Elon Musk Buys Twitter

[Paranoid Android]

NEW: Elon Musk is threatening to sue Twitter employees who leak confidential information to the press. He's asking staffers to sign a pledge indicating they've understood. Here's the email:

Very much seems Elon preemptive strike to make sure that no information shows what counter Elon's Twitter files bs. Basically, he is just leaking internal documents, emails, etc that portrays the right as victims and their is some left conspiracy.

[beanman12345]

NEW: Elon Musk is threatening to sue Twitter employees who leak confidential information to the press. He's asking staffers to sign a pledge indicating they've understood. Here's the email:

Very much seems Elon preemptive strike to make sure that no information shows what counter Elon's Twitter files bs. Basically, he is just leaking internal documents, emails, etc that portrays the right as victims and their is some left conspiracy.

Well, that is exactly what free speech is, at least that's the smooth brained right seem to interpret it as.

[ringpriest]

At this point I have a low-key theory Elon is just big-mad everyone was making fun of him on social media and people in SF/Silicon Valley don't like him, so he's trying to burn it all down.

Twitter? Obviously, because he made a bad troll and got stuck with a $44B dumpster fire. He wants to kill that shit after he's had his fun and weaponized it to his end: Attacking broader social media and tech companies through the "revealing" how Twitter really operated.

Because it seems transparently obvious so far that this is absolutely manipulated and selective information being given to "journalists" with known biases and views so they can signal boost exactly the right message, even if that message is actively contradicted by the data they're reporting. The whole point is to impugn Twitter's prior leadership and company culture as being "irredeemably leftist/corrupted", and then take that and project it onto other tech companies. We've already seen him start doing some of that shit going after Apple, before Tim Apple invited him to the HQ, sat him down, and reminded him, "I don't care if you launch rockets into space. My name is Tim god damned Apple and if you fuck with me I will have you working the rest of your life as an 'indentured servant' in an emerald mine somewhere."

Elon's just your boring ass typical conservative nowadays, like, really boring.

It's not just that. Typical boring conservatives are not, in the grand scheme of things, all that bad. (The Trump maggots Elon is courting are much, much worse than "boring conservatives".) The result of what Musk has done, no matter what his motivations are, is the transformation of Twitter into a Nazi hangout.

[jonnysensible]

It's not just that. Typical boring conservatives are not, in the grand scheme of things, all that bad. (The Trump maggots Elon is courting are much, much worse than "boring conservatives".) The result of what Musk has done, no matter what his motivations are, is the transformation of Twitter into a Nazi hangout.

so hes turning twitter into a silicon valley metaverse?

[Cthulhu 2020]

If this isn't a metaphor for every aspect of life that nazis want to invade, I don't know what is.

[Hypasonic]

It's sad that this thread is basically a "bash elon thread" when he is literally doing more to try protect free speech than anyone has in the past, I dunno, yonks years. I will say though, that he did say he would unban every account that didn't violate country laws but he hasn't yet done so. When he does that, I will be happy.

[Dead Moose Fandango]

It's sad that this thread is basically a "bash elon thread" when he is literally doing more to try protect free speech than anyone has in the past, I dunno, yonks years. I will say though, that he did say he would unban every account that didn't violate country laws but he hasn't yet done so. When he does that, I will be happy.

Thanks, parody account. Glad to get the latest news on Twitter sinking via Elon.

[s_bushido]

It's sad that this thread is basically a "bash elon thread" when he is literally doing more to try protect free speech than anyone has in the past, I dunno, yonks years. I will say though, that he did say he would unban every account that didn't violate country laws but he hasn't yet done so. When he does that, I will be happy.

There are a few options with a post like this: Laughably gullible, hopelessly deluded, or just a useless troll.

But I wonder if your "unban everyone" includes those people specifically banned for making fun of Champion of Free Speech™ Elon when the "pay for a checkmark" bullshit first kicked off.

[Hypasonic]

There are a few options with a post like this: Laughably gullible, hopelessly deluded, or just a useless troll.

But I wonder if your "unban everyone" includes those people specifically banned for making fun of Champion of Free Speech™ Elon when the "pay for a checkmark" bullshit first kicked off.

I mean, paying to be verified=free speech? Eh? Not being censored=free speech to me. Bizzare reply, but not surprising.

[Rennadrel]

Elon only replies to the best:

https://twitter.com/mehdirhasan/stat...s7ZTAj7tCK41nQ

If you don't know or forgot who Lara Logan is, she was fired from Newsmax for being to crazy Qanon conspiracy tirade. So here is Elon responding to her of all people. Elon has done this so many times with other fringe right wing should be no surprise.

So here is the crazy conspiracy stuff I guess. She is ranting about child traffic and I'm sure pornography being shared on Twitter. The NY Post article which sadly I will link here, has one story of a person who definitely was let down by Twitter but the story tries to connect this into what Elon thinks Twitter was letting child porn just run rampant.

Of course this story is getting juiced on Twitter. I will not defend previous Twitter here if they were lax on child porn, but Elon and the rest are taking like next 5 steps to go from Twitter trying to police child porn to behind the scenes Twitter was cheering it on. Yet here we are with Elon trying to make this that Twitter was in bed with child pornographers.

For all these former "trust and safety council" people complaining, the only safety they provided was harboring pedophiles and child porn on their platform for who knows how long rather taking it down and working with authorities to ensure that the scumbags involved were arrested. Kinda hard to trust people who so willingly allow illegal content on their website for as long as they did. And frankly, anyone on that "council" should be thrown in front of a judge and forced to testify. Twitter is a mess, and clearly has been for a long time, but Elon sure as hell isn't making it any better.

