Yeah, I'm enjoying the hell out of the changes at Twitter.
"Elon Musk Loses It Over Twitter Advertiser Exodus, Threatens ‘Thermonuclear Name & Shame’
Ross A. Lincoln
Fri, November 4, 2022 at 9:08 PM·2 min read
Elon Musk is apparently freaking out a little over an exodus of
advertisers on Twitter since he took over, because he publicly
threatened them on Friday night.
It started Friday morning, when he whined in an extremely Trump-like
tweet that advertisers were fleeing because of “activist groups,” which he said was “Extremely messed up!” and an attempt “to destroy free speech in America.” He also insisted “nothing has changed” since he took
over.
Among the many replies to this tweet was Federalist Society fellow Mike Davis, a lawyer best known for his involvement with the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. Davis had some advice for Musk of
fairly dubious legal wisdom:
“Name and shame the advertisers who are succumbing to the advertiser boycotts. So we can counter-boycott them. And get your $8 monthly subscription going asap. So we can start to makeup for lost revenue
now,” he said in part.
Musk’s reply: “Thank you. A thermonuclear name & shame is exactly what will happen if this continues.”
Sure. Because one thing we know for certain, threatening advertisers
with either a retaliatory boycott or some form of doxxing is a sure-fire
way to convince them to give you money.
Musk was, per usual lately, widely mocked on the platform he owns. We won’t get too bogged down on that, but we would like to share a couple
of the more cogent responses:
Content moderation has, of course, been the primary concern advertisers
have expressed about Twitter now that Musk is in charge. Advertisers
don’t want their ads appearing next to disinformation or racist/sexist/harassing/etc tweets, something experts have repeatedly
tried to explain to Musk — including one Musk blocked who had
participated in a phone meeting Musk held with advertisers on the topic
the night before.
Setting aside the hyperbole of his original tweet, plenty has actually changed since he took over. Prior to his buying the company, he
repeatedly indicated he wanted to drastically reduce how content is moderated on Twitter. Then when he did take over, there was a sharp and
very visible spike in racist and other forms of bigoted speech. And of course, Musk ended his first weekend as Twitter’s new owner by sharing a homophobic conspiracy theory about the attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband." [snip]
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-loses-over-twitter-040836233.html
"Twitter Blames Flood of N-Words, Other Racist Slurs Following Musk’s Takeover on an Organized ‘Trolling Campaign’
Meanwhile, Musk appeared to violate company's misinformation policy by tweeting a baseless conspiracy theory (before deleting the post)"
https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/twitter-n-word-racist-slurs-musk-trolling-campaign-1235417866/
"Papa Elon broke his silence Friday night on the mass layoffs that
happened earlier in the day at Twitter, claiming he had no choice but to
cut folks loose ... he says the social media service was losing over $4 million a day."
https://www.tmz.com/2022/11/04/elon-musk-twitter-layoffs-company-losing-four-million-per-day/
TB
On Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 8:31:53 PM UTC-7, Technobarbarian wrote:
Yeah, I'm enjoying the hell out of the changes at Twitter.
"Elon Musk Loses It Over Twitter Advertiser Exodus, Threatens
‘Thermonuclear Name & Shame’
Ross A. Lincoln
Fri, November 4, 2022 at 9:08 PM·2 min read
Elon Musk is apparently freaking out a little over an exodus of
advertisers on Twitter since he took over, because he publicly
threatened them on Friday night.
It started Friday morning, when he whined in an extremely Trump-like
tweet that advertisers were fleeing because of “activist groups,” which >> he said was “Extremely messed up!” and an attempt “to destroy free
speech in America.” He also insisted “nothing has changed” since he took
over.
Among the many replies to this tweet was Federalist Society fellow Mike
Davis, a lawyer best known for his involvement with the confirmation of
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. Davis had some advice for Musk of
fairly dubious legal wisdom:
“Name and shame the advertisers who are succumbing to the advertiser
boycotts. So we can counter-boycott them. And get your $8 monthly
subscription going asap. So we can start to makeup for lost revenue
now,” he said in part.
Musk’s reply: “Thank you. A thermonuclear name & shame is exactly what >> will happen if this continues.”
