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Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private

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Post by chrisseaton »

fleddr wrote: post #827

Twitter is a mob launch pad. It's ran by outrage addicted, sadistic, cruel bullies. It's as if all of the world's village idiots joined forces and became the ruling class in culture and speech. It is Twitter that has normalized and promoted inhumane tactics like context switching, bad faith discussion, talking behind you to others instead of towards you (quote tweeting), screenshotting, obsessively digging through on…

If your Twitter feed is angry then maybe you have angry friends. That’s not a reflection on Twitter. Mine has a lot of inspiration and positivity.

Re: Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private

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Post by ulkesh »

thebackstall17 wrote: post #728

What he did today is thousand times better than shelling money behind the charity that many billionaires doing. Under Elon twitter can enable true "freedom of expression." Parag's one sided stand to enable woke culture, and board's support to that clearly showing how extreme right mindset they have when running this company. Today we can't hear the voice of other side on this platform, they are either shutdown or sus…

Freedom of expression does not mean tolerating outright lies and bigotry and harm on a non-government-owned/controlled platform. So Trump, since you decided to not say his name for some reason, was rightly kicked off the platform after being warned numerous times about his policy violations.

It's funny how people seem to think that such freedoms extend beyond the boundary of government and into the private sector (publicly-traded company or not). They do not. They never have. Twitter can set whatever rules they wish and the chips may fall where they will, despite what @jack may say. You are free to choose a different platform to support.

But don't sit there and think that the "other side" is somehow oppressed because you simply disagree with the policies of Twitter.

Re: Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private

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Post by Kye »

partiallypro wrote: post #734

I've always felt Twitter has been poorly run, it's almost like the people that work for the company don't actually use it often and are completely disconnected from the userbase. Remember when they completely screwed API users? Various Twitter third parties had to shut down entirely because of it. Twitter has some of the most valuable and useful realtime information in the world, but everyone there seems content on n…

>> "I've always felt Twitter has been poorly run, it's almost like the people that work for the company don't actually use it often and are completely disconnected from the userbase. Remember when they completely screwed API users? Various Twitter third parties had to shut down entirely because of it."

They did this to make sure people saw ads. It's why Twitter is profitable now. The vast majority of people on Twitter never knew Twitter had a vibrant developer ecosystem in the distant past.

Re: Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private

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Post by _skzr »

fleddr wrote: post #827

Twitter is a mob launch pad. It's ran by outrage addicted, sadistic, cruel bullies. It's as if all of the world's village idiots joined forces and became the ruling class in culture and speech. It is Twitter that has normalized and promoted inhumane tactics like context switching, bad faith discussion, talking behind you to others instead of towards you (quote tweeting), screenshotting, obsessively digging through on…

[ “Insert pseudo-intellectual comment about private organizations, town squares, current things, billionaires, democracy, and Nazis” ]

In short, yes. It is a hate-factory that assumes the laptop-class of society is representative of and speaks for all of mankind.

Err, people kind.

Re: Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private

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Post by bspear »

gunapologist99 wrote: post #521

So Twitter was at $70 per share a year ago. So what? Jack Dorsey was CEO a year ago, too. The share price was $33 less than a month ago. But, despite an absolutely incredible roller-coaster news cycle, things have been definitely trending down at Twitter ($33/share last month), which was reflected in its share price. The current executive team (and Dorsey) had wasted time focusing on things that didn't matter instead…

All I can think is... lucky Jack, and poor Parag

Re: Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private

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Post by coliveira »

fleddr wrote: post #827

Twitter is a mob launch pad. It's ran by outrage addicted, sadistic, cruel bullies. It's as if all of the world's village idiots joined forces and became the ruling class in culture and speech. It is Twitter that has normalized and promoted inhumane tactics like context switching, bad faith discussion, talking behind you to others instead of towards you (quote tweeting), screenshotting, obsessively digging through on…

I agree that the current crop of social networks is pretty much worse than useless. I wish they all ended so that we can build something better.

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Post by oneeyedpigeon »

fleddr wrote: post #827

Twitter is a mob launch pad. It's ran by outrage addicted, sadistic, cruel bullies. It's as if all of the world's village idiots joined forces and became the ruling class in culture and speech. It is Twitter that has normalized and promoted inhumane tactics like context switching, bad faith discussion, talking behind you to others instead of towards you (quote tweeting), screenshotting, obsessively digging through on…

You're talking about a specific subset of Twitter. The Twitter I use is 99% positive, good news, friendly interactions. I've gained at least one job directly through Twitter.

Re: Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private

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Post by itslennysfault »

thepasswordis wrote: post #249

Can anybody make a good argument as to why Twitter (in its current form) isn’t a major detriment to society? If Twitter poofed out of existence today, it would be a major win for this planet. People talk about a frightening future with a human hostile AI that wants to destroy humanity. That exists, it’s twitter. Elon buying it, even if he runs it into the ground is a good thing. Getting rid of some of the hostile AI…

Twitter (the community, people, concept) is going to exist. Period.

If Twitter (the website / company) was shut down today something else would fill that vacuum almost immediately.

Re: Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private

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Post by voldacar »

julienb_sea wrote: post #788
thepasswordis wrote: post #249

Can anybody make a good argument as to why Twitter (in its current form) isn’t a major detriment to society? If Twitter poofed out of existence today, it would be a major win for this planet. People talk about a frightening future with a human hostile AI that wants to destroy humanity. That exists, it’s twitter. Elon buying it, even if he runs it into the ground is a good thing. Getting rid of some of the hostile AI…

The cat is entirely out of the bag. There are many competitors to Twitter (Facebook comes to mind, albeit somewhat different) and the concept of an open online discussion forum, with all its toxicity but also its potential for timely and impactful communication, is not going away. Users have clearly proven they want myriad large scale social media platforms, and Twitter provides a niche and UX that appeals to a lot o…

Facebook is not a competitor to twitter. It is culturally just a dead space. Nothing interesting happens there, I can't think of the last time an interesting subculture or meme originated on facebook. It's this bizarre place where you're surrounded by old people but at the same time you're subjected to infantilizing speech restrictions that make you feel like you're in some kind of adult kindergarten or something. You can't make fun of journalists or do anything subversive or culturally alive, it's a place where there is no fun allowed.
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