Casey Newton

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Casey Newton @CaseyNewton

Ihara fought relentlessly for 280 in the face of strong skepticism from top executives, I’m told. He co-authored the blog post explaining the value of 280 characters when it launched: https://t.co/TGiB96g8Pn — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 24, 2022

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Casey Newton @CaseyNewton

One of the people fired Musk’s latest purge was Ikuhiro Ihara, a highly respected senior software engineer who helped lead the push to expand tweets to 280 characters. — PolitiTweet.org

と思ってたら急に解雇通知が！最近のコードレビューの結果お前は無能と分かった、とか書いてるけどコードレビューて一回もなかったんですが？w 来週から日本帰って日本から仕事しようとしてたんだけど完全な冬休みと化した。タイミングすぎるの… https://t.co/OT3CLUKQSq

Posted Nov. 24, 2022

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“We really would not have launched 280 when we did without Iku, running around with his charts telling everyone that it would be better,” a person familiar tells me. Fired after 10 years and one late-night “code review” — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 24, 2022