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#1

Dave

Dave

www.independent.co.uk

Twitter announces company will be sold to Elon Musk

Entrepreneur will pay $54.20 cash per share and deal is expected to close in 2022
www.independent.co.uk www.independent.co.uk


#2

Frank

Frank

Account deleted.


#3

GasBandit

GasBandit

I've always considered Twitter to be particularly exemplary of how social media is a cancer... this is like Lymphoma buying Leukemia.


#4

Dave

Dave

Twitter was necessary and worthwhile during certain historical events like the Arab Spring. But since?


#5

Terrik

Terrik

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#6

PatrThom

PatrThom

I barely have any social media presence (other than here).
Yet now, half of it is no longer relevant.

--Patrick


#7

Frank

Frank

Timely

variety.com

FX and The New York Times Announce Elon Musk Exposé Documentary (TV News Roundup)

The New York Times will release a documentary film about Elon Musk and HBO's 'Irma Vep' has a release date for his summer.
variety.com variety.com


#8

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Account deactivated.

There goes my last remaining social media account.


#9

PatrThom

PatrThom


In case it gets taken down for some reason, here it is as a screencap:
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https://instagram.com/elonmusksjet/
https://facebook.com/ElonJet/
https://t.me/+DVhwNTlOodY4OGFh…
https://grndcntrl.net/links/
--Patrick


#10

GasBandit

GasBandit



#11

blotsfan

blotsfan

But tumblr was a porn site that banned porn. I can not think of what Elon could plausibly do that is that obviously dumb.


#12

GasBandit

GasBandit

blotsfan said:
But tumblr was a porn site that banned porn. I can not think of what Elon could plausibly do that is that obviously dumb.
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Give him a chance.


#13

blotsfan

blotsfan

I mean yeah, if anyone could its him but...


#14

klew

klew

Glad I sold my early account for multi-thousands


#15

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

blotsfan said:
But tumblr was a porn site that banned porn. I can not think of what Elon could plausibly do that is that obviously dumb.
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Turn it into a "free speech" site aka ban everyone that disagrees with him


#16

GasBandit

GasBandit



#17

AshburnerX

AshburnerX

I wonder how long until we get "Twitter, but by someone else who actually understands what moderation is" from someone. It sure as hell isn't Mastadon.


#18

MindDetective

MindDetective

Nothing is going to change right away. Musk's promised changes are:



He also proposes a longer tweet limit, I think.

And some of those will take months or years to code, test, and implement. Will any of them make Twitter worse? I'm hard pressed to believe your heuristic of "Musk bad so Twitter will get worse" is truly predictive of anything. I say all this as an extremely casual user of Twitter with no stake in the game.


#19

Tress

Tress

My major complaint is that he has implied that he would reinstate people who have been kicked off Twitter for good reason. Spreading misinformation, threatening language, and hate speech should not be supported. I get the rest of his proposals seems fine, but letting garbage people continue to spew their garbage is a big problem.


#20

Bubble181

Bubble181

We'll see. That fourth point is the big one, isn't it? Unbanning Trump and very clearly and loudly announcing anything goes, feel free to say Biden stole the election, Putin is great, Harris is an evil secret Muslim communist pedo, you won't get reprimanded, it's all cool, would have a very immediate and important impact on the tone of the conversation and on further eroding what is considered acceptable behavior and speech.

Sure, blocking spambots would be great and edit buttons or color scheme changes won't make a big difference.


#21

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

MindDetective said:
Nothing is going to change right away. Musk's promised changes are:



He also proposes a longer tweet limit, I think.

And some of those will take months or years to code, test, and implement. Will any of them make Twitter worse? I'm hard pressed to believe your heuristic of "Musk bad so Twitter will get worse" is truly predictive of anything. I say all this as an extremely casual user of Twitter with no stake in the game.
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The problem is, of course, that last part. When Musk or Trump or any of these rich assholes talk about free speech, what they mean is they want to be free to spread lies that benefit them without oversight


#22

blotsfan

blotsfan

How the fuck is "authenticate all humans" a good thing?


#23

GasBandit

GasBandit

Needs to be a time limit on editing. On deleting, too, IMO.


#24

PatrThom

PatrThom

blotsfan said:
How the fuck is "authenticate all humans" a good thing?
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On the one hand, it ensures that each account will be traceable back to a verified individual who is a real human being.
On the other hand, it ensures that each account will be traceable back to a verified individual who is a real human being.

--Patrick


#25

figmentPez

figmentPez

MindDetective said:
Nothing is going to change right away. Musk's promised changes are:



He also proposes a longer tweet limit, I think.

And some of those will take months or years to code, test, and implement. Will any of them make Twitter worse? I'm hard pressed to believe your heuristic of "Musk bad so Twitter will get worse" is truly predictive of anything. I say all this as an extremely casual user of Twitter with no stake in the game.
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Open source algorithms would just mean that people could look at the code to know exactly how to game the system.

Reducing moderation to the bare minimum of what is blatantly illegal is going to result in making Twitter even more of a cesspool than it already is. All sorts of harassment and misinformation are technically legal, but wholly undesirable on any online platform. There's going to be so much trouble if Musk actually insists on allowing such Free Dumbs.

Twitter is a major source of disinformation, and it doesn't just stay on Twitter. "I'm just a casual user of Twitter, it doesn't matter to me how bad it gets" is like people who say "Well, I don't have any kids, so it doesn't matter to me if public schools suck" or "I don't take any road trips, so the interstate highway system doesn't impact my life."

Most likely Musk will get bored and move on before making Twitter drastically worse than it is now, but if he doesn't then things could get really bad for the internet, and society as a whole.


#26

MindDetective

MindDetective

Plenty of fears spoken but the only claim I made is that it will take time for changes to happen.


#27

PatrThom

PatrThom

I think my biggest fear here is simply "As a person, I don't trust Elon Musk to run Twitter in a manner that benefits its users, I expect he will instead run it in a manner that prioritizes benefits for Elon Musk."

--Patrick


#28

Chad Sexington

Chad Sexington

Twitter has 300 million active users. The only reason it gets such outsize coverage is its popularity with politicians. I really don't think Twitter affects society as much as people think. I think Facebook is far more potent in influencing people, due to its literal billion of international users.

Since I left Twitter, I almost only ever see it when it's screenshots, outside of when I had to tweet occasionally for my job.


#29

GasBandit

GasBandit

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#30

GasBandit

GasBandit



#31

Frank

Frank

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#32

PatrThom

PatrThom

At the risk of making this thread move into the political subforum, here's what "I am against censorship that goes far beyond the law" could potentially mean:
www.techspot.com

China's Twitter equivalent to publish IP addresses and location data of users

As reported by The Register, Sina Weibo's post titled "IP Territorial Function Upgrade Announcement" claims the action is being taken to protect users' rights and make the...
www.techspot.com www.techspot.com
I mean, it would technically not be censorship, right? You would still be allowed to post anything you want (within the existing law(s)), and appending your IP address and location to each post wouldn't interfere with your ability to post at all, right?

--Patrick


#33

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

PatrThom said:
At the risk of making this thread move into the political subforum, here's what "I am against censorship that goes far beyond the law" could potentially mean:
www.techspot.com

China's Twitter equivalent to publish IP addresses and location data of users

As reported by The Register, Sina Weibo's post titled "IP Territorial Function Upgrade Announcement" claims the action is being taken to protect users' rights and make the...
www.techspot.com www.techspot.com
I mean, it would technically not be censorship, right? You would still be allowed to post anything you want (within the existing law(s)), and appending your IP address and location to each post wouldn't interfere with your ability to post at all, right?

--Patrick
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Elon is big into the scam of "web 3.0" which is all about making everything identifiable and traceable so that it can more easily be sold to you


#34

figmentPez

figmentPez

Musk wants to charge companies to quote tweets from verified accounts.

HAHAHAHAHA! Good luck with that one.


#35

PatrThom

PatrThom

Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter ban on Donald Trump

Can you double-Brazelton a thread?

--Patrick


#36

blotsfan

blotsfan

Trump has already said he won’t return to twitter regardless, and as a man of his word, I expect him to stick to that.


#37

GasBandit

GasBandit

I think it'd be quite funny if some governing body then decided that Elon Musk was directly, criminally culpable for any misinformation posted by verified accounts :D


#38

Zappit

Zappit

Crypto absolutely fucking NOSEDIVES, Tesla’s stock is dropping hard, and guess who suddenly is putting the deal on hold?


#39

Cheesy1

Cheesy1

Huh, who would have thought virtual Monopoly money was worthless?


#40

Celt Z

Celt Z

GasBandit said:
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Crypto absolutely fucking NOSEDIVES, Tesla’s stock is dropping hard, and guess who suddenly is putting the deal on hold?
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Wow, you guys work quick.


#41

figmentPez

figmentPez

Zappit said:
Crypto absolutely fucking NOSEDIVES, Tesla’s stock is dropping hard, and guess who suddenly is putting the deal on hold?
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And getting into trouble for Tweeting about the deal being on hold:



#42

figmentPez

figmentPez



Elon Musk tries to walk away from Twitter deal


#43

Mathias

Mathias

figmentPez said:


Elon Musk tries to walk away from Twitter deal
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He absolutely will too. Like the quote from Wolf of Wall Street: "I was absolutely terrified, but I needn't of been... See, for a brief, fleeting moment I forgotten I was rich, and I lived in a place where everything was for sale. Wouldn't you like to learn how to sell it?


#44

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Twitter is down right now.

This is CLEARLY Elon Musk's fault. He decided "If I can't have it, then neither can any of you!" /sarcasm

But seriously, how am I supposed to get into dumb, time-wasting arguments with right-wing yahoos now?


#45

blotsfan

blotsfan

Time to start truthing.


#46

Mathias

Mathias

ThatNickGuy said:
Twitter is down right now.

This is CLEARLY Elon Musk's fault. He decided "If I can't have it, then neither can any of you!" /sarcasm

But seriously, how am I supposed to get into dumb, time-wasting arguments with right-wing yahoos now?
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I wonder how many Twitter fights are just propaganda bots going at it?


#47

Bubble181

Bubble181

ThatNickGuy said:
Twitter is down right now.

This is CLEARLY Elon Musk's fault. He decided "If I can't have it, then neither can any of you!" /sarcasm

But seriously, how am I supposed to get into dumb, time-wasting arguments with right-wing yahoos now?
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Gab. Truth. Comments under Fox News articles. Family gatherings.


#48

figmentPez

figmentPez

Mathias said:
I wonder how many Twitter fights are just propaganda bots going at it?
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I've wondered that myself.

Lately I've been noticing a lot of usernames with 8+ numbers in them. I don't know if I'm just noticing them now, or there's some other explanation I can't fathom, but what human chooses to have so many numbers in their username?


#49

Bubble181

Bubble181

figmentPez said:
I've wondered that myself.

Lately I've been noticing a lot of usernames with 8+ numbers in them. I don't know if I'm just noticing them now, or there's some other explanation I can't fathom, but what human chooses to have so many numbers in their username?
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Depends. Often, it'll be a date...And since "Pez" is taken, why not take "Pez20011205" (if you're born December 5th, 2001, or got married that day, or whatever :p). I mean, 181 was just a random suggestion by an automated system way back when I was making a character for a (text based!) MMO. The GoFreedom57335472 and Missouri_Anna_64498379 type of users, yeah, I assume those are (badly made) bots.


#50

Zappit

Zappit

The only fistname bunchanumbas account I’ve seen that’s really legit is Greg. Fun account, too.


#51

Frank

Frank



And re-deleted.


#52

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

With all the nonsense and bullshit surrounding this, I still doubt this deal goes through.


#53

MindDetective

MindDetective

ThatNickGuy said:
With all the nonsense and bullshit surrounding this, I still doubt this deal goes through.
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It might go through if the courts force him to do it.


#54

Frank

Frank

I think he was told he was going to lose the lawsuit spectacularly and is trying to keep any more of his text messages to his shitty sycophantic friends from being released.


#55

blotsfan

blotsfan

He was always able to get out of the suit by paying a 1 billion dollar exit clause. He just won’t do that.


#56

Frank

Frank

The game of chicken continues. Elon (SUPER SMARTLY) seems like he would only agree to the sale if Twitter stops the lawsuit. Twitter did no such thing, so the trial is on. FOR NOW.

This shit is so stupid.


