# Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter - now the Pit edition (Part 1)

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**Created:** [April 25, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442 "2022-04-25T22:50:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2704 "2023-01-19T13:56:15Z")

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> **[SpaceX employees say they are relieved Elon Musk is focused on Twitter...](https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-employees-elon-musk-focus-twitter-ceo-2023-1)**
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> Some SpaceX staff say that when Elon Musk is hyper-focused on daily operations, it can create more work for them, per Bloomberg.

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> For example, Musk had previously ordered random changes to suit his preferences, such as staff redesigning technical hardware due to its aesthetic which can take weeks to achieve, current and former employees told Bloomberg.

The engineering genius at work.

Overall, the article doesn’t really surprise me at all. Musk doesn’t strike me as a very good leader, and is more interested in form over function (e.g., the Cybertruck design).

The Twitter employees are probably thinking “Oh God, I wish he would go focus on Tesla or SpaceX.”

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