Musk offers to buy Twitter

[Nycturne]

An “everything app” under a company named X sounds like a bad YA novel science fiction villain corporation.

Everything old is new again. X.com being a payment platform that merged with another company to become what we now know as PayPal.

Musk seems to smell an opportunity to retread his own past here, and not be the one ousted from the company during a power struggle this time.

 

[Eric]

Someone's got their panties in a bunch over NPR...

 

[Cmaier]

Someone's got their panties in a bunch over NPR...

Tesla going to give back the money it got from the government?

 

[fooferdoggie]

Tesla going to give back the money it got from the government?

1% is all they get how much does musk scrape off of sams back?

 

[Cmaier]

1% is all they get how much does musk scrape off of sams back?

Elon Musk is speaking out against government subsidies. Here's a list of the billions of dollars his businesses have received.

Musk's companies benefited from subsidies as recently as April, when SpaceX won a $2.89 billion contract from NASA. Tesla got subsidies for years.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[Eric]

Tesla going to give back the money it got from the government?

If he really wanted to screw them he should buy it up for billions more than it's worth and then run it into the ground.

 

[dada_dave]

If he really wanted to screw them he should buy it up for billions more than it's worth and then run it into the ground.

Thankfully he can’t be elected to the presidency without a constitutional amendment. Because he’d run otherwise. And he wouldn’t be interested in any other position.

 

[KingOfPain]

Apparently, Musk purchased 10,000 GPUs for an AI project at Twitter. I wonder if he paid for them...

Elon Musk reportedly purchases thousands of GPUs for generative AI project at Twitter

Reports say it's a commitment to AI, despite signing cautionary AI "pause" letter.

arstechnica.com

Also Jim Jordan tries to shield Twitter from an FTC investigation (just like he tries to interfere with the Trump investigations). Who would have thought he would exploit his position? (Yes, that was a rhetoric question.)

House Republican tries to protect Musk and Twitter from FTC investigation

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) subpoenas FTC, claims it "harassed" Twitter and Musk.

arstechnica.com

 

[Citysnaps]

NPR recently left twitter:

NPR quits Twitter. Who’s next to leave? - Poynter

Elon Musk has practically dared news media to leave Twitter. Eventually, someone was going to say enough is enough. More may follow.

www.poynter.org

 

[Eric]

NPR recently left twitter:

NPR quits Twitter. Who’s next to leave? - Poynter

Elon Musk has practically dared news media to leave Twitter. Eventually, someone was going to say enough is enough. More may follow.

www.poynter.org

First big domino to fall, will be interesting to see if more follow.

 

[Nycturne]

Well, when you label NPR "state-affiliated media", it's kinda hard not to draw a line somewhere.

 

[Citysnaps]

First big domino to fall, will be interesting to see if more follow.

Perhaps the BBC will be next.

 

[dada_dave]

It’s interesting that I’ve read from multiple people at multiple levels that Twitter drives shockingly little traffic to news and even blog sites. It is often thought to be the opposite but apparently not. My guess is often people simply the read the associated tweets summarizing the article and never click or even just the headline blurb? Leaving could still result in a drop of reach in that case though the importance of that is debatable and I can definitely argue better that than staying and trying to navigate these fucking waters for these organizations given Musk’s erratic behavior never mind his other proclivities.

 

[Yoused]

It’s interesting that I’ve read from multiple people at multiple levels that Twitter drives shockingly little traffic to news and even blog sites.

Maybe not all that surprising, as most news sites these days seem to present half their copy in the form of reposted tweets anyway. Why bother clicking a recursive link?

 

[Eric]

It's also worth noting that Musk applied the label 'state-affiliated media' to their account without asking and forced it on them. He's a fascist pig in every way.

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www.npr.org

 

[Cmaier]

It's also worth noting that Musk applied the label 'state-affiliated media' to their account without asking and forced it on them. He's a fascist pig in every way.

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www.npr.org

Again, i don’t understand why anyone is still using twitter. What‘s to stop Musk from adding a label to your account? Maybe something he thinks is hilarious, like a reference to boobs.

 

[Eric]

Again, i don’t understand why anyone is still using twitter. What‘s to stop Musk from adding a label to your account? Maybe something he thinks is hilarious, like a reference to boobs.

What's worse is that every company out there is watching him, let's hope this starts a movement.

 

[Edd]

Again, i don’t understand why anyone is still using twitter.

This. It’s like nobody will leave the dinner table and the house is on fire. Still haven’t convinced my wife to leave, not that I try hard. It just seems like the obvious move to me.

 

[Yoused]

Again, i don’t understand why anyone is still using twitter.

Given that Elno seems to be trying to parler it, there is most likely a certain type that are keen to use it. Not anyone we would care to hang out with.

 

[Cmaier]

Twitter made it easier to harass transgender users

Twitter removed a piece of its policy that protects trans users.

www.theverge.com