#57

blotsfan

blotsfan

I don’t understand why Twitter would sue him if he agrees to the sale.


#58

Frank

Frank

Probably because he would try to stop buying it immediately if he isn't forced to.


#59

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

blotsfan said:
I don’t understand why Twitter would sue him if he agrees to the sale.
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Apparently, they want the sale controlled by the court, not on Musk's terms. Given the way he's acted, I don't blame them.

As a bonus, the discovery portion of the trial means Musk has to reveal any relevant texts. Which could be verrrrrrry interesting.


#60

Zappit

Zappit

Given the news the suit is still going on, may I also add...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


#61

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Lol, it gets even better.



#62

Celt Z

Celt Z

Gosh, guys, none of this is suspicious at all!


#63

PatrThom

PatrThom

Just more evidence that none of his ideas are ever actually originally his.

—Patrick


#64

blotsfan

blotsfan



#65

blotsfan

blotsfan

This has been quite a saga.



#66

Dave

Dave

blotsfan said:
This has been quite a saga.

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That's a fuckin' shame. Not that anything will ever come of it. Maybe a few million in fines, which he won't even notice.


#67

blotsfan

blotsfan

You guys who just assume that he'll wriggle out of anything are forgetting that he's not fucking over regular people with this. He's fucking over other ultra-rich people.


#68

evilmike

evilmike



#69

PatrThom

PatrThom

I saw a screenshot that had Elon's Twitter account badged with "Chief Twit" and I don't care whether it's true or not because in my head it's now canon.

--Patrick


#70

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Fuck.



#71

figmentPez

figmentPez

How long before the shit hits the fan?


#72

Bubble181

Bubble181

figmentPez said:
How long before the shit hits the fan?
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It's too late for him to do something meaningful as an October surprise, but then the Rs don't need it anymore anyway.


#73

MindDetective

MindDetective

I don't really see the doom and gloom about this. Except the rich guy potentially getting richer. Twitter isn't known as some sanctified place, beloved by all. That isn't even remotely its reputation. If this is about deplatforming racists and such, that was never a permanent solution. Basically, the fan is already made of shit, so hitting it with more shit doesn't worry me.


#74

Bubble181

Bubble181

MindDetective said:
I don't really see the doom and gloom about this. Except the rich guy potentially getting richer. Twitter isn't known as some sanctified place, beloved by all. That isn't even remotely its reputation. If this is about deplatforming racists and such, that was never a permanent solution. Basically, the fan is already made of shit, so hitting it with more shit doesn't worry me.
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Twitter has a (undeserved and unjustified) name as The Place to hear what people have to say, to hear the opinions of regular people, where big announcements are made, etc.
Journalists and politicians have favored it and despite its user base still pretty much being pretty limited it has a far outsized influence on things. Compare and contrast to FB which, despite its multitude of other failings, can actually up to a point state they can reach the vast majority of normal people in the western world.
Twitter allowing or even supporting hate speech, lies, propaganda, etc will poison the well of public speech and public opinion even further.
It wasn't great before, definitely, but it will get even worse.


#75

Frank

Frank

Out


#76

MindDetective

MindDetective

Bubble181 said:
Twitter has a (undeserved and unjustified) name as The Place to hear what people have to say, to hear the opinions of regular people, where big announcements are made, etc.
Journalists and politicians have favored it and despite its user base still pretty much being pretty limited it has a far outsized influence on things. Compare and contrast to FB which, despite its multitude of other failings, can actually up to a point state they can reach the vast majority of normal people in the western world.
Twitter allowing or even supporting hate speech, lies, propaganda, etc will poison the well of public speech and public opinion even further.
It wasn't great before, definitely, but it will get even worse.
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Yeah, basically I addressed all of that in my lack of concern.


#77

Zappit

Zappit

Eh, he’s already backtracking on that free speech “paradise” shit. Twitter barely turns a profit on ads, and they’ll bail in droves if Twitter turns into Parler or Truth Social. Plus, he financed this deal. If he fucks Twitter sideways and people and advertisers leave, he’s royally fucked himself. It doesn’t just tank Twitter; Tesla stock would plummet, too. He’s can’t manipulate the market out of this one.

I figure this ends up like almost all of Elon’s ventures - big promises and either nothing or incremental, minor change.


#78

figmentPez

figmentPez

Zappit said:
Eh, he’s already backtracking on that free speech “paradise” shit. Twitter barely turns a profit on ads, and they’ll bail in droves if Twitter turns into Parler or Truth Social. Plus, he financed this deal. If he fucks Twitter sideways and people and advertisers leave, he’s royally fucked himself. It doesn’t just tank Twitter; Tesla stock would plummet, too. He’s can’t manipulate the market out of this one.

I figure this ends up like almost all of Elon’s ventures - big promises and either nothing or incremental, minor change.
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I think there's another possibility. He attempts to meddle with the system, advertisers freak out, and then he has to backpedal to get them to stick around, and that results in big changes that advertisers and banking have been wanting for a while, namely cracking down on adult content (not just outright porn, but all sorts of adult oriented discussion, educational content, and more.)

Twitter has already been pushing in the direction of removing content that isn't advertiser friendly, and if Elon tries to push too hard to get his preferred type of unfriendly content, he might just bring down the whole house of cards.


#79

PatrThom

PatrThom

arstechnica.com

Elon Musk completes Twitter purchase, immediately fires CEO and other execs

Musk completes $44B purchase, fires CEO Parag Agrawal and others.
arstechnica.com arstechnica.com
Yes, immediately fire the people who know how to run the place. I'm sure there won't be any repercussions.

--Patrick


#80

Frank

Frank

The n-word was trending today. Good start.


#81

figmentPez

figmentPez

Frank said:
The n-word was trending today. Good start.
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So was Ivermectin. A lot of crappy stuff has been trending, because it's trendy to "test" the system by posting lists of topics that have been censored in the past. It's a fucking stupid trend and it doesn't prove anything about the change in ownership, though it does indicate the user base is still collectively as dumb as a sack of bricks.

EDIT:

Yup, there's a huge increase in assholery on Twitter right now.


#82

Bubble181

Bubble181

figmentPez said:
So was Ivermectin. A lot of crappy stuff has been trending, because it's trendy to "test" the system by posting lists of topics that have been censored in the past. It's a fucking stupid trend and it doesn't prove anything about the change in ownership, though it does indicate the user base is still collectively as dumb as a sack of bricks.

EDIT:

Yup, there's a huge increase in assholery on Twitter right now.
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Who'd have thought that was possible?


#83

GasBandit

GasBandit



#84

PatrThom

PatrThom

It's funny since Foghorn Leghorn was already a parody of another Southern parody character.

--Patrick


#85

GasBandit

GasBandit



#86

AshburnerX

AshburnerX

GasBandit said:
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#87

GasBandit

GasBandit



#88

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

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#89

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Musk's desperation is showing.

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#90

Bubble181

Bubble181

"the only way"?
Nahh. Maybe the only way they can make a profit from it and they're willing to implement.

Also, don't see how that would slow down bots for one second


#91

Frank

Frank

figmentPez said:
So was Ivermectin. A lot of crappy stuff has been trending, because it's trendy to "test" the system by posting lists of topics that have been censored in the past. It's a fucking stupid trend and it doesn't prove anything about the change in ownership, though it does indicate the user base is still collectively as dumb as a sack of bricks.

EDIT:

Yup, there's a huge increase in assholery on Twitter right now.
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And why was it so easy to crash the moderation system?



#92

Celt Z

Celt Z

I'm sure I'm not the only one to think this, but it's assumed that they're charging now for the blue check because once they start letting the trolls and other banned folk back on Twitter, it's going to supplement the advertisers that will pull out?


#93

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Celt Z said:
I'm sure I'm not the only one to think this, but it's assumed that they're charging now for the blue check because once they start letting the trolls and other banned folk back on Twitter, it's going to supplement the advertisers that will pull out?
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That's probably Musk's thinking. He expects advertisers to leave and thinks this will help keep profits up.

Unfortunately, apparently 92% of Twitter's income is from advertising. It was already operating at a loss. And there sure as hell won't be enough existing blue checks willing to pay anything. So this will just cause them to lose MORE money.


#94

Dave

Dave

Fuck Musk. I'm staying on Twitter long enough to have it turn into a cesspool Parlor wannabe but then I'll bail. I don't see that much there anyway. The people I follow don't post right wing conspiracy stuff.


#95

Bubble181

Bubble181

To be fair, 15 for all of English language Twitter just means the quality will come closer to quality of Twitter in all other languages.
There was apparently one (1) Dutch speaking person moderating. If that person was sick or in vacation? Well, guess your report for dangerous or hate speech will be Google translated and rated by someone from another language... If they can understand it at all, because of course auto translators don't handle slurs and dogwhistle stuff well at all.


#96

Dei

Dei

ThatNickGuy said:
Musk's desperation is showing.

Image
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#97

Dave

Dave

HALF as many ads.


#98

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

My god, this is sad.


#99

Tress

Tress

Even for Musk, that was a lot of money to buy something just to toss it in the dumpster. Maybe after this shitfest implodes, his ego will come back down to Earth.


#100

Zappit

Zappit

I’m starting really understand how he so many goddamn rockets explode on the launchpad.


#101

GasBandit

GasBandit



#102

Bubble181

Bubble181

GasBandit said:
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That's unfair. To be on equal footing they should start out with a rotting cabbage with maggots all over it.


#103

Dei

Dei

Zappit said:
I’m starting really understand how he so many goddamn rockets explode on the launchpad.
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That's not really a fair comparison.


#104

Shakey

Shakey

He’s really going to try to haggle Stephen King down from $20 a month to $8 a month? I’m sure he has to realize that to someone like him, there’s no real difference.


#105

phil

phil

So anyone can get a checkmark for $8 and this will...lead to less fake accounts?


#106

PatrThom

PatrThom

phil said:
So anyone can get a checkmark for $8 and this will...lead to less fake accounts?
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"Premium."

--Patrick


#107

Dei

Dei


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#108

Shakey

Shakey

I really hope that the first thing that happens is a couple thousand people create verified Elon Musk accounts and troll the shit out of him.


#109

chris

chris

Yeah, a whole bunch of "realelon", "famouselon", "realfamouselon", "originalelon" etc.


#110

blotsfan

blotsfan

I kinda wonder if he’s floating obviously horrible ideas so he can walk them back, get praised, and do nefarious stuff without as much attention. Like, I don’t think highly of his intelligence but I never thought he was this dumb.



#111

bhamv3

bhamv3

Has he explained his rationale for how blue check marks will defeat the bots and trolls yet?


#112

Bubble181

Bubble181

"we're looking at trying to take bits from Only Fans, Patreon, and whatever other platform we can think of to try and get money"


#113

Shakey

Shakey

bhamv3 said:
Has he explained his rationale for how blue check marks will defeat the bots and trolls yet?
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I’m guessing he assumes that everyone will pay for blue check marks, so you’ll know it’s a bot if they don’t have one, since no one will pay just to troll someone. And, of course, everyone has enough disposable income for yet another subscription…


#114

bhamv3

bhamv3

Shakey said:
I’m guessing he assumes that everyone will pay for blue check marks, so you’ll know it’s a bot if they don’t have one, since no one will pay just to troll someone. And, of course, everyone has enough disposable income for yet another subscription…
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Ah yes, those overseas-based troll farms bankrolled by national governments are totally too poor to pay for blue-checkmarked trolling accounts...


#115

AshburnerX

AshburnerX

Does NO ONE remember Something Awful, where folks were more than willing to burn a Hamilton just to fuck with people?

Nah. I'll stay with Twitter long enough to find out where all my favs move and then it's nothing but me watching the trash fire burn.


#116

Mathias

Mathias

What the hell happened to Musk. It's like he went off the damn deep end in the last 10 years.


