Fired by tweet: Elon Musk's latest actions are jeopardizing Twitter, experts say
Firing an employee by social media, giving others an ultimatum, and battling possible bankruptcy: the latest actions by Musk are hurting business, a labor lawyer and tech PR specialist tell NPR.
by Jaclyn Diaz
Nov 17, 2022
4 minutes
Eric Frohnhoefer thought his tweets to Twitter CEO (and his new boss) Elon Musk explaining why there was a problem with the platform's speed was innocuous enough.
Musk had tweeted, "I'd like to apologize for Twitter being super slow in many countries," blaming it on "poorly batched RPCs" (remote process calls).
Frohnhoefer responded to the post and said the billionaire was mistaken on the cause of the app's slow speed. He also suggested potential solutions.
Frohnhoefer had been astaff software engineer at the company for eight years, with an expertise on Android systems. In other words, he knew a thing or two
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