Sure. Because one thing we know for certain, threatening advertisers
with either a retaliatory boycott or some form of doxxing is a sure-fire
way to convince them to give you money.
Musk was, per usual lately, widely mocked on the platform he owns. We
won’t get too bogged down on that, but we would like to share a couple
of the more cogent responses:
Content moderation has, of course, been the primary concern advertisers
have expressed about Twitter now that Musk is in charge. Advertisers
don’t want their ads appearing next to disinformation or
racist/sexist/harassing/etc tweets, something experts have repeatedly
tried to explain to Musk — including one Musk blocked who had
participated in a phone meeting Musk held with advertisers on the topic
the night before.
Setting aside the hyperbole of his original tweet, plenty has actually
changed since he took over. Prior to his buying the company, he
repeatedly indicated he wanted to drastically reduce how content is
moderated on Twitter. Then when he did take over, there was a sharp and
very visible spike in racist and other forms of bigoted speech. And of
course, Musk ended his first weekend as Twitter’s new owner by sharing a >> homophobic conspiracy theory about the attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband." >> [snip]
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-loses-over-twitter-040836233.html
"Twitter Blames Flood of N-Words, Other Racist Slurs Following Musk’s
Takeover on an Organized ‘Trolling Campaign’
Meanwhile, Musk appeared to violate company's misinformation policy by
tweeting a baseless conspiracy theory (before deleting the post)"
https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/twitter-n-word-racist-slurs-musk-trolling-campaign-1235417866/
"Papa Elon broke his silence Friday night on the mass layoffs that
happened earlier in the day at Twitter, claiming he had no choice but to
cut folks loose ... he says the social media service was losing over $4
million a day."
https://www.tmz.com/2022/11/04/elon-musk-twitter-layoffs-company-losing-four-million-per-day/
TB
I can't help but wonder why somebody smart as Musk is, would want to get dogged into something like twitter? Seems like he'd just build more vehicles, rocket ships, high tech gear, and spend that extra time chasing women?
Martha Stewart Jr.
On Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 8:31:53 PM UTC-7, Technobarbarian wrote:
Yeah, I'm enjoying the hell out of the changes at Twitter.
"Elon Musk Loses It Over Twitter Advertiser Exodus, Threatens
‘Thermonuclear Name & Shame’
Ross A. Lincoln
Fri, November 4, 2022 at 9:08 PM·2 min read
Elon Musk is apparently freaking out a little over an exodus of
advertisers on Twitter since he took over, because he publicly
threatened them on Friday night.
It started Friday morning, when he whined in an extremely Trump-like
tweet that advertisers were fleeing because of “activist groups,” which >> he said was “Extremely messed up!” and an attempt “to destroy free
speech in America.” He also insisted “nothing has changed” since he took
over.
Among the many replies to this tweet was Federalist Society fellow Mike
Davis, a lawyer best known for his involvement with the confirmation of
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. Davis had some advice for Musk of
fairly dubious legal wisdom:
“Name and shame the advertisers who are succumbing to the advertiser
boycotts. So we can counter-boycott them. And get your $8 monthly
subscription going asap. So we can start to makeup for lost revenue
now,” he said in part.
Musk’s reply: “Thank you. A thermonuclear name & shame is exactly what >> will happen if this continues.”
Sure. Because one thing we know for certain, threatening advertisers
with either a retaliatory boycott or some form of doxxing is a sure-fire
way to convince them to give you money.
Musk was, per usual lately, widely mocked on the platform he owns. We
won’t get too bogged down on that, but we would like to share a couple
of the more cogent responses:
Content moderation has, of course, been the primary concern advertisers
have expressed about Twitter now that Musk is in charge. Advertisers
don’t want their ads appearing next to disinformation or
racist/sexist/harassing/etc tweets, something experts have repeatedly
tried to explain to Musk — including one Musk blocked who had
participated in a phone meeting Musk held with advertisers on the topic
the night before.