#117

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Mathias said:
What the hell happened to Musk. It's like he went off the damn deep end in the last 10 years.
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He's gotten especially worse since he got dumped.

pagesix.com

Exclusive | Elon Musk and Grimes break up after three years together

“We are semi-separated but still love each other, see each other frequently and are on great terms,” the SpaceX founder told Page Six.
pagesix.com pagesix.com


#118

Bubble181

Bubble181

Mathias said:
What the hell happened to Musk. It's like he went off the damn deep end in the last 10 years.
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There's quite a bit of research by now that at a certain point being too wealthy and powerful is actively harmful to mental health; there's pretty much no peers left and your relation to others deteriorate. The Citizen Kane effect, if you will.
Who can Musk consider equals? Zuckerberg? Bezos? That's pretty much it. There's quite a few wannabes (*cough*Trump*cough*, Ye, Bloomberg) but really... That's it. Oh, sure, there's some Vanderbilts and Kochs and Saudi princes and whatever, but they're a different kind of rich and powerful.
If Musk was US born he'd probably be eyeing the presidency just for kicks, but that's out of reach.


#119

GasBandit

GasBandit

AshburnerX said:
Does NO ONE remember Something Awful, where folks were more than willing to burn a Hamilton just to fuck with people?
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I still have a whole slough of "Hope you got 10 bucks" memes stashed in my image hoard.



#120

Far

Far

If he needs an example of how having a paid barrier of entry does absolutely nothing to stop trolls and cheats, all he needs to do is look at any not free to play competitive game that actively perma bans people caught cheating, cause all those people do is buy another account once the one they're using is banned.


#121

GasBandit

GasBandit



#122

PatrThom

PatrThom

Bubble181 said:
Who can Musk consider equals? Zuckerberg? Bezos? That's pretty much it.
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You forgot Notch.

—Patrick


#123

PatrThom

PatrThom

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—Patrick


#124

Zappit

Zappit

Mathias said:
What the hell happened to Musk. It's like he went off the damn deep end in the last 10 years.
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I think it was always there, but a big cult following really blew up his ego that he could do no wrong.


#125

phil

phil

Zappit said:
I think it was always there, but a big cult following really blew up his ego that he could do no wrong.
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I think it was people slowly coming around to the fact that he's full of shit. He'd been saying for so long that self driving cars were 1-2 years away, spaceX would be going to mars soon while the rockets were still blowing up, giving Puerto Rico power batteries that didn't end up working and then finally the cave submarine incident. After that he really just seemed to lean into the idea that there's no such thing as bad press.

It's like when that scuba diver called him out on a grandstanding with a categorically bad idea he just could not handle the idea of not being irl tony stark like he'd spent so much time and money cultivating


#126

Frank

Frank

Don't forget the promise to end global hunger for 6 billion.


#127

GasBandit

GasBandit

phil said:
he just could not handle the idea of not being irl tony stark like he'd spent so much time and money cultivating
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I've heard it said several times, Elon Musk thinks he's Tony Stark, but he's really Justin Hammer.


#128

PatrThom

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
I've heard it said several times, Elon Musk thinks he's Tony Stark, but he's really Justin Hammer.
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He’s really Reggie Van Dough Jr., you mean.

—Patrick


#129

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Frank said:
Don't forget the promise to end global hunger for 6 billion.
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He could end would hunger, -or- he could use even more of his money to make people stop making fun of him on the internet...

It was a tough call


#130

phil

phil

Ravenpoe said:
He could end would hunger, -or- he could use even more of his money to make people stop making fun of him on the internet...

It was a tough call
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And remember after he asked Twitter if he should pay taxes he ended up paying like .5% of his net worth in taxes for probably the first and only time


#131

GasBandit

GasBandit



#132

GasBandit

GasBandit



#133

Chad Sexington

Chad Sexington



#134

PatrThom

PatrThom

radaronline.com

'The Expectation Is Literally To Work 24/7': Elon Musk Orders Twitter Staff To Work 84-Hour Weeks As 75% Of Employees Face Being Fired

According to a new report, Musk ordered his staffers to work 12-hour shifts seven days a week to meet newly implemented deadlines to overhaul the platform.
radaronline.com radaronline.com

Is this serious? Because if it is serious, it sounds serious.
I mean, this just sounds like Musk has a pathological hatred of whatever he deems "laziness."

--Patrick


#135

Tress

Tress

PatrThom said:
radaronline.com

'The Expectation Is Literally To Work 24/7': Elon Musk Orders Twitter Staff To Work 84-Hour Weeks As 75% Of Employees Face Being Fired

According to a new report, Musk ordered his staffers to work 12-hour shifts seven days a week to meet newly implemented deadlines to overhaul the platform.
radaronline.com radaronline.com

Is this serious? Because if it is serious, it sounds serious.
I mean, this just sounds like Musk has a pathological hatred of whatever he deems "laziness."

--Patrick
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Uh huh. And I’m sure he’s putting in 84 hour work weeks at Twitter during this time as well.


#136

Bubble181

Bubble181

Tress said:
Uh huh. And I’m sure he’s putting in 84 hour work weeks at Twitter during this time as well.
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In addition to his 84 hour work weeks at SpaceX and his 84 hour work weeks at Tesla? Of course. And in his downtime he's a full time ambassador and political analyst.


#137

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

If 75% of them are getting fired (and likely don't know who among them), they should just all quit and tell him to get fucked.


#138

blotsfan

blotsfan

I was told that basically a lot of the current employees have stock options, and while normally the stock option is the right to buy stock at a discount, because Twitter is no longer a publicly traded company, for every share of stock the employee was allowed to buy, they now just get a bonus of 54.20 (the epic weed number Elon valued twitter at). This basically multiplied the amount twitter has to spend on stock options by up to 10x. That’s the real reason Elon wants to get rid of everyone, because suddenly a bonus valued at 5k is now $50k.


#139

GasBandit

GasBandit

Seems to me that if someone can be CEO of 3 companies, CEOs don't actually do very much.


#140

Celt Z

Celt Z

Chad Sexington said:
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Spitting Image still exists?!?!?

I'm glad, but also shocked.


#141

figmentPez

figmentPez


Link


#142

AshburnerX

AshburnerX

GasBandit said:
Seems to me that if someone can be CEO of 3 companies, CEOs don't actually do very much.
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CEOs exist to take the blame from the stockholders, who need a human face for the failures of their investment so they can complain.


#143

GasBandit

GasBandit

figmentPez said:

Link
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RSS *is* awesome and ready to get back to work!

I don't know if it counts as social media, though.


#144

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Welp, let's see how things are going for Musk.

Oh dear, not very well. LOL.

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#145

Bubble181

Bubble181

"nothing has changed with moderation" except the people doing the moderating had no idea what rules were still be enforced and which weren't, they were warned there'd be massive layoffs, and all management was gone. Idiot.


#146

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Bubble181 said:
"nothing has changed with moderation" except the people doing the moderating had no idea what rules were still be enforced and which weren't, they were warned there'd be massive layoffs, and all management was gone. Idiot.
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Don't forget how the company became owned by a guy known to love fascists and hate speech


#147

MindDetective

MindDetective

figmentPez said:

Link
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So many HIPAA violations going on here!


#148

Tress

Tress

Ravenpoe said:
Don't forget how the company became owned by a guy known to love fascists and hate speech
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But his freedom of speech! He should be allowed to buy a social media company for the express purpose of maintaining right-wing access to broadcast their hate speech, and suffer no consequences whatsoever!

You see, when Musk says something and uses his wealth to force everyone to go along with it, that's freedom. When average people band together and petition advertisers to drop Twitter, and those advertisers listen to the people, that's oppression.

(a.k.a. "I'm only a free market champion when the market does what *I* want, not when it does something I don't like. Then it should be restricted.")


#149

Shakey

Shakey

Or maybe they saw some crazy ass ego maniac, who decided the salvation of Twitter would be to charge for blue check marks, take over and fire a shit load of people. Maybe they decided that company probably doesn’t have a great long term outlook, and they decided to spend their advertising money elsewhere.

Or they hate free speech I guess.


#150

GasBandit

GasBandit

Putting pressure on advertisers IS free speech, Musk.


#151

figmentPez

figmentPez



#152

PatrThom

PatrThom

New theory. Musk never intended for Twitter to remain in operation. This whole thing purely an expensive attempt to shut down ElonJet by murdering the entirety of Twitter to do so.
Kind of like how Herr Starr burned down an entire insane asylum in Preacher just to kill one guy without it looking like that one guy was the target.

--Patrick


#153

blotsfan

blotsfan

Well you gotta remember Elon never intended to buy twitter.


#154

Dei

Dei

HahahahHahahaha


#155

Tress

Tress

And the newest dumb idea? According to a NYT article, Musk is floating the idea of charging users for the ability to DM celebrities (and Twitter would take a percentage).

He does know that he reeks of desperation, right?


#156

PatrThom

PatrThom

Tress said:
He does know that he reeks of desperation, right?
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You know how the villain in an animated movie will do something profoundly stupid and then melodramatically turn towards the protagonist and declare, "...Oops!" with a smile and grin hinting that perhaps it wasn't really such a mistake after all?
That. It reeks of that.

--Patrick


#157

blotsfan

blotsfan

Tress said:
And the newest dumb idea? According to a NYT article, Musk is floating the idea of charging users for the ability to DM celebrities (and Twitter would take a percentage).
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Tbh I don’t think that’s a totally dumb idea. It’s at least something that brings in revenue and doesn’t change the site if you don’t want to use it.


#158

blotsfan

blotsfan

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#159

Bubble181

Bubble181

Depends... Who are "celebrities"? Everyone with a blue check? They'll have moderated DM's and harassing any non-paying user is okay because, well, if you don't want death threats and dick pics just become a paying user?


#160

Dave

Dave

Yes and allowing people to DM celebrities - even if real - is a wonderful way to promote free speech. You know, of the people sending death threats about things they don’t like. Oh that celebrity said something political against my guy? Better pay to harass them!

Genius.


#161

blotsfan

blotsfan

I guess I'm assuming its a feature the celebrity would have to opt in to.


#162

AshburnerX

AshburnerX

blotsfan said:
I guess I'm assuming its a feature the celebrity would have to opt in to.
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If people could only DM certain celebrities after paying for this feature, why would they bother to pay for it all?


#163

Shakey

Shakey

AshburnerX said:
If people could only DM certain celebrities after paying for this feature, why would they bother to pay for it all?
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My guess would be you could pay a fee to send a message to a specific celebrity for a fee the celebrity sets. Almost like Cameo, but instead of requesting videos, just messaging them.


#164

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Heard Elon fired a lot of the coders by doing a stack comparison and laying off those that coded the least amount of lines.

Because as anyone that has done any code knows, the more code the better. :rolleyes:


#165

Bubble181

Bubble181

//lorem ipsum....


#166

figmentPez

figmentPez

The entire accessibility department has been fired:


#167

Bubble181

Bubble181

The amount of replies to that thread boiling down to "I have no clue what an accessibility team does but I'm going to assume you're a bunch of libtards pushing propaganda lololol" just makes me weep for human kind. Can we just have Putin drop the bombs and get it all over with?


#168

figmentPez

figmentPez



#169

GasBandit

GasBandit



#170

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

I've held on long enough, but I think I'm going to delete my Twitter account this weekend. Before it all changes on Monday. I just don't trust Musk and this rushed rebuilding of code. It sounds like it'll be a complete nightmare.

I wanted to stick around to watch it burn, but I don't think it'll be safe or secure come Monday when all these changes go through.


#171

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

ThatNickGuy said:
I've held on long enough, but I think I'm going to delete my Twitter account this weekend. Before it all changes on Monday. I just don't trust Musk and this rushed rebuilding of code. It sounds like it'll be a complete nightmare.

I wanted to stick around to watch it burn, but I don't think it'll be safe or secure come Monday when all these changes go through.
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I deleted my twitter account months ago when news first started that Elon was trying to buy it. It was one of my few social media accounts remaining.

I feel a little bit like an old fogey when I tell people I'm not on social media... any of them, but goddamn do I feel a lot better about it.


#172

GasBandit

GasBandit



#173

figmentPez

figmentPez



#174

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Ravenpoe said:
I deleted my twitter account months ago when news first started that Elon was trying to buy it. It was one of my few social media accounts remaining.

I feel a little bit like an old fogey when I tell people I'm not on social media... any of them, but goddamn do I feel a lot better about it.
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Honestly, Twitter and Halforums have been my main sources of online interactions. I have Facebook and Instagram, but I barely use either these days for various reason. No interest in Tiktok.

Even Halforums, I don't post as often as Twitter. I often copy/pasted Twitter rants onto here. I love this place but it's not as lively by comparison.


