i've no idea about how twitter is run

Incompetently, from the looks of it.

Jesus Christ, in reading about this, I had been imagining a sleek, high-tech marvel of engineering.

That thing is a slapped-together mess.

Spez: Not after we demonstrate the power of this platform. In a way, you have determined the choice of the subreddit that'll be destroyed first. Since you are reluctant to provide us with the location of the rebel communities, I have chosen to test this forum's destructive power on your home subreddit of r/furryporn.