``Two engineers who were fired and kicked out of Twitter'' reported in various media turned out to be a prank

It has also been reported that Elon Musk has acquired Twitter, fired its former management team , and is planning a large-scale layoff to dismiss most of its employees . Meanwhile, various media reported that two men claiming to be employees were holding a cardboard box in front of Twitter's headquarters in San Francisco, but these two men were not employees and were just a prank. It turns out that

Pranksters posing as laid-off Twitter employees trick media outlets
https://nypost.com/2022/10/28/pranksters-posing-as-laid-off-twitter-employees-trick-media-outlets/

One of the two people, who identified himself as a fired engineer, went by the name 'Rahul Ligma' and held up a copy of Michelle Obama's book ' My Story .' The other person, who called himself ``Daniel Johnson,'' tweeted, ``I still have a Tesla loan and I don't know how to pay it.'' The two said, ``I was fired during a Zoom meeting.I don't know where I will work from now on.I plan to spend some time with my family.''

The live broadcast in front of Twitter's San Francisco headquarters conducted by Reuters also shows two people surrounded by media answering an interview, and you can see it from around 2 hours and 33 minutes in the movie below.

LIVE: Outside Twitter's San Francisco HQ after Elon Musk takes over - YouTube


The two are surrounded by reporters and answer interviews.

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

Economic media CNBC reporter Deidre Bosa tweeted, ``It happened. The entire data engineering team was fired. Two of them are in this photo.'' Masu.

It's happening

Entire team of data engineers let go. These are two of them #TwitterTakeover pic.twitter.com/gNSl6qSCKU

— Deirdre Bosa (@dee_bosa) October 28, 2022

However, according to Bloomberg , there was overwhelming skepticism on Twitter's internal Slack channel, saying, ``I don't know this kind of engineer. Isn't this a fabrication?'' and it seems that it was not the engineer who was fired. In addition, a person sitting at the reception desk at Twitter's headquarters building told a CNBC reporter, ``I've never seen two people like that before.''

In the first place, the name 'Ligma' that one of the two used was a false post that said, 'A famous YouTuber died from a disease called 'Ligma (Lick my ball).'' It originates from an internet meme that tricks and fools unsuspecting viewers. In other words, anyone familiar with internet memes would have realized that the name 'Ligma' was a joke.

Paul Lee, product leader at Twitter, said: ``It's amazing that a major news organization failed to take basic precautions, fell for a prank, and spread misinformation on the first day under new ownership.'' Ironically, all we had to do was show our employee badge and look for a Twitter bird motif in the box. I will not be using Zoom,” he tweeted.

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