#175

GasBandit

GasBandit

ThatNickGuy said:
Even Halforums, I don't post as often as Twitter. I often copy/pasted Twitter rants onto here. I love this place but it's not as lively by comparison.
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Yeah, but which one has been observably worse for your mental health?


#176

GasBandit

GasBandit

Call Musk a Nazi? That's a suspension



Tell someone "shut it Jew?" Not against policy.



#177

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

GasBandit said:
Yeah, but which one has been observably worse for your mental health?
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Twitter, probably. I've been pulled into far more bad faith arguments and harassed on there far, FAR more.

But since we don't have that many users on here by comparison, my constant need to refresh the page for new content doesn't always bear new fruit like it often does on Twitter.


#178

GasBandit

GasBandit

Looks like Musk might have forgotten that some countries have labor laws less favorable to oligarchs than others

www.rte.ie

Enterprise department not notified of Twitter layoffs

The Department of Enterprise has confirmed that Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise Leo Varadkar has not yet received a collective redundancy notification from Twitter.
www.rte.ie www.rte.ie


#179

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

Heh Valerie Bertinelli.


#180

GasBandit

GasBandit



#181

PatrThom

PatrThom

There are rumors that quiet emails are being sent to certain recently fired employees whose positions turned out to actually be essential, asking them to come back. Here’s hoping they’ve already made other plans.

I mean, I barely used Twitter, but I still liked using it as a way to see what other people were saying. And now I feel guilty for saying this, but I want to see it collapse and burn just to consume more of Elon’s petty cash in the hopes that it’ll inhibit him from committing any future stupidity. Maybe Automattic can swoop in and pick them up for just a couple billion sometime in March, yeah.

—Patrick


#182

Bubble181

Bubble181

Twitter staff just completely quitting en masse and the whole platform collapsing in on itself is a lovely dream.
The media keeps talking about this "outsized influence" Twitter has, without apparently the least bit of self awareness that it's entirely them giving it that influence.
Let senators debate in the senate, government defense their position in cabinet and to parliament. Just don't hyper focus on everything they feel like putting out there, FFS.


#183

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx



So looks like he is just going to assume all free users are trolls or bots and make it so the algorithm always prioritizes people that pay him.

Free speech, everyone.


#184

PatrThom

PatrThom

ScytheRexx said:
Free speech, everyone.
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"Can be yours free for the low, low price of just eight dollars a month!"
Unfortunately, as has already been discussed, since Twitter is a private company, he is completely within his rights to run it however he pleases, even if that means "All tweets must be in English and may not use the letters 'E' or 'M.'"

--Patrick


#185

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Oh I know it's in his rights to do so. I have always believed Twitter can choose to do whatever it wants with how people use its platform. I just find it funny that his entire shtick was that it wasn't "free" enough, that was why he bought it, and now he's making it more restricted by adding castes among users.

I think I'm just sick of the overall hypocrisy of these people.


#186

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

"Free speech!"
"Okay, I'll use my free speech to change my name and profile picture to jokingly pretend to be you."
"Wait, no, not like that."

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#187

GasBandit

GasBandit



#188

Frank

Frank

I hope someone creates a good alternative at some point. Mastodon fucking ain't it man.


#189

GasBandit

GasBandit

Anybody looked into bluesky? Not that I really care, I didn't even really do Twitter.


#190

blotsfan

blotsfan

GasBandit said:
Anybody looked into bluesky? Not that I really care, I didn't even really do Twitter.
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Bluesky is "based on the blockchain" which doesn't tell me much other than that I don't want to use it.


#191

PatrThom

PatrThom

ThatNickGuy said:
"Free speech!"
"Okay, I'll use my free speech to change my name and profile picture to jokingly pretend to be you."
"Wait, no, not like that."

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—Patrick


#192

figmentPez

figmentPez

Twitter asks some laid off workers to come back, Bloomberg reports

"After Twitter Inc laid off roughly half its staff on Friday following Elon Musk's $44 billion acquisition, the company is now reaching out to dozens of employees who lost their jobs and asking them to return, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday.

"Some of those who are being asked to return were laid off by mistake. Others were let go before management realized that their work and experience may be necessary to build the new features Musk envisions, the report said citing people familiar with the moves."


#193

GasBandit

GasBandit



#194

@Li3n

@Li3n

PatrThom said:
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—Patrick
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Hmm:






#195

tegid

tegid

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He's really going full meltdown asshole. And he says advertisers are pulling out due to an organised boycott... heh

I was really enjoying this but it's wearing thin fast.


#196

blotsfan

blotsfan

It’s frustrating becuase I love this so much but I also love twitter and will genuinely miss it once he either destroys it or completely ruins it to the point where it’s not worth using.


#197

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

How much damage is he doing to Tesla by cratering Twitter?


#198

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

HCGLNS said:
How much damage is he doing to Tesla by cratering Twitter?
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To the flooooooor!
(It's already down another 3.64% so far just this morning.)

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#199

blotsfan

blotsfan

The thing is, Tesla was wildly overvalued considering what it actually did as a car company. Owning Tesla stock was effectively betting on Elon Musk being a genius visionary, and he’s done a fantastic job since buying twitter of making that undeniably false.


#200

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

blotsfan said:
The thing is, Tesla was wildly overvalued considering what it actually did as a car company. Owning Tesla stock was effectively betting on Elon Musk being a genius visionary, and he’s done a fantastic job since buying twitter of making that undeniably false.
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Yeah that's my primary take. More and more people are realizing that Tesla makes an average luxury car and an average electric car, and that by combining the two you don't get an amazing car.


#201

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

blotsfan said:
The thing is, Tesla was wildly overvalued considering what it actually did as a car company. Owning Tesla stock was effectively betting on Elon Musk being a genius visionary, and he’s done a fantastic job since buying twitter of making that undeniably false.
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Thing is, though, Musk also used his Tesla stock as collateral for the Twitter buyout. So if the stock continues to drop, that's more he loses because of all this nonsense.


#202

GasBandit

GasBandit



#203

Chad Sexington

Chad Sexington

I can't believe the guy who has been lying for a decade about self-driving cars, lied about the hyperloop, lied about tunnels, lied about Mars, lied about his cave rescue submarine, lied about luxury space travel, lied about 20+ launches a year, and lied about solar panels lied about his plans for Twitter.


#204

GasBandit

GasBandit



#205

PatrThom

PatrThom

ThatNickGuy said:
if the stock continues to drop, that's more he loses because of all this nonsense.
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Oh no!
Anyway...

--Patrick


#206

GasBandit

GasBandit



#207

GasBandit

GasBandit



#208

blotsfan

blotsfan

He’s slowly learning that the old policies weren’t just done for no reason whatsoever.



#209

GasBandit

GasBandit



#210

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe



#211

PatrThom

PatrThom


Damn, damn, daaayum!

--Patrick


#212

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

The last few days have been a complete shitshow, to put it mildly.

First, they introduce the new version of verification, which includes...a checkmark AND a little thing note on your profile saying "official." Double the verfication at half the value!
Twitter Drop 1.JPG


When people laughed at how stupid that was when a simple checkmark was just as sufficient, that was quickly dropped.

Twitter Drop 2.JPG


And now, a bunch of fake but "verified" accounts (as in, they paid the $8 started cropping up. And naturally, because they looked legitimate enough, people though they were the real thing.
Fake Account 1.JPG

Fake Account 2.JPG



Oh, and Musk's next brilliant idea: turning Twitter into some kind of banking system.
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Meanwhile, Tesla's stock price dropped another 7.17% just today. It's worth less than half its value only a year ago.

Oh, and the Republican that Musk personally endorsed lost.

So his week is going spectacularly.


#213

GasBandit

GasBandit



#214

bhamv3

bhamv3

I can't think of many things I'd rather do less than link my bank info to Twitter.

And all the things I do think of are gruesome ones involving doing bad things to my various body parts.


#215

Shakey

Shakey

ThatNickGuy said:
Oh, and Musk's next brilliant idea: turning Twitter into some kind of banking system.
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Like, I dunno, PayPal?


#216

phil

phil

Shakey said:
Like, I dunno, PayPal?
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I had to read the scarlet letter so many times in school I just turned in the same paper as a year before with minor edits. If that can get me a C+ who knows what this will do for Musk!


#217

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Shakey said:
Like, I dunno, PayPal?
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Nah, he sold that, so this is totally different.


#218

phil

phil

You know what Twitter is missing? Wheels! With Twitter mobile you can take Twitter anywhere but with Mobile Twitter, now Twitter can take YOU anywhere! And the best part is, it's all electric!

Self driving mobile Twitter is just two years out for real guys.


#219

blotsfan

blotsfan

The grey official thing is back.

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#220

evilmike

evilmike

Has he tried to solve all of this with a blockchain yet? Maybe he can sell NFTs of blue checkmarks.


#221

figmentPez

figmentPez

Twitter is becoming $8chan


#222

Cheesy1

Cheesy1



#223

Frank

Frank

The king of Twitter has spoken



Also, wow Twitter sucks now. My uses for it have been for a while just following wrestling stuff and now it's just a deluge of garbage spewing from all corners. Good job everyone I guess.


#224

PatrThom

PatrThom

#BlockTheBlue appears to be trending, since having a blue checkmark has apparently mutated from "verified account holder" to "simping for Musk."

--Patrick


#225

blotsfan

blotsfan

Presented without comment (besides lol this is hillarious).

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#226

Bubble181

Bubble181

Literally millions of bot accounts available for sale still qualify, of course.


#227

figmentPez

figmentPez

Zero gay men are gay for Elon Musk.jpg


#228

Piotyr

Piotyr

And all of this just because one rich asshole couldn't deal with people criticizing him in public.


#229

figmentPez

figmentPez

Twitter Jedi Counsil grants the rank of Verified.jpg


#230

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

I'm a little too proud of myself for this one.



#231

Frank

Frank

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Oh no wonder everyone on Twitter is saying goodbye.

Project ruin the lives of thousands of people, a lot of people who don't work for Twitter, but who's livlihoods have come to depend on it successful. Mission Accomplished Elon.


#232

Tress

Tress

Elon Musk is putting Twitter at risk of billions in fines, warns company lawyer
"Elon outs rockets into space, he's not afraid of the FTC" - Musk's personal lawyer
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Keep talking, tough guy. The federal government will not fuck around, and they certainly won't let Musk prance around, flouting a legal settlement.


#233

Bubble181

Bubble181

Tress said:
Elon Musk is putting Twitter at risk of billions in fines, warns company lawyer


Keep talking, tough guy. The federal government will not fuck around, and they certainly won't let Musk prance around, flouting a legal settlement.
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...depending on who will control the government in three months' time, of course. Since some people's opinion of freedom is different from others'


#234

figmentPez

figmentPez



#235

figmentPez

figmentPez

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#236

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

If only there were some kind of...verification process.

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#237

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe



#238

figmentPez

figmentPez

Tumblr lets you buy two blue checkmarks for the same price, and you can get as many as 24!


#239

PatrThom

PatrThom

Frank said:
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Oh no wonder everyone on Twitter is saying goodbye.

Project ruin the lives of thousands of people, a lot of people who don't work for Twitter, but who's livlihoods have come to depend on it successful. Mission Accomplished Elon.
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Yep. Bought it to literally kill it.

Listen, if you have anything on twitter you want to keep, and you haven't done so already, archive it now. Screenshot it, rip it, whatever. Don't wait.

--Patrick


#240

Dave

Dave

We should start one and call it Clitter. The best part about it would be the right wing men wouldn't be able to find it.


(If anyone else has made that joke previously, please let me know so I don't do it on stage. I wrote that one.)


#241

figmentPez

figmentPez

Ravenpoe said:
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The version of that I saw said WinZip (or maybe WinRAR) instead of Wikipedia.


#242

blotsfan

blotsfan

And you can no longer buy twitter blue in the US.


#243

Bubble181

Bubble181

blotsfan said:
And you can no longer buy twitter blue in the US.
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So it's now a sign just for Indian and Russian bots? Practical


#244

blotsfan

blotsfan

I think it’s turned off worldwide, but the error message says “in your country” so I didn’t want to be presumptuous.


#245

blotsfan

blotsfan



#246

Sara_2814

Sara_2814

The Age of Social Media is Ending (The Atlantic)


#247

tegid

tegid

blotsfan said:
And you can no longer buy twitter blue in the US.
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Yeah, it's been shut down for now:



Apparently people inside twitter told him he should use a different icon for this new non-verified verified, but he wouldn't listen. He blew it just because his ego is too fragile. I don't think he's doing this on purpose, he just had a shitty idea publicly and couldn't stand it when people made fun of him for it.

