Elon Musk

Lerxst1992

Musks tweet reinstate trump is winning, 53-47

7 mil votes so far 

all this post election celebration and trump can still win. But the real problem is I don’t know how to party,

The Juggler

Lerxst1992 said:

Musks tweet reinstate trump is winning, 53-47

7 mil votes so far 

all this post election celebration and trump can still win. But the real problem is I don’t know how to party,

Lerx...come on. It's a twitter poll comprised of millions of Russian bots. lol. 

Not exactly scientific. 

Plus, putting him back on twitter and in people's faces a whole lot more is the exact kind of thing that will hurt the republican party. Bring it on. 

mickeyrat

The Juggler said:

Lerxst1992 said:

Musks tweet reinstate trump is winning, 53-47

7 mil votes so far 

all this post election celebration and trump can still win. But the real problem is I don’t know how to party,

Lerx...come on. It's a twitter poll comprised of millions of Russian bots. lol. 

Not exactly scientific. 

Plus, putting him back on twitter and in people's faces a whole lot more is the exact kind of thing that will hurt the republican party. Bring it on. 

AND it would signal what a colossal failure truth social is.

mickeyrat

static111

I hope twitter dies 

Halifax2TheMax

static111 said:

I hope twitter dies 

Download your twits before it does.

mace1229

HughFreakingDillon said:

I think at this point it's going to be next to impossible to make the next big thing. Facebook was revolutionary because they figured out how to do what Myspace couldn't/wouldn't (how Tom sold that for $87M is fucking beyond me when, at that point, it was a desolate wasteland of ads and trolls). But then twitter and Instagram got the celebrity/political buy in, which is massive. starting another platform and getting that buy-in again would be incredibly difficult on such a massive scale. 

I was never on MySpace. What was so bad, how was FB better?

gimmesometruth27

Halifax2TheMax said:

static111 said:

I hope twitter dies 

Download your twits before it does.

why?

that would be like "quick, download your PJ board posting history!!"

its public record. if you want it, just google it, am i right?

gimmesometruth27

and by allowing trump back on by a poll with a ton of trump stan accounts and bots, i guess the bot issue musk was concerned about is not actually an issue at all?

musk is a fucking clown.

josevolution

gimmesometruth27 said:

and by allowing trump back on by a poll with a ton of trump stan accounts and bots, i guess the bot issue musk was concerned about is not actually an issue at all?

musk is a fucking clown.

Totally a giant douche! 

Gern Blansten

mace1229 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

I think at this point it's going to be next to impossible to make the next big thing. Facebook was revolutionary because they figured out how to do what Myspace couldn't/wouldn't (how Tom sold that for $87M is fucking beyond me when, at that point, it was a desolate wasteland of ads and trolls). But then twitter and Instagram got the celebrity/political buy in, which is massive. starting another platform and getting that buy-in again would be incredibly difficult on such a massive scale. 

I was never on MySpace. What was so bad, how was FB better?

FB was just more organized I think or at least it was more organized at the time which was a big departure from MS. From what I remember MS was just full of fake profiles, ads, etc. Lots of trolling.

HughFreakingDillon

mace1229 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

I think at this point it's going to be next to impossible to make the next big thing. Facebook was revolutionary because they figured out how to do what Myspace couldn't/wouldn't (how Tom sold that for $87M is fucking beyond me when, at that point, it was a desolate wasteland of ads and trolls). But then twitter and Instagram got the celebrity/political buy in, which is massive. starting another platform and getting that buy-in again would be incredibly difficult on such a massive scale. 

I was never on MySpace. What was so bad, how was FB better?

It was s great place to follow bands and listen to unreleased music they’d often post. They never updated the format for it to be a good place to engage with followers, and eventually it got overrun with shitposts and ads. And they literally did nothing to fix it. It became unbearable. 

