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[β] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 79 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (7 children) ...Seriously? This guy has no leg to stand on; that's the Mildly Infuriating part. EDIT: Am I the only one on Lemmy who discounts the whole post the moment I see a blue checkmark? Especially this one. It's so hypocritical it hurts. permalink fedilink source hideshow 14 child comments replies: [β] Famko@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago (2 children) I think other people can buy the blue checkmark for you on twitter, though my information may be faulty. In any case, just cause he gave money to that ass wipe Elon doesn't mean that his analogy isn't valid, just a little "leopards ate my face" kinda deal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children) Well, he tweets many times a day, many posts like this: ...Seems like a "Tech Bro" type to me. He's just engagement farming; I don't care what he says, there nothing valid about that. In fact, I'd wager some of those posts are automated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] justaman123@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 child) I'm kind of with you on this, but even broken clocks permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] athatet@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago Yeah but I donβt pay attention to broken clocks. I throw them out and replace them with working ones. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Famko@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago Yeah okay, fair enough, he looks like a moron. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Donkter@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago I think twitter also might still give blue check marks to "important" people it's just available for anyone to buy now permalink fedilink source parent [β] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 5 points 2 months ago (1 child) Don't discount the message though. After all we're interacting with a screenshot of a tweet. It doesn't make me a fan of this guy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* The messenger matters. Would you care about anything I was saying if I was a bot? Or a Musk/Theil bootlicker? Especially on this topic. Nodding heads about the loss of the internet to engagement chum on Twitter is the opposite of poetic. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Brahvim@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago* Steal the idea. Paraphrase it and screenshot it as your own! Victorii /s ...Also how capitalism works, according to another post here. permalink fedilink source parent [β] helvetpuli@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago I'm surprised that nobody else has mentioned how far off the 20 year estimate is. permalink fedilink source parent [β] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago Remember when the "verified" checkmark meant you were verified to be who you claim to be? I do permalink fedilink source parent [+] ButteredBread@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [β] SaltySalamander@fedia.io -5 points 2 months ago (1 child) You either do it, or someone else will do it and start impersonating you. People with any kind of public/online presence sorta have to unfortunately. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago they can still impersonate you. the checkmark has lost its meaning when everybody has it. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Famko@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago (2 children) I think other people can buy the blue checkmark for you on twitter, though my information may be faulty. In any case, just cause he gave money to that ass wipe Elon doesn't mean that his analogy isn't valid, just a little "leopards ate my face" kinda deal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children) Well, he tweets many times a day, many posts like this: ...Seems like a "Tech Bro" type to me. He's just engagement farming; I don't care what he says, there nothing valid about that. In fact, I'd wager some of those posts are automated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] justaman123@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 child) I'm kind of with you on this, but even broken clocks permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] athatet@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago Yeah but I donβt pay attention to broken clocks. I throw them out and replace them with working ones. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Famko@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago Yeah okay, fair enough, he looks like a moron. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Donkter@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago I think twitter also might still give blue check marks to "important" people it's just available for anyone to buy now permalink fedilink source parent
[β] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children) Well, he tweets many times a day, many posts like this: ...Seems like a "Tech Bro" type to me. He's just engagement farming; I don't care what he says, there nothing valid about that. In fact, I'd wager some of those posts are automated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] justaman123@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 child) I'm kind of with you on this, but even broken clocks permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] athatet@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago Yeah but I donβt pay attention to broken clocks. I throw them out and replace them with working ones. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Famko@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago Yeah okay, fair enough, he looks like a moron. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] justaman123@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 child) I'm kind of with you on this, but even broken clocks permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] athatet@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago Yeah but I donβt pay attention to broken clocks. I throw them out and replace them with working ones. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] athatet@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago Yeah but I donβt pay attention to broken clocks. I throw them out and replace them with working ones. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Famko@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago Yeah okay, fair enough, he looks like a moron. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Donkter@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago I think twitter also might still give blue check marks to "important" people it's just available for anyone to buy now permalink fedilink source parent
[β] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 5 points 2 months ago (1 child) Don't discount the message though. After all we're interacting with a screenshot of a tweet. It doesn't make me a fan of this guy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* The messenger matters. Would you care about anything I was saying if I was a bot? Or a Musk/Theil bootlicker? Especially on this topic. Nodding heads about the loss of the internet to engagement chum on Twitter is the opposite of poetic. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* The messenger matters. Would you care about anything I was saying if I was a bot? Or a Musk/Theil bootlicker? Especially on this topic. Nodding heads about the loss of the internet to engagement chum on Twitter is the opposite of poetic. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Brahvim@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago* Steal the idea. Paraphrase it and screenshot it as your own! Victorii /s ...Also how capitalism works, according to another post here. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] helvetpuli@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago I'm surprised that nobody else has mentioned how far off the 20 year estimate is. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago Remember when the "verified" checkmark meant you were verified to be who you claim to be? I do permalink fedilink source parent
[+] ButteredBread@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[β] SaltySalamander@fedia.io -5 points 2 months ago (1 child) You either do it, or someone else will do it and start impersonating you. People with any kind of public/online presence sorta have to unfortunately. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago they can still impersonate you. the checkmark has lost its meaning when everybody has it. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago they can still impersonate you. the checkmark has lost its meaning when everybody has it. permalink fedilink source parent