Frankly, even if this isn’t the beginning of less censorship on Twitter, it’s worth all the liberal tears and tantrums to see Musk take ownership! Absolutely loving it!
He has mentioned a few times over the years that he wants to make an 'X' app, which encompasses everything. The way he explained this was that it would be not just a shopping app, or a social app, etc - it would be everything in one app. And that trust would be crucial to this, so he would want to "verify" users.
Now on the one hand it sounds great, right? ...snarky aspbergers billionaire guy could buy the lightning rod and turn it over to the people. And "verify" users, getting rid of the bots and consequent shell games. I do want that.
On the other hand, Musk has stated publicly that he is for making people upload their real world IDs to use Twitter, linking who you are to what you say in a hitherto not seen manner... and that he'd like to use this to turn Twitter into the basis for a commerce gateway. I'm not sure about this.
The free speech stuff is brill. The robots in every household, and the linking of your real world IDs to your social and your commerce profiles sounds like dystopia, honestly. I don't know what to make of Musk.
What most people don't know and was not mentioned was this wave of layoffs was inevitable no matter who 'owned' Twitter....their current management was planning this if the sale did not go through as a business reality . . . their woke workers facing layoffs should be both suspicious about and ticked off at is how quickly the rats at the helm grabbed the loot Musk et. al. offered and jumped the listing ship that Twitter is . . . or more accurately the rats jumped onto their corporate jets and fled the scene . . . anyone inside Twitter not holding a decent amount of stock to make a Golden Parachute was left to fend for themselves....
I do hope all the good people who migrated to Substack will remain on Substack, because I never used Twitter before and I don't suppose I ever will -- but I don't want to lose el gato and several others I've been reading assiduously here.
Elon Musk is being investigated by federal authorities over his conduct in his $44 billion takeover deal for Twitter Inc (TWTR.N), the social media company said in a court filing released on Thursday.
While the filing said he was under investigations, it did not say what the exact focus of the probes was and which federal authorities are conducting them.
The Twitter employees should be more concerned with the discovery aspect of a Musk purchase. For example, he might say on day one, point me to where the servers are located. He also may ask to be introduced to the army of bots, where do they dine? He may find an underground tunnel which leads directly to the pentagon or CIA headquarters. Controlling the narrative is the least (or should be) of concern Twitter peeps should be worried about. How about the dark corners of Twitter which house the baby market and pornography studios? Wait until Musk discovers the black market which resides on the servers? So much to do, so little time. Let’s Musk this.
I remain optimistic because all the right people HATE what he's doing, and hate him for doing it ... sometimes you just need to trust the energy and not over-think it.
If they're screaming over this, I've decided to enjoy it.
Content Moderation = Censorship
"Content Moderation will suffer."
Enough said?
Frankly, even if this isn’t the beginning of less censorship on Twitter, it’s worth all the liberal tears and tantrums to see Musk take ownership! Absolutely loving it!
He has mentioned a few times over the years that he wants to make an 'X' app, which encompasses everything. The way he explained this was that it would be not just a shopping app, or a social app, etc - it would be everything in one app. And that trust would be crucial to this, so he would want to "verify" users.
Now on the one hand it sounds great, right? ...snarky aspbergers billionaire guy could buy the lightning rod and turn it over to the people. And "verify" users, getting rid of the bots and consequent shell games. I do want that.
On the other hand, Musk has stated publicly that he is for making people upload their real world IDs to use Twitter, linking who you are to what you say in a hitherto not seen manner... and that he'd like to use this to turn Twitter into the basis for a commerce gateway. I'm not sure about this.
The free speech stuff is brill. The robots in every household, and the linking of your real world IDs to your social and your commerce profiles sounds like dystopia, honestly. I don't know what to make of Musk.
I'm cautiously optimistic
Based on that ABCNews tweet, a few other ABCNews reports:
1. Good street lighting could cripple the chances of rapists to find victims.
2. Healthy eating could cripple halitosis development.
3. Putting food away at night could cripple mice infestations
All this angst over a guy who describes himself as being on the left side of the political spectrum... Let that sink in.
What most people don't know and was not mentioned was this wave of layoffs was inevitable no matter who 'owned' Twitter....their current management was planning this if the sale did not go through as a business reality . . . their woke workers facing layoffs should be both suspicious about and ticked off at is how quickly the rats at the helm grabbed the loot Musk et. al. offered and jumped the listing ship that Twitter is . . . or more accurately the rats jumped onto their corporate jets and fled the scene . . . anyone inside Twitter not holding a decent amount of stock to make a Golden Parachute was left to fend for themselves....
I do hope all the good people who migrated to Substack will remain on Substack, because I never used Twitter before and I don't suppose I ever will -- but I don't want to lose el gato and several others I've been reading assiduously here.
Twits: "We demand"
Really? Or what? You'll go on strike? Or quit your jobs?
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/51/c1/12/51c112eabc0b5d3fdbc7259ebd62f4bf.gif
I still think they'll pull the rug out from under him.
https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/elon-musk-under-federal-investigation-tied-twitter-deal-twitter-court-filing-2022-10-13/
Elon Musk is being investigated by federal authorities over his conduct in his $44 billion takeover deal for Twitter Inc (TWTR.N), the social media company said in a court filing released on Thursday.
While the filing said he was under investigations, it did not say what the exact focus of the probes was and which federal authorities are conducting them.
There will be a window where things turn to “normal”, like with Gab. But when Twitter becomes X, start worrying.
The Twitter employees write that Elon Musk would hurt "Twitter's ability to serve the public conversation."
Is that like the way a bull services a cow?
The Twitter employees should be more concerned with the discovery aspect of a Musk purchase. For example, he might say on day one, point me to where the servers are located. He also may ask to be introduced to the army of bots, where do they dine? He may find an underground tunnel which leads directly to the pentagon or CIA headquarters. Controlling the narrative is the least (or should be) of concern Twitter peeps should be worried about. How about the dark corners of Twitter which house the baby market and pornography studios? Wait until Musk discovers the black market which resides on the servers? So much to do, so little time. Let’s Musk this.
I sincerely hope the promise of the layoffs comes to fruition. Most of them will probably learn nothing from it, but maybe a few will.
I remain optimistic because all the right people HATE what he's doing, and hate him for doing it ... sometimes you just need to trust the energy and not over-think it.
If they're screaming over this, I've decided to enjoy it.
Jerome Adams hasn’t stopped his ridiculous postings, I will look forward to epic cat-level trolling of that guy!