Twitter pisses off NPR
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wrote on 19 Apr 2023, 14:54 last edited by Renauda
Indeed it is. It also has, as the Twatter link you provided crudely pointed out, drama, comedy and sports programming along with arts and science documentary productions. Best of all, it broadcasts throughout the country in both official languages, French and English.
It is produced by Canadians for Canadians. I support the CBC and regard it a treasured national cultural institution. I would willingly defend it with extreme prejudice.
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wrote on 21 Apr 2023, 19:12 last edited by
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wrote on 21 Apr 2023, 21:47 last edited by Doctor Phibes
I'd go so far as to humbly suggest that Elon Musk is not to be trusted.
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I'd go so far as to humbly suggest that Elon Musk is not to be trusted.
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wrote on 22 Apr 2023, 06:22 last edited by
He is turning into a caricature. He is obviously a smart guy, but I think is starting to love publicity about himself a bit too much.
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wrote on 22 Apr 2023, 11:19 last edited by
He's a promoter. They like publicity.
But back to the subject at hand...What is Musk's ultimate goal here? You know he has one.
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He's a promoter. They like publicity.
But back to the subject at hand...What is Musk's ultimate goal here? You know he has one.
wrote on 22 Apr 2023, 11:36 last edited by@Jolly said in Twitter pisses off NPR:
He's a promoter. They like publicity.
But back to the subject at hand...What is Musk's ultimate goal here? You know he has one.
- It's fun to make the papers due to bullshit
- Data mining
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He's a promoter. They like publicity.
But back to the subject at hand...What is Musk's ultimate goal here? You know he has one.
wrote on 22 Apr 2023, 12:18 last edited by@Jolly said in Twitter pisses off NPR:
What is Musk's ultimate goal here? You know he has one.
Money.
And with any luck to spend it to go and live on Mars.
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@Jolly said in Twitter pisses off NPR:
He's a promoter. They like publicity.
But back to the subject at hand...What is Musk's ultimate goal here? You know he has one.
- It's fun to make the papers due to bullshit
- Data mining
wrote on 22 Apr 2023, 12:21 last edited by@Aqua-Letifer said in Twitter pisses off NPR:
@Jolly said in Twitter pisses off NPR:
He's a promoter. They like publicity.
But back to the subject at hand...What is Musk's ultimate goal here? You know he has one.
- It's fun to make the papers due to bullshit
- Data mining
I get the first one. How can you data mine this event and what are you looking for?
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Twitter pisses off NPR:
@Jolly said in Twitter pisses off NPR:
He's a promoter. They like publicity.
But back to the subject at hand...What is Musk's ultimate goal here? You know he has one.
- It's fun to make the papers due to bullshit
- Data mining
I get the first one. How can you data mine this event and what are you looking for?
wrote on 22 Apr 2023, 12:35 last edited by@Jolly said in Twitter pisses off NPR:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Twitter pisses off NPR:
@Jolly said in Twitter pisses off NPR:
He's a promoter. They like publicity.
But back to the subject at hand...What is Musk's ultimate goal here? You know he has one.
- It's fun to make the papers due to bullshit
- Data mining
I get the first one. How can you data mine this event and what are you looking for?
I don't think it's any one event per se. I think he can now get a first-hand look at common consumer behavior, and how social media attention actually works. That kind of information would be valuable for just about anybody.
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wrote on 3 May 2023, 11:44 last edited by
Imagine one day "@npr" on Twitter is someone or something other than the National Public Radio:
https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-threatens-reassign-npr-twitter-account-npr-says-2023-05-03/
Musk, in an email to an NPR reporter, asked about its engagement with Twitter, the public broadcaster said.
“So is NPR going to start posting on Twitter again, or should we reassign @NPR to another company?” NPR quoted Musk as saying.
“Our policy is to recycle handles that are definitively dormant,” he said in another email. “Same policy applies to all accounts. No special treatment for NPR.”Twitter should have the right to do whatever it wants with its namespaces, barring any contractual obligation. If a reader is too careless to verify whether a tweet by a Twitter @ handle is or is not from the person or organization he thinks it is from, well too bad.
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wrote on 3 May 2023, 11:46 last edited by
NPR needs to start their own company to compete with Twitter.
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Imagine one day "@npr" on Twitter is someone or something other than the National Public Radio:
https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-threatens-reassign-npr-twitter-account-npr-says-2023-05-03/
Musk, in an email to an NPR reporter, asked about its engagement with Twitter, the public broadcaster said.
“So is NPR going to start posting on Twitter again, or should we reassign @NPR to another company?” NPR quoted Musk as saying.
“Our policy is to recycle handles that are definitively dormant,” he said in another email. “Same policy applies to all accounts. No special treatment for NPR.”Twitter should have the right to do whatever it wants with its namespaces, barring any contractual obligation. If a reader is too careless to verify whether a tweet by a Twitter @ handle is or is not from the person or organization he thinks it is from, well too bad.
wrote on 3 May 2023, 12:40 last edited by@Axtremus said in Twitter pisses off NPR:
If a reader is too careless to verify whether a tweet by a Twitter @ handle is or is not from the person or organization he thinks it is from, well too bad
LOL
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/06/1121242198/liz-truss-twitter-mistake
