Alternative conspiracy theory, he got paid to do that, as twitter even with all the bad things was a political tool against fascism and misinformation.
Comment on Elon Musk on X antisemitism controversy: “Don’t advertise. Go f*** yourself”
argon@infosec.pub 11 months ago
He is taking zero responsibility. I wonder if he is even capable of understanding that this is all the direct consequences of his actions. Or maybe he is just deflecting. But this is all happening because of you, dumbfuck. You did this. Ten years ago he was getting Iron Man cameos and Star Trek writers thought he some kind of religious figure. Then he went down some right wing freakout wormhole and he drank that kool aid down to the last drop. You did this. No one owes you their advertising dollars. You bought a company that had reach and influence and a huge ass userbase and you fucked it all up. Enjoy your edgy memes and your ruined company.
Saltblue@lemmy.world 11 months ago
iegod@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Maybe, but I do think he’s dumb and egotistical enough to lack self awareness.
MataVatnik@lemmy.world 11 months ago
He was backed by the Saudis. This money is nothing to them. They win if Twitter profits, they win if Twitter burns. I don’t thing they care.
argon@infosec.pub 11 months ago
Is he getting paid enough to recoup the 44 billion he blew on twitter?
cynar@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Once you’re that rich, the currency is favours and influence, not just money. He got in out of his depth, then got helped out by some big backers. What they offered him, in the backroom deal, I’ve no clue.
TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Frankly there is no alternate conspiracy that can make this make sense. Even if the point is destroying Twitter, why does he have to be the one to personally take the reputation hit? He could downright hire some celebrity CEO to say and do all the shit he wants done, get all the flak while he relaxes on a yacht. There may or may not be backroom deals but he’s still being a chump for exposing himself like that. His business are taking hits because he’s seen as increasingly unreliable.
Saltblue@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Even if he loses al his companies he still has money to live on that yacht for the rest of his life,(doubt it as USA is practically funding him), he is a narcissist he wants the attention, he wants people talking about him.
But any guess is as good as mine, maybe he is the Manchurian candidate maybe not.
TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I think he’s just proof that money doesn’t make people immune to internet brain rot.
LucidNightmare@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I really don’t understand this take at all. He just seems like a straight up fool to me. Even if he was coerced into destroying Twitter, why do people seriously go, “Oh no! There is literally nowhere else to have these kinds of discussions or rallying!” When there are in fact PLENTY and could even be MADE for these kinds of situations? Look at the Fediverse for example, but why stop there? You’ve got other silly social media sites that can be used the same way if someone actually tried hard enough. If those don’t work out, you can always find a way IF you truly do care enough.
Saltblue@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I really don’t understand this take at all.
Reddit just like Lemmy it’s not an accurate representation of reality, yes you are all tech experts, you use Linux and Lemmy, opensource software and hate the system, the average citizen uses windows, spends his time on TikTok, meta or whatever, they will use whatever is convenient for them.
if someone actually tried hard enough.
People try hard enough all the time, just not in your virtual bubble.
fosforus@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Reddit just like Lemmy it’s not an accurate representation of reality
Thank you for reminding us. This place can be a bit crazy sometimes, and reddit too.
assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 11 months ago
There’s no way he would’ve willingly taken a hit to his reputation like this
prole@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Kompromat?
fosforus@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Twitter has roughly 240 million daily users, about half of whom are from USA. It might be a bit early to called it a ruined company.
KrummsHairyBalls@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
By comparison Lemmy has 30,000 active users and steadily dropping.
It’s actually pretty funny how much of an echo chamber Lemmy can be. All I see is positive comments about how Lemmy is so great and growing, and Twitter is dead! Meanwhile it’s the opposite. Twitter is still very much alive, and Lemmy is becoming a small cul-de-sac echo chamber.
My Lemmy app lets me tag people, which I use to tag people who are rude to others, nice to me, helpful, racist, etc, just so I can remember who was nice and who wasn’t nice to interact with, and I literally see the same handful of people in every thread, and the front page of “everything” is filled with the same people making every thread.
Same with Reddit. We all thought Reddit was dead, and, well… it isn’t. Some days I really regret getting IP banned for shilling out Lemmy. Plenty of communities I really miss from Reddit that just simply won’t work on Lemmy, because of how Lemmy is so FOSS centric.
victorz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Gotta respect that double spacing. 👍
Buffalox@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I don’t get it, what double spacing?
RGB3x3@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The double spaces between sentences. Tbh, it is kinda nice for readability.
flathead@lemm.ee 11 months ago
If you were taught on a typewriter, you double space for life. It’s impossible to stop once ingrained.
Buffalox@lemmy.world 11 months ago
OK that doesn’t show here (Firefox on Linux), I actually copied the text into an editor, and searched for double spaces, and none were found.
Agrivar@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I really wish it would come back in style. I hate the single space after a full stop, it feels inadequate.
MBM@lemmings.world 11 months ago
Huh, I thought Markdown basically just ignored all extra whitespace
argon@infosec.pub 11 months ago
I just do it automatically. Thanks to my typing class in junior high in the 90’s. I’m guessing most people on the internet don’t do it? It’s never even crossed my mind that it might be unusual these days.
victorz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Definitely not 😁 But that’s cool, you stand out from the crowd. For us who use an app to browse Lemmy, at least.
Yoz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Lol