except they laid off of a lot of trust and safety and marketing, and twitter has never been the same in that regard.

eng—has twitter really changed much since acquisition? it seems to me like twitter had really great eng to begin with. keeping the lights on is much different from building new product.

Even if I cede all of your points, if I'm Zuck or Sundar or Satya, etc. I might think "Well, I'm not going to nuke 80% of the head count, but I definitely could layoff 10-20% and slow way down on hiring."