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Re:A crowd-sourced social media swarm that is betting Tesla ... by rchaud on Thursday April 25, 2019 @04:00PM (#19751957)
The difference is that Elon Musk's hype has the stench of the monorail salesman in that episode of The Simpsons. A slick pitchman painting grandiose visions of the future ripped straight out of '50s science fiction comics. Seeing as how his Reddit following talk about him like Tony Stark, I feel like Musk knows exactly who he's courting.

The chasm between Musk's superhero image and his Twitter meltdowns and missed deadlines, is likely what makes people be skeptical/annoyed with his communication style.

Re:A crowd-sourced social media swarm that is betting Tesla ... by true_tuna on Thursday April 25, 2019 @04:32PM (#19752235)
I was a member of his cult of personality till the debacle in Thailand and his utter inability to handle criticism for his absurd proposed course of action. Couple that with his weird lashing out at employees and insane persecution of whistleblowers and I’m done. Once you see it in that light he’s just another petty tyrant. I don’t imagine he’ll go very far with the current level of emotional maturity. It’s too bad because many of his initiatives are really beneficial.