Elon Musk Buys Twitter

[Mekh]

Yeah it was common for me when viewing it on my PC. Which is probably why I never bothered with Twitter. I just got used to the habit of view the tweet, close browser tab.

It would pop up the sign in page when you tried to scroll down, and forced the focus on the window preventing viewing it. Less of a problem on the phone.

There used to be a uBlock filter to prevent that.

[D Luniz]

The only reason Twitter hasn't imploded yet is that there's a lot of people who have established themselves there, Elon has forbidden outside social media links, and there's not really any social media more ubiquitous than Twitter.

There is an effective monopoly on the short form blurb from Twitter for everyday casual usage, and an effective monopoly on short form video from Tiktok. Facebook is primarily family social media and LinkedIn is professional/work related social media.

As soon as a short blurb social media site with a better API and mass appeal comes along, Twitter is finished. But I don't see that happening for awhile.

but at least now, with people knowing that yes, peoplewill leave twitter for even a similar service
there is an incentive to make that service other than how it was pre-,usk where people just said "but I'm establishes here, you're not offering better, just the same, so why move"

its just a question of what hits market first, no longer "if"

[Biglog]

Twitter today:

"To address extreme levels of data scraping & system manipulation, we’ve applied the following temporary limits:

- Verified accounts are limited to reading 6000 posts/day
- Unverified accounts to 600 posts/day
- New unverified accounts to 300/day"

Needless to say, its going over well. Most platforms require you to login, but I can't think of any that throttle how many you can *read* a day, that's wild that they'd even think that would fly.

[Mekh]

Twitter today:

"To address extreme levels of data scraping & system manipulation, we’ve applied the following temporary limits:

- Verified accounts are limited to reading 6000 posts/day
- Unverified accounts to 600 posts/day
- New unverified accounts to 300/day"

Needless to say, its going over well. Most platforms require you to login, but I can't think of any that throttle how many you can *read* a day, that's wild that they'd even think that would fly.

Doesn't this coincide with twitter dropping one of their cloud or third party security contracts?

[Mekh]

This seems fair, tho, I don't agree with putting any limitations on the verified accounts. Don't we have something similar here, but it's for newer accounts?

IDK, maybe a mod can elaborate a bit...

IIRC admins insist even a minimum posting limit before people can create threads would only lead to more spam. There is no limit on reading. In fact, you can read more or less the entire forum without even being signed in.

[Mekh]

Yeah, besides the obnoxious af ads this site has now when you're logged out, which makes it miserable on mobile, it's still very much useable when you're not signed in.

ublock on PC, adblock browser on android. Site's clean as a whistle for me.

[Paranoid Android]

Doesn't this coincide with twitter dropping one of their cloud or third party security contracts?

Umm, no news or source yet, but I think I would put all my money on this.

Otherwise his vomit of 'data scraping' and manipulation means his system can't protect itself. This moron's cover up is "yeah I can't protect my site".

[D Luniz]

There are three wayt this can play out, In order of likely hood from least to most
Least likely: Musk, bored and noticing he's about to be known for killing twitter, reverses 90% of the mess he's done since buying and twitter more of less, returns to how it was in turns of moderation

somewhat likely with increasing chance as time goes on: Several of the competitor platforms launch, and they are on par or better than highpoint twitter, twitter withers on the vine

The reason Id buy stock in twitter if it was still public cause it would be dirty cheap atm: Musk's creditors get sick of this, and sue him for control, then return twitter to pre Musk standards

[s_bushido]

The reason Id buy stock in twitter if it was still public cause it would be dirty cheap atm: Musk's creditors get sick of this, and sue him for control, then return twitter to pre Musk standards

Seems like a pipe dream. Even it Musk mysteriously vanishes in a submarine incident tomorrow, the damage is done. The company wouldn't be able to instantly re-hire all the talent he drove off, and the confidence of users/advertisers that he's destroyed will take a while to rebuild (assuming it's even possible).

[D Luniz]

Seems like a pipe dream. Even it Musk mysteriously vanishes in a submarine incident tomorrow, the damage is done. The company wouldn't be able to instantly re-hire all the talent he drove off, and the confidence of users/advertisers that he's destroyed will take a while to rebuild (assuming it's even possible).

if it was a company with a board of directors, or you could say its ingrained in the company culture, Id agree
but ALL of this is from one whine daddy issued man-child with a wallet

if you get rid of Musk (not just he's not CEO, but 100%, he is out, cant ever assert control again), that would solve most of the user/advertiser issue
that would still leave the rehiring talent, but if the lenders were willing to toss him out, they'll be willing to burn cash to restart twitter

[ringpriest]

Twitter today:

"To address extreme levels of data scraping & system manipulation, we’ve applied the following temporary limits:

- Verified accounts are limited to reading 6000 posts/day
- Unverified accounts to 600 posts/day
- New unverified accounts to 300/day"

Needless to say, its going over well. Most platforms require you to login, but I can't think of any that throttle how many you can *read* a day, that's wild that they'd even think that would fly.

I suspect Mr. Muskrat broke Twitter and this is a partly a face-saving cover story.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/01/tech/...ded/index.html

Hours after users began reporting the problems, billionaire owner Elon Musk tweeted that the site had applied temporary limits “to address extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation.”

My best guess is that he was trying something and ended up self-DDoSing.

[DarkTZeratul]

if the lenders were willing to toss him out, they'll be willing to burn cash to restart twitter

More likely they'd just sell it to the highest bidder and cut their losses.

[s_bushido]

if you get rid of Musk (not just he's not CEO, but 100%, he is out, cant ever assert control again), that would solve most of the user/advertiser issue
that would still leave the rehiring talent, but if the lenders were willing to toss him out, they'll be willing to burn cash to restart twitter

I think Musk did an excellent job of demonstrating how risky burning cash in social media can be. How many tens of billions did he lose with this? I'd be surprised if anyone was willing to put that sort of money on the line with Twitter, especially with no guarantee that they'd even get the platform back up to pre-Musk levels.

/shrug

[Edge-]

I suspect Mr. Muskrat broke Twitter and this is a partly a face-saving cover story.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/01/tech/...ded/index.html



My best guess is that he was trying something and ended up self-DDoSing.

"Laying off employees and not paying for services isn't the reason twitter is unusable, we actually did that on purpose!"

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[jonnysensible]

twitter is proper fucked

[CastletonSnob]

Who's dumber, Trump or Musk?

[korijenkins]

Who's dumber, Trump or Musk?

Musk. He's more successful, but I kinda view his success as a cosmic fluke rather than anything to attribute to his intelligence.

[Egomaniac]

Musk. He's more successful, but I kinda view his success as a cosmic fluke rather than anything to attribute to his intelligence.

And yet you would attribute Trump's success to his own great intelligence?

[Poopymonster]

And yet you would attribute Trump's success to his own great intelligence?

Trump has enough money to hire yes-men and fall-guys with enough money left over to pay minor fines for majorly not paying workers.
Musk has enough money to pay top dollar for someone to run a company, give them a blank check he signed and say "Make it work" then stay the fuck out.
Then Musk bought Twitter and thought it was himself personally, not his money being spent by smart people, was why shit worked.

[Egomaniac]

Trump has enough money to hire yes-men and fall-guys with enough money left over to pay minor fines for majorly not paying workers.
Musk has enough money to pay top dollar for someone to run a company, give them a blank check he signed and say "Make it work" then stay the fuck out.
Then Musk bought Twitter and thought it was himself personally, not his money being spent by smart people, was why shit worked.

I'm not saying Musk is a genius. I'm asking what makes Trump so smart.