Twitter employees now bringing their own toilet paper to work as Elon Musk cuts costs
Elon Musk’s cost-cutting measures at Twitter are going extreme with the employees even bringing their own toilet paper to the office. This happened shortly after the tech billionaire fired the janitors at the company’s San Francisco headquarters as they demanded higher pay and went on strike. After the janitors left, the whole office was in […]
Twitter’s paid blue tick re-launches after pause
Twitter’s paid-for verification feature is rolling out once again on Monday. It was paused last month after being swamped by impersonators. It is still $8 (Ksh 983) per month – but there is now an increased fee of $11(Ksh 1352) for those using the Twitter app on Apple devices. Twitter’s owner Elon Musk has previously […]
Elon Musk restores Donald Trump’s Twitter account
Former US President Donald Trump’s Twitter account has been reinstated on the platform. The account, which Twitter banned following January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, was restored after Twitter CEO and new owner Elon Musk posted a poll on Twitter on Friday night asking the platform’s users if Trump should be reinstated. “The people […]
Elon Musk says no decision yet on Trump’s Twitter ban as he reinstates others
Twitter CEO Elon Musk said Friday he was bringing back three high-profile accounts that had been suspended for breaking the service’s rules, but he said he hadn’t made a decision about former President Donald Trump’s account. “Trump decision has not yet been made,” Musk said in a tweet, as Twitter users braced for sweeping changes […]
Elon Musk warns Twitter bankruptcy possible as senior executives quit
Elon Musk, in his first address to Twitter Inc. employees since purchasing the company for $44 billion, said that bankruptcy was a possibility if it doesn’t start generating more cash, according to people familiar with the matter. The warning came amid a tumultuous start to Musk’s reign at the social media company — a two-week […]
Elon Musk announces Twitter mass layoffs to begin Friday
Elon Musk will begin mass layoffs at Twitter on Friday, November 4, sharply reducing the social media platform’s workforce, the company said in an email to staff on Thursday. “In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global workforce on Friday,” said the […]
Twitter is planning to start charging Ksh2K per month for verification
Now that he owns Twitter, Elon Musk has given employees their first ultimatum: meet his deadline to introduce paid verification on Twitter or pack up and leave. The directive is to change Twitter Blue, the company’s optional, $ 4.99-a-month subscription that unlocks additional features, into a more expensive subscription that also verifies users, according to people […]