Is Elon Musk the greatest visionary or the greatest snake oil salesman of our age?

[Yossarian]

Final results are in

 

[Ax^]

people defending billionaires is fucking weird


let me step in to defend the honor of some rich cunt

if you must

 

[JimW]

 

[Thesaint]

My 'hiccups' don't usually involve major global methods of communication...

Boeing had two massive 'hiccups' with their Max 8 designs and still exist and airlines still buy their planes since. That's in a different league to the fuss about blue ticks and puts things in perspective.

In the end, whatever you personal feelings about him (quite clear what they are!), 99% of Twitter users generally don't care about him particularly and won't abandoned Twitter for just that reason.

The need for Celebs egos to get retweets and followers won't end in blue tick fuss.

 

[NoXion]

Boeing had two massive 'hiccups' with their Max 8 designs and still exist and airlines still buy their planes since. That's in a different league to the fuss about blue ticks and puts things in perspective.

In the end, whatever you personal feelings about him (quite clear what they are!), 99% of Twitter users generally don't care about him particularly and won't abandoned Twitter for just that reason.

The need for Celebs egos to get retweets and followers won't end in blue tick fuss.

Twitter users are the product. It's the advertisers who are the customers, and they're not exactly pleased with what Elon is doing with the site.

 

[Lord Camomile]

The need for Celebs egos to get retweets and followers won't end in blue tick fuss.

 

[hitmouse]

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173422311/elon-musk-npr-twitter-reassign

Elon Musk has threatened to reassign NPR's Twitter account to "another company."

In a series of emails sent to this reporter, Musk said he would transfer the network's main account on Twitter, under the @NPR handle, to another organization or person. The idea shocked even longtime observers of Musk's spur-of-the-moment and erratic leadership style.

Handing over established accounts to third parties poses a serious risk of impersonation and could imperil a company's reputation, said social media experts.

"If this is a sign of things to come on Twitter, we might soon see even more of a rapid retreat by media organizations and other brands that don't think it's worth the risk," said Emily Bell, a professor at Columbia Journalism School who studies social media. "It's really an extraordinary threat to make."

...His remark on Tuesday that he may transfer NPR's primary Twitter account with nearly 9 million followers to another entity is typical of how Musk has run the social media site.

As is often the case with Musk, it is not clear whether he will follow through on the threat.

One former Twitter executive was taken aback by the remark, telling NPR that such a threat should be alarming to any business operating on the site, since it indicates that acquiescing to Musk's every whim may be necessary in order to avoid being impersonated.

For most of its 17-year history, Twitter has had rules that maintained a certain level of order and offered both individuals and organization some control over their presence on the platform.

NPR CEO John Lansing has previously said he lost faith with "decision-making at Twitter," and that more time is needed in order to determine if Twitter can be trusted again.

A spokeswoman for NPR declined to comment further.

Musk, whose statements to reporters are regularly laced with jokes, insults or attempts at trolling, responded sarcastically when asked who would potentially take over NPR's Twitter account.

"National Pumpkin Radio," Musk wrote, adding a fire emoji and a laughing emoji to describe the content of the fictional gourd-themed broadcaster. "NPR isn't tagged as government-funded anymore, so what's the beef?"

In an email sent at 2:19 a.m. EDT after the story was originally published, Musk wrote a message without any text in the body but with this subject line: "You suck."

 

[NoXion]

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173422311/elon-musk-npr-twitter-reassign

That's exactly the kind of behaviour that puts the shits up advertisers. Why the fuck would any company want to risk this kind of reputational damage? More evidence, if any were needed, that Musk is absolutely clueless when it comes to running a social media site that relies on advertising revenue to keep the lights on.

