Society/Culture Elon Musk - Takeover of Twitter?

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FireKrakouer said:
I saw a clip a few months back of him saying "I lost my son because of the woke mind virus... so I vowed to destroy it" and it had such supervillain-origin-story vibes about it.
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Yeah I don't support or believe my children is such a great supervillain origin story
 
Chief said:
Not at all. Look at what he's done with them. Shoddy build quality. Stuck them in a tunnel in Las Vegas. Abused worker rights.

Cars out of Asia are getting rave reviews, so Biden stuck a 100% tariff on them.

The perception of cognitive dissonance looks like one that conservatives want to beat everyone else over the head with.

Meanwhile public transport is the actual solution to many problems EVs claim to solve.
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Have you got rid of the Landrcruiser and the SUV yet?
 

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the_interloper said:
Musk provides a conundrum for the left side of politics, electric car entrepreneur which they'd love but he supports Trump, it's quite funny to watch.
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A conundrum for middle/upper class liberals, they've faced this before though. Economic left has always seen cars as a waste and for niche case usage, no matter their fuel
 
FireKrakouer said:
A 20 story tall rocket caught in mid air by hydraulic arms... breathtaking m8.

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Its great, dont get me wrong.

But crediting Musk with this achievement is akin to crediting Jeff Kennet with kicking 100 goals in 2008.
 
It's impressive af. Those rockets flipping and landing broke me back in the day

I do wonder if they are actually reusable, the metal fatigue of a launch and landing must be huge and I'd imagine it would blow most safety standards to run them again "with a paint of coat" like the claim. Would be far easier to recycle the metals etc than just dumping it in the sea but I don't think they refuel them and chuck them back up
 
barreness said:
It's impressive af. Those rockets flipping and landing broke me back in the day

I do wonder if they are actually reusable, the metal fatigue of a launch and landing must be huge and I'd imagine it would blow most safety standards to run them again "with a paint of coat" like the claim. Would be far easier to recycle the metals etc than just dumping it in the sea but I don't think they refuel them and chuck them back up
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Adapt the, to dive the titanic wreck after
 

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Not Important said:
lots of peeps here criticise the posting of 'x'. i’m no fan of musk and what he’s done to twitter. but the fact is that neither 'threads' nor 'meta' has cut it. among the trash, there are worthwhile social media posters who still default to 'x'.


It’s 2024. Elon Musk Rules X. And the Political World Is Still Addicted.

Paid ads for political candidates are all over the platform, and politics insiders are secretly buying blue checks.
www.notus.org
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it's a catch 22 situation for a lot of people.

me personally? i've spent the worst part of a decade curating who i follow to get a feed (mostly) of things i want to see. i don't have the interest in doing that again. some other people simply don't want to go through getting followers again. a lot of users get self gratification out of seeing people interact and like their posts - if you get 0 interactions, you've failed, right?

others simply just don't see the point
 
Yeah banning the block button is BS. Imagine a woman who has a stalking and violent ex, who keeps stalking her profile, seeing what she gets up to and all that. She blocks him for her safety, except now he can still view her profile unless she restricts her profile completely, that she cannot get new engagements.

Worst thing is, I think some paid accounts can actually see a list of WHO blocked you? And thus can stalk each profile one by one now, knowing they are now able to view said persons content.

Also surely apps like the Apple, Google and Samsung stores end up banning X from their stores, because they require apps like X to have a block feature. So it will be interesting to see how it plays out.

Musk just shows time and time again, he is a dumb ass. Not the savy guy his fans worship him for. Thank god he doesn't have a say in any of the Space X designs etc. And actually leaves it to people who know what they are doing. With X, he will sack you if you suggest anything agasint his own ideas. Hope he decides to visit the titanic soon.
 
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_Cerberus_ said:
Yeah banning the block button is BS. Imagine a woman who has a stalking and violent ex, who keeps stalking her profile, seeing what she gets up to and all that. She blocks him for her safety, except now he can still view her profile unless she restricts her profile completely, that she cannot get new engagements.

Worst thing is, I think some paid accounts can actually see a list of WHO blocked you? And thus can stalk each profile one by one now, knowing they are now able to view said persons content.

Also surely apps like Google Play end up banning X from their stores, because they require apps like X to have a block feature. So it will be interesting to see how it plays out.

Musk just shows time and time again, he is a dumb ass. Not the savy guy his fans worship him for. Thank god he doesn't have a say in any of the Space X designs etc. And actually leaves it to people who know what they are doing. With X, he will sack you if you suggest anything agasint his own ideas. Hope he decides to visit the titanic soon.
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don't quote me on it because i could be mistaken, but i think it's actually against TOS for the apple store to not have a blocking feature like twitter had. it's dumb, it's pathetic
 
jannissary said:
don't quote me on it because i could be mistaken, but i think it's actually against TOS for the apple store to not have a blocking feature like twitter had. it's dumb, it's pathetic
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I was actually meant to mention apple not google, brief brain fog. But yeah they are the ones that have it within their terms. Musk keeps giving everyone the middle finger, but eventually backs down when threatened in court, or he starts to lose money. Will be a similar thing this time around I am guessing.
 
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(Maybe get a screenshot and block out the N word? - Chief)

wow. very curious indeed.
 
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Just watched this one.

$3 bil fixed price contract to put a rocket on the moon.

This was a feat achieved in the 1960's.

Elon still hasn't done it. Scheduled it for early 2024.

He did manage to get a rocket booster to return to the launch pad.

A feat which was achieved in the 1990's.

And was not a milestone for the project.

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He's also spent the whole $3 billion already.

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The bit that should have been on the moon months ago just went down in flames and is on the bottom of the ocean.


 
There's a gift NYT article in this post from one of the co-authors that outlines the numerous links Musk's business interests have with the US government and why he would be seeking to have a position of influence with the next POTUS. Thread also has some good info.

 
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