Setting aside the hyperbole of his original tweet, plenty has actually
changed since he took over. Prior to his buying the company, he
repeatedly indicated he wanted to drastically reduce how content is
moderated on Twitter. Then when he did take over, there was a sharp and
very visible spike in racist and other forms of bigoted speech. And of
course, Musk ended his first weekend as Twitter’s new owner by sharing a >> homophobic conspiracy theory about the attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband." >> [snip]
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-loses-over-twitter-040836233.html
"Twitter Blames Flood of N-Words, Other Racist Slurs Following Musk’s
Takeover on an Organized ‘Trolling Campaign’
Meanwhile, Musk appeared to violate company's misinformation policy by
tweeting a baseless conspiracy theory (before deleting the post)"
https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/twitter-n-word-racist-slurs-musk-trolling-campaign-1235417866/
"Papa Elon broke his silence Friday night on the mass layoffs that
happened earlier in the day at Twitter, claiming he had no choice but to
cut folks loose ... he says the social media service was losing over $4
million a day."
https://www.tmz.com/2022/11/04/elon-musk-twitter-layoffs-company-losing-four-million-per-day/
TB
I can't help but wonder why somebody smart as Musk is, would want to get dogged into something like twitter? Seems like he'd just build more vehicles, rocket ships, high tech gear, and spend that extra time chasing women?
Martha Stewart Jr.
On Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 8:31:53 PM UTC-7, Technobarbarian"Twitter Blames Flood of N-Words, Other Racist Slurs Following Musk’s
wrote:
Yeah, I'm enjoying the hell out of the changes at Twitter.
"Elon Musk Loses It Over Twitter Advertiser Exodus, Threatens
‘Thermonuclear Name & Shame’
Ross A. Lincoln Fri, November 4, 2022 at 9:08 PM·2 min read
Elon Musk is apparently freaking out a little over an exodus of
advertisers on Twitter since he took over, because he publicly
threatened them on Friday night.
It started Friday morning, when he whined in an extremely
Trump-like tweet that advertisers were fleeing because of
“activist groups,†which he said was “Extremely messed
up!†and an attempt “to destroy free speech in America.†He
also insisted “nothing has changed†since he took over.
Among the many replies to this tweet was Federalist Society
fellow Mike Davis, a lawyer best known for his involvement with
the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. Davis had
some advice for Musk of fairly dubious legal wisdom:
“Name and shame the advertisers who are succumbing to the
advertiser boycotts. So we can counter-boycott them. And get your
$8 monthly subscription going asap. So we can start to makeup for
lost revenue now,†he said in part.
Musk’s reply: “Thank you. A thermonuclear name & shame is
exactly what will happen if this continues.â€
Sure. Because one thing we know for certain, threatening
advertisers with either a retaliatory boycott or some form of
doxxing is a sure-fire way to convince them to give you money.
Musk was, per usual lately, widely mocked on the platform he
owns. We won’t get too bogged down on that, but we would like
to share a couple of the more cogent responses:
Content moderation has, of course, been the primary concern
advertisers have expressed about Twitter now that Musk is in
charge. Advertisers don’t want their ads appearing next to
disinformation or racist/sexist/harassing/etc tweets, something
experts have repeatedly tried to explain to Musk — including
one Musk blocked who had participated in a phone meeting Musk
held with advertisers on the topic the night before.
Setting aside the hyperbole of his original tweet, plenty has
actually changed since he took over. Prior to his buying the
company, he repeatedly indicated he wanted to drastically reduce
how content is moderated on Twitter. Then when he did take over,
there was a sharp and very visible spike in racist and other
forms of bigoted speech. And of course, Musk ended his first
weekend as Twitter’s new owner by sharing a homophobic
conspiracy theory about the attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband."
[snip]
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-loses-over-twitter-040836233.html
TBTakeover on an Organized ‘Trolling Campaign’
Meanwhile, Musk appeared to violate company's misinformation
policy by tweeting a baseless conspiracy theory (before deleting
the post)"
https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/twitter-n-word-racist-slurs-musk-trolling-campaign-1235417866/
"Papa Elon broke his silence Friday night on the mass layoffs that
happened earlier in the day at Twitter, claiming he had no choice
but to cut folks loose ... he says the social media service was
losing over $4 million a day."
https://www.tmz.com/2022/11/04/elon-musk-twitter-layoffs-company-losing-four-million-per-day/
I can't help but wonder why somebody smart as Musk is, would want
to get dogged into something like twitter? Seems like he'd just
build more vehicles, rocket ships, high tech gear, and spend that
extra time chasing women?
