Two guys with boxes standing at the door of Twitter’s San Francisco building are making the rounds on social media, said to have been fired by the company’s new owner, Elon Musk.
Musk, who recently struck a $44 billion deal to acquire Twitter, is reportedly laying off employees.
In the video shared on social media, two people can be seen standing outside the Twitter building.
Software engineer and his buddy got fired from @Twitter #ELONMUSK #Twitter #twitterhq #fired #TwitterTakeover #elonmusktwitter #twitter pic.twitter.com/RkDGXm3nAH
— Rezowan Siddique Reza (@Rezowan_) October 28, 2022
It’s happening
— Deirdre Bosa (@dee_bosa) October 28, 2022
Entire team of data engineers let go. These are two of them#TwitterTakeover pic.twitter.com/gNSl6qSCKU
(To be clear – I don’t think the Tesla was top of mind, I think @elonmusk was)
— Deirdre Bosa (@dee_bosa) October 28, 2022
One man introduced himself to reporters as “Rahel Legma” and held up Michelle Obama’s book, “Becoming.” The other identified himself as Daniel Johnson.
People online were skeptical of the couple due to their outlandish claims.
The Verge later confirmed that “Rahul Ligma” did not exist in Twitter’s Slack or email systems, despite multiple news sites reporting that the two men were former employees. He claimed that “Ligma” was a made-up word used to deceive people.
Lee tweeted, “Highly ironic that a major news outlet failed to do basic due diligence and fell victim to a crisis actor prank, resulting in misinformation on the first day of new ownership. You Just asking to see a badge or finding bird-themed items in boxes. Also, we don’t use zoom.”
Quite ironic that a major news outlet failed to do basic diligence and fell for a crisis actor prank, resulting in the spread of misinfo, on the first day of new ownership. All you had to do was ask to see a badge or look for bird-themed stuff in the boxes. Also we don’t use Zoom https://t.co/QtIrBjOH3H
— Paul Lee (@BeeBimBop) October 28, 2022
Elon Musk, renowned for his wit and mistrust of the media, also cleverly responded to the entire prankster incident. He jokingly said, “Ligma Johnson had it coming.
Ligma Johnson had it coming 🍆 💦 pic.twitter.com/CgjrOV5eM2
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 28, 2022