Part of me is reeeally happy that is so plain for everyone to see that billionaires are not godly geniuses.


#248

Celt Z

Celt Z

Sara_2814 said:
The Age of Social Media is Ending (The Atlantic)
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As someone who barely dipped her toe in it...eh. No big loss. (...She said, while desperately clinging to her chosen forum.) But if there's anything I've learned, something else will take its place, and Gen Z or whatever Li'l Z's generation is at this point will do it. We're becoming internet dinosaurs, and the Ice Age is upon us.

But before we go, a big Fuck Zuck, Musk, and all the other shitlords that made money making the world worse. A thousand anal cancers upon you.


#249

Sara_2814

Sara_2814

Celt Z said:
As someone who barely dipped her toe in it...eh. No big loss. (...She said, while desperately clinging to her chosen forum.) But if there's anything I've learned, something else will take its place, and Gen Z or whatever Li'l Z's generation is at this point will do it. We're becoming internet dinosaurs, and the Ice Age is upon us.

But before we go, a big Fuck Zuck, Musk, and all the other shitlords that made money making the world worse. A thousand anal cancers upon you.
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I deleted my two Twitter accounts. Which meant absolutely nothing, because I never used them--one was a personal Twitter I created to try out this new thing and the other for a gaming guild I dropped out of years ago. But it felt good to add to the numbers of people leaving.

I hope GenZ (and beyond) learns from this and the next thing isn't as toxic.


#250

blotsfan

blotsfan

How is this continuously so funny.



#251

@Li3n

@Li3n

blotsfan said:

at this time

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Top kek right there...


#252

MindDetective

MindDetective

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#253

MindDetective

MindDetective

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(How true is it? Beats me. It is a hilarious narrative, though.)


#254

Far

Far

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#255

GasBandit

GasBandit



#256

PatrThom

PatrThom

Love how it includes a twitter hot button for retweet.

--Patrick


#257

GasBandit

GasBandit



#258

GasBandit

GasBandit



#259

figmentPez

figmentPez

half guy 3 confirmed!



#260

figmentPez

figmentPez

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#261

GasBandit

GasBandit



#262

GasBandit

GasBandit

Good lord he's so dumb. And he keeps coming back for more



#263

GasBandit

GasBandit



#264

GasBandit

GasBandit



#265

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

This clown show is really going off the rails in some of the funniest ways possible.

Reddit - Dive into anything

www.reddit.com www.reddit.com


#266

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Uh oh.
(And I honestly wouldn't be surprised.)
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#267

PatrThom

PatrThom

I'm honestly surprised it's survived this long.

--Patrick


#268

figmentPez

figmentPez



Such freedom!


#269

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Does anyone feel like Musk has lost it?

In China, a Tesla went out of control when it accelerated at high speed and couldn't be stopped. The resulting accidents killed 2 people and injured the driver.

Musk's reaction on Twitter to the video was just two laugh emoji. He deleted it not soon after when I guess he realized how bad it looked.

I don't think he ever actually wanted Twitter and was trying to pull off some stunt, and the strain of being forced to go through with the takeover and all the trolling he is enduring has broken him.


#270

blotsfan

blotsfan

ScytheRexx said:
I don't think he ever actually wanted Twitter and was trying to pull off some stunt, and the strain of being forced to go through with the takeover and all the trolling he is enduring has broken him.
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He very publicly tried to get out of the deal and was forced into buying it. This isn’t conjecture. It is very well documented.


#271

phil

phil

He's that guy who has to go out of his way to make sure you know that he doesn't care about something. Like a jock who has to announce that they don't know anything about star wars because they were too busy having sex in highschool, but also they typed this in the comments section of a star wars fan video on YouTube.


It's that Ben Shapiro school of debate where you win if you don't seem to care and lose if you get any amount emotional. Oh, someone died because my car is shit? I simply must show everyone that I don't care so they know how strong I am! Anyone who does care is weak and not worth listening to! Haha! I am very smart!


#272

Tress

Tress

I'm fairly certain there is something genuinely wrong with Elon Musk. I don't if he was like this before becoming uber-rich, but he seems unable to understand basic human emotions or social interactions.

Not an excuse. More like a sad observation. He is a malfunctioning adult with way too much power and influence.


#273

Frank

Frank

I think that's generally what happens to everyone with too much money. Breaks your brain.


#274

AshburnerX

AshburnerX

Tress said:
I'm fairly certain there is something genuinely wrong with Elon Musk. I don't if he was like this before becoming uber-rich, but he seems unable to understand basic human emotions or social interactions.

Not an excuse. More like a sad observation. He is a malfunctioning adult with way too much power and influence.
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Elon Musk comes from slave powered emerald mine money. He has NEVER not been uber-rich.


#275

Tress

Tress

AshburnerX said:
Elon Musk comes from slave powered emerald mine money. He has NEVER not been uber-rich.
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I did not know that. Then he's probably been fucked up since childhood.


#276

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Tress said:
I'm fairly certain there is something genuinely wrong with Elon Musk. I don't if he was like this before becoming uber-rich, but he seems unable to understand basic human emotions or social interactions.

Not an excuse. More like a sad observation. He is a malfunctioning adult with way too much power and influence.
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Well, his dad was rich from apartheid emerald mining, so profiting from human suffering would have been the norm. Hard for empathy to develop there


#277

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Tress said:
I did not know that. Then he's probably been fucked up since childhood.
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This article points out some tings about what he was like even before buying Twitter. It's not a pretty picture.

" Musk is a billionaire transphobe who’s been convicted of union-busting and has been sued for racially segregating his factory floor. "

aaronrupar.substack.com

Is Elon Musk evil or simply a fool?

Both. The answer is both.
aaronrupar.substack.com aaronrupar.substack.com


#278

blotsfan

blotsfan

The ol “how it started vs how it’s going.”





#279

GasBandit

GasBandit

Every time you think he's hit bottom, he digs deeper into the bedrock.


#280

Frank

Frank

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Kill me.


#281

blotsfan

blotsfan



#282

PatrThom

PatrThom

How long until Musk tweets his Google searches on how to run Twitter?

--Patrick


#283

GasBandit

GasBandit



#284

GasBandit

GasBandit

Some are starting to talk about doing a "cold boot" of Twitter.

But there's a problem.

Decades of band-aid patches with the assumption of always-available interdependent connections has rendered the entire thing a house of cards made of wet spaghetti.

You can't "turn twitter off and on again" because it's exceedingly likely it won't turn back on. At all.

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#285

GasBandit

GasBandit



#286

Frank

Frank



Less funny


#287

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

A quiz to see who said it: Elon Musk or Mr Burns.

It's way harder than I expected. I only got 83%.

newrepublic.com

Who Said It: Elon Musk or Mr. Burns?

The Simpsons character and the guy ruining Twitter often sound a lot alike.
newrepublic.com newrepublic.com


#288

Simfers

Simfers

I got a 92. Last one tripped me up.


#289

mikerc

mikerc

83 as well. Too many quotes that could credibly be by either of them.


#290

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Elon Musk says the new Twitter Blue will relaunch on November 29th

I can't wait to see which corporation loses billions this time.

www.theverge.com

Elon Musk says the new Twitter Blue will relaunch on November 29th

The delay is “to make sure that it is rock solid.”
www.theverge.com www.theverge.com


#291

figmentPez

figmentPez

ThatNickGuy said:
Elon Musk says the new Twitter Blue will relaunch on November 29th

I can't wait to see which corporation loses billions this time.

www.theverge.com

Elon Musk says the new Twitter Blue will relaunch on November 29th

The delay is “to make sure that it is rock solid.”
www.theverge.com www.theverge.com
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What are the odds of the Twitter servers still being operational in two weeks time?


#292

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

figmentPez said:
What are the odds of the Twitter servers still being operational in two weeks time?
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Well how is that head if lettuce doing?


#293

Zappit

Zappit

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Made a couple memes based on the last few days. Tried tweaking the classic weird nerds one.


#294

PatrThom

PatrThom

ThatNickGuy said:
I can't wait to see which corporation loses billions this time.
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It’s going to be Twitter, right?
I’m betting it’ll be Twitter.

—Patrick


#295

figmentPez

figmentPez



#296

Tress

Tress

Commit to being exploited, or GTFO

Elon Musk gives ultimatum to Twitter staff: Do "hardcore" work or leave


#297

Celt Z

Celt Z

Tress said:
Commit to being exploited, or GTFO

Elon Musk gives ultimatum to Twitter staff: Do "hardcore" work or leave
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Wow, that whole "click the link if you agree" part for Twitter employees isn't sketchy AT ALL.

Also, if I were working there and he said something as vague and slang as "work hardcore" to me, I'd just start showing up to work in a gimp suit. Just following orders, sir!


#298

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

Or say perhaps settle office disputes with barbed wire flaming tables and kendo sticks?


#299

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

"Be extremely hardcore!"

You heard the man, Twitter employees. Have hardcore wrestling matches! Barb wire ropes! Exploding rings! Tables! Chairs! Ladders! Scaffold matches!

E-C-W! E-C-W!


#300

phil

phil

I have to stop every few hours to thrash on an electric guitar and do a kickflip whilst firing a gun. Bosses orders.


#301

PatrThom

PatrThom

So looks like Twitter dies on Friday.
We'll see if it happens before or after Gas posts.

EDIT: for @Bubble181 and @blotsfan Because Gas usually has those "It's FRIDAAAYYY" posts, y'know?

--Patrick


#302

Zappit

Zappit

Why Friday?


#303

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

Zappit said:
Why Friday?
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Some twat send out a sign this letter of indentured servitude or you're fired Thursday afternoon.


#304

Zappit

Zappit

Oh, right. THAT.


#305

GasBandit

GasBandit



#306

GasBandit

GasBandit

Even though he's in the Finding Out phase, he's not done fucking around.



#307

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

As soon as I heard about that email with the opt-in thing, I knew 100% they were going to try and use it as a "This person resigned, we didn't fire them!" to sidestep a lot of unemployment benefits and legal protections.


#308

Celt Z

Celt Z

I hope they all sue. Each and every employee. And get every cent.


#309

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

So, two things. One, this very long 69-tweet long thread, which has a backup archive (hyperlink here) is INCREDIBLY damning for Musk and his education claims. With a lot of receipts to back it up.



Second, that email Musk sent around mentioned earlier? Yeah, that went about as well as everyone figured it would. One person was quoted: " "From my larger group of 50 people, 10 are staying, 40 are taking the severance. Elon set up meetings with a few who plan to quit." Also, the VAST majority of people that chose to stay are on visas, which is telling.



So, Musk fired about 50% Twitter staff already. Then fired more from that 50% who spoke out against him (some internally or privately, which he was able to find out through leaks). And now even more are choosing not to stay because of said email.

At this point, calling it a skeleton crew remaining would be an insult to skeleton crews.


#310

GasBandit

GasBandit



#311

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Welp.



#312

bhamv3

bhamv3

ThatNickGuy said:
Welp.

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I hope that it's just that Twitter is shutting down and not that there's an active shooter in the building or something.


#313

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

bhamv3 said:
I hope that it's just that Twitter is shutting down and not that there's an active shooter in the building or something.
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It's shutting down because 75% of the remaining employees refused to sign that ridiculous letter. So now they're scrambling.

I don't expect Twitter to work for much longer.


#314

Frank

Frank

Nothing like getting off work and opening up Twitter to hopefully enjoy some AEW tweets and jokes and such and it's the fucking apocalypse.

Real bummer.

I will miss Twitter.

It's just you and me Halforums. You're my last social media stone I have left. No facebook, instagram, etc. Twitter going away. A total aversion to actually using Discord.


#315

GasBandit

GasBandit

Awww is the manchild feeling sowwy for himself?



#316

figmentPez

figmentPez

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#317

Zappit

Zappit

This might be why the buildings are closed over the weekend.
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#318

chris

chris

Zappit said:
This might be why the buildings are closed over the weekend.View attachment 42979
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Call me old fashioned but shouldn't there be a manual override system for exacly these typ of situations? And why isn't it possible to use a normal key to open the doors?


#319

General Specific

General Specific

GasBandit said:
Awww is the manchild feeling sowwy for himself?