Martha Stewart Jr.
film...@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 8:31:53 PM UTC-7, Technobarbarian"Twitter Blames Flood of N-Words, Other Racist Slurs Following Musk’s
wrote:
Yeah, I'm enjoying the hell out of the changes at Twitter.
"Elon Musk Loses It Over Twitter Advertiser Exodus, Threatens
‘Thermonuclear Name & Shame’
Ross A. Lincoln Fri, November 4, 2022 at 9:08 PM·2 min read
Elon Musk is apparently freaking out a little over an exodus of
advertisers on Twitter since he took over, because he publicly
threatened them on Friday night.
It started Friday morning, when he whined in an extremely
Trump-like tweet that advertisers were fleeing because of
“activist groups,†which he said was “Extremely messed >>> up!†and an attempt “to destroy free speech in America.†He
also insisted “nothing has changed†since he took over.
Among the many replies to this tweet was Federalist Society
fellow Mike Davis, a lawyer best known for his involvement with
the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. Davis had
some advice for Musk of fairly dubious legal wisdom:
“Name and shame the advertisers who are succumbing to the
advertiser boycotts. So we can counter-boycott them. And get your
$8 monthly subscription going asap. So we can start to makeup for
lost revenue now,†he said in part.
Musk’s reply: “Thank you. A thermonuclear name & shame is
exactly what will happen if this continues.â€
Sure. Because one thing we know for certain, threatening
advertisers with either a retaliatory boycott or some form of
doxxing is a sure-fire way to convince them to give you money.
Musk was, per usual lately, widely mocked on the platform he
owns. We won’t get too bogged down on that, but we would like
to share a couple of the more cogent responses:
Content moderation has, of course, been the primary concern
advertisers have expressed about Twitter now that Musk is in
charge. Advertisers don’t want their ads appearing next to
disinformation or racist/sexist/harassing/etc tweets, something
experts have repeatedly tried to explain to Musk — including
one Musk blocked who had participated in a phone meeting Musk
held with advertisers on the topic the night before.
Setting aside the hyperbole of his original tweet, plenty has
actually changed since he took over. Prior to his buying the
company, he repeatedly indicated he wanted to drastically reduce
how content is moderated on Twitter. Then when he did take over,
there was a sharp and very visible spike in racist and other
forms of bigoted speech. And of course, Musk ended his first
weekend as Twitter’s new owner by sharing a homophobic
conspiracy theory about the attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband." [snip]
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-loses-over-twitter-040836233.html
TBTakeover on an Organized ‘Trolling Campaign’
Meanwhile, Musk appeared to violate company's misinformation
policy by tweeting a baseless conspiracy theory (before deleting
the post)"
https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/twitter-n-word-racist-slurs-musk-trolling-campaign-1235417866/
"Papa Elon broke his silence Friday night on the mass layoffs that
happened earlier in the day at Twitter, claiming he had no choice
but to cut folks loose ... he says the social media service was
losing over $4 million a day."
https://www.tmz.com/2022/11/04/elon-musk-twitter-layoffs-company-losing-four-million-per-day/
I can't help but wonder why somebody smart as Musk is, would want
to get dogged into something like twitter? Seems like he'd just
build more vehicles, rocket ships, high tech gear, and spend that
extra time chasing women?
Martha Stewart Jr.
I'm not alleging that Twaddle and SpaceX are even remotely comparable,
or that Elon will eventually start smelling less like skunk musk and
more like a rose, but a few years ago, a number of experts thought it
was ridiculous to try to build a booster that could be reused once -
much less over a dozen times - by coming home to roost tail first. Those experts have since had to reorient and pivot to a transitory dietary addition.
CawCawCaw!
On 11/10/2022 12:59 PM, bfh wrote:
film...@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 8:31:53 PM UTC-7, Technobarbarian"Twitter Blames Flood of N-Words, Other Racist Slurs Following
wrote:
Yeah, I'm enjoying the hell out of the changes at Twitter.
"Elon Musk Loses It Over Twitter Advertiser Exodus, Threatens
‘Thermonuclear Name & Shame’
Ross A. Lincoln Fri, November 4, 2022 at 9:08 PM·2 min read
Elon Musk is apparently freaking out a little over an exodus of
advertisers on Twitter since he took over, because he publicly
threatened them on Friday night.
