Musk offers to buy Twitter
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It has to be bait
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Doubt it. More likely he just wanted to brag.
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Twitter bans users from linking to other social media platforms like Instagram and Mastodon
Update: Elon Musk says the policy will be adjusted to only forbid accounts that are primarily advertising other platforms, and...
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Free speech, my ass. Also, I hope some of the lawyers in that clown car I was talking about are antitrust lawyers.
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It turns out he is absolutely against it.Ah, yes, Elon Musk, the free speech absolutist.
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Absolutely not. Very pro free speech. He can say whatever he wants, and other people can say anything he approves of.
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Great lawyers think alike.
Yup, and as I said above, for the things he’s put up to votes and likely to put up to votes in the future, “winning” is likely to be the worst outcome for him.
Sadly, I think Musk is a lost cause. So is Twitter unless it can be wrested from his control, and Tesla is in jeopardy as long as he's associated with it. I'm also concerned about SpaceX, since it's further ahead than any other company sending spacecraft and satellites into Earth orbit, as well as providing Internet service to places that lacked it.
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Maybe he meant only free speech for himself because that's all we're getting at this point.Twitter bans users from linking to other social media platforms like Instagram and Mastodon
Update: Elon Musk says the policy will be adjusted to only forbid accounts that are primarily advertising other platforms, and...
Free speech, my ass. Also, I hope some of the lawyers in that clown car I was talking about are antitrust lawyers.
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People are confused AF right now. Just as I was going to add my Post and Mastodon handles to my profile.
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I was just about to say... JFC this guy is a bigger hypocrite than Trump.
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In summary:
Judging by the way Musk Rat has been waffling on his latest rules / actions, this prediction wouldn't surprise me one bit. Or I hope ALL his advertisers finally give Elon the finger and say hasta la bye bye.
Judging by the way Musk Rat has been waffling on his latest rules / actions, this prediction wouldn't surprise me one bit. Or I hope ALL his advertisers finally give Elon the finger and say hasta la bye bye.
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All this is going to do is paint them into a more isolated corner but it's clear that's the direction Musk wants to take them. Also, acknowledging Mastodon in such a public way is going to do nothing but boost their membership.
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Agree. It's also going to get interesting real quick if things like this are true.
What will be the consequences of non-compliance?
"What’s 20% of an only partially on fire Tesla? This works for both the vehicle and the company."
Link to above discussion: https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/1604564509884030977
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Holy mother of antitrust laws. Elon Musk needs a timeout for sure.
Every time I see his name now, what flashes into my mind is the recollected image of one of my brothers hastily exiting the wedding reception of one of my other brothers, while carrying his then 3yo daughter under his arm like a piece of firewood (with waving arms and kicking feet attached).
She had ingested a few pieces of wedding cake and some cookies and sodapop or whatever the F else had sugar in it, and someone had finally told her NO MORE COOKIES FOR YOU MISSY.
Inconsolable and hyped to the ceiling on sugar, she had briefly become the center of attention, flopping face-down onto the dance floor and throwing a screaming hissy fit that even drowned out the very fine local rock band then playing.
That's Elon now. A three year old throwing hissy fits. How the heck did he ever become a billionaire?!
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