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

[a_chap]

I have no idea how Tesla and/or musk haven't been successfully sued from here to next Wednesday given their blatant lies about "Full Self-Driving"...

 

[Saul Goodman]

I think that's just wishfull thinking, he is far from crazy

Oh he's batshit crazy, and he's descending further into the abyss at a fair rate of knots. I'm just wondering how long until he loses it completely and does something that even he and his money can't recover from.

 

[Dogsauce]

Saw an article that remaining advertisers are reconsidering twitter after his action against the ones who are unfairly boycotting him. Quite likely I'd have thought, but it didn't seem to be quoting any of them.

What, the mass of investment/crypto scams (often using famous people without their consent) and drop-shipping rip offs which are the only remaining advertisers as far as I see?

 

[High Voltage]

Doesn’t seem to be hurting Tesla’s valuation that much

 

[tommers]

Doesn’t seem to be hurting Tesla’s valuation that much

What's "brand value" and how is that measured (I mean I know "in billions of dollars", but how is it worked out)?

Edit: I realised I could just Google it.

Brand Value 101: What is it & How Can You Measure it?

Brand value would be the monetary worth of your brand if you were to sell it. ✓ Learn what factors contribute to brand value and how to increase it!

www.qualtrics.com

Today’s appreciation of the power of brands means that there is deep thinking, and as a result, a wide array of perspectives on what makes a brand successful, how brands interact with consumer psychology, and even what the true definition of brand should be. Unsurprisingly then, measuring brand value can be complex and confusing without a clear strategy in mind.

Sigh.

 

[ska invita]

He's the richest man in the world, as good as, him going broke isnt really a hope to hold out for

 

[Saul Goodman]

He's the richest man in the world, as good as, him going broke isnt really a hope to hold out for

He won't go broke, but he'll lose everything else he thinks is important.

 

[two sheds]

He might convert all his wealth to bitcoin to pawn the libs/for security's sake and then lose the key

 

[2hats]

Would be interesting to see him placed on an Interpol red notice.

As an ex-Twitter boss, I have a way to grab Elon Musk’s attention. If he keeps stirring unrest, get an arrest warrant | Bruce Daisley

It cannot be right that Musk can sow discord without personal risk. Perhaps fear of unexpected detention will concentrate his mind, says Bruce Daisley, former vice-president for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Twitter

www.theguardian.com

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

He won't go broke, but he'll lose everything else he thinks is important.

Don't see him losing his ability to be a gobshite online either tbh.

 

[Saul Goodman]

I dunno, Tesla's stock price seems to bear no relation to its actual situation. I keep expecting it to be Emperor's New Clothes when things like falling sales figures, rivals emerging, or just the plain old "these wild tech promises aren't happening" bit comes to a head, but it seems to be able to survive on pure speculation.

Tesla is a lot like Bitcoin in that regard. It's riding on the crest of a wave of fucking divs.

 

[BigMoaner]

He won't go broke, but he'll lose everything else he thinks is important.

He could be an important lesson in billionaire deconstruction and getting rid of the “masters of the universe” veneer, that he’s some hyper rational otherling when he’s really just like a Reddit moderator who got lucky

 

[DaveCinzano]

a Reddit moderator who got lucky

 

[JimW]

 

[edcraw]

I hear the Trump interview went very well…

 

[bluescreen]

Wasn't sure whether to post here or on the Trump mockery thread.

Grok's summary of the live Musk/Trump debate: meh.

 

[Nylock]

even his AI kid hates him...

 

[pbsmooth]

I see how he's now asked Harris for an interview... so he can presumably cry like a baby and attempt some mindless point-scoring if she rightly ignores him.

 

[Jeremiah18.17]

He is well on the way down the Fox/Glinner career/reputation/personal life self destruction chute now.

 

[two sheds]

I'm warming to the EU a tad and he's looking for a fight with them. Doesn't show the whole European Commission letter but the first few sentences look good

 

[tommers]

what a prick.

 

[Saul Goodman]

In years to come, Musk will finally achieve the immortalisation he so badly yearns, except it won't be for anything he wants to be remembered for. He'll be an idiom for when somebody goes batshit crazy and flushes their world down the shitter. "Best stay away from him. He's gone full Musk."

 

[two sheds]

Unless Trump scams it in November when it'll be Saint Musk from then on in

well at least until they fall out

 

[Saul Goodman]

Wasn't sure whether to post here or on the Trump mockery thread.

Grok's summary of the live Musk/Trump debate: meh.



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[JimW]

 

[Sue]

Let's hope loads of other people follow suit. (Iirc, there's a mass action in the US as they allegedly broke local laws.)

Ex-Twitter worker wins £470,000 for unfair dismissal over Musk ‘hardcore’ email

Gary Rooney was told he had resigned voluntarily by not replying to the billionaire’s email about Twitter 2.0

www.theguardian.com

 

[spitfire]

There's been a concerted effort amongst my rave dad community to get on to Bluesky in the last few days.

 

[magneze]

Can we finally unlink it from urban75 now? Do we need tweet embeds?

 

[souljacker]

What's "brand value" and how is that measured (I mean I know "in billions of dollars", but how is it worked out)?

Edit: I realised I could just Google it.

Brand Value 101: What is it & How Can You Measure it?

Brand value would be the monetary worth of your brand if you were to sell it. ✓ Learn what factors contribute to brand value and how to increase it!

www.qualtrics.com

Sigh.

Marketers marketing marketing. Very meta.

 

[two sheds]

Musk quotes a handy compilation of headlines about his Trump jerk-off