It started Friday morning, when he whined in an extremely
Trump-like tweet that advertisers were fleeing because of
“activist groups,†which he said was “Extremely
messed
up!†and an attempt “to destroy free speech in
America.†He
also insisted “nothing has changed†since he took over.
Among the many replies to this tweet was Federalist Society
fellow Mike Davis, a lawyer best known for his involvement with
the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. Davis had
some advice for Musk of fairly dubious legal wisdom:
“Name and shame the advertisers who are succumbing to the >>>> advertiser boycotts. So we can counter-boycott them. And get your
$8 monthly subscription going asap. So we can start to makeup for
lost revenue now,†he said in part.
Musk’s reply: “Thank you. A thermonuclear name &
shame is
exactly what will happen if this continues.â€Â
Sure. Because one thing we know for certain, threatening
advertisers with either a retaliatory boycott or some form of
doxxing is a sure-fire way to convince them to give you money.
Musk was, per usual lately, widely mocked on the platform he
owns. We won’t get too bogged down on that, but we would like
to share a couple of the more cogent responses:
Content moderation has, of course, been the primary concern
advertisers have expressed about Twitter now that Musk is in
charge. Advertisers don’t want their ads appearing next to
disinformation or racist/sexist/harassing/etc tweets, something
experts have repeatedly tried to explain to Musk  including
one Musk blocked who had participated in a phone meeting Musk
held with advertisers on the topic the night before.
Setting aside the hyperbole of his original tweet, plenty has
actually changed since he took over. Prior to his buying the
company, he repeatedly indicated he wanted to drastically reduce
how content is moderated on Twitter. Then when he did take over,
there was a sharp and very visible spike in racist and other
forms of bigoted speech. And of course, Musk ended his first
weekend as Twitter’s new owner by sharing a homophobic >>>> conspiracy theory about the attack on Nancy Pelosi’s >>>> husband." [snip]
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-loses-over-twitter-040836233.html >>>>
Musk’s
TBTakeover on an Organized ‘Trolling Campaign’
Meanwhile, Musk appeared to violate company's misinformation
policy by tweeting a baseless conspiracy theory (before deleting
the post)"
https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/twitter-n-word-racist-slurs-musk-trolling-campaign-1235417866/
"Papa Elon broke his silence Friday night on the mass layoffs that
happened earlier in the day at Twitter, claiming he had no choice
but to cut folks loose ... he says the social media service was
losing over $4 million a day."
https://www.tmz.com/2022/11/04/elon-musk-twitter-layoffs-company-losing-four-million-per-day/
I can't help but wonder why somebody smart as Musk is, would want
to get dogged into something like twitter?  Seems like he'd just
build more vehicles, rocket ships, high tech gear, and spend that >>> extra time chasing women?
Martha Stewart Jr.
I'm not alleging that Twaddle and SpaceX are even remotely
comparable, or that Elon will eventually start smelling less like
skunk musk and more like a rose, but a few years ago, a number of
experts thought it was ridiculous to try to build a booster that
could be reused once - much less over a dozen times - by coming home
to roost tail first. Those experts have since had to reorient and
pivot to a transitory dietary addition.
CawCawCaw!
Can you name any of these claimed experts? It looks like a lot
of people thought it could be done. Some of them had done it. NASA did
it back in the '60s, under more difficult circumstances. They did it
on the moon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VTVL
"Vertical takeoff, vertical landing (VTVL) is a form of takeoff and
landing for rockets. Multiple VTVL craft have flown. The most widely
known and commercially successful VTVL rocket is SpaceX's Falcon 9
first stage.[citation needed]
VTVL technologies were developed substantially with small rockets
after 2000, in part due to incentive prize competitions like the Lunar
Lander Challenge. Successful small VTVL rockets were developed by
Masten Space Systems, Armadillo Aerospace, and others.
