People were shocked.
Nobody wanted to rain on REW's parade but this building seemed like a huge waste of Twitter's money. The company had transitioned to remote-first, most employees wanted to continue working remotely indefinitely, and even before the pandemic hit it was looking unnecessary.
The silence was deafening. Everyone was backchannel messaging each other.
"Wait, they're still building this?"
"I thought this was cancelled"
"Who's gonna tell 'em?"
"What a clusterfuck"