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- Twitter laid off some other 50 employees as Elon Musk continues to chop prices, The Data reported.
- The newest cuts affected engineers accountable for maintaining techniques running.
- Martijn Kuijper, who based the Revue e-newsletter publishing platform, used to be amongst the ones laid off.
Twitter has laid off "dozens" extra employees as Elon Musk continues to slash prices, The Data reported.
The newest cuts, which the record stated came about on Saturday, affected no less than 50 personnel together with engineers accountable for maintaining the social media platform's techniques working.
Amongst those that misplaced their jobs used to be Martijn Kuijper, who based the Revue e-newsletter publishing platform purchased by means of Twitter in January 2021, after which close down closing month following Musk's takeover.
—Martijn (@mdekuijper) February 26, 2023
Since Musk's $44 billion takeover in October, Twitter has laid off hundreds of workers, decreasing its headcount by means of nearly 75%.
The billionaire stated in a TED interview in April closing yr: "Having a platform this is maximally depended on and extensively inclusive is terribly essential to the way forward for civilization. This isn’t in regards to the economics in any respect."
On the other hand, the similar month he advised bankers who helped finance his takeover that he may just crack down on govt and board pay to chop prices and would in finding new techniques to monetize tweets, Reuters reported.
Musk's try to spice up revenues has confronted hindrances, alternatively. The Data reported that most effective 180,000 other people in the United States had paid for the Twitter Blue function as of mid-January.
On Tuesday, the billionaire known as Twitter "the arena's biggest non-profit."
—Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 21, 2023
Twitter and Kuijper didn't straight away reply to requests for remark from Insider, made out of doors commonplace operating hours.
