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Re:What it's like to be cancelled by rchaud on Monday June 21, 2021 @03:18PM (#27583045)
If you know how to play the game, this is a huge asset. Marc Andreessen said in a New Yorker interview that he ignored Twitter until he realized that the media were obssessed with it. Andreessen Horowitz the VC firm started relatively late compared to some others, but it shot to the top of mindshare because of the constant stream of coverage they gave Andreessen and his intentionally outrageous visions of the future.

Elon Musk does this as well, just without any pretense of subtlety.

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Re:What it's like to be cancelled by underseacables on Monday June 21, 2021 @07:24PM (#27585874)
That’s because Elon is essentially cancel proof. True freedom is to not have to care what the mob thinks, but sadly they vast majority of us have to answer to someone.
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