Re:The Twitter Files, Part Six
by jacquesm on Friday December 16, 2022 @09:40PM
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The goal seems to be to distract from Musk selling off Tesla at breakneck speed. Every time there is a big hoopla around Musk the first thing I do is check the stock price and sure enough it seems to be dropping like a stone in tandem with the news releases.
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Some people see causality in coincidences
Once is random chance, twice is a coincidence, three is enemy action.
Shaken. Not stirred.
Also I think the idea is to try and attract conservatives from other apps e.g. TruthSocial.
Good idea in theory except that many of those users aren't as well-behaved so to speak.
And so the overall quality of the discourse has noticeably dropped since Musk took over.
Good point, Musk is now in direct competition with Truth Social, Parler and so on. I had not given that any thought but it explains some of the more bizarre moves of the last weeks.
Re:The Twitter Files, Part Six
by scifibestfi on Saturday December 17, 2022 @01:02AM
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Sounds holier than thou.
I think he's just trying to eliminate the cultural barrier for marketing a Tesla pick up truck.
Pwn the libs by buying a Tesla pickup!
Could he possibly sell enough pickups to make up for the money hes losing on twitter?
Re:The Twitter Files, Part Six
by davidbarker on Saturday December 17, 2022 @02:53AM
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I replied to a tweet that referenced Musk and Tesla, and simply mentioned that I sold my Tesla shares at the beginning of this week (and made a loss) because I didn't want any association with Musk any more.
The replies I got from Musk fans were shockingly (maybe not so shockingly) vile.
Turns out Musk sold his Tesla shares at the same time as I did — I wonder how those people replying to me would square that with their insults.
Consistency isn't Musk's fanboys strong suit.
Re:The Twitter Files, Part Six
by fallingknife on Saturday December 17, 2022 @05:04AM
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I'm certainly not going to defend the people insulting you, but suggesting that you sold for moral, and not financial, reasons comes off as very sanctimonious and invites that type of reply in a cesspit like Twitter.
Re:The Twitter Files, Part Six
by davidbarker on Saturday December 17, 2022 @05:44AM
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They're welcome to reply how they want to, but it's an example of the discourse on Twitter, as mentioned in the parent comment.
Re:The Twitter Files, Part Six
by concordDance on Saturday December 17, 2022 @07:49AM
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As a Musk fan (well, sorta, this twitter posturing is mega cringe), I applaud your common sense in selling a grossly overvalued stock (which I am confident Musk also thinks is overvalued).
Re:The Twitter Files, Part Six
by cactusplant7374 on Saturday December 17, 2022 @08:27AM
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I think the goal is to drive engagement. Unfortunately for Musk the engagement will cost him more compute resources even though he's lost a lot of advertising revenue.
If Twitter had a proper functioning board doesn't everyone think they would have prevented him from driving away advertisers and then threatening them with lawsuits for not advertising? If I was an investor in Twitter I would be livid. It appears most investors take it in stride because they worship Musk.