• @agegamon@beehaw.org
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      Literally only the best strategies here! I mean lets recap:

      • Threaten to buy company then double down and agree in writing as a bullying tactic: check
      • Roll a nat 1 on your intimidation check: check
      • Be forced to follow through when called out on being mentally an 8 yo by the feds: check
      • Fire critical employees, like basically all of them: check
      • Yoink verification away from public news orgs: check
      • Let anyone pay to be “legit,” even if they’re parodying you: check
      • Rename twitter to the stupidest thing imagined since head-on (apply directly to the forehead): check
      • Gut content moderation policies but also stop enforcing regardless: check
      • Post own hate content and racism to the platform: check
      • “Accidentally” run ads next to hate content: check
      • Be told your sign sucks and to take it down by city: check (lol)
      • Become a living embodiment of “big yikes” energy while telling aforementioned advertisers to “go fuck yourselves” on live TV: check
      • Hallucinate about making x into a libertarian wechat alternative: check
      • Tank the value of the company while blaming literally anyone else for your failures: mission in progress, #1 priority

      10/10 solid buy, gonna grab some long calls rn. The koch boys and rupert murderjock must be holding back a tsunami of jealousy by now 🤣

      • @Thisfox@sopuli.xyz
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        You left out “throttle diaster information accounts when the disaster is happening” (Japan earthquake).

        • @agegamon@beehaw.org
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          Check!

          Also, I forgot all the tomfuckery he pulled with starlink in Ukraine, cutting off access and the like.

          It’s truly a testament to how much shit this guy has done that we forget so much of it.

    • Pete Hahnloser
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      I’m pretty certain I know how Musk would respond to this. It’s inappropriate for Beehaw.

    • 4dpuzzle
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      111 year ago

      There are still people around who believe that he’s the tech messiah sent to deliver them to Mars.

        • 4dpuzzle
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          31 year ago

          Of course you wouldn’t. I’m talking about the mob that would. A mob with no more than a few neurons collectively is a danger to everyone else.

        • @Nollij@sopuli.xyz
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          21 year ago

          But would you let him put a chip inside your head, potentially controlling your thoughts and access to information?

  • @Thisfox@sopuli.xyz
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    101 year ago

    When the Japanese Earthquake information twitter account was throttled a few days ago, after the earthquake, there seemed to be this general realisation that they were not going to be able to use it for disaster communication any more…

  • @CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml
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    Maybe, but I don’t think Musk is running twitter for money. He’s probably doing what every billionaire is doing. Buying media to shape public opinion. Turning twitter right leaning to build public support for conservative policies that will benefit his other business is probably the play.

    Why worry losing 20bn when he could gain 50bn for SpaceX(SeX. Just seen that…) and Tesla? Sounds like a good return on investment.

  • @HalJor@beehaw.org
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    81 year ago

    I’d love to see the investment banks start to call their loans that financed this purchase in the first place.