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Brutal article on Musk by The Bulwark (anti-Trump ex-Republicans).
https://morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/elon-musk-savant-idiot
“I am Iron Man” became “I am Zoolander.”
Bad Legal Takes is one of my favourite Twitter accounts.
https://twitter.com/BadLegalTakes/status/1589626758453956608
Ooh, The Onion has done a proper sarcasm job on him!
https://www.theonion.com/please-like-me-1848674003
disturbing cold war steve reply
Very good!
Yesterday’s Blind Date one even better. I get the feeling he’ll be doing one with Elonmusky in every day for a while.
That one actually annoyed me enough to do a tweet. Might be my first one ever that wasn't a competition entry
Ooh, The Onion has done a proper sarcasm job on him!
That was funny. They could have just posted the headline and photo and left the rest out though.
Musk's whole "I work stupidly long hours so I expect all my employees to as well" thing bugs me more than it probably should to, give me a few £billion and I'll work 100 hour weeks for a while, otherwise **** off
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1589631946644414467
Two things
Thing one: Is this really Musk?
Thing two: He knows that a Wehrmacht Soldier, right? The "Champion of Free speech", a German WW2 soldier?
Hey you should you ask him what he thinks those three unread messages might say?
And maybe give him some examples of Nazi orders ??
If he was stupid enough to try this, it would kill Twitter overnight.
https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/275740/elon-musk-is-considering-putting-twitter-behind-a-paywall
^^ He can't be that stupid can be? Can he??
He might be though I doubt it. Remember his idea is to be profitable and not necessarily popular. WhatsApp was initially meant to be paying to avoid advertising although it was something tiny like 1eur/year. YouTube is becoming less and less usable for casual watching because of the ads and people are happy to pay. Maybe there is a price if he can just get the level right.
It appears someone pointed out the old verification system was actually needed. Sounds like they now are having Official accounts which are just like the old verified accounts...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/08/twitter-official-label-verified-accounts-blue
Good job that's not clear as mud then.
Maybe there is a price if he can just get the level right.
I doubt it, I think Twitter only works if accounts are free. My guess is that 90% of users would bail if they tried to charge, then the blue checks who contribute useful content would also bail because their audiences would be gone, and it would turn into a wasteland in a week or so.
It's OK, hrs getting money from elsewhere...
https://twitter.com/carlquintanilla/status/1590153590311514112?t=bRu0hEeoGySWh7sZ25b21A&s=19
Selling Twitter to Tesla would be a simple way to pass the debt on to someone else.
https://twitter.com/lopezlinette/status/1590111451859267584
I see this is going well
https://twitter.com/DonTrumpReaI/status/1590440369686450177?t=VXwtFB8nQazySJRCqdjuNw&s=19
Ol Elon might actually do the world some good if he kills Twitter. The irony of that. 😂
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/biden-elon-musk-security-threat-b2221788.html
Joe Biden says that Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter owner Elon Musk’s ties to foreign countries are “worth being looked at” over national security concerns
Joe Biden says that Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter owner Elon Musk’s ties to foreign countries are “worth being looked at” over national security concerns
Probably true, Space X has some DoD contracts doesn't it.
So having 1/3rd of CEO who's side gigs involve trying to flog Cars to the world (including China) and now owns a media platform that operates globally (including china) where regional content controls/censorship and 'greasing the wheels' are bound to be an issue, once you add Elon's ego to the mix and the number of people he's no doubt pissed off (not least with the latest round of twitter firings) it all does kind of leave him and his various business interests a bit open and vulnerable to exploitation or even espionage?
relapsed_mandalorian
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Ol Elon might actually do the world some good if he kills Twitter. The irony of that. 😂
we can hope
China owns the land underneath the Chinese Tesla factory.
The US DoD have contracts with a guy whose landlord is a National security concern... Of course he's worth looking into but because of the way US politics works, the "most" patriotic don't have a problem with that.
Anyone seen any confirmation of this?
https://twitter.com/CaseyNewton/status/1590724257608134657?t=qcKbi0RyTfbL-L0RKVTGJg&s=19
I'm fascinated to see if he can kill a healthy (in terms of volume of use) social network, purely by "moving fast and breaking things" (and being a dickhead).
Obviously it's awful for the people losing their jobs at both Twitter and FB now, but its going to be interesting to see where they end up through Musk's ignorant and impulsive decisions and Zuck backing the wrong horse (IMO) in the form of a "Metaverse" that nobody really wants.
The certified tick thing seems a huge error
for me the tick was a great way of telling if a source was reliable, or at least knowing what biases it may have
now anyone can bag one, confusion will reign
I dont see how it doesnt lead to stagnation- any new joiners cant be assumed to be legit, so only the same old legacy accounts will be seen as reliable- assuming that they take down clones/ copycats of the fast enough
Will be interesting if the news (bbc I'm looking at you,) stop activity using it, regurgitating people's twitter feeds and just putting it on the bottom of the ticker feed is lazy.
The owner needs to be seen as impartial of all news and Elon is far from impartial.
I watched all three episodes of The Elon Musk Show on iPlayer lady night.
I know a lot of it could be down to editing etc but his journey to where he is now is an interesting one.
He seems to have got worse as time has gone along.
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There's news that an all staff meeting has had Musk state that there's a chance that Twitter will go bankrupt.
Oh dear
How sad
Never mind
Well it's sad for all those losing their jobs, I'll not be shedding any tears for the thunder**** at the head of it though.
Oh is thunder**** not banned then? That's good.
I expect his reversal of the working from home policy and putting in at least 40 hours in the office isn't going to help either. Anyone working for Twitter at the moment not job hunting will be in a world of pain.
Oh is thunder**** not banned then? That’s good.
Probably just an exception in this case, as it's so thoroughly warranted.
🙂
"Oh is thunder**** not banned then? That’s good."
It got a blue tick from the mods.
Definition of Chaotic Good (the fake Eli Lilly tweet):
https://twitter.com/Eulimnadia/status/1590865939935145985
He seems to have got worse as time has gone along
As falls from grace go, he actually looks like he could go full Kanye at any moment
I expect his reversal of the working from home policy and putting in at least 40 hours in the office isn’t going to help either. Anyone working for Twitter at the moment not job hunting will be in a world of pain.
Seems a great way of getting rid of your best talent.
Although all the staff should be considering their options, who'd want to work for someone this incompetent?
Even a moment's thought could have predicted the major issues arising from changing the verified user system.
A salutory lesson in the risks of mistaking money for talent.
And also in the risks of private ownership of major tech companies. Imagine if Bill Gates had also turned into a hare-brained lunatic after all the world's governments were fully committed to running their countries on windows.
I have just looked at the 'Blue' offer with our comms team at work.
Currently you can only sign up as an iPhone Twitter App user - you cannot even do it from a desktop.
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I have just looked at the ‘Blue’ offer with our comms team at work.
Currently you can only sign up as an iPhone Twitter App user – you cannot even do it from a desktop.
Don't just tell us, Tweet Elon about it.
He seems to be handling the CS now.
Steven fry has left the building it appears.