Starting in the mid-2010s, VTVL was under intense development as a technology for reusable rockets large enough to transport people. In
2013, SpaceX demonstrated vertical landing on a Falcon 9 prototype
after climbing 744 meters in the air.[1] Later, Blue Origin (New
Shepard) and SpaceX (Falcon 9), both demonstrated recovery of launch vehicles after return to the launch site (RTLS) operations, with Blue Origin's New Shepard booster rocket making the first successful
vertical landing on November 23, 2015, following a flight that reached
outer space, and SpaceX's Falcon 9 flight 20 marking the first landing
of a commercial orbital booster roughly a month later, on December 22,
2015. All launches of the Falcon Heavy rocket by SpaceX have included
VTVL attempts for the two side boosters on each rocket. SpaceX is also planning a fully reusable rocket named Starship.[2]
VTVL rockets are not to be confused with aircraft which take off and
land vertically which use the air for support and propulsion, such as helicopters and jump jets which are VTOL aircraft.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VTVL
The Wiki has an expanded section on the history of VTVL rockets
that you might find educational.
TB
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VTVL
Yeah, I'm enjoying the hell out of the changes at Twitter.
"Elon Musk Loses It Over Twitter Advertiser Exodus, Threatens ‘Thermonuclear Name & Shame’
Ross A. Lincoln
Fri, November 4, 2022 at 9:08 PM·2 min read
Elon Musk is apparently freaking out a little over an exodus of
advertisers on Twitter since he took over, because he publicly
threatened them on Friday night.
Technobarbarian wrote:
On 11/10/2022 12:59 PM, bfh wrote:
film...@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 8:31:53 PM UTC-7, Technobarbarian"Twitter Blames Flood of N-Words, Other Racist Slurs Following
wrote:
Yeah, I'm enjoying the hell out of the changes at Twitter.
"Elon Musk Loses It Over Twitter Advertiser Exodus, Threatens
‘Thermonuclear Name & Shame’
Ross A. Lincoln Fri, November 4, 2022 at 9:08 PM·2 min read
Elon Musk is apparently freaking out a little over an exodus of
advertisers on Twitter since he took over, because he publicly
threatened them on Friday night.
It started Friday morning, when he whined in an extremely
Trump-like tweet that advertisers were fleeing because of
“activist groups,†which he said was “Extremely
messed
up!†and an attempt “to destroy free speech in
America.†He
also insisted “nothing has changed†since he took over.
Among the many replies to this tweet was Federalist Society
fellow Mike Davis, a lawyer best known for his involvement with
the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. Davis had
some advice for Musk of fairly dubious legal wisdom:
“Name and shame the advertisers who are succumbing to the >>>>> advertiser boycotts. So we can counter-boycott them. And get your
$8 monthly subscription going asap. So we can start to makeup for
lost revenue now,†he said in part.
Musk’s reply: “Thank you. A thermonuclear name & shame is
exactly what will happen if this continues.â€Â
Sure. Because one thing we know for certain, threatening
advertisers with either a retaliatory boycott or some form of
doxxing is a sure-fire way to convince them to give you money.
Musk was, per usual lately, widely mocked on the platform he
owns. We won’t get too bogged down on that, but we would like
to share a couple of the more cogent responses:
Content moderation has, of course, been the primary concern
advertisers have expressed about Twitter now that Musk is in
charge. Advertisers don’t want their ads appearing next to
disinformation or racist/sexist/harassing/etc tweets, something
experts have repeatedly tried to explain to Musk  including
one Musk blocked who had participated in a phone meeting Musk
held with advertisers on the topic the night before.
Setting aside the hyperbole of his original tweet, plenty has
actually changed since he took over. Prior to his buying the
company, he repeatedly indicated he wanted to drastically reduce
how content is moderated on Twitter. Then when he did take over,
there was a sharp and very visible spike in racist and other
forms of bigoted speech. And of course, Musk ended his first
weekend as Twitter’s new owner by sharing a homophobic >>>>> conspiracy theory about the attack on Nancy Pelosi’s >>>>> husband." [snip]
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-loses-over-twitter-040836233.html >>>>>
Musk’s
TBTakeover on an Organized ‘Trolling Campaign’
Meanwhile, Musk appeared to violate company's misinformation
policy by tweeting a baseless conspiracy theory (before deleting
the post)"
https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/twitter-n-word-racist-slurs-musk-trolling-campaign-1235417866/
"Papa Elon broke his silence Friday night on the mass layoffs that >>>>> happened earlier in the day at Twitter, claiming he had no choice
but to cut folks loose ... he says the social media service was
losing over $4 million a day."
https://www.tmz.com/2022/11/04/elon-musk-twitter-layoffs-company-losing-four-million-per-day/
I can't help but wonder why somebody smart as Musk is, would want
to get dogged into something like twitter?  Seems like he'd just >>>> build more vehicles, rocket ships, high tech gear, and spend that >>>> extra time chasing women?
