TWITTER FIRES NEW VR HEAD 48 HOURS AFTER HIRING HIM, BASED ON OLD FACEBOOK RANT ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO’S GRIMINESS: “The company’s knee-jerk reaction has only made matters worse, raising more questions in relation to an embarrassing scenario it would probably much rather forget. For one, did Twitter know of the post when it made the hire? Gopman had extensively written about his changing attitude toward homelessness in a number of Medium blog posts. He even discussed it in a long-form Backchannel article published earlier this year, which came across as an attempt at redemption by SF’s ‘most reviled tech bro.’ With income inequality reportedly on the rise in San Francisco — the city ranks first in California for economic disparity — Twitter likely wanted to avoid any further controversy that could have stemmed from Gopman’s prior comments.”

Weird that nobody wants to buy this company.