Twitter and Musk

vanzandt · Apr 18, 2023

gwb-trading said:
The momentum grows as each new day brings additional news outlets dropping Twitter. Soon the only media outlets found on Musk's Twitter 2.0 will be Russian and Chinese propaganda promoters.

'“If you have prestigious mainstream resources that are known for being reliable basically setting sail and saying, ‘We’re not going to participate here anymore,’ I think inevitably users who have respect for those outlets are going to think twice about whether it’s worth checking in on Twitter,” he said.'

'The departures part of the “longer term erosion” of Twitter’s credibility and the quality of content on it.'

Musk, media reach boiling point over Twitter changes
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3955259-musk-media-reach-boiling-point-over-twitter-changes/

Do those operations let intel agencies read DM's?
Musk said Twitters did.

vanzandt · Apr 18, 2023

gwb-trading said:
Soon the only media outlets found on Musk's Twitter 2.0 will be Russian and Chinese propaganda promoters.

Do bots send DM's to each other?

You're ok with journalists, activists, whoever... being spied upon in correspondence they thought was private? Regardless of political or activist leanings.

Free speech is the cornerstone of democracy.

Fire the whole staff!
Go Elon!

Frederick Foresight · Apr 18, 2023

vanzandt said:
Hey... if you buy a bloated business, layoffs come with the territory.

So bloated he needs to lay off advertisers, too, eh?

gwb-trading · Apr 18, 2023

vanzandt said:
Do those operations let intel agencies read DM's?
Musk said Twitters did.

Considering most of what Musk has promoted regarding Twitter has been complete bullshiat, it is likely his assertions regarding DMs are complete bullshiat. I will await for some other appropriate confirmations before stating the claims are true or false.

This is Musk's opportunity to provide evidence of his allegations regarding DMs.

vanzandt · Apr 18, 2023

Frederick Foresight said:
So bloated he needs to lay off advertisers, too, eh?

Consider it a charitable donation by the world's richest man, a $25B loss... to save democracy.

Quit deflecting from the real issues here.
F advertising $'s.
What about shredding our Constitution?

gwb-trading · Apr 18, 2023

vanzandt said:
What about shredding our Constitution?

Musk is doing his best to shred our Constitution and allow an authoritarian to take over.

vanzandt · Apr 18, 2023

And what's really funny... you can mark my word.... Elon will have the last laugh.
Twitter is here to stay, and all those outlets that left, apparently NPR and CBS now.... I'll betcha they'll come crawling back in time when they see Elon's new baby and the world passing them by.

Frederick Foresight · Apr 18, 2023

vanzandt said:
Consider it a charitable donation by the world's richest man, a $25B loss... to save democracy.

Quit deflecting from the real issues here.
F advertising $'s.
What about shredding our Constitution?

Yeah, sure. Giving all kinds of room for hate speech and bald-faced lying are what make your country great.

vanzandt · Apr 18, 2023

gwb-trading said:
Musk is doing his best to shred our Constitution and allow an authoritarian to take over.

How so?
Watch the interview and then lets discuss what he said that you have issues with.

We can start with... You haven't answered my question above yet regarding the DM's.

Frederick Foresight · Apr 18, 2023

vanzandt said:
And what's really funny... you can mark my word.... Elon will have the last laugh.
Twitter is here to stay, and all those outlets that left, apparently NPR and CBS now.... I'll betcha they'll come crawling back in time when they see Elon's new baby and the world passing them by.

Don't bet on it. At least not while Musk is at the helm. He's just a richer version of the Pillow Guy.