Twitter and The Musk

[Mota]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

Imagine getting owned by Don Lemon of all people.

I have to leave in 2 minutes.

Hmm, so maybe spend that two minutes answering the F'ing question instead of throwing a hissy fit?

[RainMaker]

Does anyone remember when Musk challenged Zuck to a fight, Zuckerberg accepted, then Musk backed out?

[cuervo72]

Getting a lot of weird ads that just look like tweets from random people. Just a one line tweet, nondescript user, but has AD at the top right. At least they're not all right-wing think tanks anymore?

[albionmoonlight]

Saw a Cybertruck in the wild for the first time yesterday.

It does not look as strange on the road as I thought it would.

Also bigger than I thought it was.

[Kodos]

Was it rusty?

[albionmoonlight]

From what I can tell (it was on the road, so I couldn't look closely), it wasn't rusty and the door seams looked normal (Of course those were the two things I tried to check out as it was driving past :-))

[Kodos]

Must not have been raining.

[albionmoonlight]

$TSLA shares down 7% in premarket trading after release of Q1 sales numbers.

I guess the lesson for business school students is that a CEO showing his whole ass in public constantly might not be a winning growth strategy.

[Ksyrup]

Saw someone reference his post mocking Native Americans yesterday (about stolen land from the dinosaurs - WOW SO FUNNY AND CLEVER!). Not sure what precipitated it, but OK?

[Corny_1]

I wonder what in the world would have him thinking about the "Dinousour land" in this era but if that doesn't make him seem lunatic or off the rails I don't know when people will realise that...

[whomario]

State of Twitter right now in 3 words:

Nudes in bio

[Ghost Econ]

I'm in car line at my daughter's school and someone is driving a cyber truck. It looks just as dumb in person as it does online.

[RainMaker]

Can you order different colors because that stainless steel look is so bad.

[sovereignstar v2]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

Can you order different colors because that stainless steel look is so bad.

The other option is Rust

[GrantDawg]

I saw a Range Rover Saturday that was silver but reflected different colors depending on how the light hit it. It almost looked like it was glowing. Craziest car color I have ever seen. Cool, but crazy.

[RainMaker]

The Cybertruck is not for me but it looks so much better when I've seen it mocked up with colors.

[Flasch186]

This is an underrated win




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[sovereignstar v2]

Originally Posted by Flasch186

This is an underrated win




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I love to see that you also have issues quoting with Tapatalk. Going as far as screenshotting so you can quote haha

[HerRealName]

I saw my first cybertruck being driven by a woman today. I had to do a double take.

[Flasch186]

I thought it was just me lol




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[Ghost Econ]

Yeah, it rained today and there were water streaks on the Cybertruck. It looked like my fridge after my daughter uses the water dispenser.

It still had the dealer tags and was likely delivered yesterday, so Id be pissed if the car I got yesterday already looked like shit.

[Fidatelo]

I'm at a conference in Portland this week and saw my first ever live Cybertruck yesterday. It was a dark 'army' green and we guessed they must have wrapped it or something, but the colour (at least that green colour) did not really do anything to make it look less ridiculous.

[Ksyrup]

I just saw a story about some YouTuber who put his finger in the CyberTruck trunk as it closed to demonstrate that it was safe (apparently it's supposed to sense an obstacle and bounce back?) - and he broke his finger on camera. I'm not going to watch the video, but apparently he tried it first with a stick - which broke - then his finger. Brilliant!

[Ghost Econ]

Don't watch the banana videos... #dontstickyourdickinthat

[RainMaker]

There's a post going around of a guy who got a huge gash on his leg from one of the corners of his cybertruck. He of course still "loves the truck" but I guess you have to be careful with those sharp corners.

[Ghost Econ]

You know JK Rowling has completely lost the plot when even Elon Musk tells her to maybe tone it down.

[whomario]

Hang it in the Louvre

[NobodyHere]

This really needs to happen

Musk: Yes, I’ll Fight Venezuelan President Maduro on National TV

Off course we know it won't.

[Lathum]

I see the most vile shit on X but when I tell someone to go stick their head in an oven I get a 12 hour time out.

[Lathum]

So now I’m suspended a week for telling someone who was spreading false info that Trump did a great job with COVID to go inject bleach but people like Laura loomer get boosted for saying the most vile things.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by Lathum

So now I’m suspended a week for telling someone who was spreading false info that Trump did a great job with COVID to go inject bleach but people like Laura loomer get boosted for saying the most vile things.

Musk is even more aggressively moving the platform Right. I will say they did finally somehow get rid of many of the porn bot posters in replies.

[albionmoonlight]

The benefit for liberals is that Musk is a lonely weirdo who needs accolades and attention.

If he were smart and not neurotic, he'd very subtly shift Twitter to the right. It would all be behind the scenes and happen slowly. The left wouldn't react against it because they wouldn't know that there'd be anything against which to react.

