Elon Musk's 'chainsaw' strategy 'does not bode well' for Twitter's future

Elon Musk's strategy "does not bode well" for the aboriginal of Twitter, an aboriginal backer of the billionaire's SpaceX steadfast has warned.

The societal media level has been successful an astir changeless authorities of chaos since the world's richest antheral bought it successful a $44bn woody past month, with warnings this week that a spike successful postulation during the World Cup could sound it offline.

Musk is battling a wide exodus of unit - beyond the thousands helium laid disconnected himself - aft mounting an ultimatum that anyone who remains astatine the institution must motion up to "high strength and agelong hours".

Speaking astatine Sky News' Big Ideas Live event, Chris Kelly, who invested successful SpaceX, suggested that Musk's much palmy attack astatine that institution would not construe good to Twitter.

"He should person taken a overmuch much measured attack erstwhile helium was taking over," said Mr Kelly, who is the erstwhile caput of planetary nationalist argumentation astatine Facebook.

"He's capable to bash immoderate beauteous astonishing things, but has got into an country that's good extracurricular his extent and thinks a bullying absorption civilization tin alteration it - and that's not going to enactment astatine a institution similar Twitter.

"I've surely seen immoderate driving absorption moves from Elon astatine Tesla and SpaceX before, but I'm amazed this was the approach."

'Will it enactment tomorrow?'

The increasing uncertainty implicit Twitter's aboriginal was different daze from an unthinkable play of play for large tech, including huge occupation cuts astatine Meta and Amazon, crypto speech FTX going under and the disgraced laminitis of Theranos being sentenced to much than 11 years successful jail.

Mr Kelly, who considers himself "mostly an Elon fan", said the play astatine Twitter topped the lot.

"The information it would spell from cardinal municipality quadrate for the satellite to 'will it enactment tomorrow?' is simply a large question," helium said.

"The monolithic cutbacks and chainsaw that Elon Musk has taken to the institution does not bode good for its future."

Mr Kelly was an aboriginal capitalist successful SpaceX and is "mostly an Elon fan".

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'Musk should bring successful caller boss'

Dex Hunter-Torricke, a erstwhile caput of communications for SpaceX who present works connected Meta's oversight board, which advises Facebook connected moderation, urged his aged brag to name a caller main enforcement astatine Twitter to assistance dependable the ship.

He told Sky News: "Twitter needs a batch of attraction - and if Elon is providing that, past I wonderment who is going to beryllium moving the amusement astatine Tesla and SpaceX."

"The decisions you marque successful California tin beryllium immensely consequential," helium warned of Musk's escaped code stance.

"Making precise rapid, knee-jerk decisions astir contented argumentation is astir apt not the close mode to go."

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