Musk & Twitter
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@dogmeat said in Tech, monopolies, censorship:
@kid-chocolate coz let's put the crook in charge. Elon fanboi-ism is a symptom of the social media age not a panacea for its ills.
As are paragraphs like the above.
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@kirwan Fair point, but this isn't Twitter - thankfully and I'm not trying to portray myself as the saviour of mankind. I would however be locked up if I tried to get away with some of the stuff Musk has.
Anyway I will back off now having made my contempt for St Elon clear (again )
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More Elon fanbois. I’m getting seriously, seriously concerned this could become a contagion.
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@kid-chocolate said in Tech, monopolies, censorship:
More Elon fanbois.
Is there a place to recognise his achievements while thinking he's a dick? I'm super impressed with what he's done with Tesla and SpaceX, but honestly, he's a bit of a dick.
CEO Adulation is a US thing too, they revere them the way they do with Coaches. I've never really understood why... it's a cultural thing.
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Could be a political meme, but the shoe fits here too.
Bullseye!
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@kid-chocolate said in Tech, monopolies, censorship:
Could be a political meme, but the shoe fits here too.
Bullseye!
I thought Twitter was a publicly listed company??
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@kirwan said in Tech, monopolies, censorship:
@hooroo it is, but when they get into censorship drama they fall back on we are a private company and can moderate how we see fit.
Think hoisted by their own petard.
I suppose they can based on what their owners want.
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@nzzp said in Tech, monopolies, censorship:
@kid-chocolate said in Tech, monopolies, censorship:
More Elon fanbois.
Is there a place to recognise his achievements while thinking he's a dick? I'm super impressed with what he's done with Tesla and SpaceX, but honestly, he's a bit of a dick.
CEO Adulation is a US thing too, they revere them the way they do with Coaches. I've never really understood why... it's a cultural thing.
To use the rugby analogy, someone can be a great player and be a dickhead. The worst part of Elon Musk is his stream of consiousness on Twitter. And his dancing.
Saw a great quote about all this; Elon is putting his money where his mouth is.
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@hooroo said in Tech, monopolies, censorship:
@kirwan said in Tech, monopolies, censorship:
@hooroo it is, but when they get into censorship drama they fall back on we are a private company and can moderate how we see fit.
Think hoisted by their own petard.
I suppose they can based on what their owners want.
Yep. Where it gets creepy is when like minded companies band together to decide what can be online or not. So you get Twitter, Patreon, online payment companies and credit card companies de-platforming people and new compnaies to create a closed shop.
That shouldn't be allowed.
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LOL!
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@dogmeat said in Tech, monopolies, censorship:
@kirwan Fair point, but this isn't Twitter - thankfully and I'm not trying to portray myself as the saviour of mankind. I would however be locked up if I tried to get away with some of the stuff Musk has.
Anyway I will back off now having made my contempt for St Elon clear (again )
I'm not across Musk's history (Just that he does batteries and space shit, and was married to a weird Canadian singer). Please elucidate.
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Nice comment I read - It was all good when Twitter was run by Jack/Parag and his Merry Woke Band of Cancellers. But the thought of Elon introducing free speech, giving everyone a voice, instituting rational oversight, and eliminating cancellation, is just terrifying for some people and for the progressive left narrative.
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@frank said in Tech, monopolies, censorship:
Musk makes offer to buy Twitter (seems like a lowball offer to me)
I think he's doing it so he can walk away with his pride when his offer gets rejected - or at least, now he gets a 'win' either way.
He has legal trouble as well and if I were an investor in the states I'd be expecting the authorities to do something about him ignoring their rules. If he can do whatever he wants, they'll be shown to be completely useless.
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@gt12
I disagree. I think he genuinely believes in free speech and wants to change the company either through activism or taking it over.As for the legal trouble, he'll probably just be fined.
I also think it possible a bidding war develops for Twitter.
I also read the Twitter BOD is preparing a "poison pill" should Musk raise his stake.
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@frank said in Tech, monopolies, censorship:
@gt12
I disagree. I think he genuinely believes in free speech and wants to change the company either through activism or taking it over.As for the legal trouble, he'll probably just be fined.
I also think it possible a bidding war develops for Twitter.
I also read the Twitter BOD is preparing a "poison pill" should Musk raise his stake.
He may or may not, but either way I don’t think he’s taking over Twitter.
I’m happy to take the bet - first beer when I’m in Taiwan next time?
I also don’t think Musk cares about anyone except Elon Musk.
I find him really distasteful - he’s brilliant, truly amazing as a product developer/entrepreneur - but he’s a fluffybunny.
Edit: btw I think you may be right about the fine, which will be nothing to him anyway.
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@gt12
I am not saying he will necessarily take it over (he might), just that accumulating that size a stake means he wants to effect *(at a minimum) some kind of meaningful changes in the company's practices.Agree with your take on him in part, but he has achieved great things and deserves a lot of respect (edited)