Yesterday, Elon Musk addressed Twitter employees for the first time. The Tesla CEO appeared via video call 10 minutes late to what turned out to be a freewheeling question and answer session moderated by a Twitter executive, as per a CNBC report.
The majority of the reactions on Twitter¡¯s Slack messaging board were negative in nature, as per a source cited by the report.
Here are some of the highlights from the meeting:
Success at Twitter would look like a significant increase in daily active users, potentially topping 1 billion, Elon Musk reportedly said. Musk¡¯s definition of success would also include whether Twitter is helping further civilization and consciousness.
During the meeting, Elon Musk briefly diverted the conversation into a discussion about the existence of aliens and other space civilizations
Musk said he hasn¡¯t seen actual evidence of aliens, according to a source cited by CNBC.?
Elon Musk doesn¡¯t care about being CEO at Twitter, he reportedly said. He said he cares about driving the product in a particular direction, but isn¡¯t too hung up on titles.
Elon Musk, when asked why Twitter, he said ¡°I love Twitter¡±,? ¡°I learn a lot from what I learn on Twitter.¡± It¡¯s a ¡°great way to get a message out¡±, ¡°some people use their hair to express themselves, I use Twitter¡±, he reportedly said, as per CNBC.
Musk reportedly addressed the question of possible layoffs at Twitter, stating that the company needs to get healthy, and said that layoffs at Twitter will depend on its financial situation.
¡°It depends. The company does need to get healthy,¡± Musk reportedly said, ¡°Right now the costs exceed the revenue¡±
Elon Musk also said there has to be some rationalization of headcount or else Twitter won¡¯t be able to grow.
¡°Anyone who is a signification contributor has nothing to worry about,¡± he said.
When it comes to legal but potentially harmful speech, Elon Musk reportedly told Twitter employees that people should be allowed to say what they want.
But that¡¯s different from Twitter promoting that speech, Musk said, according to the cited source by CNBC.
Users have the right to filter out content they don¡¯t want to see, he added. Musk also reportedly reiterated a sentiment he made online earlier that if 10% of the far left and far right are upset, Twitter is doing the right thing.
And that's not all, according to the cited source by CNBC, some employees also sent memes about how to brand themselves as exceptional. This was reportedly an apparent reference to Musk¡¯s note that exceptional employees could likely continue to work remotely and would not have to fear layoffs.
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