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

[Saul Goodman]

I thought it was a joke but looks like no - how to drum up advertising.

If you don't buy advertising space from me I'll sue you. This is war!

It'd be funny if it wasn't blatantly obvious that he's having a mental breakdown.
Nah, it's funny anyway, but I reckon he's only a matter of months away from a complete meltdown.

 

[Artaxerxes]

By a “boycott” of X, she means “chose not to spend their money advertising on it”, right? Isn’t it all about free choice of money with these guys?

Yes but also Elon got sued into buying twatter and that will never not be both surreal and hilarious

 

[Storm Fox]

I like the way the poster on reddit introduced that screenshot: "Elon spent $44 billion to let Nazis say the N-word on Twitter. Now he’s suing advertisers for not showing ads alongside it"

I thought it was a joke but looks like no - how to drum up advertising.

FYI this is just the link to the screenshot and not the reddit post.

 

[ska invita]

Its batshit...but so is the US legal system particularly when it comes to corporate rights. Presumably the lawyers think there's a case that can be won! (or have managed to talk Musk into believing it)

 

[two sheds]

FYI this is just the link to the screenshot and not the reddit post.

ta - this is the thread with comments

Spoiler

 

[Rob Ray]

Yaccarino looks like a complete maniac in that post, wtf is up with her hand gestures?

 

[JimW]

Yaccarino looks like a complete maniac in that post, wtf is up with her hand gestures?

If you ever watched HBO's Rome it's like when he goes for election and does the traditional wooden gestures that are supposed to accompany oratory.

 

[two sheds]

Musk hasn't ever given me any freelance work.

I may sue

 

[BigMoaner]

Hahahaha. Absolute fucking insanity.

hwo on earth did we ever survive without this "global townsquare". it was hell on earth before X saved us all.

 

[BigMoaner]

Hahahaha. Absolute fucking insanity.

why is she doing that

 

[Saul Goodman]

why is she doing that

It's like patronisation by hand. I've never seen her before this, and I hate her. Not for what she's saying but the way she's saying it, with her hands.

 

[ska invita]

With that delivery she's like a fred armisen (portlandia) spoof - satire is dead etc

 

[BigMoaner]

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Yaccarino looks like a complete maniac in that post, wtf is up with her hand gestures?

I guess she’s coming to terms with the grim reality that she was hired to regain the trust of the big advertising brands to Twitter and instead she’s starring into the lens slagging them off in a way that could only appeal to such luminaries as @tommy4evah, @MAGA_INCEL666, and @hornyracistteenfuckyou.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

It’s shocking that no-one wants to advertise on Twitter, Musk has displayed such level-headed acumen in trying to win them over.

 

[edcraw]

Looks like lots of people started using Threads yesterday!!

 

[andysays]

According to Musk, it's a conspiracy rather than just a number of individual companies deciding to boycott

Elon Musk sues Unilever and Mars over X 'boycott'​

Elon Musk's X/Twitter is suing a group of major companies, alleging that they unlawfully conspired to boycott the site. It accuses the food giants Unilever and Mars, private healthcare company CVS Health, and renewable energy firm Orsted - along with a trade association called the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) - of depriving it of "billions of dollars" in advertising revenue. The lawsuit relates to the period in 2022 just after Mr Musk bought X, then known as Twitter, when advertising revenue dived. Some companies had been wary of advertising on the platform amid concerns that its new owner was not serious enough about removing harmful online content.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Hard to disagree with that. Musk is aiding and abbeting the forces that agitated for these riots. He is fascist scum

Ironically enough, posted on X. It's about time all reasonable people got off there and encouraged others to do the same. (I've never been on Twitter/X.)

 

[two sheds]

And GARM actually exists. it sounded like a made up acroynym like DERP or TWAT

The Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) is a cross-industry initiative established in 2019 by the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) to help the industry address the challenge of illegal or harmful content on digital media platforms and its monetization via advertising.

but why would it not want to advertise on twitter?

GARM was set up in the wake of the Christchurch Mosque shootings in which the killer livestreamed the attack on Facebook. This followed a slew of high-profile cases where brands’ advertisements appeared next to illegal or harmful content, such as child pornography and content promoting terrorism. This included the 2017 London Times exposé entitled “Big brands fund terror through online adverts.”

fair enough eh

I'd have thought GARM looks pretty safe unless the decision goes all the way up to the Supreme Court.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Looks like lots of people started using Threads yesterday!!

Poor fuckers

 

[kabbes]

Conspiracy is an agreement between two or more people to commit an illegal act, along with an intent to achieve the agreement's goal. What’s the illegal act here?

 

[Maltin]

Conspiracy is an agreement between two or more people to commit an illegal act, along with an intent to achieve the agreement's goal. What’s the illegal act here?

Hurting poor Elon’s feelings? Making his $44 billion investment tank further?

 

[two sheds]

The Defence in the court case should be fun to read

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Conspiracy is an agreement between two or more people to commit an illegal act, along with an intent to achieve the agreement's goal. What’s the illegal act here?

Well you say that, and it might seem reasonable on the face of it, but what you've overlooked here is that 'waaah it's not fair.'

An open and shut case surely.

 

[agricola]

Hahahaha. Absolute fucking insanity.

My favourite thing about this is that she clearly did this video normally to begin with, but was told to do it again and again until she did the gestures right.

You can actually see her contempt almost boil over at the systematic bit.

 

[two sheds]

Or we could just join in, I mean Coca Cola's never advertised in my blog

 

[tommers]

My favourite thing about this is that she clearly did this video normally to begin with, but was told to do it again and again until she did the gestures right.

You can actually see her contempt almost boil over at the systematic bit.

It's like when the Tories stand like the actors in Blackadder.

 

[DaveCinzano]

My favourite thing about this is that she clearly did this video normally to begin with, but was told to do it again and again until she did the gestures right.

You can actually see her contempt almost boil over at the systematic bit.

BLINK IF YOU ARE BEING COERCED

 

[andysays]

Conspiracy is an agreement between two or more people to commit an illegal act, along with an intent to achieve the agreement's goal. What’s the illegal act here?

The claim, FWIW, is that they have breached anti-trust law

 

[ska invita]

The claim, FWIW, is that they have breached anti-trust law

legal details:

Elon Musk’s X Sues Advertisers Over Alleged Boycott

The platform's antitrust suit claims an alleged conspiracy to withhold advertising dollars. Right-wing video site Rumble filed a similar suit today.

www.wired.com