The ongoing X and Elon Musk Transgressions Thread

[Wormius]

Yeah, an OS that was relatively easy to use and program in. Steve Jobs / The Woz, Bill Gates made computers that were useable.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Not to nitpick, but this is factually incorrect and Gates is also a massive piece of garbage.

The moral of the story is don't simp for billionaires.

At least Gates is doing something useful with his billions, instead of blowing it all on a chat platform just so he can stop people saying mean things about him

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

At least Gates is doing something useful with his billions, instead of blowing it all on a chat platform just so he can stop people saying mean things about him

He'll never stop me.

Bill Gates is a ninnyhammer! Bwahahaha!

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

Well, he didn't really invent the modern computer, but his mission of 'a computer on every desk in every home' (paraphrasing) absolutely changed the world.

I would say Microsoft licensing Windows was the invention of the modern computer, had they not we would all be trying to choose between 6 or 7 different types and OS's of home computer all of which would cost an absolute fortune, sometimes the invention isnt the technical part

[photon]

We'd all be using OS/2 Warp's descendent OS/11 Gnarl

[Fuzz]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1646996232559001600


Is Elon Musk the first person on Earth to equate the BBC with Tucker ####ing Carlson? I know this man says some daft ####, but damn. Of course now his followers will all think it's true. Legitimizing #### and de-legitimizing actual news organizations. What a joke of a human. I'd be curious to know see who he thinks is "moderately left" if the BBC are a parallel to Tucker.

[ZedMan]

I'm darkly curious what his "slight left" media choice will be.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by ZedMan

I'm darkly curious what his "slight left" media choice will be.

Fox News Canada.

[FlameOn]

CBC pausing Twitter content after being labeled "state affiliated" -> "government funded" -> "69% government funded". Musk as the maturity and petulance of a grade school kid and the ego to match. Also pretty deliberate of him to use yellow check marks to imply anything he disagrees with is yellow journalism.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...ded-media.html

[wireframe]

Originally Posted by FlameOn

CBC pausing Twitter content after being labeled "state affiliated" -> "government funded" -> "69% government funded". Musk as the maturity and petulance of a grade school kid and the ego to match. Also pretty deliberate of him to use yellow check marks to imply anything he disagrees with is yellow journalism.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...ded-media.html

Good. Twitter is only relevant because journalists and politicians use it. Fewer real news organization on Twitter will end the self-feeding cycle that makes twitter feel important (to some people).

[MoneyGuy]

As of April 29 Twitter is charging third-party apps used to monitor followers. The one I use will cease service as it’ll be a charge of $46,000 a month. No one can afford that.

[FormerPresJamesTaylor]

Why would you monitor followers?

[GordonBlue]

Originally Posted by FormerPresJamesTaylor

Why would you monitor followers?

He was in politics. As a publicly visible person, I could imagine you'd want to keep tabs on your followers. Although I don't know what that really means to monitor followers, but I can imagine that a decent politician wouldn't want people who post horrible content seen as one of their followers.

[photon]

https://www.engadget.com/twitter-qui...181754382.html

Twitter has, once again, quietly updated a significant policy without explanation. The company appears to have changed its hateful conduct policy to remove a section that protected transgender people from misgendering and deadnaming

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by FormerPresJamesTaylor

Why would you monitor followers?

So you can sell them things, you know, capitalism etc

[MoneyGuy]

Originally Posted by FormerPresJamesTaylor

Why would you monitor followers?

To turf accounts you don’t care much about who don’t follow back. You want to keep your following/follower numbers fairly close or it can cause problems.

[Sr. Mints]

Originally Posted by MoneyGuy

To turf accounts you don’t care much about who don’t follow back. You want to keep your following/follower numbers fairly close or it can cause problems.

For instance people might think you're a loser if you follow 1240 people and only have 137 followers. Kinda like the wedding scene in My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Sr. Mints

For instance people might think you're a loser if you follow 1240 people and only have 137 followers. Kinda like the wedding scene in My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

What if you only follow 229 people but have 135.5M followers?

[MoneyGuy]

That’s okay. If you’re approaching 5,000 you’ve followed and only have <4,000 followers, for example, you could be restricted from following more.

If that’s you, well done.

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by Sr. Mints

For instance people might think you're a loser if you follow 1240 people and only have 137 followers. Kinda like the wedding scene in My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

Timely reference.