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This article is factual yet also rage-bait. Suspending accounts is something he's doing now. Contacting employers of people working at car companies and investment firms is something he did five years ago. The article does not say he is contacting the employer of accounts he is suspending now; they leave you to infer that by placing both facts in the same headline but separate paragraphs.
No love for Musk, avoid Twitter, etc.
Good to see we don't read articles here either, lol
old habits die hard
And that's why you always read the comments. so useful when someone takes the few minutes to summarize the actual content.
Even before gaining control of Twitter, Musk would take a proactive approach to addressing criticism.
Back in 2018, The Wall Street Journal reported that Musk actively monitored Twitter for tweets containing the hashtag $TSLA, often used by Tesla short-sellers. Musk would reach out to executives at companies to investigate employees who were potentially publishing negative tweets about his electric vehicle company.
During that time, Musk reportedly emailed former Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess in July 2018, questioning whether one of Diess's employees was using Twitter to criticize Tesla anonymously. Business Insider later reported that Volkswagen determined the tweets were posted by the employee's brother.
Musk also allegedly texted Lawrence Fossi's employer. According to the WSJ, on July 23, 2018, Musk sent a text to the top executive at Fossi's company, asking the boss whether he knew his employee, known on Twitter as Montana Skeptic, "was obsessively trashing Tesla via a pseudonym," as disclosed in the report.
Straight from the article, for anyone wondering.
So musk has been a blantant childish shitbag for years now, good to know
Funny how the people the most likely to be fucking you over get the most aggressive about shutting down free speech (that they don't like)
So much for free speech absolutism. I don't have to watch sports, as Musk fans going through the mental gymnastics to justify this is entertaining enough.
Musk fans, like most conservatives, seem unfailing adept at Doublethink
Everyone who claims to be that is nothing but a hypocrite. It's pretty much almost always someone who'd love to shut you and your opinions up for good who actually touts this constantly.
Can we just abandon Twitter and Reddit en mass
"Let me speak to your manager!" - Karen Musk, 2023
"You absolute fool, I AM THE MANAGER!"
Such an whiny, insecure, little boy. Imagine you're getting a call from him because one of your employees trashed Tesla on Twitter. I would wonder where the camera is, because this shit couldn't be real.
Ho, more dirty dealings.
Apparently he was unpopular with some other billionaires, who tried to escape from him in a submarine.
He was putting the squeeze on them.
Really want to know what the employer said.
I can see "f off elon" resulting in elon suspending their twitter account. But any other answer past. "What the hell are you telling us for". Is unforgivable.
Ah, yes, Elon, thank you for informing me that Charlie said that you suck. It was about time for me to realize that Charlie is an incessant critic who deserves to be terminated immediately without prior notice or discussion. CHARLIE, COME HERE. *gunshots sound*
Such a hard working, self-made Billionaire. Amazing. Utter thundercunt.
Thundercunt sounds too cool, he's a limp twatwaffle
…or a putrid #ShitPimple
The dude seriously is the Space Karen
The dude is a scumbag that’ll go after your family, friends, employment, etc for doing nothing wrong. It’s in everyone’s best interest that Twitter go bankrupt and Elon be ruined
So much for free speech. The worst part is there will still be a brigades of mindless idiots and scumbags who will defend him.
If I was the employer, I'd want to know what my employee is still doing on Twitter. "Don't you know about Mastodon?"
Aaaand done. Now I've deactivated all my Twitter accounts too. ¯\(ツ)/¯
This #shitpimple ...Jeez... I can't even stand to be associated with the platform now.
Edit: I just realized that the article is rage bait and that those two things have no connection to one another but still, I stand by my words and actions. I don't need Twitter in my life.
Wow, what a fragile moron. He can't even handle criticism so he has to go and deactive their accounts and then call their Employers.
Yet one more reason not to buy one of his fairly decent cars. I have 6 months left on my lease and want to try the electric world in retirement.
Please don't call my employer, master musk....
"Fairly decent" is a bit of a stretch. Panels come up, features sold to you that won't work and will endanger your life. "Fairly" standard for luxury rides amiright?
"Decent". Hmph.
Talk to tesla drivers before you purchase many quality issues
We've had an IONIQ5 for a year and love it, no bugs or quality problems, smooth ride, highway autopilot works well, charges fast, and supports CarPlay / Android Auto, not to mention that it's way more interesting looking than any Tesla.
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