Twitter's new leadership kicks off "massive reorganization"
After recent resignation Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, new CEO of social media Parag Agrawal does not waste time... A report from The Washington Post said Agrawal today announced "a major reorganization of the company," including the departure of Michael Montano and Duntley Davis, who headed the engineering and design departments, respectively.
A company spokesman told Engadget, "Parag is focused on operational excellence and tuning Twitter to meet its goals; the changes have been made with those goals in mind." The changes include moving to a "general manager model" for teams in product and technology organizations. "This will allow us to operate more cross-functional and provide faster and more informed decision-making," added a company spokesman.
This week our design and research team had a three day offsite IRL and virtually. It was the highlight of the past two years at Twitter for me. Thank you to everyone who made this special. It has meant more than words can describe. I you all. pic.twitter.com/zrq5hhauN5
- Dantley Davis (@dantley) December 3, 2021
Previously Duntley Davis tweeted the photo, saying, "This was my brightest moment in my last two years on Twitter. Thanks to everyone who made it special. It meant more than words can describe." Sarah Beikpoof, who worked on the company's product team, also wrote that December 3 is her last day on Twitter, although it's unclear if this is related to the reorganization.
Hi Twitter fam – some news from me today. It is with a very heavy heart that I am leaving Twitter, and today is my last day. I'll be focusing on my health and family for the foreseeable future.
- sara beykpour (@pandemona) December 3, 2021
The Post said that according to an email it received, Montano and Davis will be leaving the company by the end of the year (i.e. this month). The publication also pointed out that "the reshuffle appears to primarily affect the company's consumer, revenue and core technology divisions, which will be led by Keywon Bakpur, Bruce Falk and Nick Caldwell, respectively."
We can only hope that the new leadership will not turn Twitter into an analogue of Facebook with its formation of a feed "as the algorithms thought up" and the dominance of ads instead of the content of those to whom you follow.
A source: washingtonpost
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