Saw this tweet from @SBkcrn, who was the person who was developing the Twitter Communities feature.

EM has layed off 7,500 employees today. (Source: amp.theguardian.com/technology/202…)

It’s speculated that 50% of all employees would be laid off.

But that’s not even the worst part…
This tweet had gained a bit of traction, some people were sympathetic with Simon that this has happened (and especially in this way) and the BILE that others quote tweeted Simon’s tweet with is horrendous.

Guess any sort of human interaction has just gone out the window then?
But if there’s one thing that @SBkcrn has done is create and develop a wonderful feature for Twitter for its diverse communities to interact with one another.

And for that I’m grateful to him for allowing me access to the feature and create the Genealogy Twitter community.
Will also admit, not sure where Twitter is going to after this… 🤔
And also to see this impact for this, look at the #OneTeam hashtag. — you’ll see the extent of all of this unfolding there.

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Hey #Genealogy Twitter, don't scroll past this yet!
So as time progresses, I've seen people wondering if Twitter does go down in a ball of fire or people leave, where to go?

One of these suggestions was Mastodon.
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My take is…
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Facebook: @TheDanielsGenealogy
Instagram: @daniels_genealogy
Twitter: @DanielGenealogy
TikTok: @thedanielsgenealogy
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