Twitter Co-Founder Evan Williams Was Initially Excited by Elon Musk’s Interest: ‘He Does Crazy Things’ (Video)
thewrap.comthe mass exit of advertisers and users and a disturbing rise in hate speech. “I don’t think he’s dialed it in quite right, yet,” Williams told Chang.
What do Twitter's founders think of how Elon Musk has been running the platform?Here's what @ev and @goldman told @emilychangTV.Stream The Circuit Thursdays on Bloomberg Originals at 8pm ET and BTV at 10pm ET https://t.co/nWblrLPn3u pic.twitter.com/Zh7ItQOJWr“We might differ on that,” said Jason Goldman, former Twitter VP of product, who is also interviewed in the episode. “Well, it’s gone pretty poorly.
I mean, just objectively speaking.” Williams, who is no longer a Twitter shareholder, added, “I think [Musk is] brilliant. But no one’s brilliant on everything.” He also shared that he was “sad when the purchase actually went through.”Since the Musk takeover 75% of its employees have been laid off or resigned in protest.
Musk recently stepped down as CEO, appointing Linda Yaccarino to take the reins, but also suffered the embarrassment of a botched launch of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ campaign for president. “The Circuit With Emily Chang,” airs tonight, streaming at 8 p.m.
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