I can't count the number of times people have asked here "How can Twitter possib...

Aperocky · on July 16, 2020

Um why not enough and not too much? This alone doesn't say anything in regard to twitter's user count.

This means twitter had omni backend tooling that have manual/programmatic admin level access to production database.

This is a very bad idea, access to production tables should be through a controlled medium and always challenged.

redisman · on July 16, 2020

Any 20 person startup in cyber security-adjacent fields has thought more about this than Twitter? Jeez this is not a good look.

blisseyGo · on July 16, 2020

On a serious note, does that 4000+ employees include the content moderators? If yes, then I can see why. If not, then I am not sure what that many employees is for.

golergka · on July 16, 2020

For middle management to win their political games.