Comment on Elon Musk Offers to Also Ruin Wikipedia

null@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• gregorum@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  As much as it sucks, this is newsworthy. Not taking him seriously is how Twitter got ruined.

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  • null@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s really not. Him making a serious offer and then actually having to buy Twitter was notable tech news. Him musing about Wikipedia is not.

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    • gregorum@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Him musing about Twitter was how it started.

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      • null@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        No it’s not. He flirted with (and was encouraged to) joining the board of directors, and then called up Jack Dorsey to make a legitimate, and ultimately binding offer to buy the company.

        This isn’t remotely the same thing. This article does nothing more than feed a troll.

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  • rbits@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    No, cause Wikimedia wouldn’t let him buy it in a million years

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• ZeroCool@feddit.ch ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  • Blackout@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Ignore who?

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    • PotjiePig@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s the ticket.

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  • null@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yup, hasn’t worked so far.

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    • ZeroCool@feddit.ch ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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      • null@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        No I’ve started voicing the notion that we should collectively stop sharing content that does nothing but give him the attention he wants.

        Sadly that seems to mean engaging with mouth-breathers looking for a gotcha moment.

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• SharkAttak@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  We're pointing and laughing, that's different.

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  • null@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    How do you point and laugh at something without giving it attention?

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    • SharkAttak@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      We may be giving him attention, but it's not like we're clicking his ads or buying his stocks (stocX?).

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      • null@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        So? It’s still keeping him famous and therefore increasing his influence.

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• cheese_greater@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I mean arguably its moreso giving Wikipedia the attention it craves and deserves and can materially capitalize up the ass. Sorry, this is one Elon Musk Show episode I can get behind. Its for the public good even if his intentions are inverse to that. Wikipedia is way fucking bigger than Elon Musk imao

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