[ceres]

And yet WhatsApp had 55 employees at acquisition.

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/whatsapp-bought-for-19-b...

[lesuorac]

WhatsApp didn't get to 55 employees by having 2000 and then randomly firing 97% of them.

The argument is not that twitter can't be ran leaner, it's that the current process of leaning twitter is bad.

[uxcolumbo]

Did Whatsapp serve ads?

Did it have to moderate content?

Twitter is vastly more complex than Whatsapp when it comes to functionality and platforms it had to support.

[kibwen]

WhatsApp is (was) an instant messenger, not an ad-supported media company.