Flipping The Bird: Elon vs. Twitter

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🗓️ 13 May 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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#ad As one of the richest men on Earth and a self-described business maverick, Elon epitomizes the Silicon Valley ethos of “move fast and break things.” And once Elon became Twitter’s new CEO, you were either with him or against him. Those still employed at Twitter soon saw the company and its culture morph into something they didn’t recognize. He laid off 75% of the Twitter workforce, reinstated exceedingly problematic and dangerous users, and even encouraged his staff to sleep in the office. Ex-employees, Elon’s critics, and fellow CEOs were quick to denounce him as an in-over-his-head, rich guy. But Twitter’s doors are still open today. Is Elon all talk or are his unruly methods actually the work of a genius? However you feel about his approach, Elon’s influence is not only ushering in a new era of Twitter but shaping the future of free speech on the internet as we know it. Follow Flipping The Bird wherever you get your podcasts. Hey Prime Members, you can listen to episodes ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the Amazon Music app today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From Wondery, flipping the bird, Elon versus Twitter is a new podcast that unravels the fascinating
0:05.6	story of Elon Musk's unexpected bid to buy Twitter and all of the drama that has happened
0:11.4	since.
0:12.4	As one of the richest men on Earth and a self-described business maverick, Elon epitomizes
0:17.0	the Silicon Valley ethos of move fast and break things.
0:21.2	And once Elon became Twitter's new CEO, you were either with him or against him.
0:26.2	He was still employed at Twitter, soon saw the company and its culture morph into something
0:30.4	they didn't recognize.
0:32.0	He laid off 75% of the Twitter workforce, reinstated exceedingly problematic and dangerous
0:37.5	users, and even encouraged his staff to sleep in the office.
0:42.1	Ex-employees, Elon's critics and fellow CEOs were quick to denounce him as an in-over-his-head
0:48.3	rich guy.
0:49.3	But Twitter's doors are still open today.
0:52.1	Is Elon all talk or are his unruly methods actually the work of a genius?
0:57.9	However you feel about his approach, Elon's influence is not only ushering in a new era
1:03.5	of Twitter, but shaping the future of free speech on the internet as we know it.
1:08.3	I'm about to play a clip from flipping the bird, Elon versus Twitter.
1:12.7	While you're listening, follow flipping the bird wherever you get your podcasts.
1:23.1	Twitter is under new ownership.
1:26.0	Elon Musk has arrived at Twitter's San Francisco offices.
1:29.5	And he's got big ideas about how his platform should be.
1:33.5	I believe in the free flow of ideas is someone you don't like allowed to say something you don't like.
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