[betwixthewires]

I think the point is "what were those 8000 people doing for a decade."

[IncandescentGas]

The obvious answer is working on non user facing features. Advertising platform, infrastructure, harmful content filters, propaganda as a service, etc etc

[taolegal]

I have a hard time seeing Twitter as anything but a communist make-work program & propaganda dissemination platform. The politics are obvious, and extend to other companies as well.