The ongoing X and Elon Musk Transgressions Thread

[Engine09]

That avatar is the message board equivalent to clown shoes.

This thread is a good reminder, I went to deactivate my Twitter/X account just now, I don't want my email address connected to this garbage. Although I never login or use it I got a message saying I was suspended, I may have logged in twice in the past 2 years. Now I have to wait for my request to be taken care of before I can deactivate.

[FunkMasterFlame]

[Delthefunky]

I do wonder what if any effect it will have on EV infrastructure spending.

[DownInFlames]

Originally Posted by FunkMasterFlame

They can start with the billions given to SpaceX to go to the moon, who are years behind schedule and haven’t even successfully launched a payload to LEO yet.

He’s made so many empty promises that I guarantee he finds no actual waste and just cuts stuff people need because he doesn’t like it.

[getbak]

That looks fake, but it also looks stupid enough to be real.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by getbak

That looks fake, but it also looks stupid enough to be real.

Between Elon and someone who appears to bathe in Cheetos...I just dont care anymore.

[FunkMasterFlame]

It's real in that Musk did make those claims. Whether he follows through or not remains to be seen, but I'm betting he will.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1856520760656797801

[Ozy_Flame]

He's looking to cut 1/3 of government spending. He's going to cripple his own country and I hope all the people who work in the federal service who voted for him enjoy their future unemployment fantasies.

[Mr.Coffee]

Yeah, he is just an idiot. He says he wants to cut 2/6.5 trillion but meanwhile defense, interest payments and social security total ~3 trillion so he’s got an uphill climb as it is to hit his target.

Space force you’d think would be cut #1.

[Fuzz]

I think you guys are being too hard on Elon, look at all the cuts he made to Twitter and how great it is now.

[Ozy_Flame]

More big ones are checking out of Xitter. First NPR, now the Guardian:


Guardian will no longer post on Elon Musk’s X from its official accounts

In an announcement to readers, the news organisation said it considered the benefits of being on the platform formerly called Twitter were now outweighed by the negatives, citing the “often disturbing content” found on it.

“We wanted to let readers know that we will no longer post on any official Guardian editorial accounts on the social media site X,” the Guardian said.

The Guardian has more than 80 accounts on X with approximately 27 million followers.

The Guardian said content on the platform about which it had longstanding concerns included far-right conspiracy theories and racism. It added that the site’s coverage of the US presidential election had crystallised its decision.

“This is something we have been considering for a while given the often disturbing content promoted or found on the platform, including far-right conspiracy theories and racism,” it said.

And before anyone says NPR is missing out or damaged their business, here's a reality check for you:

Nieman Reports: Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible

[Fuzz]

Anyone still using Xitter at this point is a Trump supporter, whether they mentally recognize it or not.

[dammage79]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Anyone still using Xitter at this point is a Trump supporter, whether they mentally recognize it or not.

Dumb post is dumb!

That's like me saying anyone still using CP is a closeted Oiler fan, whether they mentally recognize it or not.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by dammage79

Dumb post is dumb!

That's like me saying anyone still using CP is a closeted Oiler fan, whether they mentally recognize it or not.

Well, no, it’s nothing like that because using CP in no way makes one a fan of the Oilers.

On the other hand, while a bit of a stretch, using Twitter supports Elon Musk (as you’re either offering yourself or your data as the product) which, in turn, supports Trump.

So, yes, dumb post is dumb, but I think there is probably a disconnect over which post “dumb post” actually refers to.

[photon]

"Biden talking to Twitter to have them take down nudes of his son is illegal, lets sue the government so they can't speak with social media sites." - Republicans in 2020

"Let's elect a president who owns a social media site and then he can appoint someone else to government that owns a social media site so that they can directly decide what we can say." - Republicans in 2024

EDIT: Oops thought this was the US politics thread :/

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by dammage79

Dumb post is dumb!

That's like me saying anyone still using CP is a closeted Oiler fan, whether they mentally recognize it or not.

Musk is using Xitter to spread massive amounts of misinformation, and did it to get Trump elected. Using the platform legitimizes that by boosting it's usage numbers. It's not complicated.

[edslunch]

Originally Posted by FunkMasterFlame

It's real, and less juvenile than what Musk has been posting himself. He also posted that it's going to be fun cutting all those jobs. Fricking emotionally stunted sociopath.

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by edslunch

It's real, and less juvenile than what Musk has been posting himself. He also posted that it's going to be fun cutting all those jobs. Fricking emotionally stunted sociopath.

He had the same level of enjoyment when he arrived at Twitter and caused absolute chaos. I recommend interested people read Elon Musk written by Walter Isaacson. He covers the chaos well.

Anyone still simping for this hobgoblin gets what's coming to them.

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

And before anyone says NPR is missing out or damaged their business, here's a reality check for you:

Nieman Reports: Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible

I doubt Twitter was any appreciable benefit to NPR (or the Guardian, or any other traditional media company) in the first place. Just because journalists spent 24/7 on the site doesn’t mean it was ever a broadly popular or effective channel for news.

[Ozy_Flame]

Ah, so Twitter was just the social media playground for bored journalists, and not a place where actual news used to reached real people? Sure, because it’s not like Twitter ever broke major stories, fueled global discussions, or influenced any public opinion. And definitely not like journalists used it to interact directly with readers or make news...you know, accessible to people who don’t hang out on NPR’s homepage 24/7.

Besides, if journalists only lurked there out of habit, then millions of people must have been joining in just to watch them scroll, right? Or maybe Twitter was actually a pretty powerful platform for real-time news and engagement at one time —just a wild guess.