Jack Dorsey breaks his silence, owns “duty for why everyone seems to be on this scenario” at Twitter • TechCrunch

Jack Dorsey, who stepped down as Twitter CEO lower than one 12 months in the past, lastly addressed the layoffs that impacted roughly 50% of the corporate he co-founded in 2006. The workforce discount, led by Twitter’s new proprietor Elon Musk, impacted hundreds of individuals – and key groups engaged on human rights, accessibility, AI ethics and curation.

“People at Twitter previous and current are sturdy and resilient,” Dorsey stated on Twitter on Saturday morning. “They’ll all the time discover a manner regardless of how troublesome the second. I notice many are indignant with me. I personal the duty for why everyone seems to be on this scenario: I grew the corporate dimension too shortly. I apologize for that.”

Dorsey, who additionally stepped down from Twitter’s board 5 months in the past, added that he’s “grateful for, and love, everybody who has ever labored at Twitter. I don’t count on that to be mutual on this second…or ever…and I perceive.”

That is Dorsey’s first public remark since Musk took over the platform final week. Up to now, Dorsey stated that Musk is the “singular answer I belief.”

Leaked paperwork from the Elon Musk v. Twitter trial give some perception into how Dorsey was fascinated by the way forward for the social media firm. Dorsey texted Musk that he left as a result of Twitter wanted to change into a brand new platform – one which isn’t an organization.

“I imagine it should be an open supply protocol, funded by a basis of types that doesn’t personal the protocol, solely advances it. A bit like what Sign has accomplished. It will probably’t have an promoting mannequin,” Dorsey texted Musk.

Yesterday, impacted Twitter workers used the hashtag #LoveWhereYouWorked, a riff on the inner hashtag #LoveWhereYouWork, to thank one another, say goodbye and share private information. As one former employee put it, the brand new hashtag is a “bittersweet phrase — not as a result of I’m gone, however as a result of it’s gone.”

Regardless of Dorsey’s departure from his official roles at Twitter, his silence was observed. Musk, in the meantime, addressed the layoffs on Friday night.

“Relating to Twitter’s discount in power, sadly there isn’t a selection when the corporate is shedding over [$4 million a day],” Musk tweeted. “Everybody exited was provided 3 months of severance, which is 50% greater than legally required.”