Elon Bought Twitter- X GON GIVE IT TO YA

[Phoenix Dark]

What people forget about the cave thing is AFTER the kids were rescued, Musk said he would send in a submarine anyway just to prove he was right.

Of course he never did

Trump shit. All that matters is the headline, because there will be no followup. So you announce you're gonna sue someone for releasing a story about you, and then you never do.

[Tasty]

It's funny because it seems like such an avoidable issue. Give people their 60 day notice, what difference does it really make for musk?

How does the saying go...the cruelty is the point. Granted these are top tier employees who will be snatched up in a heart beat. But uncertainty is never a good thing, and certainly not when it comes to losing healthcare during what is supposed to be open enrollment.

We'll see what happens. The state of California and the AG will likely go pretty hard on this but at the same time, he can probably delay this legally. I was confident he was fucked on the Twitter deal case (and turned out to be correct) because rich people were involved. A class action lawsuit tho...ehhh. Who knows. Maybe the AG wants to be the next senator from CA and goes wild on this. We'll see.

Iirc Tesla already semi-won against a recent WARN suit and even if he loses the amount is negligible to Elon compared to the purchase price. It's a calculated risk that already seems to have worked for him once already.

[james]

https://twitter.com/Angry_Staffer/status/1588569650136109061


 

[Pissy F Benny]

BREAKING NEWS: Joe Rogan is set to tweet the N Word at 7pm as Elon Musk tries to bring more eyes to the ailing social media platform.

[Nintex]

https://twotter.xyz/

From the folks that brought you this

https://twitter.com/y4kxyz/status/1524893128444067841

[Phoenix Dark]

https://twitter.com/Angry_Staffer/status/1588569650136109061


 

I thought this was fake lmaooo

[jorma]

https://twitter.com/Angry_Staffer/status/1588569650136109061


 

i'm confused, how is the added context doing anything but reinfoce what he just stated? what am i missing?

[james]

https://twitter.com/Angry_Staffer/status/1588569650136109061


 

i'm confused, how is the added context doing anything but reinfoce what he just stated? what am i missing?

Musk: Theyre leaving because of activists

Fact check reality: Theyre leaving because Musk fired all the content moderators


Also, if you dont see it on your account, the fact checks dont always show up.

[jorma]

https://twitter.com/Angry_Staffer/status/1588569650136109061


 

i'm confused, how is the added context doing anything but reinfoce what he just stated? what am i missing?

Musk: Theyre leaving because of activists

Fact check reality: Theyre leaving because Musk fired all the content moderators


Also, if you dont see it on your account, the fact checks dont always show up.

lol, advertisers don't give a shit about the actual content moderation they only give a shit about what their consumers think about the content moderation. what i got from musk is that "activists" are contacting advertisers and saying that twitter moderation sucks now, and those advertisers are saying "oh we won't buy ads then"

[Uncle]

yeah everything on the internet is based on the number of people who complain about something, it's never about actual fact

this is why people can point out inconsistencies like some random insignificant nobodies getting banned from twitter for vaguely being mean (because they were brigaded by reports) while middle eastern authoritarian politicians and leaders of terrorist groups skate by (because no one speaks their moon language)



anyway content moderation on twitter actually has not changed yet because most of it is automatic, but firing those in charge of maintaining those systems could represent a change in future direction

[Nintex]

Having car engineers alter the start-up crunch code of the developers he fired is going to be a fuck around - find out moment for Musk 

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/ShannonRSingh/status/1588591603622772736

No one questions why on gods green earth Twitter had a Human Rights team to deal with Ethiopia 


"Help us we're starving"

*sips soy latte*

"Don't worry Abai we suspended Jordan Peterson's account"

https://twitter.com/JoanDeitchman/status/1588358419723227137

The feeds of some of these Twitter people

[Occam]

Why does Musky need advertiser money in order to have free speech?

[james]

It's like thanos

https://mobile.twitter.com/RMac18/status/1588635498603753472

[Uncle]

Why does Musky need advertiser money in order to have free speech?

 

[james]

 

[Polident Hive]

If a childish employee can suspend major accounts without oversight, and it’s celebrated, can’t act surprised when a supreme man child like musk does it.

[Nintex]

This is the best thing that happened to Twitter since Trump.

Sign ups must be going through the roof right now.
It's like when a millionaire buys a lamborghini and crashes it the very same day but then in slow motion.

[Uncle]

If a childish employee can suspend major accounts without oversight, and it’s celebrated, can’t act surprised when a supreme man child like musk does it.

yeah this can lead to serious legal issues, like being in IT and deleting servers and locking your boss out of his account on the way out

unbanning musk can be swiftly undone, and restoring servers from backup can also be swiftly undone...doesn't mean there are no consequences

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1588565313188417536



Nintex, you need to use real sources not tweets

Well I went directly to the source of your sources

[Potato]

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Clearly, Musk is only targeting the best Twatter employees for termination. The best.

