▲ 228 ▼ Value of X has fallen 71% since purchase by Musk and name change from Twitter (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by admin@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org 49 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] crandlecan@mander.xyz 39 points 2 years ago (3 children) Brilliant business strategy, you just wait!! 😂 permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] agegamon@beehaw.org 34 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Literally only the best strategies here! I mean lets recap: Threaten to buy company then double down and agree in writing as a bullying tactic: check Roll a nat 1 on your intimidation check: check Be forced to follow through when called out on being mentally an 8 yo by the feds: check Fire critical employees, like basically all of them: check Yoink verification away from public news orgs: check Let anyone pay to be "legit," even if they're parodying you: check Rename twitter to the stupidest thing imagined since head-on (apply directly to the forehead): check Gut content moderation policies but also stop enforcing regardless: check Post own hate content and racism to the platform: check "Accidentally" run ads next to hate content: check Be told your sign sucks and to take it down by city: check (lol) Become a living embodiment of "big yikes" energy while telling aforementioned advertisers to "go fuck yourselves" on live TV: check Hallucinate about making x into a libertarian wechat alternative: check Tank the value of the company while blaming literally anyone else for your failures: mission in progress, #1 priority 10/10 solid buy, gonna grab some long calls rn. The koch boys and rupert murderjock must be holding back a tsunami of jealousy by now 🤣 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) You left out "throttle diaster information accounts when the disaster is happening" (Japan earthquake). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] agegamon@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago Check! Also, I forgot all the tomfuckery he pulled with starlink in Ukraine, cutting off access and the like. It's truly a testament to how much shit this guy has done that we forget so much of it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] crandlecan@mander.xyz 3 points 2 years ago See! This guy gets it!! 😍 permalink fedilink source parent [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm pretty certain I know how Musk would respond to this. It's inappropriate for Beehaw. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 years ago (1 child) Something something woke mind virus something permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] averyminya@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago Or some bs like I didn't make my money by being nice. permalink fedilink source parent [–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) He’s a genius playing 8D chess. You just don’t understand. By this time next week, Twitter will be the only website in the world and Lonnie will laugh at you from mars. Just watch! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] renard_roux@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago Insert Bond Villain Plot™ where he's secretly buying all the EMP-hardened server parks in the world, and it's getting ready to orbital-nuke everything except Shitter servers back to the stone age. And of course he will brick every phone and computer everywhere, so nobody will be able to use Shitter, but God damnit, it will be the only site left! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] agegamon@beehaw.org 34 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Literally only the best strategies here! I mean lets recap: Threaten to buy company then double down and agree in writing as a bullying tactic: check Roll a nat 1 on your intimidation check: check Be forced to follow through when called out on being mentally an 8 yo by the feds: check Fire critical employees, like basically all of them: check Yoink verification away from public news orgs: check Let anyone pay to be "legit," even if they're parodying you: check Rename twitter to the stupidest thing imagined since head-on (apply directly to the forehead): check Gut content moderation policies but also stop enforcing regardless: check Post own hate content and racism to the platform: check "Accidentally" run ads next to hate content: check Be told your sign sucks and to take it down by city: check (lol) Become a living embodiment of "big yikes" energy while telling aforementioned advertisers to "go fuck yourselves" on live TV: check Hallucinate about making x into a libertarian wechat alternative: check Tank the value of the company while blaming literally anyone else for your failures: mission in progress, #1 priority 10/10 solid buy, gonna grab some long calls rn. The koch boys and rupert murderjock must be holding back a tsunami of jealousy by now 🤣 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) You left out "throttle diaster information accounts when the disaster is happening" (Japan earthquake). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] agegamon@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago Check! Also, I forgot all the tomfuckery he pulled with starlink in Ukraine, cutting off access and the like. It's truly a testament to how much shit this guy has done that we forget so much of it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] crandlecan@mander.xyz 3 points 2 years ago See! This guy gets it!! 😍 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) You left out "throttle diaster information accounts when the disaster is happening" (Japan earthquake). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] agegamon@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago Check! Also, I forgot all the tomfuckery he pulled with starlink in Ukraine, cutting off access and the like. It's truly a testament to how much shit this guy has done that we forget so much of it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] agegamon@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago Check! Also, I forgot all the tomfuckery he pulled with starlink in Ukraine, cutting off access and the like. It's truly a testament to how much shit this guy has done that we forget so much of it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] crandlecan@mander.xyz 3 points 2 years ago See! This guy gets it!! 😍 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm pretty certain I know how Musk would respond to this. It's inappropriate for Beehaw. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 years ago (1 child) Something something woke mind virus something permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] averyminya@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago Or some bs like I didn't make my money by being nice. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 years ago (1 child) Something something woke mind virus something permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] averyminya@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago Or some bs like I didn't make my money by being nice. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago Or some bs like I didn't make my money by being nice. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) He’s a genius playing 8D chess. You just don’t understand. By this time next week, Twitter will be the only website in the world and Lonnie will laugh at you from mars. Just watch! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] renard_roux@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago Insert Bond Villain Plot™ where he's secretly buying all the EMP-hardened server parks in the world, and it's getting ready to orbital-nuke everything except Shitter servers back to the stone age. And of course he will brick every phone and computer everywhere, so nobody will be able to use Shitter, but God damnit, it will be the only site left! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] renard_roux@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago Insert Bond Villain Plot™ where he's secretly buying all the EMP-hardened server parks in the world, and it's getting ready to orbital-nuke everything except Shitter servers back to the stone age. And of course he will brick every phone and computer everywhere, so nobody will be able to use Shitter, but God damnit, it will be the only site left! permalink fedilink source parent