Elon Musk is a manipulative internet troll with little respect for others. His Twitter will not be dissimilar.
Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
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Re: Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
#522This is just Elons version of the uber rich dude buying / starting a newspaper.
Re: Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
#523Am I the only person here that finds Twitter a nice place? I'm careful about who I follow, most of whom are tech people or educators. My feed is a really nice place to go, and I can't remember the last time I read or saw anything that triggered me in the slightest. I'm seeing loads of comments about how toxic Twitter is, but isn't that on you? Don't follow or engage and the algorithm will skip you over.
For some things, Twitter can be cool. I don't subscribe as much to the "Twitter is entirely a cesspool" idea that a lot of critics have, but I dislike it because it encourages lack of context and nuance due to an artificial character limit. What are you gonna use up your space for in a tweet: detailed information, or something to grab someone's attention? Usually and most likely the latter.
For this reason, I don't use Twitter at all. I prefer to stay on sites like HN or even Reddit. All of them have their issues and rage bait, but at least those two in particular generally have more long-form content. Reddit, when used for hobby-related content, is actually pretty great, even though it gets a lot of crap (granted, the crap is kinda deserved). Just don't use it for political stuff and you're fine.
Re: Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
#524Honest question, why can Elon, and only Elon solve the bot problem? Software devs have been trying to solve this problem since the beginning of the internet and yet bots still fill every space on the web.
The prevailing opinion on HN seems to be that it can't be solved. Of course, less than a week ago the prevailing opinion on HN was that Elon wasn't serious about buying Twitter, and didn't have the money, and it was all fake and part of a pump-and-dump
Just see the top comments here:
Re: Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
#525People act like this is some spiteful thing he's doing in order to just post edgy memes or have a 'private' social media for himself. Twitter, despite being a toxic place the majority of people avoid, brought in over 5 billion dollars last year. If elon removes bots, welcomes non-extremists back on, gets comedians and entertaining accounts back on board and lets people say what they want instead a bot army of shills…
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Re: Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
#526Twitter will have to subscribe to the Science Ministry's USA Fact-Check Algorithm to ensure absolute truth on the Internet.
Re: Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
#527He has already increased its value by buying it.
Re: Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
#528Whoever you are, whatever your politics and positions are, you have to admit and appreciate the humor in the saying: “it’s a private company, they can do what they want”. Full 180 and probably shouldn’t use an argument you don’t believe in to help make your point if you are on the receiving end of that joke. Just trying to enjoy the ride on by this one… I’m still much more concerned with the on-demand Ludovico Techni…
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#529Honest question, why can Elon, and only Elon solve the bot problem? Software devs have been trying to solve this problem since the beginning of the internet and yet bots still fill every space on the web.
In the same way that Elon, and only Elon, can solve self driving.
Re: Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
#530The level of hero worship on this site is bizarre, not even for someone for their technical acumen, but just because they are a figure in the broader culture. It's really disappointing, actually.
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