Live updates from the meeting

Musk said, according to a source, that success on Twitter will look like a huge increase in the number of active daily users, potentially exceeding one billion users.

Twitter said in its earnings for the first quarter of 2022 It had 229 million daily active users.

Musk’s definition of success, he said, will also include whether Twitter helps raise civilization and awareness.

– Lauren Viner

Musk briefly turned the conversation into a discussion about aliens and human consciousness.

He said he hasn’t seen actual evidence of extraterrestrials, according to a source.

– Lauren Viner

He said, according to a source, that Musk is not interested in being the CEO of Twitter.

He said he cares about leading the product in a certain direction, but doesn’t comment much on headlines.

– Lauren Viner

When it comes to legal but potentially harmful speech, Musk told Twitter employees, people should be allowed to say whatever they want.

This differs from Twitter, which is promoting such rhetoric, Musk said.

He added that users have the right to filter out content they do not want to see. Musk said the standard is much more than not offending people, it’s entertainment and knowledge.

Musk reiterated the sentiment he previously expressed online that if 10% of the far left and far right are upset, Twitter is doing the right thing.

Speaking on the topic of inclusion and diversity, Musk said the most inclusive thing to do is get all humans on Twitter.

He said he believed in strict merit.

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Musk said Twitter’s layoffs will depend on its financial condition.

According to the source, Musk said, “It depends. The company needs to recover.” “Right now, costs outstrip revenue.”

Musk said there must be some justification for the number of employees or Twitter will not be able to grow.

“Anyone contributing to the semantics has nothing to worry about,” he said.

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Musk, who recently told his employees at Tesla to me Return to work at their desk 40 hours a week or quitHe seems to distinguish between telecommuting at the car company and on Twitter.

“Tesla makes cars, you can’t make cars remotely,” Musk said, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Musk did not detail what his policy on remote control would look like for Twitter employees, and said that if someone is exceptional at their job, remote work is fine, according to the source.

But Musk said he has a “strong bias toward personal work.”

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“If someone is doing useful things, that’s great. If not, I like why they are in the company.”

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Elon on Freedom of Speech (paraphrased): People should be allowed to say racist things but that doesn’t mean Twitter should promote it.

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Elon when asked why he tweeted: “I love Twitter,” “I learn a lot from what I learn on Twitter.” It’s a “great way to get a message across”, “Some people use their hair to express themselves, and I use Twitter”

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Employees sent the questions they cared about most – not promising they would answer them but ranking higher in the categories of workplace policies (such as telecommuting), freedom of expression, product improvements suggested by Elon, and relationship with employees – Lauren Viner