[Uncle]

https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1588565313188417536



Nintex, you need to use real sources not tweets

Well I went directly to the source of your sources

"these people have lost their jobs, and this is what they're worried about" 

oh they're so good hearted, more worried about that gosh darn misinformation than whether they can eat next week, bless them



as if any disgruntled fired employee isn't going to jump at the chance to add to the media firestorm desperately trying to get the world to stop using twitter

[Uncle]

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[HaughtyFrank]

https://imgur.com/gallery/bf8lkQh

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"I tweet everyday"fuck off Nazi at Musk and now they banned me, so unfair" 

[who is ted danson?]

Whenever twitter sends me one of those ad-tweet surveys, ("do you remember seeing an ad about x") i always respond no

lick my balls corpo shitters 

[Nintex]

Your Twitter feed depends on your follows if you see people saying the N-word or Nazi's all day it's on you, not Twitter.

I get a lot of 'current events' sure, but also an equal number of tweets with animals, memes, art, games, music and movies.

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1588565313188417536[/url]

Please don't post disinformation sources like Ben Collins on The Bire, thank you.

[headwalk]

"using twitter as a trustworthy source of information on tuesday is going to be a nightmare"

i could make a joke here but i'm sure you've all already made the same one in your head.

[benjipwns]

Personally, I choose to not believe every random tweet I see. The Other Ben, known liar and propagandist, seems to believe other people are not capable of this, only himself.

[benjipwns]

Elon just needs to check his replies to see real shitposting:
https://twitter.com/3YearLetterman/status/1588539459326603265
https://twitter.com/3YearLetterman/status/1588542656183152642
https://twitter.com/3YearLetterman/status/1588542355426095105
https://twitter.com/APMC1985/status/1588702872136712193
https://twitter.com/aileysworld/status/1588572267038248960

[Propagandhim]

I would bet my life that Letterman guy is you, Benji

[benjipwns]

"You think the Declaration of Independence is funny? I doubt your grandfather thought it was a laughing matter when he surrendered at Yorktown" is definitely a line I wish I had come up with.

[Potato]

Whenever twitter sends me one of those ad-tweet surveys, ("do you remember seeing an ad about x") i always respond no

lick my balls corpo shitters 

They still fed you the ad though

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/tobymorton/status/1588551962881978368

spoiler (click to show/hide)

https://twitter.com/dizzle1487/status/1588573937902161920
https://twitter.com/Ahtrau/status/1588555534382534656
https://twitter.com/DameSmartypants/status/1588553657733505025
https://twitter.com/WapiroBen/status/1588555309580095489
https://twitter.com/IslandGirlPRV/status/1588556730602258432
https://twitter.com/coherentranter/status/1588557518183477249
https://twitter.com/Lftfrmcntr/status/1588566729390977025
https://twitter.com/Brelwi1/status/1588565355550904321
https://twitter.com/rick_vldz/status/1588570308285718529

[close]

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/Pilot135pd/status/1588663098247811072
https://twitter.com/OtoeStrong/status/1588666421755904000
https://twitter.com/MissuDJM/status/1588664309114339329
https://twitter.com/Augustamay214/status/1588664780247556097

 

[james]

Seems like Elons big plans didn't include an ad strategy

https://mobile.twitter.com/karaswisher/status/1588667162654564352

[Nintex]

Meanwhile dogecoin is surging

[Uncle]

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1588696157794242560.html

1/ There is some pretty substantial context about Twitter's 2023 revenue and advertisers that I think partly help explains why Musk is really losing it...

And it involves upfront ad sales. Let me explain...

2/ Back Twitter (like a lot of digital companies) participates in an event called new fronts. At this event, they sell large chunks of ads for the following year.

Typically, Twitter sells like ~600-900M in ads at new fronts. That's guaranteed revenue for following year.

3/ This year, they didn't sell much of anything.

A coalition called Stop The Deal spent time educating and using media buyers and big advertisers at the event to ask Twitter some basic questions about potential Musk takeover before giving him a guaranteed income for 2023.

4/ Media buyers did ask those questions. Twitter had zero answers or assurances, the presentation imploded and ended shockingly early. Twitter from what I understand basically sold almost nothing and locked in extremely little 2023 revenue.

5/ This means that instead of heading into 2023 with 15-20% of 2023 already secured as they typically would have, Twitter heads into next year with almost none of that. All because of Musk's red pilled edgelord approach.

6/ @elonmusk has had months to address these concerns or even learn about them. But instead, he's insisted on antagonizing the very businesses and people that sustain Twitter.

Back in May, the groups and companies weren't calling for a boycott, they were asking basic questions.

7/ My point here is: It's actually worse than that I think a lot of people even appreciate all because Musk's conduct and commitments to roll back brand safety and community safeguards essentially obliterated Twitter's new front sales event that woulda secured 2023 revenue.

something odd about this is that the timeline's off

musk offered to buy twitter on april 14, and twitter accepted on april 25

newfronts took place on may 4, so ad sales could've been affected by the pending deal at that time

but stop the deal didn't begin until june 3, a month after newfronts took place, so how did it affect sales during newfronts

[Transhuman]

Doesn't the amount of shit you're allowed to say about Elon Musk on Twitter sort of prove his point that he doesn't plan on censoring people?