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:facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm:

All he had to do to make money off of Twitter was DO NOTHING.


#320

Shakey

Shakey

chris said:
Call me old fashioned but shouldn't there be a manual override system for exacly these typ of situations? And why isn't it possible to use a normal key to open the doors?
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There probably are, but it sounds like they fired everyone who knew anything about it.


#321

GasBandit

GasBandit

General Specific said:
:facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm:

All he had to do to make money off of Twitter was DO NOTHING.
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Actually, the nature of how he bought Twitter doomed him. Because he used his Tesla stock as leveraged collateral for a loan, Twitter, which at this point was now only just barely starting to make a tiniest bit of profit, now had to start making monster profits to pay down the note.


#322

Just Me

Just Me

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#323

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

GasBandit said:
Actually, the nature of how he bought Twitter doomed him. Because he used his Tesla stock as leveraged collateral for a loan, Twitter, which at this point was now only just barely starting to make a tiniest bit of profit, now had to start making monster profits to pay down the note.
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Exactly. It may be hard to realize but technically Twitter is billions in debt right now. As soon as Musk purchased it and made it a private business again, the company inherited the debt he took out to purchase it. This is why he's been firing so many people and attempting a subscription service, Twitter as it was would never be able to pay back that debt.


#324

Bubble181

Bubble181

Turns out all those random word salad job title folks were actually doing stuff?! Who knew?
Makes me wonder how many skeletons of the sort his other companies have in their closets, though.


#325

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Musk never wanted to buy Twitter. He was trying to fuck around and manipulate markets, aka the only thing he knows how to do, but because he's so bad at this he couldn't get out of his original agreement to purchase, which was always a lie. The only reason he went through with it was to stop the lawsuit, with would have gone into further investigation about where his money is and who's been paying him off, which apparently he decided was worth 44 billion not to come out, meaning it has to be really bad


#326

GasBandit

GasBandit

Frank said:
Nothing like getting off work and opening up Twitter to hopefully enjoy some AEW tweets and jokes and such and it's the fucking apocalypse.

Real bummer.

I will miss Twitter.

It's just you and me Halforums. You're my last social media stone I have left. No facebook, instagram, etc. Twitter going away. A total aversion to actually using Discord.
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Have you looked into Mastodon? I've been hearing positive buzz about it.


#327

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

GasBandit said:
Have you looked into Mastodon? I've been hearing positive buzz about it.
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I can't really say how it is now but back when I tried it out it wasn't really a Twitter alternative. It reminded me more of something like Reddit with a lot of various social channels that you can join. Some of them were let's just say very questionable.

Again this may have changed, but part of what makes Twitter successful is that it's all in one, there isn't this segregation of users or extra work trying to find a community to join just even start. You make an account and the algorithm kind of pulls what you likely want to see from the massive pot, which is kind of what makes Twitter successful.

I'm definitely going to look into it again though just as a backup for my own needs.


#328

General Specific

General Specific

GasBandit said:
Actually, the nature of how he bought Twitter doomed him. Because he used his Tesla stock as leveraged collateral for a loan, Twitter, which at this point was now only just barely starting to make a tiniest bit of profit, now had to start making monster profits to pay down the note.
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Well, there's a reason why I work in a school district and am not a business person making business decisions about business.


#329

GasBandit

GasBandit

General Specific said:
Well, there's a reason why I work in a school district and am not a business person making business decisions about business.
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I mean, it's understandable. The only reason I'm familiar with the arrangement is because the same thing literally happened to me - the radio station I worked for was making a modest profit until 2007 when a Professional Flipper bought us with a big stupid loan. His business model was to take out a loan, buy a business, make a few curb appeal improvements, then sell it again for a profit.

Problem was, he bought us in 2007... then 2008 happened, and nobody wadn't buyin' nothin' no how. And the modest profits the station was making before he bought it were not enough to cover his note - also because written into some clause of the loan was he had to show the bank X profits each year he owned it.

So then came a massive round of layoffs and cost-cutting measures and hare-brained quick profit schemes... and I rode all of it along for 12 years because it was a low-effort (but also low-paying) position for me to be in that let me basically get paid to post on halforums all day. He couldn't lay me off because I was the only tech guy in the whole building. But that just kept the jackals barely at bay - and the longer everything dragged out, the more it increased the amount he'd have to sell the station for to not still be underwater on his loan.

Finally I knew the money had run out when he sold the radio station's tower, and rented it back from the company he sold it to. I'd already gotten accidentally CC'd on a couple e-mails over the previous 2 years that revealed he'd (twice) taken out lines of credit to make payroll. So third strike and I was looking for a parachute.

So I left in 2019, fully expecting them to go under within 2 years. Then COVID happened, and from what I can tell (and what I hear from people on the inside) it's been kept afloat until now by PPP loan fraud (take the PPP loan, get it forgiven despite having laid off people when PPP is supposed to freeze your employment roster, etc).

So at some point I expect the piper is REALLY going to come calling at that place.


#330

Shakey

Shakey

ScytheRexx said:
I can't really say how it is now but back when I tried it out it wasn't really a Twitter alternative. It reminded me more of something like Reddit with a lot of various social channels that you can join. Some of them were let's just say very questionable.

Again this may have changed, but part of what makes Twitter successful is that it's all in one, there isn't this segregation of users or extra work trying to find a community to join just even start. You make an account and the algorithm kind of pulls what you likely want to see from the massive pot, which is kind of what makes Twitter successful.

I'm definitely going to look into it again though just as a backup for my own needs.
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It seems a bit more like a cross between Twitter and discord to me. The fact that not everyone is on the same server means it will probably never be a Twitter replacement.


#331

Frank

Frank

Mastodon is at the mercy of whoever's modding the servers. They can even read your DMs. Mastodon will never be a Twitter alternative.

It becoming popular will not be safe for MANY people.


#332

blotsfan

blotsfan

Zappit said:
This might be why the buildings are closed over the weekend.View attachment 42979
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I'm pretty sure the first guy was joking. No idea about the second one.


#333

figmentPez

figmentPez

Twitter can't go down until wedding night.jpg


#334

PatrThom

PatrThom

chris said:
Call me old fashioned but shouldn't there be a manual override system for exacly these typ of situations?
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Sensibly designed garages have an exit button you can press from the inside that lets you, well, exit regardless of time of day, badge status, etc.

—Patrick


#335

Tress

Tress




#336

AshburnerX

AshburnerX

Frank said:
Mastodon is at the mercy of whoever's modding the servers. They can even read your DMs. Mastodon will never be a Twitter alternative.

It becoming popular will not be safe for MANY people.
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cohost! is another option that several twitch streamers, youtubers, and vtubers are looking at but it's getting hammered with people looking to join too. Tumblr is getting popular again.


#337

GasBandit

GasBandit



It's like Trump bragging about ratings during his impeachment


#338

GasBandit

GasBandit



#339

GasBandit

GasBandit

Frank said:
Mastodon is at the mercy of whoever's modding the servers. They can even read your DMs. Mastodon will never be a Twitter alternative.

It becoming popular will not be safe for MANY people.
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Ah. Also:



#340

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

This is nonsense, every Mastadonian knows you can only flurgle your nerps on slorpes day.


#341

GasBandit

GasBandit

Reminds me of the gripes about remote schooling from 2 years ago. "Every school's remote school instructions are like download the lesson plan from Fleeble and connect to Honnabon to join the class with your Sneakle key, then get the homework from the Silla drive, and when you're done, upload it to Kreeple."


#342

Tress

Tress

GasBandit said:
Reminds me of the gripes about remote schooling from 2 years ago. "Every school's remote school instructions are like download the lesson plan from Fleeble and connect to Honnabon to join the class with your Sneakle key, then get the homework from the Silla drive, and when you're done, upload it to Kreeple."
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This closely mirrors the level of instruction teachers got on how to run remote classes. We were as confused as anyone half the time.


#343

GasBandit

GasBandit



Anger increases engagement, engagement attracts advertisers. The business model was getting boomers mad.


#344

GasBandit

GasBandit

Apparently even Musk has limits




#345

GasBandit

GasBandit

This sounds like a fairly accurate summary.



#346

chris

chris

His problem is, he is an "expert" of everything.


#347

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Oh hey guys, y'wanna watch Fast & the Furious Tokyo Drift in 2 minute clips? Because Twitter's copyright strike system is currently broken.

Be a REAL shame if this was exploited so badly that it cost Musk even more money.



#348

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Smells like FREEDOM!


#349

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Musk wanted to get Trump back onto Twitter.

Herr Orange said no.

LOL.



#350

GasBandit

GasBandit

"It was wrong for me to be silenced on twitter!"
Ok, you can be back on twitter

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#351

PatrThom

PatrThom

"I have my own Twitter now."

--Patrick


#352

Cheesy1

Cheesy1

And the Tangerine Nightmare has been reinstated on Twitter.


#353

Dei

Dei

The thing is, everyone on Truth Social already fawns over everything he says. Why go back to Twitter?


#354

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Dei said:
The thing is, everyone on Truth Social already fawns over everything he says. Why go back to Twitter?
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I wouldn't be surprised if he goes back. He doesn't get even a fraction of the attention on Truth Social as he did (and would) on Twitter. More negative attention on Twitter, sure, but for sheer volume, he'd get more attention on Twitter by a wide margin.

His ego loves getting more reactions. He won't be able to help himself.


#355

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Dei said:
The thing is, everyone on Truth Social already fawns over everything he says. Why go back to Twitter?
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Same reason he told all his followers on truth to go over to Twitter to vote, because he can't help himself.


#356

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Eh, I really do think it can go either way. He has his own social media now where everyone figuratively sucks his dick all the time, and while I know he loves attention he usually isn't fond of all the "mean things" people say about him. Plus, since he technically is an owner of Truth Social, moving full time back over to a competitor would be a bad look for the brand.

It really will come down to whether he likes all the praise or was in it more for the high follower numbers.


#357

Dave

Dave

ScytheRexx said:
Eh, I really do think it can go either way. He has his own social media now where everyone figuratively sucks his dick all the time, and while I know he loves attention he usually isn't fond of all the "mean things" people say about him. Plus, since he technically is an owner of Truth Social, moving full time back over to a competitor would be a bad look for the brand.

It really will come down to whether he likes all the praise or was in it more for the high follower numbers.
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Numbers matter to him and he believes that all of his followers are real and not at all bots from Russia.


#358

Bubble181

Bubble181

Also... The real media still think every tweet is worth bringing up in an article, while truths (ugh, ewww) don't generate anywhere near the same attention.

If MSM want to actually do something about the toxicity of Twitter and social media in general these days, step 1 would be to stop considering Twitter the World.


#359

evilmike

evilmike



#360

PatrThom

PatrThom

I bet this isn’t doing their servers any favors.

—Patrick


#361

GasBandit

GasBandit

Well, SOMEBODY's around to do something about it, Chad got suspended and the clips are gone.


#362

blotsfan

blotsfan

It legit probably got enough traction that Elon noticed


#363

GasBandit

GasBandit



#364

GasBandit

GasBandit



Welp, it's doomed.


#365

GasBandit

GasBandit



#366

Frank

Frank

Well, apparently the way Elon fired all of Twitter Europe breaks just about every labour law the EU has.


#367

chris

chris

Frank said:
Well, apparently the way Elon fired all of Twitter Europe breaks just about every labour law the EU has.
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Oh, absolutly. But american companys always have problems with that.


#368

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

chris said:
Oh, absolutly. But american companys always have problems with that.
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He's broken a few american labor laws too


#369

GasBandit

GasBandit



#370

@Li3n

@Li3n



#371

Frank

Frank

Fuck that's one of the most pathetic things I've ever seen.


#372

GasBandit

GasBandit

... is he calling himself a whore?


#373

phil

phil

Can you die from 2nd hand cringe? Should I see a doctor?


#374

Celt Z

Celt Z

Is he implying that Trump is going to fuck him/Twitter in the ass? Because that's not wrong.


#375

PatrThom

PatrThom

I saw this elsewhere, but it was not until seeing it here that I noticed it was tweeted by Musk, himself.
I did not realize that Musk had a $45b (and growing) man-crush on Trump.

Eww.

--Patrick


#376

figmentPez

figmentPez



#377

PatrThom

PatrThom

"Elon Twitter." It's like "Tim Apple," only bad.

