{"id":8675,"date":"2022-10-28T22:08:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T22:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/28\/twitter-layoffs-hoax-duo-posing-as-laid-off-employees-trick-reporters\/"},"modified":"2022-10-28T22:08:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T22:08:29","slug":"twitter-layoffs-hoax-duo-posing-as-laid-off-employees-trick-reporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/28\/twitter-layoffs-hoax-duo-posing-as-laid-off-employees-trick-reporters\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Layoffs Hoax, Duo Posing As Laid Off Employees Trick Reporters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-ba1ac14cf87c2a126ef7f7de077697a4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20221028_18b3918aedba4d9da106b6d64073beba\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c0053dfb-3bae-464f-828b-59c4ba74abe2\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/18\/4by3\/2022\/10\/28\/18b3918aedba4d9da106b6d64073beba_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Twitter employees hoax\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ba1ac14cf87c2a126ef7f7de077697a4--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e402f95058a4ba6fa235863ce1c214bf\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>No, <strong>Rahul Ligma<\/strong> is NOT among the many Twitter staff axed by the hen app&#8217;s new proprietor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Elon Musk<\/strong><\/a> &#8230; some media shops had been merely duped by 2 males posing as laid off staff.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e402f95058a4ba6fa235863ce1c214bf--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-97689c495e9d726719636a87679511c0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Two males carrying cardboard bins appeared Friday exterior Twitter HQ in San Francisco, claiming Papa Elon had simply laid them off &#8230; and regardless of some crimson flags, reporters had been fast to run with what they thought was a giant story associated to Elon&#8217;s massive buy.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-97689c495e9d726719636a87679511c0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4c53d3b4133e7d52afd018507464a90a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block--default  \">\n<div id=\"cb-4c53d3b4133e7d52afd018507464a90a-406240049-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You received conned.<br \/>Name is \u201cRahul LIGMA\u201d<\/p>\n<p>C\u2019mon man <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EdcuIk6jCP\">pic.twitter.com\/EdcuIk6jCP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Randy J. Marsh \u2790 (@WealthyCFO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WealthyCFO\/status\/1586053744269340672?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 28, 2022<\/a><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WealthyCFO\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@WealthyCFO<\/a>\n          <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4c53d3b4133e7d52afd018507464a90a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fe15e79b5da6e606e866a4bb1230788c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>One of the pranksters instructed reporters, together with CNBC&#8217;s <strong>Deidre Bosa<\/strong>, his title was &#8220;Rahul Ligma,&#8221; which most people versed in Twitter replies would know is a reference to an web meme.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-fe15e79b5da6e606e866a4bb1230788c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a8d2b5724a6d0473cbf28a8d73eb34b7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>For the uninitiated &#8212; we&#8217;re taking a look at you, Deirde &#8212; Ligma units up a joke for &#8220;Ligma Balls.&#8221; Lick. My. Balls. In addition to CNBC, Bloomberg ran headlines Friday saying laid off Twitter staff had been leaving company with bins in hand.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a8d2b5724a6d0473cbf28a8d73eb34b7--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-53b2944144a91b659af74464550e7c66\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block--default  \">\n<div id=\"cb-53b2944144a91b659af74464550e7c66-1042464517-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LEAVING TWITTER: an worker leaving Twitter at the moment. Says he was terminated throughout a zoom assembly. Doesn\u2019t know the place he&#8217;s going to work subsequent. Says he&#8217;s going to spend time along with his household. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ABC7newsbayarea?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ABC7newsbayarea<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ABC7now?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ABC7now<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Twitter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Twitter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BayArea?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#BayArea<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Txvs5fsa9y\">pic.twitter.com\/Txvs5fsa9y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Suzanne Phan (@SuzannePhan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SuzannePhan\/status\/1586044307630194688?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 28, 2022<\/a><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SuzannePhan\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@SuzannePhan<\/a>\n          <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-53b2944144a91b659af74464550e7c66--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d9f1c3d23357f05298ad262eb9d07b70\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Another hoax sufferer was native TV information reporter <strong>Suzanne Phan<\/strong> of ABC7 Bay Area, who tweeted video of the media scrum with Mr. Ligma &#8230; who instructed falsely instructed reporters he was fired throughout a Zoom assembly and did not know the place he would work subsequent.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d9f1c3d23357f05298ad262eb9d07b70--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f08f801a30bf359e741432ff0d82a562\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f08f801a30bf359e741432ff0d82a562--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f3f08c8ab59c3a56c6e151a091587de8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The pranksters littered their interviews with unusual popular culture references &#8230; &#8220;Ligma&#8221; was holding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/michelle-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Michelle Obama<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s e-book as he exclaimed, &#8220;Michelle Obama wouldn\u2019t have occurred if Elon Musk owned Twitter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f3f08c8ab59c3a56c6e151a091587de8--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-02fa5d39935e27086af735c3ef7de851\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-cf948903-81ac-45aa-8202-15be7faf7fdf-375847099-image-holder\" class=\"embed-responsive-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-cf948903-81ac-45aa-8202-15be7faf7fdf-375847099-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/97\/16by9\/2022\/10\/28\/97fe1980822941359cb0ed255f546dcd_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Fox Live Now<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-02fa5d39935e27086af735c3ef7de851--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-20040fff9aeed045682cc73881faac02\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/britney-spears\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Britney Spears<\/strong><\/a> was additionally name-dropped &#8230; the pranksters claimed they had been apprehensive about the way forward for democracy and &#8220;movie star conservatorship&#8221; with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/10\/27\/elon-musk-44-billion-twitter-deal-closes-new-owner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Elon proudly owning Twitter<\/strong><\/a>. They additionally instructed reporters they drove Tesla automobiles and did not know if they might have the ability to make any extra funds.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-20040fff9aeed045682cc73881faac02--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5db00774e0d9c76116e33f21569ad9b3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20221028_4e5a07f1f3364c4a865f641a6fe1add4\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c0053dfb-3bae-464f-828b-59c4ba74abe2\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/4e\/4by3\/2022\/10\/28\/4e5a07f1f3364c4a865f641a6fe1add4_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5db00774e0d9c76116e33f21569ad9b3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-47f08655a810ad18527a5c0748684c9e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>There was tons of hypothesis about layoffs as Elon closed the deal &#8230; however in actuality, the one Twitter staff being axed, no less than to date, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/10\/28\/elon-musk-buys-twitter-fires-4-executives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>are some execs<\/strong><\/a> who&#8217;re going to make a killing off their departures.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-47f08655a810ad18527a5c0748684c9e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f042e29c6d0e3c52579520ac89ed333b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Still, a lot of actual Twitter staff reportedly really feel like they&#8217;re in limbo &#8230; however do not feel sorry for Ligma.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f042e29c6d0e3c52579520ac89ed333b--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] No, Rahul Ligma is NOT among the many Twitter staff axed by the hen app&#8217;s new proprietor, Elon Musk &#8230; some media shops had been merely duped by 2 males posing as laid off staff. 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