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    jon-nyc
    wrote on 28 Oct 2022, 17:21 last edited by
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    You were warned.

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      Axtremus
      wrote on 29 Oct 2022, 02:12 last edited by Axtremus
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      GM temporarily halts paid advertising on Twitter
      https://www.reuters.com/technology/gm-temporarily-halts-paid-advertising-twitter-2022-10-28/

      Racist tweets quickly surface after Musk closes Twitter deal
      https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/10/28/musk-twitter-racist-posts/

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      • T taiwan_girl
        28 Oct 2022, 08:01

        @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

        Without cause?

        Musk owns the company. He can fire or hire who he chooses...

        Sorry - it wasn't very clear what I was trying to say. I was trying to say that a lot of executive contracts have a "golden parachute". If you are let for "for cause", you don't get the parachute. However, if you were let go "without cause", you still get your parachute.

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        taiwan_girl
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        @taiwan_girl said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

        @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

        Without cause?

        Musk owns the company. He can fire or hire who he chooses...

        Sorry - it wasn't very clear what I was trying to say. I was trying to say that a lot of executive contracts have a "golden parachute". If you are let for "for cause", you don't get the parachute. However, if you were let go "without cause", you still get your parachute.

        (https://www.reuters.com/technology/golden-parachutes-3-fired-twitter-executives-worth-122-mln-equilar-2022-10-28/)

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          George K
          wrote on 29 Oct 2022, 11:17 last edited by
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          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            George K
            wrote on 29 Oct 2022, 11:46 last edited by
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            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              Mik
              wrote on 29 Oct 2022, 14:33 last edited by
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              And here comes Bezos trying to hurt Musk.

              https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/you-ve-decided-to-quit-twitter-here-s-what-you-can-use-to-replace-it/ar-AA13vObT?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=3f7d32e297b54bce8c896657a7863171

              β€œI am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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              • M Mik
                29 Oct 2022, 14:33

                And here comes Bezos trying to hurt Musk.

                https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/you-ve-decided-to-quit-twitter-here-s-what-you-can-use-to-replace-it/ar-AA13vObT?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=3f7d32e297b54bce8c896657a7863171

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                George K
                wrote on 29 Oct 2022, 14:38 last edited by
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                @Mik apparently the irony of a billionaire who owns a media enterprise complaining about a billionaire owning a media enterprise is lost on Mr.(I make tourist rockets) Bezos.

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  Mik
                  wrote on 29 Oct 2022, 15:30 last edited by
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                  H/T Ivorythumper

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                  β€œI am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                    Horace
                    wrote on 29 Oct 2022, 15:36 last edited by
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                    We'll see how many people actually do end up voting against Twitter with their eyeballs and clicks. My suspicion is that not many will. Because actually the politically directional moderation didn't make the place more attractive, and the lack of it (to whatever extent a change will even be noticeable) won't make it less attractive.

                    That won't stop the left from writing op-eds about how the place has become a cesspool of hate, replete with references to troll tweets that could just as easily have been culled from Twitter before the Musk takeover. Ax is dutifully reporting such stories to TNCR as we speak.

                    Education is extremely important.

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                      LuFins Dad
                      wrote on 29 Oct 2022, 19:56 last edited by
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                      LOL, the number of people that I have seen posting on Facebook that they are leaving Twitter is HILARIOUS. I’ve just opened a Twitter account.

                      The Brad

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                        Horace
                        wrote on 29 Oct 2022, 20:16 last edited by Horace
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                        It’ll become a guilty pleasure. If any mainstreamer talks about being on Twitter now, they will be extra careful to provide the scaffolding about being careful who they follow and that their feed is sane and sensible.

                        Education is extremely important.

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                          Mik
                          wrote on 29 Oct 2022, 20:34 last edited by
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                          β€œI am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                            George K
                            wrote on 29 Oct 2022, 20:39 last edited by
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                            Read the replies.

                            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              George K
                              wrote on 29 Oct 2022, 21:22 last edited by
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                              https://amp.tmz.com/2022/10/28/twitter-layoffs-hoax-pranksters-trick-media-outlets-pose-fired-employees-elon-musk/

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                Copper
                                wrote on 29 Oct 2022, 23:29 last edited by Copper
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                                https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump

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                                  taiwan_girl
                                  wrote on 30 Oct 2022, 04:01 last edited by
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                                  I think that Elon Musk has kind of "jump the shark". He seemed to used to have quite a bit of respect for his business thinking and "out of the box" thinking.

                                  But to my unsophisticated mind, he seems to have lost that respect. He is Starting to seem like a "caricature ".

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                                  • T taiwan_girl
                                    30 Oct 2022, 04:01

                                    I think that Elon Musk has kind of "jump the shark". He seemed to used to have quite a bit of respect for his business thinking and "out of the box" thinking.

                                    But to my unsophisticated mind, he seems to have lost that respect. He is Starting to seem like a "caricature ".

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                                    Horace
                                    wrote on 30 Oct 2022, 16:35 last edited by
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                                    @taiwan_girl said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                    I think that Elon Musk has kind of "jump the shark". He seemed to used to have quite a bit of respect for his business thinking and "out of the box" thinking.

                                    But to my unsophisticated mind, he seems to have lost that respect. He is Starting to seem like a "caricature ".

                                    That's because Musk has verged into having opinions that go against the pop cultural grain. The lack of respect you feel, is entirely due to the disrespectful messaging you're being fed, by the cultural forces who feel threatened by Musk. You might want to reflect on what you know about Musk, and how you know it. My guess is that you couldn't name a single specific thing Mr Musk believes, which you would find worthy of disrespect.

                                    The reason the messaging has become disrespectful, is because Mr Musk is demonstrably not an indoctrinated left-leaning culture soldier, and as such is unreliable in his political and cultural opinions. This scares the leftist establishment, so they pull the levers to make the masses feel about Musk as they would like the masses to feel about Musk.

                                    Education is extremely important.

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                                      29 Oct 2022, 23:29

                                      https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump

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                                      jon-nyc
                                      wrote on 30 Oct 2022, 19:41 last edited by
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                                      @Copper said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                      https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump

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                                      Musk is probably just helping the GOP in the midterms.

                                      You were warned.

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                                        George K
                                        wrote on 31 Oct 2022, 00:12 last edited by
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                                        LOL

                                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                          Jolly
                                          wrote on 31 Oct 2022, 13:30 last edited by
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                                          β€œCry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". β€” Buck Sexton

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