The best place to find great commentary about Twitter news is … Twitter. Duh. And people had lots of hilarious things to tweet about news today that Twitter’s chief executive, Dick Costolo, is stepping down.
Some people talked about Dick C — err, @dickc — while others chimed in about Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey, or @jack, who is coming in as interim chief executive while the company searches for a replacement.
Here are a few of our favorite tweets.
https://twitter.com/drew/status/609099435977482241
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All Twitter news summarized: You can now DM this entire @dickc resignation press release to your friends http://t.co/0XRDKgMeLv
— Joanna Stern (@JoannaStern) June 11, 2015
https://twitter.com/hunterwalk/status/609099397335425024
https://twitter.com/alexia/status/609092925276999680
https://twitter.com/nickbilton/status/609096523314438144
The 140 character limit in DM costs the CEO his job. New Twitter CEO removes the 140 character limit.
WOW!!!
— so called parody. (@cloud_opinion) June 11, 2015
Dick Costolo stepping down from Twitter to spend more time with other social networks.
— Michael Roston (@michaelroston) June 11, 2015
BREAKING: JACK BACK TO PICK UP DICK’S SLACK
— Matt Weinberger (@gamoid) June 11, 2015
https://twitter.com/samfbiddle/status/609100093598351360
https://twitter.com/markgurman/status/609095596633387011
https://twitter.com/arrington/status/609103779791683584
https://twitter.com/dickc/status/609131617211150336
Im ready to lead @twitter !! #SnoopforCEO
— Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) June 11, 2015
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