--Patrick


#378

GasBandit

GasBandit

My eye twitches because I want it hyphenated, or at least in dot notation.


#379

GasBandit

GasBandit



#380

GasBandit

GasBandit



Source: https://www.tumblr.com/numberonecatwinner/701567544684855296/elon-wyd


#381

Bubble181

Bubble181

I know people like that. Sadly, they often never realize or acknowledge their shortcomings. Even if they do have good qualities too (a Musk is great for generating buzz and getting attention and thus, funding; you need "dreamers" to throw shit at the wall to see what sticks...you just also need purple to turn the fan off and on at the right moment)


#382

GasBandit

GasBandit

Becoming more like Trump every day

www.ndtv.com

Elon Musk's Newest Cost-Cutting Measure To Avoid Twitter's "Bankruptcy"

Elon Musk's cost cutting measures at Twitter, to keep at bay the dark cloud of bankruptcy that looms over social media giant, now includes refusing to reimburse vendors expenses worth "millions of dollars" incurred before his takeover.
www.ndtv.com www.ndtv.com


#383

PatrThom

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
Source: https://www.tumblr.com/numberonecatwinner/701567544684855296/elon-wyd
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I’ve also heard tales of people at Tesla rigging the thermostats to display whatever Musk’s preferred temperature is rather than trying to explain to him how difficult it would be to constantly maintain an entire room within half a degree of whatever that number might be.

—Patrick


#384

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Just when you think Wlon can't possibly be more pathetic, he proves you wrong.

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#385

Frank

Frank

It's incredible.

It's so fucking pathetic I don't even want to bully Elon anymore, he must have a secret humiliation kink.

It does piss me off that I have him blocked on Twitter yet can still see his fucking posts every time someone I wish knew better retweets him. WHY IS THAT?


#386

Dei

Dei

Frank said:
It's incredible.

It's so fucking pathetic I don't even want to bully Elon anymore, he must have a secret humiliation kink.

It does piss me off that I have him blocked on Twitter yet can still see his fucking posts every time someone I wish knew better retweets him. WHY IS THAT?
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I see so much right wing stuff now and it's driving me crazy. It was already annoying enough to get bombarded constantly with random people I don't follow and now it's 100x worse.


#387

GasBandit

GasBandit

It's amazing too, how much that post on "Managing" Elon reminds me of all the special things I had to do at the radio station to make sure the owner made the right decision about things. And of course, as soon as I was gone, he was back to making dumbshit decisions again. Well, more dumbshit decisions. I couldn't stop the dumbshit decision that prompted me to find another job.


#388

Frank

Frank

Well, he's having a poll to decide whether or not to reinstate all the pieces of shit formerly banned, meanwhile prominent leftist accounts are being outright suspended for apparently nothing. Fuck Twitter. Can't wait for the bankruptcy.


#389

Dave

Dave

Whoops. I just posted the SpaceX story. I didn't realize I'd seen it here.

Elon sucks!


#390

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Two great videos posted today. Adam Conover's video covers not just Musk, but Zuckerberg and some crypto guy I've never heard of (because I don't pay attention to crypto shit). But a large chunk of Adam's video is on Musk.





#391

figmentPez

figmentPez

I'm still waiting for someone to explain Mastodon to me. Not even "explain Mastodon in a way that makes sense". All I know is that it's a social network that... uh... has some sort of decentralized structure? But I've NEVER seen anyone try to explain it beyond that. No one has told me what sort of posts it allows. No one has told me why they chose the "instance" they did. No one has tried to explain what sort of moderation it has. No one has tried to explain anything about it other than that it exists. I've seen ONE article on how to DM someone on Mastodon, which I didn't read because why would I want to DM someone on a service I know nothing else about? And if DMing someone is so difficult it needs a guide, why do I want to be on that service?

I've picked up bits and pieces here and there, but everyone talks about it in super vague terms. Like, apparently some instances won't talk to all other instances, but I've not heard anyone say why/how that would happen.

It really says something to me that there isn't some YouTube video or single webpage that is "An Introduction to Mastodon". Like, I could introduce you to everything you need to know about Tumblr in like a 10 minute video, and you could stop watching after two minutes if you only needed the basics. What the hell is going on with Mastodon that you can't explain it that simply?


#392

PatrThom

PatrThom

figmentPez said:
What the hell is going on with Mastodon that you can't explain it that simply?
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I honestly don’t know, because I don’t think I had heard about Mastodon prior to Twitter 2.0.

—Patrick


#393

figmentPez

figmentPez

PatrThom said:
I honestly don’t know, because I don’t think I had heard about Mastodon prior to Twitter 2.0.

—Patrick
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I've heard about it at least twice before. When Wil Wheaton left Twitter in a huff, and when Tumblr was trying to find new places to post porn.


#394

Zappit

Zappit

Okay, here’s what I figured out so far:

Mastodon has no central server or “instance” like Twitter. Each server is administered independently by different people with no real “boss.” Users choose a server and join it. They can see the other users on their server, but not on other servers. However, you can search usernames and it brings them up even if they’re on a different server. That way, you can still flow them. You see what they post or reblog and can respond to them like on Twitter. Reblogging seems to be the most effective way to find new people to follow.

I chose the .social server because it’s the one created by the Mastodon founder and therefore the one least likely to be shuttered. I’ve still found most of the people I followed on Twitter provided they had similar usernames or shared them elsewhere. (Like Twitter)


#395

Zappit

Zappit

Is Mastodon more complicated? Yes. At first. Can it be taken over by an egomaniacal billionaire man-baby who kisses alt-right ass? Nope, and that’s real damn nice.


#396

GasBandit

GasBandit



#397

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

With blackjack! And hookers!
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#398

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Ever since Musk took over I have really been wishing I could leave Twitter. I don't want to support the douchebag but I rely on Twitter for my content. It's my highest followed social account after Tumblr decided it didn't want me around many years ago.

So I feel super stuck right now in the dungeon of an insufferable troll.


#399

evilmike

evilmike



:popcorn:


#400

PatrThom

PatrThom

OhPleaseOhPleaseOhPlease…

—Patrick
(Who apparently knows WAY more about what it takes to design a working cell phone than Mr. Musk)


#401

Dave

Dave

You know he’d just find a small independent company with great ideas, buy that company, and then claim he invented the technology.


#402

Celt Z

Celt Z

Does he like losing money? Is this a kink for him?


#403

Dave

Dave

Not when he can manipulate the market. Dude still has billions. He’ll ride this wave through then when things settle down he’ll make some sort of statement that makes his stock climb, then he’ll sell. When the price inevitably crashes he’ll buy those shares back. He’s done this several times already.


#404

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Dave said:
You know he’d just find a small independent company with great ideas, buy that company, and then claim he invented the technology.
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Judging from his brilliant decisions of late, he'd just buy Blackberry and call it the MuskPhone(tm)


#405

PatrThom

PatrThom

I can’t wait for all the mock-ups of what such a PhoneX might look like.

—Patrick


#406

blotsfan

blotsfan

I finally found the thing that will make me quit Twitter.


#407

phil

phil

PatrThom said:
I can’t wait for all the mock-ups of what such a PhoneX might look like.

—Patrick
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PhoneX will be the first touch free phone!
PhoneX will be all digital and also the Blockchain
PhoneX will come with slurs programed into predictive text
PhoneX users will see messages and deep thoughts from Musk at least once a day. Responses will limited to thumbs up emoji
PhoneX will be the only phone you can pair with your Tesla
PhoneX will have reception on Mars
PhoneX will take no action to censor free speech
PhoneX will closely monitor your posts for dangerous threats such as "unions are good" and "fascism is bad" and report such threats to the nearest proudboy group


#408

Frank

Frank

Musk is suspending accounts at the behest of Andy fucking Ngo, Twitter is an apparatus of the Nazi party now.


#409

Cheesy1

Cheesy1



#410

evilmike

evilmike

MACY’S PAUSES TWITTER ADVERTISING AHEAD OF THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE


#411

Celt Z

Celt Z

So, just the Burlington Coat Factory, then.


#412

evilmike

evilmike

It is a little early for Spirit Halloween.


#413

GasBandit

GasBandit





#414

Tinwhistler

Tinwhistler

pretty sure that's not even a real gun


#415

GasBandit

GasBandit

Tinwhistler said:
pretty sure that's not even a real gun
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There are two guns, and probably neither are real

freerangeamerican.us

The Elon Musk Guns: What We Know So Far

Twitter recently got a look at the ”Elon Musk Guns“ — two “handguns“ the billionaire keeps at the ready on his bedside table.
freerangeamerican.us freerangeamerican.us


#416

Tinwhistler

Tinwhistler

GasBandit said:
There are two guns, and probably neither are real

freerangeamerican.us

The Elon Musk Guns: What We Know So Far

Twitter recently got a look at the ”Elon Musk Guns“ — two “handguns“ the billionaire keeps at the ready on his bedside table.
freerangeamerican.us freerangeamerican.us
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The flintlock didn't really provide any evidence to me one way or the other, but the other 'weapon' had a lot of features that screamed 'prop' to me.

(edit: Though I suppose if I'd ever played the video game the gun is modeled after, I'd have recognized it from the game, rather than using my personal gun experience to go "uhm, that's not a gun")


#417

Frank

Frank

Of course Egon Stink would have an anime ass prop gun.


#418

GasBandit

GasBandit

Frank said:
Of course Egon Stink would have an anime ass prop gun.
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There's nothing wrong with having an anime ass prop weapon.

Expecting people to be impressed that you sleep with it by your bedside however is a bit chuuni.


#419

GasBandit

GasBandit



#420

phil

phil

GasBandit said:
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#421

PatrThom

PatrThom

Iron Man? He wishes.

—Patrick


#422

PatrThom

PatrThom

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EDIT: I almost feel like I should start tweeting the most outrageous “causes” for COVID, like “using Twitter” or “driving a Tesla.”

--Patrick


#423

GasBandit

GasBandit



#424

phil

phil

Didn't even tag musk! Guy is just searching for his name endlessly


#425

Frank

Frank

Just in case you're curious how every business decision out of Netflix in the last couple years has been baffling, the brain worms are becoming apparent.



#426

GasBandit

GasBandit



#427

GasBandit

GasBandit



#428

evilmike

evilmike

Free speech

Kanye West has been banned from Twitter after posting a swastika designed to look like a Star of David and sharing personal text messages the rapper had with Twitter owner Elon Musk. It’s not immediately clear if West was actually banned for the swastika or for publicly sharing his texts from Musk (Gizmodo)


#429

Frank

Frank

He was banned for 12 hours for posting the swastika and permanently banned for posting a shirtless picture of Elon, guaranteed.


#430

GasBandit

GasBandit



#431

Frank

Frank



LOL, fucking LMAO.

They 'claim' they didn't give the 'reporters' full access, while the 'reporters' are claiming they had full access.


#432

blotsfan

blotsfan



#433

Frank

Frank

I fucking laughed out loud at the trending bar on my Twitter today. Every single trend in Canada was Chinese characters from hundreds of thousands of bots.

Except for the anti-vaccination trend, which with only 1/100th of the tweets, was someone trending number 1.


#434

Frank

Frank

I'm just going to put embarrassing Elon shit here.



#435

Bubble181

Bubble181

Frank said:
I fucking laughed out loud at the trending bar on my Twitter today. Every single trend in Canada was Chinese characters from hundreds of thousands of bots.

Except for the anti-vaccination trend, which with only 1/100th of the tweets, was someone trending number 1.
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I'm firmly convinced the window for implosion and repalcement has passed. People are already used to the new status quo. This sort of crappier service with less support and more abuse is the new normal, people will complain but life will go on just as before, just a tad bit worse; as per usual.


#436

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Frank said:
I'm just going to put embarrassing Elon shit here.

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I can only assume it's the footage of him being booed at a Dave Chappelle show. The link is dead and it looks like the account got nuked.

It'd be a real shame if someone uploaded it to YouTube, though.



#437

Dave

Dave

So the lesson here is: Make fun of him on Twitter and your account gets banned.

Free speech indeed.


#438

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

This is the core to their entire ideology, they don't give a rats ass for freedom for everyone or a level playing field, they just want to make sure they are the ones that get to be privileged. All the rest of the yelling about freedom of speech or cancelling is just a smoke screen.


