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Discord lays off 170 people, blames growing too quickly | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

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Discord lays off 170 people, blames growing too quickly | TechCrunch::Discord has become a mainstay for many online communities in recent years, but its relative success hasn't shielded the platform from the financial woes Discord is laying off 17% of staff, or 170 people.

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[-] LufyCZ@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago

If you read at least the summary from the bot, you'd see that discord isn't and never was profitable.

I wouldn't call that "doing too well to fire people", just means they fucked up and hired more people than they could financially/operationally afford

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