Book · 2024 · Biography & Autobiography
Character Limit
How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter
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Your book does a great job explaining the chaos that happened when he took over Twitter.
What they say about it
- Praise the authors“wrote a good book”2
The best things said about it
They wrote a good book.
They wrote a great book.
There's plenty of detail in the book about that.
4 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Character Limit by Kate Conger and Ryan Mac is a deep-dive investigative book detailing the tumultuous chaos and internal disruption that unfolded at Twitter following Elon Musk’s high-profile acquisition of the company. On the Big Technology Podcast, guest Zach Coelius highly recommended the book, stating that the authors did a phenomenal job explaining the absolute chaos that followed Musk's takeover and complimenting them on writing a genuinely great work. Host Alex Kantrowitz opened the discussion by interrogating the book's provocative subtitle, How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter, questioning whether the platform was truly destroyed or if Musk was actually achieving his desired ideological goals. Kate Conger joined the conversation to elaborate on that perspective, agreeing that Musk was successfully securing the outcomes he wanted from the purchase. The discussion also delved into the book's extensive details regarding the pre-acquisition business struggles of the company, the financial figures leading up to the sale, and a prominent middle section focusing on co-founder Jack Dorsey and his growing belief that Twitter had severely lost its way over time.
Every mention
Zach Coelius What do you think about the premise of a book with that subtitle? I mean, look, the goal is to sell books.… 4
“What do you think about the premise of a book with that subtitle? I mean, look, the goal is to sell books. And they wrote a good book. I mean, I'm just finishing it right now.”
“I mean, I think your book does a great job explaining the, the chaos that happened when he took over Twitter.”
“I think we have a lot in common. For instance, I think they wrote a great book. So, uh, yeah, probably have that in common.”
“So Ryan and Kate in their book will report that, uh, Praag Agarwal was going to go through a massive layoff on his, in his own right, like 25% of employees.”
Alex Kantrowitz The subtitle of the book is How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter. I like picked the book up and I said, is Twitt… 3
“The subtitle of the book is How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter. I like picked the book up and I said, is Twitter really destroyed?”
“This was a company that like did that struggled mightily from a business standpoint was finally turning it around. Right. It was went from like 3.7 to five something billion in the year before it sold.”
“And we've talked a little bit about how much of a shit show the company was before Elon took over. And there's plenty of detail in the book about that.”
Kate Conger I think Zach's actually right. I think, you know, from an ideological perspective, Elon is absolutely getti… 2
“I think Zach's actually right. I think, you know, from an ideological perspective, Elon is absolutely getting what he wants out of this purchase.”
“And it's something we really dove into in sort of in the second act of the book, the middle section, we're talking about Jack Dorsey, one of the co-founders thinking that Twitter had really gone astray”
Ryan Mac And I think through our book, we show that he just gets fed up with running this company. He doesn't like,… 1
“And I think through our book, we show that he just gets fed up with running this company. He doesn't like, you know, making these decisions to, uh, ban Donald Trump.”
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Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
“They're both reporters for the New York Times and they're the author of Character Limit, How Elon Must Destroy Twitter.”
“You can get their new book, Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter. It's out in all bookshops today.”
“Has Twitter been destroyed? I don't know. It's X now. And you can find the book, Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroy Twitter in your bookstore of choice.”
“Ryan Mack and Kate Conger the authors of character limit about Twitter are coming on”