Musk offers to buy Twitter

[Cmaier]

Ha ha ha.

 

[Nycturne]

Holy crap.

Twitte r - 9to5Mac

November 9, 2022 Update #2: Just a few hours later, Elon Musk says he has “killed” the idea of an...

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It's been said that time is a flat circle, but Musk seems to have the LP playing at 72 RPM. Have I mixed my metaphors badly enough yet?

 

[lizkat]

Ha ha ha.

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So begins construction of the TwitVersion of China's WeChat, the "everything app" ??

One figured he'd eventually buy up and bolt on some new functions --banking, shopping-- but perhaps not that he'd try to launch a banking function right after making it clear he can't even decide how or whether to verify identities on the platform.

That clinking sound we hear might be his erstwhile touted dogecoin frenemy exiting stage right.

 

[Cmaier]

So begins construction of the TwitVersion of China's WeChat, the "everything app" ??

One figured he'd eventually buy up and bolt on some new functions --banking, shopping-- but perhaps not that he'd try to launch a banking function right after making it clear he can't even decide how or whether to verify identities on the platform.

That clinking sound we hear might be his erstwhile touted dogecoin frenemy exiting stage right.

“I just fired all of our security engineers. Please provide your banking information and social security number and let us keep your money safe for you!”

 

[lizkat]

The guy is shaping up like just another narcissist who plain loses it when he can't have his own way.

He probably really thought he could just say "Yeah look I changed my mind, I'm walking from this deal" and someone, likely his third previous general counsel, pointed out that there was a breakup penalty in the paperwork he had signed.

So it was either buy Twitter with the agreed upon financing from banks and co-investors or else pick up the breakup fee ALL BY HIMSELF.

And right there started the whole "Really? WELL EFF THE EFFING PLANET, I'LL BUY IT ALL RIGHT AND THEN SHOW YOU!!!!"

He's still showing us, still just warming up to showing us. Wait until the SEC or EU start up with him.

 

[Cmaier]

Mario flipped off Twitter for nearly two hours with the blessing of Musk’s “verification”

Also impersonated: Jesus Christ, Trump, LeBron, and Valve

www.theverge.com

 

[Cmaier]

wait - so if people can tell you paid for the check mark, then how is it the “great leveler” that Musk proclaims it to be?

Everyone will know you paid for Twitter Blue

There's no hiding you paid for Elon's new product.

www.imore.com

 

[Yoused]

Are we still talking about Twitcher? I thought the autopsy had been filed.

 

[KingOfPain]

I think it turned directly into a George Romero flick.

 

[Andropov]

In another brilliant move of Elon Musk's personal quest to fire as many of his best engineers as possible, work from home has been forbidden at Twitter, just two years after announcing 'Work from home forever'.

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1590619676467683334/

Apparently, the change was to take effect the next day in the US —it was sent at midnight—or hours *before* the email was sent in Europe (workday had already started here).

Also note that AFAIK forbidding work from home for people who joined the company under a work from home contract is not legal in most of Europe. It's considered a significant change of the work conditions and you're not required to comply with the change. People who refuse can get fired, but will receive full severance pay.

 

[Cmaier]

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1590724257608134657/

 

[Andropov]

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1590724257608134657/

Okay, I must admit that's one of the best I've read so far. Up there with firing the SREs, maybe even better. This would be hilarious if I used any other social network.

 

[Cmaier]

If I was an engineer at Twitter, no way I would certify anything.

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“Elon has shown that he cares only about recouping the losses he’s incurring as a result of failing to get out of his binding obligation to buy Twitter,” the employee wrote. The changes to Twitter’s F.T.C. reviews could result in heavy fines and put people working for the company at risk, the person warned.
“This will put huge amount of personal, professional and legal risk onto engineers: I anticipate that all of you will de pressured by management into pushing out changes that will likely lead to major incidents,” they wrote.

 

[Nycturne]

In another brilliant move of Elon Musk's personal quest to fire as many of his best engineers as possible, work from home has been forbidden at Twitter, just two years after announcing 'Work from home forever'.

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1590619676467683334/

Apparently, the change was to take effect the next day in the US —it was sent at midnight—or hours *before* the email was sent in Europe (workday had already started here).

Also note that AFAIK forbidding work from home for people who joined the company under a work from home contract is not legal in most of Europe. It's considered a significant change of the work conditions and you're not required to comply with the change. People who refuse can get fired, but will receive full severance pay.

I’ll be honest, this makes me glad I work where I do for the time being. Right now, we’ve still got a lot of flexibility, and people can work from home full time, they just won’t have a dedicated space when they do need to come into the office.

That said, it also means that when our lease is up here soon, we’re going to be 100% work from home for a while until a new office space is found. So instead we’re going to have the opposite problem (nobody can come into the office) for a bit, sadly.

 

[Herdfan]

I'm already on five forums. I don't want another one. The reason I've enjoyed Twitter's format is the feed combined with my personally chosen mix of politics, dogs, art, local & international news, you name it.

People don't want more forums for sure. I am a member of the RZR forums and they are great. But also a member of a RZR FB page and it is a mess. People ask the same questions over and over and the members that can easily answer have stopped because it is constant. The "how big of tires can I run" question is asked almost daily. But in the forum, there is a whole area for tire discussions so people can easily find an answer. People either don't want to search the FB page or don't know they can.

 

[Cmaier]

White supremacy gets you verified as “notable,” now, apparently.

 

[lizkat]

White supremacy gets you verified as “notable,” now, apparently.


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Heh. There's stlll hope. The account heretostay1488 has been suspended.

One begins to wonder though if Musk has retained enough people in their moderation group. Otherwise they're going to be having to auto-ban accounts if they actually mean not to let hate speech abound in there, starting even with user profile declarations, gee.

 

[Citysnaps]

Whoa! 100% American Cracker. Haven't heard that one before.

Seems that could also be branding for a new clothing line.

 

[shadow puppet]

I don't even know where to start.
ETA: Yoel Roth was Twitter's Head of Trust and Safety

 

[lizkat]

I don't even know where to start.
ETA: Yoel Roth was Twitter's Head of Trust and Safety

Cue Joan Armatrading... Down to Zero

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Oh, the feeling when you're reeling​

You step lightly, thinking you're number one​

Down to zero with a word, leaving for another one​

Now you walk with your feet back on the ground​

Down to the ground, down to the ground​

Down to the ground, down to the ground​