I think you'd need a senior SRE specifically at twitter to answer this. I know of a company that fired all of their developers and operations people a year ago and everything still works mostly. They contract out as needed.
I think the real issue is that without heavy content moderation it'll quickly get overrun with spam. A great example is to go find an abandoned subreddit and see what bad shape it's in.
I think the real issue is that without heavy content moderation it'll quickly get overrun with spam. A great example is to go find an abandoned subreddit and see what bad shape it's in.