Elon Musk Buys Twitter

[Breccia]

Things like that aint what you want when you have a defamation case coming up

Nate...higgers.

(sighs)

You know, I'm thinking of starting a pool here. At some point, merely quoting and citing Twitter will get one of us banned.

[Odinfrost]

Not even being subtle about their racism

[D Luniz]

Nate...higgers.

(sighs)

You know, I'm thinking of starting a pool here. At some point, merely quoting and citing Twitter will get one of us banned.

thats why I didnt post a screen of the posts the hashtag is part of.
Despite it being news and the thread topic, I cant still see that it's to likely it crosses a line.

That said, a third of the posts are just racists being racist. A third are the "WTF" type posts, and the remaining are people calling it out so no one can try and skate with the "its just jokes" bs cause then they come back and try to justify it

[diller]

Not even being subtle about their racism

Why do you hate free speech?

/s

[Surfd]

Slightly off topic, but still somewhat relevant: Musk's Hyperloop project finally pulling the plug after half a billion dollars in investment over it's lifespan results in jack squat to show for it:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/21/...sing-elon-musk

[s_bushido]

Slightly off topic, but still somewhat relevant: Musk's Hyperloop project finally pulling the plug after half a billion dollars in investment over it's lifespan results in jack squat to show for it:

Incorrect. It accomplished its goal of siphoning funding from and fucking over plans for improved mass-transit systems for at least a couple decades.

[Forogil]

Slightly off topic, but still somewhat relevant: Musk's Hyperloop project finally pulling the plug after half a billion dollars in investment over it's lifespan results in jack squat to show for it:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/21/...sing-elon-musk

Ah, yes, expected by most as seen in:
https://www.mmo-champion.com/threads...he-Smithsonian (The Hyperloop company that shut down, Hyperloop One, was formerly Virgin Hyperloop.)
https://www.mmo-champion.com/threads...nts-the-tunnel

[Belize]

Not even being subtle about their racism

Something something freeze peach

[Forogil]

Something something freeze peach

But remember one rule for you, and another rule me:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/scien...p-tesla-critic
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documen...nlrb-tesla.pdf

[Edge-]

https://twitter.com/EN_NERV/status/1741752434635186344

Know what's great to have happen during a natural disaster? Have one of the larger social media platforms rate-limit an account providing real-time disaster updates because it's only paying $100/month for API access and not $5K/month for API access.

I wonder if they'll be able to tie any deaths back to Elom's policy decisions with Twitter. Who ever could have imagined running a social media platform might be hard and complicated?! Maybe that's what all those losers he fired were there to do?

[Forogil]

https://twitter.com/EN_NERV/status/1741752434635186344

Know what's great to have happen during a natural disaster? Have one of the larger social media platforms rate-limit an account providing real-time disaster updates because it's only paying $100/month for API access and not $5K/month for API access.

I wonder if they'll be able to tie any deaths back to Elom's policy decisions with Twitter. Who ever could have imagined running a social media platform might be hard and complicated?! Maybe that's what all those losers he fired were there to do?

One can also question the idea of using a company to provide essential information for a natural disaster, especially without a contract for it.

Hopefully more government will take note and find a better way of providing such information, without relying on a Lone Skum.

[Nymrohd]

One can also question the idea of using a company to provide essential information for a natural disaster, especially without a contract for it.

Hopefully more government will take note and find a better way of providing such information, without relying on a Lone Skum.

Very much this. Allowing a few individuals to have a stranglehold on communication is simply inane.

[Belize]

https://twitter.com/EN_NERV/status/1741752434635186344

Know what's great to have happen during a natural disaster? Have one of the larger social media platforms rate-limit an account providing real-time disaster updates because it's only paying $100/month for API access and not $5K/month for API access.

I wonder if they'll be able to tie any deaths back to Elom's policy decisions with Twitter. Who ever could have imagined running a social media platform might be hard and complicated?! Maybe that's what all those losers he fired were there to do?

Can we just take an aside here to discuss that they're named NERV.

Where are my Evangelions, this is the absolute worst timeline.

[shimerra]

One can also question the idea of using a company to provide essential information for a natural disaster, especially without a contract for it.

Hopefully more government will take note and find a better way of providing such information, without relying on a Lone Skum.

They do have/use better ways. Japan's Early Warning system is actually pretty well done as far as I'm aware. Twitter was just one of many avenues they used and given the nature of an emergency it's ideal to hit every single place you can.


While I agree Japan probably should have just paid the higher fee given the number of Twitter users they have it's still good to highlight the issues Elon has intentionally cause basically for no one's benefit even his own pockets. And like I said their public systems are good enough that this really still reflects wore on "X" rather than Japan's government.

[Benggaul]

Very much this. Allowing a few individuals to have a stranglehold on communication is simply inane.

They don't. Twitter isn't the only place NERV announces shit. They have a presence across multiple forms of media. Twitter was just one way to alert a lot of folks, not their sole or primary line of communication. This is more another example of Musk being an absolute shithead and not so much NERV being irresponsible.

[Edge-]

https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...alls-elon-musk

The overvalued company that Elom paid even more for is worth 71% of the $44B he spent on it according to Fidelity. That brings the $44B investment he raised down to a value of around $12.5B.

Really, I don't think anyone in this thread could accomplish these kinds of returns on investment so far. We could all forget that we raised the funds to purchase a company and would probably be doing better letting the folks in charge continue to run things.

[Drutt]

That brings the $44B investment he raised down to a value of around $12.5B.

I'm honestly astonished it's valued even that high.

[Benggaul]

I'm honestly astonished it's valued even that high.

A lot of established infrastructure and a wide reach that still has potential if it's ever wrested out of his imbecilic hands. That's basically what it's coasting on right now.

[PACOX]

https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...alls-elon-musk

The overvalued company that Elom paid even more for is worth 71% of the $44B he spent on it according to Fidelity. That brings the $44B investment he raised down to a value of around $12.5B.

Really, I don't think anyone in this thread could accomplish these kinds of returns on investment so far. We could all forget that we raised the funds to purchase a company and would probably be doing better letting the folks in charge continue to run things.

In 20 years (maybe less) we'll hear about all the times he almost ruined SpaceX. People already murmur about things here and there. Since this is the political section, I think the Cold War era intelligence agencies would have had 12 concurrent conspiracies against him for his companies at this point. Dude is genuinely a pain in the ass but holds strategically viable assets.

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I'm honestly astonished it's valued even that high.

Twitter was a massive platform for communication. Not just catching up with friends but spreading information. On the flip side, offered an insane amount of "inventory" for marketers, in paid ads and just having an active Twitter profile. Musk has managed to turn away users and advertisers.

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In 20 years (maybe less) we'll hear about all the times he almost ruined SpaceX. People already murmur about things here and there. Since this is the political section, I think the Cold War era intelligence agencies would have had 12 concurrent conspiracies against him for his companies at this point. Dude is genuinely a pain in the ass but holds strategically viable assets.

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Twitter was a massive platform for communication. Not just catching up with friends but spreading information. On the flip side, offered an insane amount of "inventory" for marketers, in paid ads and just having an active Twitter profile. Musk has managed to turn away users and advertisers.

Quoting myself.

Didn't know this case was a thing, but man that was fast and relevant.

SpaceX accused of unlawfully firing staff critical of Elon Musk

[Sorshen]

Millions of people think this guy is a genius.