The ongoing X and Elon Musk Transgressions Thread

[RedHot25]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1588615970595430400

[Itse]

Originally Posted by The Yen Man

Either way, as an outside observer, it'll be fascinating to see how this ends. I'm leaning towards thinking Musk will eventually run Twitter into the ground, and something else will start up to take it's place, but who knows.

The attention the service gets has always been extremely disproportionate compared to the size of it's userbase, and the amount of active users has been trending down. They only have something like 2-300M users, which is a fraction of FB and half of what TikTok has, and TikTok is still trending up. The percentage of users who ever write on Twitter is also really low.

In other words, Twitter was already kind of fading before Musk got it's hands on it.

And rightfully so, it's a terrible platform.

[Azure]

It was fading because it wasn't properly managed for years.

There is opportunity there to turn it into a reliable service, but it won't happen if he fires everyone with value and thinks he can cost cut his way to profit.

I also wouldn't believe half the stuff people are saying online.

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by GGG

Which is why unless their is secondary corroboration that it is a story from a disgruntled ex employee versus the actual way they laid people off. A corporation should have ranked lists of employees sitting somewhere at all times for precisely this type of situation.

although in truth anyone with the skills and rep and connections to get the eff out is going/gone anyway, no one with any choice sticks around in an organization that is going through massive layoffs and upheaval.

By the time this is over twitter will be left with the ones that arent good enough to bail.

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by Itse

The attention the service gets has always been extremely disproportionate compared to the size of it's userbase, and the amount of active users has been trending down. They only have something like 2-300M users, which is a fraction of FB and half of what TikTok has, and TikTok is still trending up. The percentage of users who ever write on Twitter is also really low.

In other words, Twitter was already kind of fading before Musk got it's hands on it.

And rightfully so, it's a terrible platform.

I always saw twitter as in the same ballpark as 'Tedtalks', only a moron would think you can distill important complex ideas into 15 minutes or 140 characters

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by KTrain

I would pay $8/month for Twitter if verification gave us the following things:
- Ability to edit tweets
- Hide ads
- Remove suggested tweets, account, people other people follow, etc.
- Schedule tweets natively
- See specifically what accounts clicked on your links, viewed your profile
- Hide the verification badge because it would be embarrassing for people to know I paid for Twitter.

Tweet this at Musk, he seems to listen to suggestions

[tkflames]

Originally Posted by Locke

Is anyone else envisioning Musk in a dark office, glasses down his nose reading a 'Coding for Dummies' book?

"This doesnt seem that complicated..."

He wrote the code for pay pal. Not a fan of his general schtick now that he has made some money...but questioning his technical skill, commitment to the technical side of his ventures and work ethic are losing battles..

[Slava]

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

I always saw twitter as in the same ballpark as 'Tedtalks', only a moron would think you can distill important complex ideas into 15 minutes or 140 characters

It depends on how you use it and the kind of people you follow. Frankly, there are some brilliant people in there providing incredible content for free. Of course there are joke accounts, parodies (some of those are amazing as well!), but to me it’s an amazing platform.

[tkflames]

Originally Posted by PsYcNeT

I would assume anyone who went through Day 1 Orientation at a tech company would know this is absolutely moronic.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1588604007030747136

EDIT: Looks like the tweet author just got bullied off Twitter. Here's the original tweet:



Guess it's time to start moving to Mastodon

Probably a good measure if he uses lines of code implemented rather than total lines written. I am sure in a company that big there is 10% of the programmers that write a lot of useless code that is never implemented...

[Locke]

Originally Posted by tkflames

He wrote the code for pay pal. Not a fan of his general schtick now that he has made some money...but questioning his technical skill, commitment to the technical side of his ventures and work ethic are losing battles..

PayPal! Now he's really on my #### list!

If he wrote the code for TicketMaster thats essentially a Crime Against Humanity!

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by tkflames

He wrote the code for pay pal. Not a fan of his general schtick now that he has made some money...but questioning his technical skill, commitment to the technical side of his ventures and work ethic are losing battles..

You sure about that? Paypal was created between a merger of his online bank(not sure if it actually existed or was conceptual) and another company, Confinity. I've never seen anywhere that Musk was as involved as the myth claims he was, but I haven't looked that hard.

[timun]

LOL, Elon Musk did not write the code for PayPal. He's not a programmer or engineer, he's a salesman.

[AFireInside]

Originally Posted by tkflames

Probably a good measure if he uses lines of code implemented rather than total lines written. I am sure in a company that big there is 10% of the programmers that write a lot of useless code that is never implemented...

Is it though? People get assigned to tasks and projects that go nowhere or don't last long. Seems like a really bad way to determine who the top coders are.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by timun

LOL, Elon Musk did not write the code for PayPal. He's not a programmer or engineer, he's a salesman.

Okay, on the understanding that I've never coded anything nor do I really understand what that entails...

Twitter seems really basic? Its mental diarrhea in 140 characters or less. Do you really need Neo to keep this complex Matrix together??

It doesnt take payments, minimal personal information, its not like it needs to be Fort Knox or anything.

[DFO]

So how long will it take Dorsey's new Bluesky platform to lap Twitter?

[Senator Clay Davis]

This is gonna end up going down as the most expensive mid-life crisis ever.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1588557835792953345

https://twitter.com/user/status/1588676939463946241

[Locke]

Oh Jesus Elon....you out your goddamned mind.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by GordonBlue

this was awesomely interesting.
thanks for posting it!

After having it explained so simply and clearly, it makes perfect sense and can be applied to a whole heck of a lot.

like the 5% per year price increases for seasons tickets, for instance

[PeteMoss]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

This is gonna end up going down as the most expensive mid-life crisis ever.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1588557835792953345

https://twitter.com/user/status/1588676939463946241

This whole thing strikes me as a guy who's been in a bubble coming to the realization that his ideas aren't as popular as he thought.

Like reading this... Why would any advertiser want to put up with this.

[ZedMan]

Originally Posted by Locke

Okay, on the understanding that I've never coded anything nor do I really understand what that entails...

Twitter seems really basic? Its mental diarrhea in 140 characters or less. Do you really need Neo to keep this complex Matrix together??

It doesnt take payments, minimal personal information, its not like it needs to be Fort Knox or anything.

Sure, that part is simple. 140 character messages. But then it's 140 character messages being created by thousands of people every minute, and millions more reacting to those messages. All around the world. There's no way you can just handle that all in one central place so now you have a worldwide distributed system, storing and synchronizing data between clients at a scale maybe 4 or 5 companies in the world do.


And while it's true they aren't storing payment information the way twitter has evolved means that they are trusted with the reputation of multinational companies and heads of state. Maintaining the security of the official Pepsi or POTUS account is pretty critical.