Twitter beats estimates, cuts jobs with eye on 2017 profitability
Let me do a mini-askHN: I&#x27;m thinking of joining Twitter to work on their anti-abuse efforts. What factors should I consider in my decision?<p>At first consideration, this news doesn&#x27;t worry me a ton. They provide a product that provides a lot of user value, just to a smaller user base than they&#x2F;investors hoped. They&#x27;ve found a reasonable way to monetize it, with $2b+&#x2F;year in revenue. Their expenses are too high for that, but not egregiously so, with previously committed stock compensation being a big chunk of things. There&#x27;s still a lot they can do with the product. And they&#x27;ve got a unique value that&#x27;s hard for other people to replicate: it&#x27;s the place for public figures (public figures at all scales) to interact.<p>Am I crazy here? I know I&#x27;m taking a risk, but I&#x27;m not seeing more risk than, say, joining a Series A startup, which I&#x27;ve happily done before.