[postman1782]

It's sad that this thread is basically a "bash elon thread" when he is literally doing more to try protect free speech than anyone has in the past, I dunno, yonks years. I will say though, that he did say he would unban every account that didn't violate country laws but he hasn't yet done so. When he does that, I will be happy.

You don't get free speech on a private platform. Otherwise no one would be banned for anything.

[Edge-]

It's sad that this thread is basically a "bash elon thread" when he is literally doing more to try protect free speech than anyone has in the past, I dunno, yonks years. I will say though, that he did say he would unban every account that didn't violate country laws but he hasn't yet done so. When he does that, I will be happy.

Except for his employees*

That anyone actually buys his bullshit is, frankly, sad and hilarious.

[unfilteredJW]

It's sad that this thread is basically a "bash elon thread" when he is literally doing more to try protect free speech than anyone has in the past, I dunno, yonks years. I will say though, that he did say he would unban every account that didn't violate country laws but he hasn't yet done so. When he does that, I will be happy.

Imagine being this gullible.

[s_bushido]

Not being censored=free speech to me. Bizzare reply, but not surprising.

Indeed. I can see how it might seem bizarre if you live in the alternate reality where Elon isn't perfectly happy censoring literally everyone who disagrees with and/or makes fun of his dumbass.

[unfilteredJW]

It's not just that. Typical boring conservatives are not, in the grand scheme of things, all that bad. (The Trump maggots Elon is courting are much, much worse than "boring conservatives".) The result of what Musk has done, no matter what his motivations are, is the transformation of Twitter into a Nazi hangout.

Kicking the shit out of skin heads is half the reason we went to punk shows when I was younger.

Good old fashioned American fun.

[Slant]

His father is loaded infamously owning mines in his home country, he got a "small" loan from daddy to start his business ventures just like Trump. They have a lot of similarities though the only difference is that Elon actually succeeded but they both are trust fund babies.

20000 bucks ain't really anything... but sure, guess he got a loaded daddy that made him a billionaire with 20000 bucks.

[Cthulhu 2020]

20000 bucks ain't really anything... but sure, guess he got a loaded daddy that made him a billionaire with 20000 bucks.

He got FAR more than $20k, but it's nice to see that Elmo paying for propaganda to make himself look better is working on useful idiots. That money wasn't COMPLETELY wasted.

After all, Elmo has spent millions trying to silence people who speak truth to his lies. He's currently forcing former employees to sign NDA's, that they won't release information about the inner workings of Twitter. Meanwhile he's making a hilariously one-sided narrative as he releases his "twitter files" and pretending to be transparent.

[Slant]

He got FAR more than $20k, but it's nice to see that Elmo paying for propaganda to make himself look better is working on useful idiots. That money wasn't COMPLETELY wasted.

After all, Elmo has spent millions trying to silence people who speak truth to his lies. He's currently forcing former employees to sign NDA's, that they won't release information about the inner workings of Twitter. Meanwhile he's making a hilariously one-sided narrative as he releases his "twitter files" and pretending to be transparent.

Er, you're slurping a lot of that conspiracy theory bullshit, aren't ya... I bet you were one of the irrational Elon fans just three years ago. I'll trust the information on Wikipedia more than some random bullshit coming from you, if it's all the same to you.

[Cthulhu 2020]

Twitter Files Part 4: Nothingburger boogaloo

Twitter Files 4 is one giant jumbled mess, but basically it shows us the inner workings of Twitter around Jan 3-8. It gives one big ole timeline of conversations that went on between Twitter executives, as well as various arms of government encouraging them to ban Trump.

Oddly enough, despite this being about the process for which Trump got banned on Jan 7, it CONVENIENTLY NEVER DISCUSSES WHAT HAPPENED ON JAN 6.

This is what controlling the narrative looks like folks. It was never about free speech.

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Er, you're slurping a lot of that conspiracy theory bullshit, aren't ya... I bet you were one of the irrational Elon fans just three years ago. I'll trust the information on Wikipedia more than some random bullshit coming from you, if it's all the same to you.

Even if he allegedly made every single cent on his own, it's still a bad look that you worship everything he does just because he made it. If anything, we know from every example out there that the people who make the most money often break the most laws and the most morals. They stop on everyone else's hands and heads. They're often fraudsters, using money to silence dissent.

Billionaire worship ain't a good look my dude. Especially when it's narcissists like Trump and Elmo.

[Slant]

Even if he allegedly made every single cent on his own, it's still a bad look that you worship everything he does just because he made it. If anything, we know from every example out there that the people who make the most money often break the most laws and the most morals. They stop on everyone else's hands and heads. They're often fraudsters, using money to silence dissent.

Billionaire worship ain't a good look my dude. Especially when it's narcissists like Trump and Elmo.

Literally, all I said was that he didn't get born with money in his ass like Trump did, so Draconis' comparison isn't accurate.

THAT IS LITERALLY ALL I SAID.

Now for some reason you rage so blindly about me worshipping Elon Musk. And then you proceed to start ranting about how the rich break laws, because they're rich. Argh! Ooaaaah!. You're so angry, which is funny, because all I said was literally the comparison doesn't hold up.

It still doesn't. Which you have failed to refute successfully, so you somehow veer off into attacking my agenda, which is funny, because I detest the pothead and think he's just a dude that won the dotcom lottery, is all. Like he really lucked out, he didn't actually work hard for his money. But him lucking out in the dotcom bubble is probably the primary reason why he's a billionaire today, not whatever conspiracy theory it is you've clearly subscribed to.