Martha Stewart Jr.
I'm not alleging that Twaddle and SpaceX are even remotely
comparable, or that Elon will eventually start smelling less like
skunk musk and more like a rose, but a few years ago, a number of
experts thought it was ridiculous to try to build a booster that
could be reused once - much less over a dozen times - by coming home
to roost tail first. Those experts have since had to reorient and
pivot to a transitory dietary addition.
CawCawCaw!
Can you name any of these claimed experts? It looks like a lot
of people thought it could be done. Some of them had done it. NASA did
it back in the '60s, under more difficult circumstances. They did it
on the moon.
A lot easier to do at 1/6th Earth gravity and no atmosphere, wouldn't
you think?
And then you have to ask, what were they doing for the next
half-century? If they thought it was such a good idea and fiscally
promising, why didn't Boeing and Lockheed Martin do it decades ago?
On 11/10/2022 5:59 PM, bfh wrote:
Technobarbarian wrote:
On 11/10/2022 12:59 PM, bfh wrote:
film...@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 8:31:53 PM UTC-7, Technobarbarian"Twitter Blames Flood of N-Words, Other Racist Slurs Following
wrote:
Yeah, I'm enjoying the hell out of the changes at Twitter.
"Elon Musk Loses It Over Twitter Advertiser Exodus, Threatens
‘Thermonuclear Name & Shame’
Ross A. Lincoln Fri, November 4, 2022 at 9:08 PM·2 min read
Elon Musk is apparently freaking out a little over an exodus of
advertisers on Twitter since he took over, because he publicly
threatened them on Friday night.
It started Friday morning, when he whined in an extremely
Trump-like tweet that advertisers were fleeing because of
“activist groups,†which he said
was “Extremely messed
up!†and an attempt “to destroy
free speech in America.†He
also insisted “nothing has changedâ€ÂÂ
since he took over.
Among the many replies to this tweet was Federalist Society
fellow Mike Davis, a lawyer best known for his involvement with
the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. Davis had
some advice for Musk of fairly dubious legal wisdom:
“Name and shame the advertisers who are
succumbing to the
advertiser boycotts. So we can counter-boycott them. And get your
$8 monthly subscription going asap. So we can start to makeup for
lost revenue now,†he said in part. >>>>>>
Musk’s reply: “Thank you. A
thermonuclear name & shame is
exactly what will happen if this continues.â€ÂÂ
Sure. Because one thing we know for certain, threatening
advertisers with either a retaliatory boycott or some form of
doxxing is a sure-fire way to convince them to give you money.
Musk was, per usual lately, widely mocked on the platform he
owns. We won’t get too bogged down on that, but
we would like
to share a couple of the more cogent responses:
Content moderation has, of course, been the primary concern
advertisers have expressed about Twitter now that Musk is in
charge. Advertisers don’t want their ads
appearing next to
disinformation or racist/sexist/harassing/etc tweets, something
experts have repeatedly tried to explain to Musk
 including
one Musk blocked who had participated in a phone meeting Musk
held with advertisers on the topic the night before.
Setting aside the hyperbole of his original tweet, plenty has
actually changed since he took over. Prior to his buying the
company, he repeatedly indicated he wanted to drastically reduce
how content is moderated on Twitter. Then when he did take over,
there was a sharp and very visible spike in racist and other
forms of bigoted speech. And of course, Musk ended his first
weekend as Twitter’s new owner by sharing a
homophobic
conspiracy theory about the attack on Nancy
Pelosi’s husband." [snip]
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-loses-over-twitter-040836233.html >>>>>>
Musk’s
 >> "Papa Elon broke his silence Friday night on the mass layoffsTakeover on an Organized ‘Trolling >>>>>> Campaign’
Meanwhile, Musk appeared to violate company's misinformation
policy by tweeting a baseless conspiracy theory (before deleting
the post)"
https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/twitter-n-word-racist-slurs-musk-trolling-campaign-1235417866/
that
TBhappened earlier in the day at Twitter, claiming he had no choice
but to cut folks loose ... he says the social media service was
losing over $4 million a day."
https://www.tmz.com/2022/11/04/elon-musk-twitter-layoffs-company-losing-four-million-per-day/
I can't help but wonder why somebody smart as Musk is, would >>>>> want
to get dogged into something like twitter?  Seems like >>>>> he'd just
build more vehicles, rocket ships, high tech gear, and >>>>> spend that
extra time chasing women?