[Boredfrom]

Is never Musk fault. 

[Boredfrom]

Doesn't the amount of shit you're allowed to say about Elon Musk on Twitter sort of prove his point that he doesn't plan on censoring people?

Nah, he wants you to pay first.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1588750686006947840

I can trash him all day for free at the bore.

[Uncle]

Doesn't the amount of shit you're allowed to say about Elon Musk on Twitter sort of prove his point that he doesn't plan on censoring people?

granted, everyone falsely assumes everything must take place immediately like "hate speech is up because of elon  " even though all the same content moderation has remained in place...similarly if he was going to ban anyone there's no guarantee it would've happened instantly

let's get more than a week out from his takeover, he might actually censor these people once rule changes have been reviewed and are active

[Nintex]

Elon is just trying to get ahead of the curve.
He probably already had nervous calls from governments and agencies the world over.
Just consider all the local police stations, city services, ministers and other public entities and services that have a verified Twitter account.

Should one libertarian autisty tech bro own the most important information platform with no government oversight and charge $8 for every verified account? 
Should it be taken public again so China, Russian oligarchs or Trump can buy it?
Should the government take it out of his hands and cut out the middle man saving $8 on all those accounts for generations to come? 

[benjipwns]

Is never Musk fault. 

Or maybe we should be rational instead of being lunatics because we've decided to hate a dude.

[HaughtyFrank]

The recent blog post by Jack Dorsey could be interpreted as that the employee cut was a long time coming

In a statement posted on the microblogging site, Mr Dorsey - who quit as CEO in November and left the board of directors in May - said Twitter staff "are strong and resilient. They will always find a way no matter how difficult the moment. I realize [sic] many are angry with me. I own the responsibility for why everyone is in this situation: I grew the company size too quickly. I apologize [sic] for that."

"I am grateful for, and love, everyone who has ever worked on Twitter. I don't expect that to be mutual in this moment...or ever…and I understand," he added.

His statement appeared to endorse the need for dismissals at the firm. The 45-year-old Mr Dorsey has been supportive of Mr Musk's takeover.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-63527893?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&at_campaign=64&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_medium=custom7&at_custom3=%40BBCWorld&at_custom4=C64426B2-5D2F-11ED-962C-1AF44744363C&at_custom2=twitter

[benjipwns]

[Tasty]

Oh, the FCC, oh noz whatever will they zzzzzzzzzzzzz

[benjipwns]

I love how all these people spent how long now yelling "it's a private platform they can do what they want" yet don't realize that if the government ran Twitter then the First Amendment would actually apply. Twitter's been amazing for showing how many people will just say things without caring at all about what they're saying.

[MMaRsu]

[Nintex]

So far Elon is making all the right moves with quick decision making.
He makes the big calls quick and efficient. Improvements come later based on community feedback.

Also 'anchor pricing' without the $20 'whale' option even being available but putting it in peoples minds.
Making the $8 version (always the intention) seemingly a better offer.

[who is ted danson?]

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[Uncle]

https://mobile.twitter.com/CaseyNewton/status/1589075543420325888

[Tasty]

Now... What kind of person would be willing to say yes to that?

[Uncle]

Now... What kind of person would be willing to say yes to that?

the kind of person being offered a raise to do so

but also the person who's got bills to pay and doesn't relish the thought of job hunting, and appreciates the familiarity of doing the same job they're well-versed in

as much as everyone says "oh they're all smart experienced people who will be snapped up immediately," there's also a lot of them, amidst a global shrinking/scaling back in tech

[james]

Nintex : elon is making all the right quick moves

*10 minutes later *

https://mobile.twitter.com/CaseyNewton/status/1589075543420325888

[jorma]

Now... What kind of person would be willing to say yes to that?

i was laid off once, but i never took it personally since it was just an order from the parent org "get rid of so and so many people". pretty much the same scenario as the twitter thing

i just said "i don't accept that" and let the union sort it for me. no big deal. worked there for another 10 years 

[BIONIC]

Now... What kind of person would be willing to say yes to that?

i was laid off once, but i never took it personally since it was just an order from the parent org "get rid of so and so many people". pretty much the same scenario as the twitter thing

i just said "i don't accept that" and let the union sort it for me. no big deal. worked there for another 10 years 

“Union”?

What kind of commie gobbledygook is that? 

[jorma]

Now... What kind of person would be willing to say yes to that?

i was laid off once, but i never took it personally since it was just an order from the parent org "get rid of so and so many people". pretty much the same scenario as the twitter thing

i just said "i don't accept that" and let the union sort it for me. no big deal. worked there for another 10 years 

“Union”?

What kind of commie gobbledygook is that? 

the best kind   

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/jephjacques/status/1588933764692185090

[Occam]

https://twitter.com/ElijahSchaffer/status/1589155796637876224