That’s a feature.
Clicking on an an embedded tweet in a thread will go to the tweet on Twitter, sans comments. Clicking on the tweeter goes to their profile page, but none of their tweets will load (“Something went wrong. Try reloading.”). Going directly to a Twitter profile, without going through an embedded tweet, does not work and requires log in.
You know I opened a twitter account during Covid just to suggest to our Governor that the best way to keep older people out of public spaces was to stop selling lottery. That was unsuccessful, and I haven’t been back since. I’m glad about not returning because twitter, as it is now, sounds like a total cluster, and I don’t really see it getting better.
And it’s back to normal for me. Musk, though, still has not shown any chops for being in charge of that outfit.
But he’s no longer the CEO! He gave that up, just a humble board member.
/s
I’m a big user of Twitter, and for me the site is pretty much the same as always, albeit with more glitches than usual. But I don’t follow politics or current events on it, I follow accounts related to pop music (musicians and venues) or air travel (airlines and airports). Those groups seem to tweet as much as ever.
Elmo is now threatening to sue Facebook.
GEE I WONDER WHY SO MANY FORMER TWITTER ENGINEERS WERE LOOKING FOR WORK YOU AGILE DIPSHIT
Meta denies using ex-Twitter engineers on the Threads team…
Following Twitter’s accusations, Meta’s communications director Andy Stone said that no one on the Threads engineering team is a former Twitter employee. “That’s just not a thing,” he wrote.
aged well…
They knew the risks that a maniacal man-child would buy their company and fire them all when they signed their contract to work for Twitter!
Gotta wonder at the lawyers over at Twitter. Working for a guy who blew tens of billions and is getting sued and kicked out of buildings for not paying can’t be a good sign for their own financial prospects.
Not that I’m any fan of Meta but most people would put their money on the solvent company run by people who actually pay their bills.
Or maybe this is an empty threat. But again, the company who can afford not just a team of lawyers but teams of entire legal corporations is unlikely to blink at incompetently executed threats.
I get the feeling that Twitter/Musk pays his lawyers, especially this one. Quinn Emanuel is one of the most prestigious law firms in the country. They’ve apparently represented his companies for years, and this lawyer (Alex Spiro) was involved with the Twitter layoffs.
I’m sure their reimbursement rate helps ease the annoyance that must come with dealing with Elmo and his various legal issues…
I was having a fun shadenfreude moment - if it turns out that there had been former Twitter employees at Threads, who were fired / laid off and expected to abide by non-compete clauses, BUT were the same employees being refused arbitration by Twitter! It would be a wonderous SNAFU of agile legislation!
“Your honor, they aren’t abiding by the terms of their severance!”
“May I rebut? You are referring to the severance agreement your client has refused to pay out on, prevented our client from suing by forcing arbitration, and not paying for the arbitration you insisted on?”
“Of course! Just like all things Musky, we are not responsible for following through on our obligations, but others are required to abide by theirs. That’s what it says in The Book of Musk!”
Anyone know the precedence on this? If someone has refused to abide by the rules of a contract, does that free you from your obligations in the contract?
IANAL, but generally if one side breaches a contract, the other side can sue for a remedy, which is usually some form of monetary compensation after showing damages as a result of the breach.
I don’t believe the contract is nullified unless both sides agree to it, the contract was impossible to fulfill, or was somehow not following the law.
I believe what you could do, is once Twitter breaches the contract (by not paying severance), the employee can just gamble on also breaching by taking a job with a competitor. Then either nothing happens, or a lawsuit happens, and if there’s a lawsuit then the employee has strong grounds for a counter suit. In all likelihood, they’d probably just agree to a dissolution of the contract rather than tying things up with lawsuits.
In California, it’s illegal to enforce non-compete agreements that put limits on an employee’s future job prospects . According to California Business and Professions Code Section 16600, any contract that restricts an individual from “engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business” is null and void.
That’s why Elon always files his employment contracts on Mars
Yes, but. Laws concerning trade secrets are complicated. You might be able to work for a competitor, but not necessarily use some of the information you know from your previous employment. As opposed to your skills and experience.
I expect Meta is well-enough managed that former Twitter employees have been advised about they can and cannot use while working for Meta. Elno is all bluster.