{"id":428016,"date":"2022-04-07T17:23:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T14:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/elon-musk-divides-twitter-staff-daddy-or-racist-demagogue\/"},"modified":"2022-04-07T17:23:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T14:23:49","slug":"elon-musk-divides-twitter-staff-daddy-or-racist-demagogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/elon-musk-divides-twitter-staff-daddy-or-racist-demagogue\/","title":{"rendered":"#Elon Musk divides Twitter staff: &#8216;daddy&#8217; or &#8216;racist demagogue&#8217;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a34c8e29b12d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a34c8e29b12d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/elon-musk-divides-twitter-staff-daddy-or-racist-demagogue\/#%E2%80%9CElon_Musk_divides_Twitter_staff_%E2%80%98daddy_or_%E2%80%98racist_demagogue%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Elon Musk divides Twitter staff: &#8216;daddy&#8217; or &#8216;racist demagogue&#8217;?&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CElon_Musk_divides_Twitter_staff_%E2%80%98daddy_or_%E2%80%98racist_demagogue%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Elon Musk divides Twitter staff: &#8216;daddy&#8217; or &#8216;racist demagogue&#8217;?&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Some <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> staffers are up in arms about Elon Musk becoming the company\u2019s biggest shareholder and joining its board \u2014 while others are grateful that \u201cDaddy Elon\u201d has boosted their stock options and hope he\u2019ll loosen \u201cwoke\u201d content moderation rules.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One Twitter employee changed her name on the site this week to \u201celon musk is a racist demagogue with a god complex,\u201d while another wrote that Musk\u2019s addition to the company left the \u201cwind knocked out of me and my sails.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo dis<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointed,\u201d Twitter data scientist Brian Waismeyer wrote on Tuesday in reaction to Musk. \u201cNever been a perfect platform or fully convincing leadership, but I felt the overall direction and room Safety was given were encouraging. What a huge step in the wrong direction.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But on Blind, an anonymous corporate message board with verified members, many Twitter staffers celebrated Musk\u2019s addition to the company.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwitter needs to stop all this woke cancel culture crap,\u201d one Twitter employee wrote. \u201cLet\u2019s go Daddy Elon!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In response to a post asking if Twitter staffers are worried about Musk\u2019s \u201cvalues,\u201d another Twitter employee wrote: \u201cYou mean Elon might have a diferent [sic] vision for us than an uber-woke far-left censorship platform?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/twitter-04.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Twitter\" class=\"wp-image-21814025\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/twitter-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/twitter-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/twitter-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/twitter-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/twitter-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Twitter shares have rallied about 30% since Musk\u2019s stake in the company was revealed. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Anadolu Agency via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment. <\/p>\n<p>In another Blind thread asking whether any Twitter employees plan to quit in response to Musk, a staffer wrote: \u201cOf the people who are upset, which seems to be a minority, most of them are on the non-tech side of the house.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just a vocal minority,\u201d another Twitter employee said. \u201cMost of the people I\u2019ve talked to are happy the stock price is up.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Twitter shares have rallied about 30% since Musk\u2019s stake in the company was revealed, although they\u2019re still down more than 26% over the past year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/elon-musk-20.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Elon Musk\" class=\"wp-image-21814017\" width=\"621\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/elon-musk-20.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1239 1242w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/elon-musk-20.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=929 931w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/elon-musk-20.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=621 621w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/elon-musk-20.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=310 310w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/elon-musk-20.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cMost of the people I\u2019ve talked to are happy the stock price is up,\u201d one Twitter employee wrote in reaction to Musk becoming a shareholder and board member. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhy are we gonna leave?\u201d a Twitter employee said. \u201cOne board member isn\u2019t gonna shift our entire relaxed [work-life balance], and Elon is only inflating our stock vests.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At tech firms like Twitter, employees are often paid a mix of cash and stock options.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When employees join while a company\u2019s stock is sky-high, they are given fewer options. At Meta, for example, some employees who joined near the company\u2019s all-time-stock high last year are now more than 40% underwater and looking to quit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One Twitter employee predicted a similar situation if Elon Musk leaves the company.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf anything it\u2019ll suck for people to join during the Elon era bc their starting equity is gonna drop like a rock when he dips,\u201d the employee said.\u00a0\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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