Elno fanboys will be like:
He just does that so users can enjoy less ads on X! 5D chess again, he is so smart UwU
About fucking time, IBM.
Anyone still on Twitter at this point for whatever their reasons, have to recognize what group they are in.
It’s not that easy for a lot of users. People created a network on it and they can’t change so easily as theirs jobs depends on these networks.
That is true and is something those in control of these sorts centralized social media services count on. Why Reddit was so cocky about the impact of the protest just blowing over. Sort of did. We the people feed the powerful and cannot stop.
I was thinking about researcher and research. A lot of people working in these fields and people interested in these fields can’t move to somewhere else. They would change but it’s really hard and everyone has to move.
The way things are going they are not going to have much of a choice.
Looking at my twitter feed it’s immediately obvious what group I’m in; Gays. Gays everywhere.
Absolutely shocked that the South African oligarch/gamer is a white supremacist.
To be fair, gamers are the most oppressed minority…
/sarcasm
There are days I wait for it, but I imagine one of these days the top is going to pop on South Africa and we are going to not like the skeletons we find there.
I feel like this is an example of the dangers of surrounding yourself with a monoculture. Maybe Elon was always exactly this way, but he was seemingly previously tempered by the notably distinct moderation policies at Twitter. Once he owned it and stripped that moderation, there’s nothing holding the pendulum anymore and he swings pretty far the other direction.
So once he wouldn’t get in trouble for openly being a bigot, he openly became a bigot?
He owes his entire life to apartheid and slavery in all senses that matter. And even when he was everyone’s hero and a real life Tony Stark, he threw a temper tantrum when divers chose to rescue children and not stroke his ego. To the point he accused one of the divers of pedophilia, ran an investigation, and used a team of lawyers to protect himself from any consequences.
Musk has always been a dipshit
I can’t tell which is the bigger influence but he has certainly gone down the right wing rabbit hole and also insulated himself from all critique as a billionaire who has everyone he talks to regularly on his payroll or otherwise benefitting from him. A bad mix.
I’ve noticed that a lot of these people will lean left for a minute, because they hope that it will get them a get out of jail free card for being problematic in specific ways.
They find out quickly that the left doesn’t do that. I can support your stance on XYZ while still disliking you and not wanting to do business with you because of ABC.
So then they switch to regressive stances, because those people will cheer you on for being awful.
Same thing happened to Reagan. He created the EPA as an executive agency to avoid Congress creating and empowering an independent entity that the executive wouldn’t be able to control. He thought it would get him votes from the left. It did not, and he pretty much immediately stated that he regretted it because lefties didn’t buy his bs.
Once an Afrikaans always an Afrikaans. I bet he vacations in Orania lol
X CEO Linda Yaccarino has said that most of the platform’s biggest advertisers have returned after dropping the site due to its moderation changes, but Media Matters previously showed that they’re spending far less than they used to. Yaccarino responded later on Thursday, writing that X has been “extremely clear about our efforts to combat antisemitism and discrimination.”
“There is no bombing at the airport”
Elon is slowly but surely tearing down everything he has created.
He’s tearing down everything that other people created, you mean?
Except that so far he hasn’t faced any real repercussions. He keeps selling cars and internet and getting contracts from NASA. A bunch of banks may have to write off their twitter investments but, much like trump for several decades, it will not significantly impact his ability to get new credit.
All he had to do was shut up. He could’ve thought all this stuff, maybe done some of it, and still been hailed as a hero. But the more he opens his mouth, the harder he makes it for anyone to overlook who he really is.
The lack of self-reflection going on here is so painful to watch.
Maybe for you. I’m loving every minute of it. When is it Bezos’ turn?
I was about to buy a white Tesla but now I’m not so sure about the Tesla at all, but especially that combination.
Red or you’re dead to me but I agree. Tesla’s are garbage. They are poorly put together. Just look up some tear down videos of new Tesla’s to witness the horror for yourself.
Oh also that battery capacity upgrade you can buy? Yeah they can also throttle your battery too via a software update. Imagine if your car manufacturer installed a plug in your gas tank that prevented you from filling it up without paying a fee. The entire business is a complete clown show.
Not to defend deceptive business practices, but software battery limits are slightly different from a fuel tank being smaller. By not allowing the battery to charge as close to its full capacity, a software size limit can actually significantly improve the longevity of the lithium cells. Batteries sustain the most damage when they’re charged completely to full, and even the best battery management systems can’t prevent all of the damage. This is also why charging speed is significantly slower near the end of a full charge cycle.
Okay yes but cheap car go quick in straight line. 😅
I’m definitely in agreement in general but it’s hard to find anything that quick, which is my favorite part of my aging c63, for that price.
I owned a Prius Prime so much I made a YouTube video about it. Sure it’s not a full EV but it’s fast and super wallet friendly. The video I made was a no gas challenge since I drive really far everyday for my old job.
Elon is slowly but surely tearing down everything he has
createdbought.Fixed that for you
Every single accomplishment he has involves buying a company that was already doing it, establishing himself as a “founder”, and then taking all the credit.
Other people always did the actual work - he’s just less effectively handled now, so his personal incompetence is harder to hide.
Elon is slowly but surely tearing down everything he has
createdBought.
Always a good distinction. Ever see presentations from the actual founders of Tesla? They are impressive.
How the times have changed…
Tragic, but unsurprising.
🎶It’s historically ironic!🎶
Hey guys I think this Elon Musk guy might be not so great…
NOW can we fucking can this guy? SpaceX? Tesla? He’s already flushed the cancer-formerly-known-as-twitter so we’ll leave him that one.
The significance that it’s IBM calling it first should not be lost on anyone.
90 years ago and IBM would have twittered harder
It’s so appropriate that this attempt by Musk to repeat history is just a low-effort reboot.
“White Pride” is something only a slave needs
Yaccarino responded later on Thursday, writing that X has been “extremely clear about our efforts to combat antisemitism and discrimination.”
To be fair, this is true. Elongated Muskrat is making it very clear what their efforts are.
Isn’t he South African?