HughFreakingDillon

mickeyrat

  “So you gave trump his twitter platform back. Absolutely disgusting, Elon. That is officially an asshole move.
Why dont you be truthful? Tell it like it is; people like you and Joe Rogan (who gives platforms to liars
like alex jones etc.); you come into a ton of money, see the tax bill, despise paying your fair share, and then
think moving to Texas and supporting whatever republican you can is going to help you keep more of your
money. (How else could trump possibly interest you?) You intend to give platforms to known liars and wash your hands
like pontius pilate and claim no responsibility? trump was removed from twitter because he incited
violence multiple times, people died and were injured as a result of his lies and his ego,
(let alone what his coup did to attempt to destroy democracy and our Capitol). And how about the division
and the families broken apart from his rhetoric and what it did to this country?
That’s not “free speech” or “what the poll decided” or whatever nonsense you’re claiming it to be;
this is straight up you trying to help a fascist have a platform so you can eventually get your tax breaks.
I mean, how many more billions do you need that you have to risk democracy itself to obtain it?

You did a lot of amazing things with Tesla, Elon, and you deserve a lot of compliments in that department
(i personally supported the hell out of that venture), but you've gone too far and are now using your power
to promote horrible, violence inducing liars, who are taking the country and the world backwards and
endangering the democracy that made you rich and successful in the first place. I am a believer in free speech,
but for example i’m not about to let the KKK hold a rally at our record label's performance stage. That’s one of the
platforms we control and have a say in, it’s not town square operated by the government. And if i owned a gas station,
i wouldn’t be selling the KKK gasoline to burn crosses either and then wash my hands as if i didn’t help facilitate hatred.

You took on a big responsibility with your purchase, and “free speech” isn’t some umbrella that protects you from that.
Shame on you for giving trump and other professional liars the platform you are now in control of,
and shame on anyone who does. And shame on you if you think it's no big deal. It is.
I’ve never had a personal twitter account thankfully (it’s mostly a sea of negativity if you ask me),
but i will now be deactivating my record label Third Man Records account from Twitter.
Its a shame that our label's artists will lose a social media outlet to promote their art, and i apologize
to our artists for having to do this, but we are not going to even tangentially support you or this platform that will
help conspiracy spreading liars and out of touch narci-capitalists tear this country apart, all for trump’s ego and your tax break agenda.
(We’ll also be taking a look at other platforms as well and decide about them accordingly, but this first. it’s not easy when wanting
the best for other artists.)
And it doesnt matter if trump and/or his lying ilk actually use the platform again or not, your message and motives are clear,
and showing his past tweets/lies is proof that you want that misinformation out there.
For what positive reason could you possibly want that?

You should return to using your money and influence in ways that help the world like the electric car did, not in ways
that bring negativity and division to the populace. And no, this isn’t “funny” either Elon, it’s dangerous.
Enjoy your new found power as a “freedom of speech” purveyor but remember that the violence and division that occurs
based on those tweeting lies is directly related to you giving them a platform.”

-Jack White III

Lerxst1992

If Reddit is any barometer, things have changed drastically for Elon in the last year. Liberals absolutely hate him now. Not sure who will be buying his teslas in big numbers down the road. 

gimmesometruth27

Lerxst1992 said:

If Reddit is any barometer, things have changed drastically for Elon in the last year. Liberals absolutely hate him now. Not sure who will be buying his teslas in big numbers down the road. 

lol the red hats will now because they think it will own the libs.

gimmesometruth27

funny to me now that the tesla will be seen as the new red hat.

HughFreakingDillon

I think some are overestimating how many people are truly aware of what's going on. Only people on twitter or who follow trump are going to be aware of all of this. I'm sure there's a significant portion that won't know and/or just won't care. 

OnWis97

HughFreakingDillon said:

I think some are overestimating how many people are truly aware of what's going on. Only people on twitter or who follow trump are going to be aware of all of this. I'm sure there's a significant portion that won't know and/or just won't care. 

That's true...as much as the world's changing, Twitter is nothing compared to things like TV news in terms of number of people reached.

gimmesometruth27

the entire world knows who elon musk is, and i bet most of them know he is an idiot.