Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

Post by zackees » Tue, Apr 05, 2022, 5:27 PM UTC

deanCommie wrote: post #339

AustinDev wrote: post #147

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An employee exodus from Twitter would only be a good thing in my eyes. They're all too ideological from my experience.

Can you name one public Twitter ideology except a commitment to not spread vaccine misinformation? At this point if anyone thinks that vaccine debate is ideological, I don't think we will change each others mind in either way, but I'm just curious if there are any examples. As far as I can tell that is the one and only piece of controversy. They banned Trump.

Post by zaptrem » Tue, Apr 05, 2022, 5:27 PM UTC

hackyhacky wrote: post #413

twofornone wrote: post #399

I think generally the political right in the US is effectively underserved by social media, because all of the giants seem to lean pretty openly left. If Musk can make the platform more neutral this could be a massive business opportunity, if not to grow then to at least ensure Twitter's market dominance by venting some of the pressure for a competitor. Never would have bothered before but I'm long TWTR now, worth a…

Has it occurred to you that social media tilts left because lefty people are more likely to use the internet? Internet and social media use use track closely with education level, which correlate to position on the political spectrum. If that's true, then an attempt to make social media more "neutral" would in fact be giving rightists an unfair advantage.

Post by pixelatedindex » Tue, Apr 05, 2022, 5:28 PM UTC

caffeine wrote: post #428

This is great news! Twitter and the rest of the rotten and censorious platforms could use a proper shake-up. Hope the authoritarians and political repressives and anyone who works on the content moderation team all resign in protest! Good riddance!

Post by jasonwatkinspdx » Tue, Apr 05, 2022, 5:28 PM UTC

slibhb wrote: post #150

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Misleading investors is one of Elon’s main jobs. And he’ll continue doing so, as we doesn’t face any consequences for it (expect for becoming ultra rich).

Elon Musk is kind of obnoxious. He lies (or "exaggerates"). But what Tesla has done is insane. It's happened so quickly, and that's leaving aside the rockets. The hard evidence that we can build new things, that we can progress and build a future that's better than the present is so important. If it takes a flawed man to show us that, I'll take it. If you hate Elon Musk, consider probing your mind deeply to figure ou…

Post by bruhbruhbruh » Tue, Apr 05, 2022, 5:30 PM UTC

peanuty1 wrote: post #406

andrew_ wrote: post #52

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I give his tenure as CEO 6 months at most before he's forced out by the board, or resigns for ideological differences. The changing wind that Elon is going to usher in is going to be fundamental and sweeping, and I wouldn't be surprised to see an exodus of employees follow.

Parag was extremely lucky to have been appointed CEO despite his lack of qualifications. He's only ever worked at Twitter and was appointed CTO before ever holding a management position. He's not going anywhere because he won't get as lucrative of a gig anywhere else.