But if he did it that way, it would be, by definition, behind the scenes. And everything he does has to be about getting MAGA chuds to give him accolades.

So at least he's doing it openly, and people can know how big of a grain of salt to take Twitter with.

[Atocep]

Elon definitely isn't helping with the weird image.

[SirFozzie]

Twitter is now suing folks for saying they should be boycotted, because.. anti-trust something something.. (and like all good culture war lawsuits, they filed it in a particular district because there's only one judge in the district, and they are ultra-right wing.

[RainMaker]

This is what that Jacob Wohl guy went to jail for but even worse. Don't think anything will come of it because Musk is too rich, but pretty insane.


https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/04/elon...-michigan.html

[thesloppy]

'Member back when he first bought Twitter and folks (in here included) thought he was some kind of neutral altruist, because he said he voted Democrat that one time.

[whomario]

Good thing for him is he only needs to shoot a convertible version of a Tesla to Mars and the ads will flow again.

[albionmoonlight]

Between the Olympics and this EU warning letter rekindling my love of the First Amendment, I'm feeling super USA! USA! USA! lately.

With great audience comes greater responsibility #DSA

As there is a risk of amplification of potentially harmful content in ���� in connection with events with major audience around the world, I sent this letter to @elonmusk

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— Thierry Breton (@ThierryBreton) August 12, 2024

[Lathum]

Idiots melting down about this as if other countries don't have laws regarding misinformation. There is a reason you can't get FOX News in England. They knew early on.

[albionmoonlight]

Burglar Discovers You Can Peel Cybertruck and Access the Inside

What a horribly engineered machine.

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

Burglar Discovers You Can Peel Cybertruck and Access the Inside

What a horribly engineered machine.

Yeah at this point the Pinto is laughing at the Cybertruck.

[Edward64]

X vs Brazil. Now Starlink vs Brazil.

Seems as if Brazil has the upper hand right now. I don't understand all the nuances but seems like a stupid fight for Elon to pick with Brazil. Fight the "free speech" battle in the US, not in another sovereign nation.

Wonder what is X's next step now.

Elon Musk’s satellite-based internet service provider Starlink backtracked Tuesday and said it will comply with a Brazilian Supreme Court justice’s order to block the billionaire’s social media platform, X.

Starlink said in a statement posted on X that it will heed Justice Alexandre de Moraes’ order despite him having frozen the company’s assets. Previously, it informally told the telecommunications regulator that it would not comply until de Moraes reversed course.

“Regardless of the illegal treatment of Starlink in freezing our assets, we are complying with the order to block access to X in Brazil,” the company statement said. “We continue to pursue all legal avenues, as are others who agree that @alexandre’s recent order violate the Brazilian constitution.”

De Moraes froze Starlink’s accounts last week as a means to compel it to cover X’s fines that already exceeded $3 million, reasoning that the two companies are part of the same economic group.

[NobodyHere]

Why shouldn't Brazilians enjoy free speech too?

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by NobodyHere

Why shouldn't Brazilians enjoy free speech too?

They should. But even free speech in the US has limits.

Why should Elon be the person to determine HIS definition (and limits) of free speech in a sovereign/friendly country? I would feel more confident in Elon's intentions if he was to champion free speech in China first.

Just a moment...

A Brazil Supreme Court judge warned Elon Musk Wednesday that he would have X suspended in Latin America's largest nation if the billionaire didn't name a legal representative for the platform in the country within 24 hours.

The big picture: Justice Alexandre de Moraes' summons alerting Musk that X has until about 8pm local time Thursday (7pm ET) to comply with the order comes after the platform announced earlier this month that it would close its operations in Brazil over what it called the judge's "censorship orders."

Context: Brazilian officials have in recent months been cracking down on social media accounts that spread misinformation and hate speech.

• Moraes announced in April that he was investigating Musk for obstruction of justice after the former X CEO vowed to defy a court order blocking certain accounts on his platform in Brazil.

[cuervo72]

Hrm, funny that all of a sudden a whole mess of stuff is being labeled "Adult Content." (Including, uh, clips taken from CNN.)

[cuervo72]

I mean, a STAMPS BOT post came with a warning. (STAMPS BOT is exactly what you'd think it is.)

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by Edward64

They should. But even free speech in the US has limits.

Why should Elon be the person to determine HIS definition (and limits) of free speech in a sovereign/friendly country? I would feel more confident in Elon's intentions if he was to champion free speech in China first.

Just a moment...

I should add that his position changes based on which country is asking. He will remove content and ban users in countries with far-right leaders (Hungary, India, Israel, Saudi Arabia) but only "stands for free speech" in left-wing countries like Brazil.

I don't think anyone should be banning content like this but he absolutely doesn't care about free speech.