[brigadier132]

That has nothing to do with letting go staff and everything to do with the owner.

[pasttense01]

Wrong. A substantial number of advertisers dropped X.com because it isn't brand safe (for example their ads are located next to racist or Nazi or pornographic content). A substantial number of the staff let go were involved in keeping the site brand safe.

[nadist]

Google also should not show x.com on search engine as its another social media platform, it has nothing to do for ranking

[rbanffy]

Letting go staff has everything with the owner though.