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Post by baihu1983 on Sept 17, 2024 5:56:59 GMT
Shock..
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Post by Vortex on Sept 17, 2024 8:58:42 GMT
Act like a fanny, reap the reward elmo.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Sept 17, 2024 9:08:15 GMT
He should have just invited all the nazis on twitter into a WhatsApp group
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Post by Whizzo on Sept 17, 2024 9:08:39 GMT
Let that sink in Elmo.
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Post by Vortex on Sept 17, 2024 9:28:47 GMT
I assume an 84% revenue collapse is at a 'genius' level of fall off?  |
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Post by reddevil93 on Sept 17, 2024 9:33:26 GMT
Literally shares memes right from the Russian bot farms. Fuck this guy so much.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Sept 17, 2024 9:35:58 GMT
I was wondering whether or not he just doesn't give a fuck or if he is just incapable of modifying his behaviour but that 'it was funny when I said it to my group of paid hangers on' thing yesterday proves he does genuinely think he's a great poster and its the kids who are wrong.
It is genuinely interesting where this is all going to end up. This will be the first major social media platform to effectively go bankrupt, so he's got that going for him at least.
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Post by Lukus on Sept 17, 2024 9:39:47 GMT
I think he's genuinely incapable of understanding people have differing opinions and perspectives. I'm convinced he genuinely believes he is right and anyone who doesn't agree with him is wrong.
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Post by rftp on Sept 17, 2024 9:41:52 GMT
It was never about the money, though. He can afford to lose it and not bat an eyelid.
This was about controlling a major info source, which they've achieved.
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Post by Leolian'sBro on Sept 17, 2024 9:42:08 GMT
It’s a heady combination of talking points fed to him from his financial backers and yes men put in place by those same backers to convince him he is a stable genius with an entirely reasonable outlook that everyone else shares and that he is just speaking truth to power and everyone loves him. The fact he also has a cult following of edgy arseholes and sunk cost stubbornites who aren’t ready to admit they’re wrong means this is a relatively easy sell to him.
Now why does that setup sound familiar 🤔
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Post by cubby on Sept 17, 2024 9:46:02 GMT
How to become a millionaire in 3 simple steps
1) be billionaire
2) buy twitter
3) you know the rest
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Post by JuniorFE on Sept 17, 2024 9:48:29 GMT
I assume an 84% revenue collapse is at a 'genius' level of fall off? He cleverly calculated it to be exactly 84% because it's a clever reference to 1984, which portrays part of the kind of America they want |
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Post by X201 on Sept 17, 2024 9:51:31 GMT
"Mr Musk has since deleted the post and said it was intended as a joke."
You're 53 for God's sake. "It was a joke" is something you should have grown out of 40 years ago.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Sept 17, 2024 10:02:57 GMT
The whole...
"one lesson I've learned is that just because I say something to a group and they laugh doesn't mean it's going to be all that hilarious as a post on X."
"Turns out that jokes are way less funny if people don't know the context and the delivery is in plain text,"
...thing is smash-head-on-desk dumb.
Like, he's only just learned that?? That thing that everyone else has known for years? That thing that makes social media much more dangerous than just talking to your mates? Having used Twitter prolifically for years and even bought the bloody thing? After everyone telling him repeatedly? On a platform were generally everything is in plain text and no-one knows the context??
