{"id":12073,"date":"2022-11-15T16:01:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T16:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=12073"},"modified":"2022-11-15T16:01:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T16:01:07","slug":"elon-musk-fires-developer-on-twitter-after-he-questioned-chiefs-assessment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/technology\/elon-musk-fires-developer-on-twitter-after-he-questioned-chiefs-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk fires developer on Twitter after he questioned chief’s assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elon Musk fires developer on Twitter after he questioned chief’s assessment. Twitter chief Elon Musk<\/a> fired an engineer who had been working at the social media platform for years publicly after he pointed out how Musk’s assessment was wrong.<\/p>\n

The billionaire posted an apology on Twitter for the app being slow in many countries. He said that the microblogging platform was doing “>1000 poorly batched RPCs just to render timelines”.<\/p>\n

A developer working on Twitter for Android for years, Eric Frohnhoefer, said on Twitter that Musk’s assessment was flawed. As a response, the Tesla CEO asked Frohnhoefer what the correct figures were and what steps the engineers had taken to fix issues.<\/p>\n

Since the discussion was public on Twitter, people started reacting to the tweets and poured in many memes as well.<\/p>\n

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Some developers supported the Android developer while others said he should have told his boss of the issues “privately”. However, Frohnhoefer said that Musk should have asked privately.<\/p>\n

“Maybe he should ask questions privately. Maybe using Slack or email.”<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricFrohnhoefer\/status\/1591990727852298245?s=20&t=YR6FP6n4yM05kG8o7dhsBQ<\/p>\n

“True, he brought it up in public first,” a netizen commented.<\/p>\n

While the chaotic thread was going on, one of the users tagged Musk and asked him if he even wants “this kind of attitude” on his team.<\/p>\n

Musk, who is known for being very active on social media, responded to the thread and said “he’s fired”. The developer replied with a salute emoji and changed his Twitter bio which now reads: “Android developer open to new opportunities. Formerly @twitter.”<\/p>\n

Interestingly, Musk’s tweet was deleted after a few hours.<\/p>\n

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The SpaceX CEO has taken many controversial steps since he acquired Twitter in his famous $44bn deal. He reportedly fired 90% of the Indian staff. In India, the company has just over 200 employees, while the huge cut has left just over a dozen of its staff at present, a Bloomberg report said. Musk also ended remote work for the employees expecting them to work from office only.<\/p>\n

He also introduced a subscription for verified handles, charging $8 from the accounts. Musk, who is known for his sense of humour, banned parody accounts and killed the “official” check for prominent personalities and organisations.<\/p>\n

The Twitter staff reported working 80 hours a week to complete assigned tasks on the given deadlines. Some said they had to sleep on the office floor because they could not go home due to the workload.<\/p>\n

Some changes were rolled back by the billionaire who said on Twitter that there would be a lot of “dumb mistakes” on the platform. “We will keep what works & change what doesn\u2019t,” he wrote.<\/p>\n

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Please note that Twitter will do lots of dumb things in coming months. <\/p>\n

We will keep what works & change what doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n