Some people here have asked questions (e.g. was the poster paid during those 2 months?) which require answers in order for actual scrutiny of Musk to occur and this to be worthy of HN, so the scrutiny right now should be of the Twitter post and then we can move on to Musk.
Heck, I would've even accepted a "WARN act {DOES|DOES NOT} require a severance letter. I assume you received your regular payments through {INSERT DATE HERE}?".
The one fact I did see was that payments were through "Jan 4" according to borski: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34255522#:~:text=reply-...
His intention was very clear to anyone that paid attention. Jordan Peterson was banned. Babylon Bee was banned. Sitting president was banned. An election swaying story was completely suppressed. There's only 1 side of the COVID conversation. Whether you think that's okay or not that's on you. But a lot of people are not okay with it, and one of them happens to be Elon.
Yes he made a bad offer and the market crashed and he was stuck with it. Seems pretty logical to me. Nothing to do with attention seeking. And even he himself admits he f'cked up if not at least on the pricing and terms. So he's a rash crummy negotiator. But its not SpaceX rocket science what happened here.
More logical than calling everything 'QAnon' and not able to add anything constructive to the discourse.
BUT I hold this view while also loathing Musk's general behavior and personality. He is a petty tyrant and a scam artist. Mistreating employees and lying about it is the scam part (normal for Musk, who SWAT'd a Tesla whistleblower). The petty tyrant stuff is all the journalists he banned while supposedly being a free speech warrior.
That's not how I'd describe what this person is experiencing. We're talking about 3 months pay, not a mortal wound
As with many notable people today (e.g. Kim Kardashian), reality TV drastically elevated his profile and gave him an enduring fan base.