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Post by askew on Sept 17, 2024 10:14:50 GMT
It’s a heady combination of talking points fed to him from his financial backers and yes men put in place by those same backers to convince him he is a stable genius with an entirely reasonable outlook that everyone else shares and that he is just speaking truth to power and everyone loves him. The fact he also has a cult following of edgy arseholes and sunk cost stubbornites who aren’t ready to admit they’re wrong means this is a relatively easy sell to him. Now why does that setup sound familiar 🤔 Holy shit: that’s FontGeek! |
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Post by rftp on Sept 17, 2024 10:49:36 GMT
The whole... "one lesson I've learned is that just because I say something to a group and they laugh doesn't mean it's going to be all that hilarious as a post on X." "Turns out that jokes are way less funny if people don't know the context and the delivery is in plain text," ...thing is smash-head-on-desk dumb. Like, he's only just learned that?? That thing that everyone else has known for years? That thing that makes social media much more dangerous than just talking to your mates? Having used Twitter prolifically for years and even bought the bloody thing? After everyone telling him repeatedly? On a platform were generally everything is in plain text and no-one knows the context?? I'm willing to bet good money that he hasn't actually learned anything at all. |
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Post by Tuffty on Sept 17, 2024 10:59:03 GMT
Of course he's surrounded by yes men, there's a clip of him sitting with a bunch of employees with one of them saying "Your meme game is very strong." It's all to save face after what appears to be a known visit from the authorities. Nothing about the tweet even read as a joke anyway which sounds absolutely true to form whenever you see him in person trying to crack a joke. The Dave Chappelle thing is the biggest example of it, gets booed by the majority of the crowd for minutes and just turns to Dave all defeated saying "What do I do?". And he gets the last word saying "I'm rich, bitch", which is the most obvious thing to say at a Dave Chappele gig. So much so he's tried to move away from it.
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Post by Zyrr on Sept 17, 2024 10:59:11 GMT
Musk's purchase of Twitter was never profit motivated. It's all about flooding the info space with as much disinfo as possible to help Trump win the election, normalise far right talking points and shift the overton window across the western world so far to the right that anyone left of Mussolini can be branded a Marxist.
If Trump wins Musk can afford to right Twitter off. Chances are though it'll become a government propaganda channel.
If Trump loses, Twitter will absolutely be weaponized against the government.
Musk doesn't care if it makes money as it's true purpose is more valuable.
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Post by Whizzo on Sept 17, 2024 11:44:24 GMT
I think that it's all some mega plan is giving him far too much intelligence, he offered a meme amount of money per share when he never intended to really buy it then realised he'd fucked up by not bothering to do the due diligence to allow him to back out. Twitter's board rightly took the money and ran and his legal attempts to stop it fell apart.
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Post by nazo on Sept 17, 2024 11:47:34 GMT
How to become a millionaire in 3 simple steps 1) be billionaire 2) buy twitter 3) you know the rest I wish that was true but supposedly he’s on course to be the first trillionaire |
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Post by gamingdave on Sept 17, 2024 13:58:01 GMT
I think that it's all some mega plan is giving him far too much intelligence, he offered a meme amount of money per share when he never intended to really buy it then realised he'd fucked up by not bothering to do the due diligence to allow him to back out. Twitter's board rightly took the money and ran and his legal attempts to stop it fell apart. Yeah, he never actually wanted/planned to buy it, and went to court to try and avoid having to go through with it. Since then, he's pretended he bought it because he's a free speech champion, but it's all just an act. He's using the platform to try and influence politics so his companies (and therefore his bottom line) will benefit. |
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Post by Trowel 🏴 on Sept 17, 2024 22:03:24 GMT
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Post by X201 on Sept 17, 2024 22:17:36 GMT
But other companies are already doing that.
They were doing it a decade ago.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Sept 17, 2024 22:19:35 GMT
Shhh! ELON IS CURING THE WORLD.
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Post by elstoof on Sept 17, 2024 22:50:46 GMT
I assume an 84% revenue collapse is at a 'genius' level of fall off? He wants to get it to drop 420% for the clout |
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Post by cubby on Sept 18, 2024 5:53:10 GMT
I'm surprised he passed 69% drop without fanfare.
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Post by GigaChad Sigma. on Sept 18, 2024 7:25:16 GMT
Twitter has US presidents, world leaders, heads of mega-corps and hundreds of millions of users.
He gets to beam whatever the fuck he wants directly into their face. That level of political and social influence is probably worth burning a few stacks.
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Post by Reviewer on Sept 18, 2024 7:38:19 GMT
I’m sure if had billions sat in the bank then I could fund the greatest minds to come up with some fantastic world changing things. His skill is taking credit.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Sept 18, 2024 8:16:13 GMT
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Post by tincanrocket on Sept 18, 2024 8:19:34 GMT
This will be the first major social media platform to effectively go bankrupt, so he's got that going for him at least. Here's hoping the rest of them quickly follow suit |
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