Elon Musk Buys X (formerly Twitter): Just Use Bluesky, Threads, or Mastodon Instead

[Teelie]

That kind of thing should be illegal.

 

[Iceman]

Another thing Elon has in common with Trump.

Just read through that thread and it's a disgrace. I hope many workers are in a position to reject it. Severance should just be compensation for them losing their job as a result of changes he's instituting, not something that comes with a whole bunch of lifetime restrictions and obligations on top.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Business Insider - Tesla stock has more downside ahead and investors can expect a 25% drop in earnings in the coming quarter amid price cuts, Loup's Gene Munster says

Bloomberg News - Tesla China Plant Expansion in Doubt Over Starlink Concerns

Bloomberg News - Elon Musk Fan With 2,900% [Tesla] Gain Sees $1.5 Million Wiped Away

Bloomberg News - Twitter Tells Asia HQ Staff to Clear Desks, Work From Home

Ad Age - Twitter ad sales plunged 46%, while TikTok, Pinterest gained following Musk takeover

 

[Iceman]

Ad Age - Twitter ad sales plunged 46%, while TikTok, Pinterest gained following Musk takeover

He could ask them for a commission for the business he has sent their way. Only a special kind of idiot could have managed so much so quickly.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Twitter also appears to have broken and no longer works with third party apps, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

TechDirt - The Anti-Twitter Files: January 6th Committee Report Shows How [pre-Musk] Twitter Leaned Over Backwards To Protect Trump & Conservatives

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Bloomberg News - 'Delusional Narcissist' - The Fight Over Musk’s Fraud Jury Is On

Twitter: Why yes the boss is an eccentric unhinged weirdo but please keep giving us money.

Business Insider - Twitter execs remind advertisers about Musk's unpredictability: report
The world's largest ad buyer has reportedly cut its spending on Twitter by 40%-50% as company executives continue to alienate advertisers.

WSJ News Exclusive | Twitter Offers Free Ads as It Seeks to Woo Brands Back to Its Platform

The Verge - Twitter apps are still broken and Musk is still silent

The Information - Musk’s Twitter Intentionally Suspended Tweetbot, Third-Party Apps, Messages Show

I Was Almost Elon Musk's Twitter Voice | Defector
"The point is, Elon Musk has been angling to become a beloved poster for a minimum of five years now."

 

[Iceman]

Twitter also appears to have broken and no longer works with third party apps, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

This would be the censorship Musk is always going on about.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Ars Technica - Musk on trial for “funding secured” tweet—experts predict he’s going to lose
Musk faces tough trial as judge already ruled his tweets were false and reckless.

 

[squeekness]

Ars Technica - Musk on trial for “funding secured” tweet—experts predict he’s going to lose
Musk faces tough trial as judge already ruled his tweets were false and reckless.

It would be nice to see someone held accountable for spreading misinformation and lies.

 

[Iceman]

Ars Technica - Musk on trial for “funding secured” tweet—experts predict he’s going to lose
Musk faces tough trial as judge already ruled his tweets were false and reckless.

Good. Glad this is coming back to haunt him. I thought he might have gotten away with it. Particularly galling as a regular person putting out misleading/false information like this that caused people/funds to directly trade and lose a lot would be finished financially and have any licenses revoked (ie financial career over) and could be criminally prosecuted.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Conspiracy Theories Prompt Top Finnish Health Authority to Quit Twitter - BNN Bloomberg
The rampant spread of conspiracy theories on Twitter has pushed Finland’s top health authority to stop using the platform to disseminate its public-health messages.

In other news Elon posted and deleted some terrible self-pitying billionaire anti-Soros meme for his anti-semitic audience.

 

[:eek:]

Elon Musk Twitter: Taliban Buy Blue Ticks – Deadline

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

I wonder. Can Tweeter close down ?

 

[Iceman]

Elon Musk Twitter: Taliban Buy Blue Ticks – Deadline

Not even a surprise at this point.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I wonder. Can Tweeter close down ?

Do you mean theoretically? Yes. But that would be years off, even with the current situation.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Reuters - Tesla video promoting self-driving was staged, engineer testifies
A 2016 video that Tesla used to promote its self-driving technology was staged to show capabilities like stopping at a red light and accelerating at a green light that the system did not have, according to testimony by a senior engineer.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[Iceman]

Reuters - Tesla video promoting self-driving was staged, engineer testifies
A 2016 video that Tesla used to promote its self-driving technology was staged to show capabilities like stopping at a red light and accelerating at a green light that the system did not have, according to testimony by a senior engineer.

Utterly fraudulent and dangerous to depend on then. Really shouldn't be allowed.

 

[squeekness]

Do you mean theoretically? Yes. But that would be years off, even with the current situation.

Really? I thought with all the bad comments Twitter was circling the drain...

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Ars Technica - With $1.5 billion bill due at month-end, Elon Musk’s options aren’t great

Associated Press - Davos organizers: Musk wasn't invited despite what he says

Musk wasn’t there, though he says he was invited. Forum spokesman Yann Zopf knocked that down Tuesday, saying the last time the Tesla CEO got an invitation was “not this year and not recently — last time in 2015.”

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Really? I thought with all the bad comments Twitter was circling the drain...

The financial issues would most likely lead to a sale, then a shutdown.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

NY Magazine - Inside Elon’s ‘Extremely Hardcore’ Twitter

The Verge - Inside Elon’s “extremely hardcore” Twitter

Zoe Schiffer, Platformer: “Tiny scoop: We learned today that Twitter’s revenue is down 40 percent year over year (& Musk’s first giant interest payment on the company is due at the end of the month)”

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Ars Technica - Musk lawyer argues false tweets were just “technical wordsmith inaccuracies”

Bloomberg News - Musk Has ‘More to Lose’ If He Tries to Skip Twitter Debt Payment

 

[Iceman]

Some reports that Musk directed the autopilot video that had the car driving itself.