Elon Musk Buys Twitter

[Breccia]

So the first few Twitter accounts that posted the video of Elmo getting boo'd were taken down and the accounts banned.

I think it’s very important for there to be an inclusive arena for free speech. Twitter has become kind of the de facto town square, so it’s just really important that people have the, both the reality and the perception that they are able to speak freely within the bounds of the law.

-- Elon Musk, April 14, in a TED interview

Now of course, I would be a hypocrite if I didn't stick with my previously-stated opinion: The First Amendment and in many ways "the bounds of the law" regarding "free speech" does not affect what Twitter does. Twitter is not the government. They can censor what they want -- within the bounds of the EULA contract you sign, of course.

With that said, let's all be honest: Elon is now running Musk Social. I mocked Trump's Chinese Twitter knockoff because users signed contracts saying Trump could ban them for making fun of Trump. Which he is legally allowed to do, the fucking coward-ass fragile-ass snowflake-ass narcisist. Just because it's shameful as wanting to fuck your own daughter doesn't make it illegal. Musk is now doing the same thing. I...don't know if Twitter users signed that contract, though. To the best of my admittedly lacking knowledge because I only follow three people, the contract I signed pre-Musk didn't say anything about being banned just because. I would ask the various mods and safety councils, but Musk fired them all.

I'll assume for now the EULA is so poorly phrased and so vague that there's no legal remedy here. But it does still 100% contradict what Musk said earlier. Musk is a coward-ass fragile-ass snowflake-ass narcisist. And you can tell him I said that, what's he going to do, I only follow 3 people, and it's not like he can buy my company and have me fired, I work directly for the State of New York, bitch, and I am not for sale.

To Musk, making fun of Musk is a demonstrably worse crime than inciting treason. Trump is unbanned, after all. I guess that's another thing he and Trump have in common, they both think Jan 6th wasn't a big deal.

Another thing they have in common? They're both losing money, fast. Musk lost one hundred billion dollars this year. In fact, he is no longer the world's richest person, mostly fueled HARDEE HAR HAR by a drop in Tesla stock, which in turn dropped because of Musk's Twitter purchase.

And Trump's not even back on Twitter. Which -- yeah cross-threads here sorry -- let's check on DWAC stock price.

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Ah, down for the day.

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Week.

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Month.

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I do plan to finish eventually, Kif.

[Cthulhu 2020]

So a trans woman is ratio'ing Elmo, and her tweets that ratio him are being deleted.

What a fucking snowflake.

https://twitter.com/Esqueer_/status/1602478807184728064

[Breccia]

So a trans woman is ratio'ing Elmo, and her tweets that ratio him are being deleted.

What a fucking snowflake.

Just going to save the trouble and embarrassment for anyone else as old and out of touch as I am: "to ratio someone" is a negative action in which you point out a person/post has more replies than likes. This, in turn, is pointing out that person/post has generated more negative feedback than positive, or to quote one of the three people I follow on Twitter

Lolllllll no one likes you

That tweet got Trump to block her, which unlike an earlier post of mine, was ruled a First Amendment violation.

Ratio-ing may be taken negatively, but unlike 'no one likes you" it is a statement about an objective fact. This woman wasn't spreading misinformation, lying, or advocating violence against a fair and legal election and the people involved in it. She just pointed out that, well, Musk isn't getting a lot of positive feedback, even from his own customers.

Lolllllll.

[fwc577]

So a trans woman is ratio'ing Elmo, and her tweets that ratio him are being deleted.

What a fucking snowflake.

https://twitter.com/Esqueer_/status/1602478807184728064

I know, I feel fucking old asking this, mainly because I don't Twitter. But what is "ratio"ing?

[Breccia]

I know, I feel fucking old asking this, mainly because I don't Twitter. But what is "ratio"ing?

(sighs)

(points upwards)

[jonnysensible]

I know, I feel fucking old asking this, mainly because I don't Twitter. But what is "ratio"ing?

ratio this post guys

[fwc577]

(sighs)

(points upwards)

So, I did find a definition online. It's when someone replies to a Tweet and that reply gets more likes than the original tweet. It's a sign that the original tweet is dumb/fail.

Twitter is weird lol.

[Breccia]

It's when someone replies to a Tweet and that reply gets more likes than the original tweet.

Yeah, see when...nevermind, it's fine.

On topic, Musk has picked another cost-saving measure: not paying rent.

To cut costs, Twitter has not paid rent for its San Francisco headquarters or any of its global offices for weeks, three people close to the company said. Twitter has also refused to pay a $197,725 bill for private charter flights made the week of Mr. Musk’s takeover, according to a copy of a lawsuit filed in New Hampshire District Court and obtained by The New York Times.

