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Elon Musk and the Twitter acquisition saga

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Can’t wait. Musk better keep his foot on the gas pedal egging fragile people on Twitter. It’ll be hilarious.

His post yesterday walking in holding a sink with a big smile on his face is killer laughs for most people and like the apocalypse for others. Lol
i missed that post and just watched it. i don't get it? :messenger_sad_relieved:
 
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Cyberpunkd

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Smiggs

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I dont think you're really understanding whats been happening. Twitter can change minds, changed minds run your world, whether you're awake to it or not. The world still turns, even without you being a part of it.
Here's the thing, though: Twitter isn't the world, it's a place people go and publicly state their opinions. It's not the first place to do it, and it won't be the last.

The REAL public squares still exist (town halls, school board meetings, HOA meetings, political town hall meetings). There are ample places for your voice to be heard, this obsession of Twitter being a "necessity" is asinine.

You want real change? Push for our lawmakers to legislate social media. While they're at it, make them crack down on cable news, too.
 

Toons

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That's not what I said nor implied. It shows the bullshit double standard even you took issue with ;)

Double standard implies they're the same tier of impact.

One led to some news coverage for like 2 months.

The other led to, well ya know. Something from last January.

Bit of a difference there.
 

Moneal

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Double standard implies they're the same tier of impact.

One led to some news coverage for like 2 months.

The other led to, well ya know. Something from last January.

Bit of a difference there.
Russiagate lasted 2 months, and was only news coverage? Yea there definitely wasn't an entire investigation and election denial still to this day associated with it.
 

LordCBH

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A dude on ResetEra has berated a fellow poster for mocking people in six figure salary jobs who haven’t saved anything.

The infantilisation over there is incredible.

OF COURSE YOU SHOULD BE SAVING IF YOU EARN THAT MUCH.

Good Lord.
I make like $38k and scrimp and save and put away what I can whenever I can. How are people so damn bad with money lol
 

dem

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A dude on ResetEra has berated a fellow poster for mocking people in six figure salary jobs who haven’t saved anything.

The infantilisation over there is incredible.

OF COURSE YOU SHOULD BE SAVING IF YOU EARN THAT MUCH.

Good Lord.

To be fair... 100k in San Francisco is... not great.

That said.. if you're making 100k living in San Francisco and you've bought a Tesla, you are living beyond your means.
 
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Drake

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While it's hilarious seeing all these blue, pink and purple haired people freak the fuck out I can't help but think Elon Musk just wasted $44 billion. Oh well, it's his money.
 
While it's hilarious seeing all these blue, pink and purple haired people freak the fuck out I can't help but think Elon Musk just wasted $44 billion. Oh well, it's his money.

Consider: Youtube makes, I believe, ~$25-30B a year in revenue from advertising. Twitter can monetize their fraction of this by launching their own video service. And that's just to start, before you get into the crazy idea of building a western WeChat analog that incorporates payments, navigation, buying, etc. Just have to see where they go with it, the potential is there.
 

Toons

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Russiagate lasted 2 months, and was only news coverage? Yea there definitely wasn't an entire investigation and election denial still to this day associated with it.

Russiagate didn't result in an attempted coup either. If it did we might be having a different convo.

Like there's misinformation like "x did a thing maybe probably" or "birds aren't real" and then there's stuff that has actual real world consequences and cost lives like the conspiracies and the pizza gate and whatnot.

I generally opt to consider them by the severity of the claims and the consequences that brings.
 
Consider: Youtube makes, I believe, ~$25-30B a year in revenue from advertising. Twitter can monetize their fraction of this by launching their own video service. And that's just to start, before you get into the crazy idea of building a western WeChat analog that incorporates payments, navigation, buying, etc. Just have to see where they go with it, the potential is there.
It was funny reading the "billionaire vanity project" when Elon Musk went in on SpaceX. Now look at the rocket technology and innovation.

At some point some of the detractors need to realize Elon Musk isn't stupid. He didn't put this much risk on the table to be some "savior of free-speech."
 
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