Comment on Elon Musk Offers to Also Ruin Wikipedia

• AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  He wants to shut down any sources of dissent.

  “We must dissent.”

  -Sister Miriam Godwinson

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  • pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Unexpected, but welcome Alpha Centauri reference.

    I need to replay this game. I remember really hating Sister Miriam

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    • So_zetta_slowpoke@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Please don’t go. The drones need you. They look up to you.

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      • pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        nerve staples

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• lemme_at_it@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s what he wanted everyone to believe - offering 420 jokes as a share price he was willing to pay. He was ready to pay anything & even said so in an interview - that X is not about money, it’s more than that. Though he complained about how much he paid for it, he got a bargain for the ability to centralise, control, monitor & distort the dissemination of knowledge, perception of culture, international wars, to prolong or incite culture wars, deciding which governments could use it as an emergency response tool, tracking millions of accounts; many of whom were in positions of influence ie politicians, law enforcement, judiciary, reporters, authors, financial types, companies of all sizes, government agencies, local councils & everything in between
  I remember thinking what a bargain he got that ability for. How much would any comic level villain pay for this sort of ability?

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  • PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You seem to be vastly overestimating the usefulness and adoption rate of Twatter, even at its peak.

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    • lemme_at_it@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Bits of data, ie user accounts when viewed singularly or in small numbers are information. In the 100 000s to millions, they become intelligence.

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