[untog]

> You sure it's not sinking?

As the article implies, it isn't far from profitability, and is cutting back to ensure it will be profitable.

Silicon Valley demands hockey-stick growth, but there's no reason why Twitter can't keep ticking along comfortably.

[user5994461]

Having half the guys around you laid off [or about to be] is not what I would call "ticking along comfortably".

Twitter is not a 100 000 people company where there's a 300 people division being restructured. It's a major management failure that needs at least 50% of lay off. At this scale, it will reflect to the entire environment and all the employees.

[jussij]

> it isn't far from profitability

Twitter came to being back in 2006.

That's a long time to wait for the first profit.