#439

PatrThom

PatrThom

PatrThom said:
New theory. Musk never intended for Twitter to remain in operation. This whole thing purely an expensive attempt to shut down ElonJet by murdering the entirety of Twitter to do so.
Kind of like how Herr Starr burned down an entire insane asylum in Preacher just to kill one guy without it looking like that one guy was the target.
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THERE it is.

--Patrick


#440

Bubble181

Bubble181

Now, now, it's not banning for using bad words. It's just limiting the audience exposed. To one.


#441

PatrThom

PatrThom

ThatNickGuy said:
I can only assume it's the footage of him being booed at a Dave Chappelle show.
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cryphone.jpg


--Patrick


#442

GasBandit

GasBandit

And just in case anybody still was on the fence about how big a piece of shit Dave Chappelle has become... DC backed Elon and mocked the audience for being poor.


#443

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

PatrThom said:
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--Patrick
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Ah yes, the notoriously woke Dave Chappelle crowd...


#444

Frank

Frank



#445

Frank

Frank

The part that gets is me is claiming it's woke leftists......in a fucking San Francisco Dave Chapelle show. The only people who could afford to be there are tech employees, who should be Elon's bread and butter.


#446

Celt Z

Celt Z

GasBandit said:
And just in case anybody still was on the fence about how big a piece of shit Dave Chappelle has become... DC backed Elon and mocked the audience for being poor.
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Frank said:
......in a fucking San Francisco Dave Chapelle show. The only people who could afford to be there are tech employees, who should be Elon's bread and butter.
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When you spend all your time covering your ears to shield yourself from any criticism, I guess you forget where you are as well. (This applies to both of them lately.)


#447

Frank

Frank

Welp, seeing my mom retweet Jordan Peterson talking about child porn has now finally gotten me to delete this unraveling nightmare factory from my phone.

That abyss was 100% staring back at me.


#448

GasBandit

GasBandit



#449

PatrThom

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
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No! Bad Elon. Stop peeing on things!

--Patrick


#450

ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

Supposedly Ukraine was removed from the country phone list when verifying an account (required to even sign up) . This comes right on the heels of Russia saying they were going to pull back their Twitter ban due to "change of ownership and ideals."

I hate this timeline and I hate how powerless I feel to do anything about it.


#451

Frank

Frank

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Yup.


#452

phil

phil

Looks like he found some funding.


#453

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

So, that promise for free speech is certainly going well.



#454

PatrThom

PatrThom

Called it!

--Patrick


#455

blotsfan

blotsfan

Holy shit. I didn’t even know twitter could do this.



#456

Tress

Tress

What a petty asshole.


#457

PatrThom

PatrThom

blotsfan said:
I didn’t even know twitter could do this.
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I mean, Elon Twitter is a fabulously wealthy individual private company, he it is free to do whatever he it wants.

--Patrick


#458

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe



#459

blotsfan

blotsfan

PatrThom said:
I mean, Elon Twitter is a fabulously wealthy individual private company, he it is free to do whatever he it wants.

--Patrick
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No, I meant technically capable. Not like they have a ton of developers.


#460

PatrThom

PatrThom

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Oh well that explains everything. It's because of this rule...which wasn't instituted until Dec 14th.

--Patrick


#461

blotsfan

blotsfan



#462

Bubble181

Bubble181

blotsfan said:
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We can't offend Donald Trump?


#463

BErt

BErt

The only thing Aaron Rupar does on Twitter is post videos of shit that was actually said on tv - I can't imagine any reason he was suspended other than Elon being a piss baby. Apparently he hasn't received any reason why it happened either.96F23585-E7F6-430B-8D3F-15ECC2E8996A.jpeg


#464

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

BErt said:
The only thing Aaron Rupar does on Twitter is post videos of shit that was actually said on tv - I can't imagine any reason he was suspended other than Elon being a piss baby. Apparently he hasn't received any reason why it happened either.View attachment 43238
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There was a massive purge of journalists tonight. The common denominator seems to be they all checked with the local police that Musk claimed to have contacted over an incident. Surprise, surprise, Musk was lying.


#465

Tress

Tress

ThatNickGuy said:
There was a massive purge of journalists tonight. The common denominator seems to be they all checked with the local police that Musk claimed to have contacted over an incident. Surprise, surprise, Musk was lying.
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The other common denominator is that they all pushed back on Musk’s new excuses for banning the ElonJet account. Either way, he’s being exactly the kind of petulant man-child we all knew him to be before buying Twitter.


#466

figmentPez

figmentPez

Twitter is now marking all links to Mastodon as unsafe, and banning a lot of accounts for either promoting Mastodon, covering leftist topics, or criticizing Twitter / Musk.


#467

Zappit

Zappit

He’s also forcibly unblocking himself. Gail Simone blocked him, but he’s been liking her posts now?


#468

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

How it started:


(Here's the text transcript if you prefer that.)

How it's going:
gizmodo.com

Elon Musk Kills Twitter Audio Feature After Bizarre Talk With Journalists

It's clear Musk would rather burn Twitter to the ground than hear people question the wisdom of his choices.
gizmodo.com gizmodo.com


#469

Bubble181

Bubble181

What I don't understand....Well, I do, but I think it's terrible - is the "lots of words, no actions" approach from big media and "the left".
Twitter is NOT something public and special. There's no difference between something posted on Mastodon, Twitter, Gab, Truth Social, whatever.
So why is it that journalists are all still active on Twitter; why is it every fart on Twitter gets media coverage, and why is it that pretty much every major news website has twitter links,twitter embeds, etc etc right on their front page? There's no CNN Truth Social link on their page, is there? Right.

Just....cut the ties, report based on press releases, and consider everything else "unverifiable". Blue ticks can be bought, Twitter cannot be trusted to verify ownership of an account or login info, so if @presidentBiden tweets something, you can't actually say it's Biden doing the tweeting. Start ignoring it and it'll die, or Elon will crawl back. Either way, it's a win.
But all all of these big journalists seem to want to do is be allowed back into Elon's playground, instead of considering how "major communication now runs almost exclusively through one guy's site and that's unhealthy" is more important.
Just like so many other things (there were human rights issues with Qatar WC?), it just passes by, and in a few weeks it's back to the new normal, a little worse than the old normal, carry on....


#470

Frank

Frank

I was in that Spaces. There was like 30000 people in there. Elon came in, whined, got questioned, threw a hissy fit and left.


#471

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy



#472

GasBandit

GasBandit



#473

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

GasBandit said:
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No surprise. I don't trust any billionaire who claims to give to charity. Especially after Adam Conover discussed this.



#474

Bubble181

Bubble181

Ehhh. Can't judge this instance, but there is a very big gulf between "I'll make my own pet charity foundation for my chosen issue and spend my money there instead of giving it to an already-massive charity" (say, the Gates foundation) and "I'll make my own pet charity foundation for tax reasons and put my money there to reimburse it all to myself whenever I feel like it" (the Trump foundation).
I mean, the odds of Elon using his charity for anything approaching actual good for a large number of actual people in need is small, but still.


#475

@Li3n

@Li3n

GasBandit said:
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#476

PatrThom

PatrThom

ThatNickGuy said:
How it started:


(Here's the text transcript if you prefer that.)

How it's going:
gizmodo.com

Elon Musk Kills Twitter Audio Feature After Bizarre Talk With Journalists

It's clear Musk would rather burn Twitter to the ground than hear people question the wisdom of his choices.
gizmodo.com gizmodo.com
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belevolence.jpg


In which Elon accidentally admits he is one of "the wrong people" (his actual words, not mine). "I only silenced them. It's not like I murdered them."
EDIT: Probably fake.

--Patrick


#477

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

PatrThom said:
View attachment 43241

In which Elon accidentally admits he is one of "the wrong people" (his actual words, not mine). "I only silenced them. It's not like I murdered them."

--Patrick
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I don't know if he deleted the tweet or that's a fake image, but I don't see that comment anywhere on his timeline or replies.


#478

PatrThom

PatrThom

Sentiment online seems to be that it is indeed fake, though a convincing one. I have updated the post accordingly.

--Patrick


#479

figmentPez

figmentPez

Elon Musk self owns.jpg


#480

GasBandit

GasBandit

Man can you believe that it used to be normal for a big yellow paper book full of everyone's assassination coordinates used to come to everyone's house every year


#481

Tinwhistler

Tinwhistler

GasBandit said:
Man can you believe that it used to be normal for a big yellow paper book full of everyone's assassination coordinates used to come to everyone's house every year
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the yellow book was for businesses. The residentials were on white paper :D


#482

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Tinwhistler said:
the yellow book was for businesses. The residentials were on white paper :D
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Oh so now you're differentiating between residential and business? SOUNDS LIKE DOXXING TO ME.


#483

PatrThom

PatrThom

Tinwhistler said:
the yellow book was for businesses. The residentials were on white paper :D
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To be fair, the White Pages were sorted by name (including businesses), whereas the Yellow Pages were sorted by category.
And if you lived somewhere that didn't have enough people, you just got one book with both bound together (white first, yellow after).

--Patrick


#484

PatrThom

PatrThom

How it started:
Dave said:
www.independent.co.uk

Twitter announces company will be sold to Elon Musk

Entrepreneur will pay $54.20 cash per share and deal is expected to close in 2022
www.independent.co.uk www.independent.co.uk
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How it's going:
www.txtreport.com

Looking for an offer? Musk is selling Twitter shares at the original purchase price

[Financial Channel/Comprehensive Report] Tesla CEO Elon Musk attracted investors at a price of US$54.2 (approximately NT$1,668) per share and raised new shareholders for Twitter (Twitter). It was the same when he bought it. Musk
www.txtreport.com www.txtreport.com
"j/k guys!"

--Patrick


#485

Frank

Frank

Apparently linking to other social media is now against the Twitter TOS.

Linking to other things is like half of Twitter.

Except Tiktok, because he likes one account related to it, you know the one.

Truth social made me laugh out loud. After being rejected by his king.


#486

Frank

Frank

You know who the real dumbest asshole is in this?

This dumb piece of shit who DIDN'T sell to Elon.



#487

Bubble181

Bubble181

So Gab and Parler are still okay?


#488

blotsfan

blotsfan

I think he’s losing it.



#489

Frank

Frank

Frank said:
You know who the real dumbest asshole is in this?

This dumb piece of shit who DIDN'T sell to Elon.

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Jack is the founder of Twitter and was all in on Elon taking over Twitter....until Elon turned on him and publicly threw him under the bus.


#490

Frank

Frank

That poll is a trap, I refuse to reactivate my Twitter just to vote in it.

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LOL, fucking LMAO. The Quartering is a misogynistic alt-right chud who got banned from Magic the Gathering events for stalking a cosplayer who Elon REGULARLY responds to.

EDIT-

There are honestly few things I can think of that are fueling my dissociation issues as of late (boy, I'd love to not be on a waiting list for getting help with this.) harder than knowing I live in a world where Jeremy fucking Hambly has the ear of the world's (former) richest man. Can someone reset this simulation please?


#491

Dave

Dave

He’ll probably ban everyone who votes yes.


#492

figmentPez

figmentPez

Twitter dumbass poll 2022-12-19 005424.png


My response,

"Should a social media site attempt to stop people from using it as a hub to follow everything they're interested in?

"Is this a trick question?

"People use Twitter to keep up with creators. If they can't have this as their one-stop-shop for links to everything, they'll leave."

This proves that Musk does not understand social media or human beings. Blocking links to other sites makes your site less useful! People like Twitter because everyone is there, and they can get links to blog posts, and YouTube videos, and Instagram pics, and whatever, without having to jump around to a bunch of other sites to find out what's going on. The more content they have to go elsewhere to hear about, the less time they spend on Twitter, and the more likely they leave and never come back.

Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face.


#493

figmentPez

figmentPez

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#494

Frank

Frank

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#495

blotsfan

blotsfan

There it is.


#496

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Comedy really IS back on Twitter!
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GasBandit

GasBandit



#498

PatrThom

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
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Ah, the White Elephant of Happiness.

--Patrick


#499

figmentPez

figmentPez

Tesla stock fell -8.05% today. It is down -55.95% since its highest price in January.


#500

PatrThom

PatrThom

figmentPez said:
Tesla stock fell -8.05% today. It is down -55.95% since its highest price in January.
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Well that’s because somebody keeps selling big bunches of it.

—Patrick


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