉 (@AsapFungaI) November 18, 2022
The Twitter communications team is presently unavailable. As of 7:25 p.m. on Thursday, Elon Musk has merely tweeted, “How do you make a tiny fortune in social media?” in response to a question about the resignations. Begin with a big one.
According to Reuters and other sources, the corporation will be observing a holiday starting today and lasting through Monday. Twitter was created in 2006 in San Francisco. problems ever since Musk, 51, took over as CEO of Tesla in late October. The memo stated that those who remained would be working “long hours at great intensity.”
Goodbye twitter, been a good run. #RIPTwitter pic.twitter.com/fkkUZWz2oQ
— Bish 🗽 (@thebishundercov) November 18, 2022
The Washington Post detailed the grave danger the resignations pose to Twitter’s continued operation on Thursday. Prior to the mass resignation on Thursday, Elon Musk had already caused thousands of layoffs. For a website that, in October, the business claimed hosted around 238 million daily active visitors, some operational divisions had already been cut to single digits.
After the past two weeks, I really did feel like my spirit was dead. Wow, was I mistaken. One departed Twitter employee said Thursday, “Today has been difficult.” We had the best culture there is and it will never be duplicated. There’s no doubt about that, and we know it. Competing tech firms are all aware of it. #LoveWhereYouWorked.”
It’s been a privilege tweeting with all of you legends #RIPTwitter pic.twitter.com/4vKZopFRmt
— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) November 18, 2022
The Twitter communications team is presently unavailable. As of Thursday evening, Musk himself had not specifically addressed the resignations, tweeting merely at 7:25 p.m., “How do you create a modest fortune in social media?
Take on a hefty one, to begin with. The company’s offices are set to be closed through Monday for all employees, Reuters, and other publications report. Twitter was created in 2006 in San Francisco.
Ex-Twitter employees pitching investors next week. #RIPTwitter pic.twitter.com/aQe1Zpl2GT
— Pete Haas (@dimeford) November 18, 2022
They haven’t yet determined which Twitter employees need to have their accounts suspended. Twitter, under Elon Musk’s leadership, has other problems besides this one, though.
‘#RIPTwitter’ trends as users await site’s potential collapse
Dmitry Borodaenko, an engineering manager located in California, has filed a lawsuit against the firm as a result of Musk’s prohibition on working from home. Poroshenko claims in her lawsuit that Musk’s no remote work policy and the requirement to put in “long hours at high intensity” constitutes disability discrimination.
Elon musk after dropping $44 billion on Twitter and ruining the app within a month #RIPTwitter pic.twitter.com/MveEfUmgX5
— Shuayb 📉 (@AsapFungaI) November 18, 2022
It also pointed out that Musk’s no remote work mandate goes against the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which mandates that businesses make reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities.
Gentlemen, it has been a privilege tweeting with you tonight.#RIPTwitter pic.twitter.com/wDRHyWhwf3
— Mitchell Nagy (@mryannagy) November 18, 2022
