top | item 33660015 (no title) ceres | 3 years ago And yet WhatsApp had 55 employees at acquisition.https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/whatsapp-bought-for-19-b... discuss order hn newest lesuorac|3 years ago WhatsApp didn't get to 55 employees by having 2000 and then randomly firing 97% of them.The argument is not that twitter can't be ran leaner, it's that the current process of leaning twitter is bad. uxcolumbo|3 years ago Did Whatsapp serve ads?Did it have to moderate content?Twitter is vastly more complex than Whatsapp when it comes to functionality and platforms it had to support. kibwen|3 years ago WhatsApp is (was) an instant messenger, not an ad-supported media company.
lesuorac|3 years ago WhatsApp didn't get to 55 employees by having 2000 and then randomly firing 97% of them.The argument is not that twitter can't be ran leaner, it's that the current process of leaning twitter is bad.
uxcolumbo|3 years ago Did Whatsapp serve ads?Did it have to moderate content?Twitter is vastly more complex than Whatsapp when it comes to functionality and platforms it had to support.
lesuorac|3 years ago
The argument is not that twitter can't be ran leaner, it's that the current process of leaning twitter is bad.
uxcolumbo|3 years ago
Did it have to moderate content?
Twitter is vastly more complex than Whatsapp when it comes to functionality and platforms it had to support.
kibwen|3 years ago