Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

posted by martyb on Monday November 29 2021, @11:32PM   Printer-friendly

Jack Dorsey resigns as CEO of Twitter:

Jack Dorsey announced today that he's stepping down as CEO of Twitter, the social network he helped found in 2006. The change is effective immediately.

Dorsey did not say what spurred the sudden move, though in his resignation letter, which he also shared on Twitter, he said, "There has been a lot of talk about the importance of a company being 'founder-led.' Ultimately, I believe that's severely limiting and a single point of failure. I've worked hard to ensure this company can break away from its founding and founders."

not sure anyone has heard but,

I resigned from Twitter pic.twitter.com/G5tUkSSxkl

— jack⚡️ (@jack) November 29, 2021

Parag Agrawal, the company's chief technical officer, has been named the new CEO. "The board ran a rigorous process considering all options and unanimously appointed Parag," Dorsey wrote. "He's been my choice for some time given how deeply he understands the company and its needs."

Also at BBC, c|net, The Washington Post among others.


Original Submission

This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
(1)
  • (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 29 2021, @11:48PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 29 2021, @11:48PM (#1200736)

    LICK IT 8===D and stick it 8====D ~~~~~~~~~~~

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @12:04AM (19 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @12:04AM (#1200742)

    With TRUTH Social coming any day now - any day now I swear - Jack sees the imminent demise of Twitter and doesn't want any part of it.

    • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Mykl on Tuesday November 30 2021, @12:38AM (17 children)

      by Mykl (1112) on Tuesday November 30 2021, @12:38AM (#1200749)

      They still haven't worked out a way to properly monetize. I'd get out too, before the whole thing comes crashing down (either from lack of funding, or from ads being injected into every tweet).

      • (Score: 2) by sgleysti on Tuesday November 30 2021, @01:30AM (13 children)

        by sgleysti (56) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday November 30 2021, @01:30AM (#1200755)

        I'll assume you're talking about twitter and not about TRUTH social, as the GP was.

        • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Mykl on Tuesday November 30 2021, @02:42AM (12 children)

          by Mykl (1112) on Tuesday November 30 2021, @02:42AM (#1200764)

          Yes, talking about Twitter. I doubt TRUTH will make much of a dent outside of conspiracy theorists and the far right (but I repeat myself).

          • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @02:56AM (3 children)

            by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @02:56AM (#1200770)

            It will great to see some real unhinged conservative ideas, not the lame filtered crap the lame stream media allows us to see.

            • (Score: 2) by turgid on Tuesday November 30 2021, @02:09PM

              by turgid (4318) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday November 30 2021, @02:09PM (#1200850) Journal

              The FBI, CIA and NSA are going to have a field day. I can see thousands of Alt-Wrong stupid signallers ending up in jail. I'd get popcorn but I'm on a diet.

            • (Score: 3, Funny) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday November 30 2021, @06:31PM

              by DeathMonkey (1380) on Tuesday November 30 2021, @06:31PM (#1200918) Journal

              We get plenty of those here. But it's always good to have a backup!

            • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @09:45PM

              by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @09:45PM (#1200986)

              It will be great to see some real unhinged leftist ideas.... but we already see those in the leftist lamestream media today.

              Marxism isn't just a word in the dictionary. It does exist. And it is the enemy of every living thing. Of course, don't mention that jews are behind it.

          • (Score: 2) by legont on Tuesday November 30 2021, @04:53AM (5 children)

            by legont (4179) on Tuesday November 30 2021, @04:53AM (#1200784)

            Well, there are roughly twice more Trump voters than Twitter active US users. Just saying...

            --
            "Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
            • (Score: 4, Funny) by turgid on Tuesday November 30 2021, @10:24AM (4 children)

              by turgid (4318) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday November 30 2021, @10:24AM (#1200816) Journal

              Can they read and write? Do they know which buttons to press?

              • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday November 30 2021, @02:28PM (2 children)

                by Phoenix666 (552) on Tuesday November 30 2021, @02:28PM (#1200856) Journal

                I ken reed and do sumz, to. Tha teeture sais I tak rell gud too.

                Don't be so sure you know who the intelligent ones are.

                --
                Washington DC delenda est.
                • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday November 30 2021, @05:08PM

                  by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday November 30 2021, @05:08PM (#1200901) Journal

                  INT != WIS. Intelligent people with no morals and no capacity for reflective thought just end up being really good at deluding themselves.

                  --
                  I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
                • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 01 2021, @01:54AM

                  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 01 2021, @01:54AM (#1201051)

                  Finally peepee devil boy reveals that yes, he is indeed a MAGA fool.

              • (Score: 2) by legont on Wednesday December 01 2021, @05:00AM

                by legont (4179) on Wednesday December 01 2021, @05:00AM (#1201093)

                They already deposited a quarter billion to 2024 Trump's campaign; as opposed to Biden's which got nothing. So yes, they know how to use computers even with their leader being censored all over.

                --
                "Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
          • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @09:14AM (1 child)

            by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @09:14AM (#1200812)

            Yeah when saying "there will be more than two shots" got you labeled a crazy conspiracy wingnut a year ago, I can see how much water your argument holds.

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 01 2021, @02:01AM

              by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 01 2021, @02:01AM (#1201056)

              Yes, that is what happens when you make medical claims with absolutely no evidence. Might have had something to do with your Dear Leader spouting off with horse shit like the virus will magically disappear, and even more wacky garbage. Normal rightwing whinging as usual.

      • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday November 30 2021, @02:35PM

        by Phoenix666 (552) on Tuesday November 30 2021, @02:35PM (#1200857) Journal

        I think you have it right: they don't know how to monetize Twitter.

        That's why I figured years ago that they would be a flash in the pan: their business model was as flawed as those we saw during the Dot-com years. To Twitter's credit, they kept their operation lean and didn't blow through their investors' money the way the Dot-coms did, but the well must be finally starting to run dry.

        Clyde Bruckman [fandom.com] predicts Jack Dorsey will, like Mulder, fall to auto-erotic asphyxiation...

        --
        Washington DC delenda est.
      • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday November 30 2021, @06:33PM (1 child)

        by DeathMonkey (1380) on Tuesday November 30 2021, @06:33PM (#1200921) Journal

        A Trump enterprise that makes money?

        Well there's a first for everything!

        • (Score: 2) by DECbot on Wednesday December 01 2021, @06:20AM

          by DECbot (832) on Wednesday December 01 2021, @06:20AM (#1201105) Journal

          How's this going to make him any money? There's no builders to default on!

          --
          cats~$ sudo chown -R us /home/base
    • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday November 30 2021, @04:21PM

      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday November 30 2021, @04:21PM (#1200893) Journal

      With TRUTH Social coming any day now - any day now I swear

      About TRUTH Social, see my journal article. [soylentnews.org]

      Remember Mastodon gave Trump 30 days to comply with open source license.

      A fun quote:

      "In a post to the Mastodon blog, founder and CEO Eugen Rochko explained that the problem is not simply that Truth Social uses Mastodon, but that it does so while claiming ownership over the site’s code"

      Ah, TRUTH Social. Such FINE people. Fine people, on mini sides.

      --
      People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by MostCynical on Tuesday November 30 2021, @12:30AM (3 children)

    by MostCynical (2589) on Tuesday November 30 2021, @12:30AM (#1200745) Journal

    So.. how much does he get paid for this?
    What additional shares or bonuses have been given to him?

    And... by appointing a replacement from 'within', the board is telling the world "we won't be changing" - is this a good or a bad thing?

    --
    "I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Frosty Piss on Tuesday November 30 2021, @12:53AM (2 children)

      by Frosty Piss (4971) on Tuesday November 30 2021, @12:53AM (#1200751)

      So.. how much does he get paid for this?

      Who cares and so what? He built the monster, if anyone has the right to profit obscenely from it, it’s him. Why are you angry about it? Are you jealous? Some people here sit in their mom’s basement seething about guys like Dorsey, Musk, Zuckerberg… and formerly Bill Gates (though he’s passé now)…

      • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @01:33AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @01:33AM (#1200756)

        He dudn't build it, the community built it. And they were organized by Obama.

      • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @03:00AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @03:00AM (#1200771)

        And how dare you refer to my mom's basement like it's a bad thing. It's cool - got XBox and all the porn I can download. Free.

  • (Score: 2, Informative) by EEMac on Tuesday November 30 2021, @04:09AM (6 children)

    by EEMac (6423) on Tuesday November 30 2021, @04:09AM (#1200779)

    We'll see, but the new CEO is not likely [breitbart.com] to be an improvement.

    • (Score: 5, Touché) by aristarchus on Tuesday November 30 2021, @06:00AM (5 children)

      by aristarchus (2645) on Tuesday November 30 2021, @06:00AM (#1200792) Journal

      But, Brietbarf is white and racist, what was your point? Other than citing totally incredible sources?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @06:30AM (3 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @06:30AM (#1200798)

        Article on AOC [breitbart.com]
        Seems a bit odd for Breitbart, it reads like they support her.

        • (Score: 5, Insightful) by aristarchus on Tuesday November 30 2021, @06:47AM (2 children)

          by aristarchus (2645) on Tuesday November 30 2021, @06:47AM (#1200802) Journal

          But, you see, I do not click on Brietbarf links, lest it contribute ad revenue to absolute evil, so your link is pointless.

          • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @06:57AM

            by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @06:57AM (#1200804)

            Get an adblocker you fossil. You can drain their bandwidth while denying them any ad revenue. After all, did not Plato say "know thy enemy, but block that shit from ggogle".

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 01 2021, @02:08AM

            by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 01 2021, @02:08AM (#1201059)

            Don't worry, it is just an article about DNC infighting. Of course bretfart ran such an article, it doubles as rage fueling and hurrdurr hot chick clickbait. As a bonus it lets trolls make comments like "why would buttfart run an article if they were a white supremacist front?" Same schtick trump loves to use, rile up his supporters, then quiet them down and patronizingly make some limp dick condemnation of white supremacists. His supporters aren't fooled, but it gives a convenient excuse when his racism and fascism are called out.

      • (Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @09:17AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @09:17AM (#1200813)

        Breitbart is a Mossad front. Surely you are not trying to peddle the conspiracy theory that Jews are White.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @06:45PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @06:45PM (#1200929)

    It's the toxic users^^^ who have nothing to contribute but hate.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @09:09PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 30 2021, @09:09PM (#1200979)

      How do posts on Soylent News prove something about Slashdot? Confused much?

      --
      Around here we just like triggering each other - in a great big circle.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 01 2021, @02:12AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 01 2021, @02:12AM (#1201060)

        someone was lazy when scripting their bots

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 01 2021, @03:41PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 01 2021, @03:41PM (#1201156)

        Oh man, you caught my typo and OBLITERATED my argument!
        SoylentNews obviously has *nothing* in common with Slashdot.

(1)