Twitter’s leaders have also discussed the consequences of denying severance payments to thousands of people who have been laid off since the takeover, two people familiar with the talks said. And Mr. Musk has threatened employees with lawsuits if they talk to the media and “act in a manner contrary to the company’s interest,” according to an internal email sent last Friday.

I hope all the employees whose lives he's intentionally ruining get to take him to the fucking cleaners. Hey @Endus wanna re-do that 10% calculation you just did on Trump Org and do it on Musk too?

[jonnysensible]

so is twitter going bust already then?

[Edge-]

so is twitter going bust already then?

https://www.bidspotter.com/en-us/auc...id-herita10194

You want some super cheap office furniture or espresso makers? You can have real Twitter furniture for cheap next year!

[Santti]

so is twitter going bust already then?

If by bust you mean something like bankruptcy, then I'm guessing no. But it sure is taking a nosedive.

[BrokenRavens]

Days after @elonJet accused Twitter of shadowbanning, it's been suspended. Musk had said he wouldn't ban the account even though it was a "safety" risk for him.

https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-twitte...ker-1849891785

[Rasulis]

Musk is obsessing so much on cutting cost, he forgets about revenue.

Also, he is spending so much time on Twitter, he forgets about Tesla, Boring, SpaceX and Neuralink. All of them have their share of issues that need his attention.

[jonnysensible]

Musk is obsessing so much on cutting cost, he forgets about revenue.

Also, he is spending so much time on Twitter, he forgets about Tesla, Boring, SpaceX and Neuralink. All of them have their share of issues that need his attention.

surely this shows how little work CEO's actually do

[Edge-]

All of them have their share of issues that need his attention.

I'd place money on those companies running better and more efficiently than ever with Elon's full attention focused on shitposting on Twitter, stalking the offices to ask employees what they do, have meetings about code he doesn't understand, and track down people who are mean to him on Twitter to ban/shadowban them.

Sure makes you wonder what he actually does all day when he seemingly has all the time in the world to be terminally online.

[NED funded]

I wouldnt not want to be tje lawyer that has to take away the kitchen's staff pay and give it to the richests man in the world

I wish there was a way to discriminate executive and tech people from everyday workers. Oh well

[Forogil]

surely this shows how little work CEO's actually do

If the companies had been doing great while Elon focused on twitter I would have agreed.

But Tesla's stock price sliding seems to indicate that isn't the case, some think it can hit the target of 23$ per share next year; https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news...ts/ar-AA15hy2d

[Draco-Onis]

I'd place money on those companies running better and more efficiently than ever with Elon's full attention focused on shitposting on Twitter, stalking the offices to ask employees what they do, have meetings about code he doesn't understand, and track down people who are mean to him on Twitter to ban/shadowban them.

Sure makes you wonder what he actually does all day when he seemingly has all the time in the world to be terminally online.

I don't know pretty sure him attacking the demographic that buys Tesla everyday on twitter isn't going to boost sales.

[Cthulhu 2020]

I have to boggle at just how much people worship wealth in this world. And not just Musk, but like literally anyone with money, and especially businesses. Americans in particular HATE blue collar crime. If someone mugs you for your pocket change they apparently deserve to go to prison for life. But white collar crime? Steal millions of dollars, and get a fine and they go on their way.

Musk is being given a pass for just about anything he does even if it's directly contradictory to things he's said or promised. The right loves this dude. And why? Because he restored a bunch of nazi right wing and pedophile libertarian accounts? The team in charge of removing child pornographic material was completely canned, and yet people are calling trans stuff CP while the rest (I assume, I dunno, I don't engage in that kind of content) gets to flourish.

Probably one of my more ADD rants, but Musk and the right are just such massive hypocrites it's mind boggling.

[Endus]

I have to boggle at just how much people worship wealth in this world. And not just Musk, but like literally anyone with money, and especially businesses. Americans in particular HATE blue collar crime. If someone mugs you for your pocket change they apparently deserve to go to prison for life. But white collar crime? Steal millions of dollars, and get a fine and they go on their way.

Here's the best demonstration;

Picture the difference in legal response if you steal $200 out of the till at your job, versus your employer shorting you $200 on a paycheck. It doesn't even take much wealth to create the distinction in treatment. Steal out of the till, and the cops are knocking on your door. Try and call the cops over being shorted on your check and they'll straight-up laugh at you and tell you to get a lawyer.

That lawyer, of course, will cost you way more than the $200, so you're just completely fucked and have no real recourse. Which is one reason why wage theft is the single largest category of theft in the USA, and it's not even close, both in terms of incidents and money stolen.