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

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Musk blocks Hubble’s view of the stars - gHacks Tech News

Another thing Musk is harming: astronomy.

What a butthead.

 

[Sithborg]

Melon tweeted that he supports the insurrectionists and falsely claims they were all unfairly convicted as his buddies Tucker Carlson and Kevin McCarthy wanted him to.

See also: Musk’s support of the overthrow of Canada’s government protests, his tweeted support for coups in South America.
Huffpost - Elon Musk Goes All In On Jan. 6 Denial

Gizmodo - Elon Musk Laughs at Twitter Worker Who Asked If He Still Had a Job

The Daily Beast - Musk Mocks Disabled Twitter Employee He Publicly Fired

You can hear the amount of money going up in the discrimination lawsuit.

 

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You can hear the amount of money going up in the discrimination lawsuit.

Seriously. I'm amazed Tucker is still trying to sell the lie there was no riot. Can't Fox shut this guy up?

 

[Sithborg]

Yeah, that's going to be expensive for Elon.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Somebody must have told Musk what it would cost him and Musk is now asking/apologizing to Halli to come back on Twitter in his most publicly Melon way possible. "He is considering remaining at Twitter."

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Gizmodo - The FTC is Demanding That Twitter Turn Over Internal Docs Related To Its Never Ending Layoffs

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

EU tells Elon Musk to hire more staff to moderate Twitter – Ars Technica

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Luke Bailey: “Elon Musk asked managers at Twitter to nominate their best employees for promotion, then fired the managers and replaced them with their lower paid nominees” inews - ‘It's a disaster': Inside the chaos of Elon Musk's Twitter
There are no guidelines. There’s no respect. There’s absolutely zero transparency. It’s awful,” staff at Twitter told i as the dramatic instability at the social media company grows each day

Elon Musk thinks he can fix Twitter's advertising business after derailing it | CNN Business

At Tuesday's event, Musk went on a series of unrelated tangents, including repeatedly taking aim at legacy media organizations. "What I'd say to advertisers and brands is, you know, use Twitter yourself and believe what you see on Twitter, not what you read in the newspapers," Musk said. "Because what you see on Twitter is the real thing, and what you read in newspapers is not."

Declaring everything fake except for you is what cults and cult leaders do.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Associated Press - US probes Tesla Autopilot, steering wheels that can come off

 

[OtherwiseKnownAs]

 

[Teelie]

Why the hell is anyone still working at Twitter? I know some people cannot easily find another job that has similar benefits but for everyone else the threat of losing your job because your boss gets a messy diaper cannot be good for your mental health.

 

[Sithborg]

There is a good chance many of them are B! visa holders, which makes changing jobs very difficult.

 

[Teelie]

Not sure how many of them there are but surely it can't be the majority of employees.

 

[Mani-Man]

Not sure how many of them there are but surely it can't be the majority of employees.

Well the rest are maybe just Musk bootlickers.
Its crazy how many people still think he is the greatest man in the world despite everything that happened alone in the last 3 months.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

The Register- Musk said Twitter would open source its algorithm – then fired the people who could
Like so many of his promises, it's probably one he can't keep

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Well the rest are maybe just Musk bootlickers.
Its crazy how many people still think he is the greatest man in the world despite everything that happened alone in the last 3 months.

If you thought he was awesome already, little reason to change that thought now. Because you're already buying into what he's selling, and he's now selling that it isn't his fault.

 

[Mani-Man]

If you thought he was awesome already, little reason to change that thought now. Because you're already buying into what he's selling, and he's now selling that it isn't his fault.

Pretty much, same with guys like Tate or Trump etc.
If you reach the point where you think they are awesome people, its already too late because nothing they will then do will change that deluded idea.

 

[Iceman]

EU tells Elon Musk to hire more staff to moderate Twitter – Ars Technica

“Musk told Breton that hiring will take time” - yeah because you unnecessarily fired them idiot. And now much of the knowledge and experience will be gone for good by gutting a department so quickly for vindictive reasons.

This could be one area where Twitter gets into big trouble eventually. There’s more to moderate now with massively emboldened trolls and far less resources to do so. They will fall afoul of laws.

 

[squeekness]

“Musk told Breton that hiring will take time” - yeah because you unnecessarily fired them idiot. And now much of the knowledge and experience will be gone for good by gutting a department so quickly for vindictive reasons.

This could be one area where Twitter gets into big trouble eventually. There’s more to moderate now with massively emboldened trolls and far less resources to do so. They will fall afoul of laws.

Who would even want to work for this guy? You'd have no job security that's for sure. He's a tyrant.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Buzzfeed News - Murderous Mexican Drug Cartels Are Thriving On Elon Musk’s Twitter
“Twitter shouldn’t provide a platform for Mexican cartel members to spread their hate and incite violence," an official for the organization behind a new report said.

Prominent members of Mexican drug cartels are using Twitter to recruit new members, send warnings to rival gangs, post gory images and videos, and glorify the narco lifestyle. Some of these accounts were banned by Twitter’s safety team between 2012 and 2015, but they have been reinstated since Elon Musk bought the company last year.

The Independent - Steve Bannon says ‘phony’ Elon Musk ‘owned’ by Chinese government

Business Insider - Elon Musk is 'open' to buying [failed bank] SVB, Tesla investor says 'no thanks'

Business Insider - Elon Musk is behaving 'like the local drunk,' says former Twitter exec

 

[Iceman]

Buzzfeed News - Murderous Mexican Drug Cartels Are Thriving On Elon Musk’s Twitter
“Twitter shouldn’t provide a platform for Mexican cartel members to spread their hate and incite violence," an official for the organization behind a new report said.



The Independent - Steve Bannon says ‘phony’ Elon Musk ‘owned’ by Chinese government

Business Insider - Elon Musk is 'open' to buying [failed bank] SVB, Tesla investor says 'no thanks'

Business Insider - Elon Musk is behaving 'like the local drunk,' says former Twitter exec

The Mexican cartel story is a disgrace but at least the Bannon-Musk fight is funny.

 

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Elon Musk Is Planning a Texas Utopia—His Own Town - WSJ

 

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Elon Musk Is Planning a Texas Utopia—His Own Town - WSJ

He can keep all the bigots and trolls there with him.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

He always makes up pie-in-sky scenarios he can’t deliver on. Plus even if he could he excites himself by firing and removing people all the time and doesn’t pay his bills when the government is not subsidizing them.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Business Insider - Elon Musk said 'let them sue' in response to Twitter's unpaid bills