Re:BBC: Twitter users jump to Mastodon – but what is it?
by encryptluks2 on Sunday November 06, 2022 @03:33PM
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You sound very conflicted. I can see like at least two places where you directly contradict yourself. You have to learn what people say and what people do are very different. Elon Musk is a bullshitter and narcissist. It's time to stop listening and believing anything he has to say. Otherwise they'll keep dragging you in and you'll keep finding reasons to give them another chance.
Re:BBC: Twitter users jump to Mastodon – but what is it?
by hutzlibu on Monday November 07, 2022 @02:40AM
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I am not really conflicted, I can respect his achievements without negating the downsides or the narcistic, egomanic "BS". I thought I made that clear, with labeling it as "BS".
Re:BBC: Twitter users jump to Mastodon – but what is it?
by encryptluks2 on Monday November 07, 2022 @04:09AM
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I respect his achievements about as much as I respect any corrupt company that has had success by having money to spend and people willing to work for them to pay their rent. While many people chose to work for Musk because they believed in a formidable mission.. I don't believe that will be the case for much longer. I truly think he is now acting out of desperation as he's seeing a large downward trend that has him on edge.
Re:BBC: Twitter users jump to Mastodon – but what is it?
by TheHappyOddish on Monday November 14, 2022 @03:21AM
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> I respect his achievements about as much as I respect any corrupt company that has had success by having money to spend and people willing to work for them to pay their rent
You know who runs the website we're on, right?
To me it seems, his success comes from being an engineer himself and wanting to get shit done and kick people until shit gets done in a working way. And yes that includes throwing money at smart engineers, but to do this, you have to be smart and have domain knowledge to do so.
The problem started, when he got too much success and lost touch with the ground of reality.
The twitter chat logs are quite interesting.
https://danluu.com/elon-twitter-texts/#3
In general they show that it was indeed a bit more than a high idea, to which it was reduced around many places.
Still, a funny quote from Elon:
"Frankly, I hate doing mgmt stuff. I kinda don't think anyone should be the boss of anyone. But I love helping solve technical/product design problems."
I think he means it. But of course it is BS, when he is in fact the boss of so many people and making them burn out for productivity in various ways.