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Re: ElonJet Is Now Suspended

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Post by ethbr0 »

disantlor wrote: post #51
Workaccount2 wrote: post #16

I think Elon is/was trying to bring back the "glory days" of the internet where free speech was the driving force behind tons of early internet projects. Seemingly everyone was onboard with the internet being humanities bastion of free speech and that had to be protected at all costs. Then the wild west internet was developed into a city and well, you just can't walk around shooting your gun wherever you want anymore…

to the extent the internet was "free" it was because it hadn't yet been fully captured by capitalism

I'd go so far as to say 'capitalism hadn't yet noticed it.' ;)

Re: ElonJet Is Now Suspended

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Post by thelock85 »

Overtonwindow wrote: post #7

Just an observation, but it seems that the Twitter files revelations are getting drastically less press than everything else Elon does. It almost feels like kill the messenger

I haven’t read everything but from what has been summarized by Weiss, Taibbi, et al, they just seem like primary documentation to things that were reported on at the time. I guess who exactly took which position around various decisions is new information.

That being said, NPR, BBC, WaPo, Fox News, and WSJ have covered latest revelations in the past 24 hours from this post.

Re: ElonJet Is Now Suspended

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Post by Tenoke »

mbgerring wrote: post #45

Aside from watching many accounts critical of Elon get banned or suspended, it’s been entertaining to occasionally look at Twitter’s front page logged out, because: 1) If you have no cookies, Twitter constantly recommends that you follow Elon Musk 2) “Elon Musk” appears to be permanently set as a trending topic for logged-out users

1. Checking from a small second account I get different people but not him in Who to Follow.

2. I just checked in incognito and he's currently not trending for me(from Germany).

Re: ElonJet Is Now Suspended

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Post by consp »

makestuff wrote: post #53
DoesntMatter22 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Definitely not going bankrupt though people would be happy to see it. Advertisers have come back and the staff is muuuuch smaller than before.

He needs 1b a year just to service the debt.

Didn't he create that debt mostly by the acquisition?

Re: ElonJet Is Now Suspended

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Post by mywittyname »

ndsipa_pomu wrote: post #8

Looks like he's sprinting towards the endgame of bankruptcy: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/13/technology/elon-musk-twit...

I'm guessing bankruptcy has always been the plan, but I never really understood why his financial backers would knowingly light a pile of money on fire. For oppressive governments, it seems easier to monitor & block activity on one major social media platform, rather than quashing twitter and dealing with the dozens of platforms that rise from the ashes.

Maybe it's a megalomaniac dictator thing, and I will never understand.

Re: ElonJet Is Now Suspended

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Post by Jleagle »

czbond wrote: post #59
DHPersonal wrote: post #5

I think Elon has given up any pretense of being open to criticism, so an action like this seemed fairly inevitable.

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Airplanes are different, they all have GPS built in and are all tracked publicly. You can easily view any of this data for any plane. All ElonJet does is tweet it. Plus all the other celebs the dev has a Twitter account for are all still up, just Elon's that's suspended lol.

Re: ElonJet Is Now Suspended

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

DoesntMatter22 wrote: post #23
ndsipa_pomu wrote: post #8

Looks like he's sprinting towards the endgame of bankruptcy: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/13/technology/elon-musk-twit...

Definitely not going bankrupt though people would be happy to see it. Advertisers have come back and the staff is muuuuch smaller than before.

Twitter still has to pay severance for the staff they fired - plus arbitration fees, damages, etc.

And other lawsuits will be coming in soon now that they got rid of their content moderation staff.

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