 

[Yossarian]

Electric car guy wants to stay friends with climate deniers

 

[Chilli.s]

Seems he bought twitter but should have bought 4chan, easy mistake

 

[teqniq]

 

[Yossarian]

The strangling of a homeless Black man on the New York City subway seems to have been the impetus for Musk to start promoting a lot more white supremacist talking points, I hope it all comes crashing down for him sooner rather than later

 

[Chilli.s]

Odd, why would legitimate business want to associate its representation with this extreme horseshit

 

[Joe Chi Min]

Odd, why would legitimate business want to associate its representation with this extreme horseshit

I’ve had a South African try the same shit with me, link after link of crime rates for black people in SA with the inference being that they’re predisposed to violence

 

[Chilli.s]

I’ve had a South African try the same shit with me, link after link of crime rates for black people in SA with the inference being that they’re predisposed to violence

thats some sorry shit... ignore them and their ignorant theories

 

[urbanspaceman]

Odd, why would legitimate business want to associate its representation with this extreme horseshit

Are those numbers wrong ?

 

[Joe Chi Min]

thats some sorry shit... ignore them and their ignorant theories

I almost gave the cunt a shoe’ing tbh. We started a new job together at exactly the same time and he was trying to ‘red pill’ (his own words) me. Hated his middle-class liberal parents and was haunted by the memory of their middle-class liberal dinner parties in bum fuck nowhere.

 

[Chilli.s]

Are those numbers wrong ?

What numbers are you on about?

Isnt the most common violence white on white, or just mixed

 

[2hats]

Isnt the most common violence white on white, or just mixed

That particular 'perspective' omits the white-on-white number which is in excess of 2.2 million (page 13, table 14). It also ignores that "the largest percentage of violent incidents committed against white, black, and Hispanic victims were committed by someone of the same race or ethnicity".

 

[NoXion]

What numbers are you on about?

Isnt the most common violence white on white, or just mixed

That particular 'perspective' omits the white-on-white number which is in excess of 2.2 million (page 13, table 14). It also ignores that "the largest percentage of violent incidents committed against white, black, and Hispanic victims were committed by someone of the same race or ethnicity".

Exactly, the chart lies by omission by not including intra-racial violence numbers. It's exactly the kind of shithouse propaganda spewed forth by white nationalists.

 

[Rob Ray]

Generally speaking I've always just found it a bit weird to be talking about "black on black" or "white on white" violence etc in certainly the US context. As though the deliberate segregation of communities never happened. There aren't many white people shooting or getting shot in the Bronx because there aren't many white people in the Bronx. People tend to have beefs within their local area, it ain't rocket science.

 

[Chilli.s]

Yeah, the shit chart relies on omission and confusion for a weak delivery of its message, an obvious confused message, a message that seems to be aimed at gullible twats

Its not facts its manipulation of lowest common denominator for some other ends

 

[Yossarian]

And now, Tucker Carlson is taking his show to Twitter after being fired by Fox - Musk seems to be on a mission to turn Twitter into the new Stormfront

Tucker Carlson to relaunch show on Twitter

“Starting soon, we’ll be bringing a new version of the show we’ve been doing for the last six and a half years to Twitter,” Carlson said.

www.politico.com

 

[NoXion]

Musk has responded to a post by Ian Miles Cheong, boosting the notion that the recent gun massacre in Texas was a "psy-op". He just outright boosting fascist content now, turning Twitter into Stormfront. Total piece of shit.

 

[Nylock]

Wonder how long it will take for Musk to shit the bed over the Trump sexual assault verdict.....

 

[Yossarian]

Musk also abruptly wiped inactive accounts, with predictable results

 

[Chilli.s]

So Muskie wants to be a press baron of some sort. He realises the leverage that the press had is up for grabs in a now online world and Twitter is perfectly poised for that. He dosnt care who he pisses of, just wants some of that influence to be his

 

[Lord Camomile]

That particular 'perspective' omits the white-on-white number which is in excess of 2.2 million (page 13, table 14). It also ignores that "the largest percentage of violent incidents committed against white, black, and Hispanic victims were committed by someone of the same race or ethnicity".

Exactly, the chart lies by omission by not including intra-racial violence numbers. It's exactly the kind of shithouse propaganda spewed forth by white nationalists.

Ahhh, yes. I'd been wondering why they didn't include the infamous "black-on-black" stats that they always like to point to, but I guess that'd make it even more obvious they're not also showing white-on-white.

 

[Yossarian]

 

[NoXion]

I'd say it's more like Gab than Parler at this point.