Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter

[LuFins Dad]

@George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

Since we can’t elect Elon to be President, can we just name him God-King?

[jon-nyc]

He took a board seat.

“Through conversations with Elon in recent weeks, it became clear to us that he would bring great value to our Board,” CEO Parag Agrawal said in a tweet.

[jon-nyc]

[jon-nyc]

Read the thread. Last Friday they said they're working on an edit button.

[Jolly]

@jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

I have wondered at what point will we see some twitter employees walk

Today, I hope.

[Jolly]

@George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

The Fag Flag sez it all, doesn't it?

[Horace]

Employees will resign if and only if they don't believe doing so entails any personal sacrifice.

[George K]

Fake

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/twitter-employee-viral/

[Horace]

@George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

Fake

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/twitter-employee-viral/

Well ok, but the message wasn't exaggerated, so it didn't sniff of satire. It was slightly surprising since Elon isn't a tribal conservative, but he's not woke enough to pass muster with pop culturalites in silicon valley. And it was only one person, so totally believable. Though the profile pick didn't look like a gay man, that is true enough. Neither does Dave Rubin, one of the rubes who fell for it.

[George K]

[Copper]

I still don't believe anything on snopes.

[jon-nyc]

Jack weighs in

[89th]

See? How does Elon know about that tweet? I'm sure he's tagged a million times a day by users. Does he just sit and watch his phone all day? I DONT GET TWITTER. It's a fad.

[Aqua Letifer]

@89th said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

See? How does Elon know about that tweet? I'm sure he's tagged a million times a day by users. Does he just sit and watch his phone all day? I DONT GET TWITTER. It's a fad.

It's not what boomers on here say it is. This place is far more toxic, if you can believe it. Oh, and I never see anything political in my feed. Literally never. It's all in how you use it.

[George K]

[Horace]

@George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

“Less regulated speech”. Clever. In this eternal game of avoiding the tribal giggles, it is no longer advisable to say “free speech”, unless you’re a leftist giggling at those who advocate for it.

[Horace]

@jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

Jack weighs in

It’s great how in Jack’s tiny blurb about this, his only public reaction, he managed to pack in the notion that emotional thinking is way better than rational thinking. Lead with their hearts indeed. Gotta keep the woke mobs at bay, that is priority one for companies in the business of serving pop culture.

[89th]

@Horace They "lead with their hearts" which is basically an excuse for upcoming battles. Also, I would argue Musk leads with his brain and the world is better off for it.

[LuFins Dad]

@89th said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

@Horace They "lead with their hearts" which is basically an excuse for upcoming battles. Also, I would argue Musk leads with his brain and the world is better off for it.

That’s God-King Musk to you, infidel…

[Doctor Phibes]

@Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

It's not what boomers on here say it is. This place is far more toxic, if you can believe it.

I've only recently actually subscribed to Twitter, and you're right. It's funny, I never see any of the awful stuff people re-post here. It seems like a lot of people go looking for terrible things that people of the opposite political persuasion say on Twitter, and then complain about them saying it. Then they presumably complain about people getting offended too easily.

I still think the whole Twitter concept is a bit dreadful, and caters to narcissism, but it's still worth a look.