Martha Stewart Jr.
I'm not alleging that Twaddle and SpaceX are even remotely
comparable, or that Elon will eventually start smelling less like
skunk musk and more like a rose, but a few years ago, a number of
experts thought it was ridiculous to try to build a booster that
could be reused once - much less over a dozen times - by coming
home to roost tail first. Those experts have since had to reorient
and pivot to a transitory dietary addition.
CawCawCaw!
     Can you name any of these claimed experts? It looks like
a lot of people thought it could be done. Some of them had done it.
NASA did it back in the '60s, under more difficult circumstances.
They did it on the moon.
A lot easier to do at 1/6th Earth gravity and no atmosphere,
wouldn't you think?
And then you have to ask, what were they doing for the next
half-century? If they thought it was such a good idea and fiscally
promising, why didn't Boeing and Lockheed Martin do it decades ago?
If you got no atmosphere that adds to your problems. Wings, propellers and parachutes won't help you. Not to mention being a long
way from home.
Boeing and Lockheed didn't do it because they didn't have any financial incentive to spend a bucket full of money on new technology.
They were mostly working on cost plus contracts. This usually doesn't
result in a lot of cost cutting measures.
NASA's biggest problem is
that it's controlled by politicians, whose interests are more down to
earth. They're more interested in what's in it for them and their constituents. Compared to the politicians the science is easy.
On Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 10:31:53 PM UTC-5, Technobarbarian wrote:
Yeah, I'm enjoying the hell out of the changes at Twitter.
"Elon Musk Loses It Over Twitter Advertiser Exodus, Threatens
‘Thermonuclear Name & Shame’
Ross A. Lincoln
Fri, November 4, 2022 at 9:08 PM·2 min read
Elon Musk is apparently freaking out a little over an exodus of
advertisers on Twitter since he took over, because he publicly
threatened them on Friday night.
He is not a forward looking business man
Last month, he tweeted a whiny petulant tweet about how other corporations got subsidies but his do not.
He gets plenty of subsidies, but even if he did not, a successful businessman should not need subsidies
For all his self drawn image of a businessman with an understanding of future trends, he sure read this one wrong
The Age of Social Media Is Ending
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/11/twitter-facebook-social-media-decline/672074/
On 11/10/2022 7:46 PM, m syadoz wrote:
On Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 10:31:53 PM UTC-5, Technobarbarian wrote:
Yeah, I'm enjoying the hell out of the changes at Twitter.
"Elon Musk Loses It Over Twitter Advertiser Exodus, Threatens
‘Thermonuclear Name & Shame’
Ross A. Lincoln
Fri, November 4, 2022 at 9:08 PM·2 min read
Elon Musk is apparently freaking out a little over an exodus of
advertisers on Twitter since he took over, because he publicly
threatened them on Friday night.
He is not a forward looking business man
Last month, he tweeted a whiny petulant tweet about how other corporations got subsidies but his do not.
He gets plenty of subsidies, but even if he did not, a successful businessman should not need subsidies
For all his self drawn image of a businessman with an understanding of future trends, he sure read this one wrong
The Age of Social Media Is Ending
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/11/twitter-facebook-social-media-decline/672074/Yep, Musk's companies have aggressively sought and received
billions of dollars in subsidies. Now he's mad because the FCC said "no"
to giving him another billion. He bought Twitter without doing any due diligence or planning for what he would do once he owned it. That was clearly a very genius move. Now he's paying the price for that. He
thought he could just ride in there with his posse and make it
profitable. He added enough debt to Twitter to make that even more
unlikely than it was before he bought it. Just the interest on that debt
is over a billion dollars a year and he still hasn't figured out where
that money will come from, except out of his hide.
https://futurism.com/elon-musk-starlink-grant-rejection-subsidies
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