TweepTherapy: Former Twitter employees meet on the platform nearly every 2 weeks to process (via CNBCMakeIt)
Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Imageson Nov. 3, a group of former workers turned to the platform's virtual feature for live conversations to process.
This inspired him and other former "tweeps," a nickname for Twitter employees, to cultivate a space where those who were laid off could express themselves. They deemed it "#TweepTherapy." Immediately following the layoffs, many tweeps met up on Google Hangout and spoke via Signal, Terrell says. Eventually they decided to bring their open dialogue to a larger platform."Naturally, most of us who worked at Twitter know the product very well. It was sort of the obvious thing to do," says Terrell. "The challenge of it, of course, is that it's a public space, so anybody can kind of jump in and listen.
The first session on "Twitter Spaces" after the mass layoff lasted for 5 or 6 hours, Terrell says. And since then, they've met up approximately every two weeks and had four sessions in total.On Dec. 16,The feature returned to TwitterHowever, the frequent changes inspired Terrell to co-create and launch his own platform, Spill, which he hopes can serve as an alternative space for real-time discussions about culture.
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