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Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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Post by tomcam »

jzb wrote: post #773
kolinko wrote: post #758

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not about providing info that he flies a lot, but about sharing his live location without consent. Imagine someone kept posting a tweet about your every trip - when you left, when and where you will arrive. Twitter TOS are one thing, but I'm quite sure such things break EU's GDPR laws as well.

A lot of public figures are under scrutiny like this. You ask others to imagine what it’s like to have location shared without consent. But, you’re ignoring all the shit Elon does as well as all the ways he voluntarily forced himself into the public eye. Elon wants the luxury of saying and doing anything he wants without accountability. This is a tiny way for the public to push back. No sympathy.

> Elon wants the luxury of saying and doing anything he wants without accountability.

Prove it

Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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Post by AuthorizedCust »

throw0101c wrote: post #808
mach1ne wrote: post #787

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Why has even HN comment field lowered to nothing but blind hate? Say what you want but the man has reformed rocket technology and jumpstarted the world's shift to electrical vehicles, both against all odds. Hate-takes like this are silly.

> Say what you want but the man has reformed rocket technology and jumpstarted the world's shift to electrical vehicles, both against all odds. And now he is helping to spread racism and anti-semititsm: * https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3709609-racist-antisem... It's possible to think he has done good things in the past, but is doing bad things in the present. And to believe/worry that his present (and future)…

Too many of the good things he’s done seem to be despite him.

With enough moneyed people making bets, a few of those bets will pan out. Elon shows that the lucky moneyed person doesn’t need to be good.

Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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Post by mlrtime »

mysterydip wrote: post #801
icare_1er wrote: post #784

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He's going back and forth between various headquarters of companies he owns and manages.

Why does he need to be there in person?

Why not? He is CEO, he owns the jets. If he wants to take a 1 hour meeting in person in another state that is his call.

If people have a problem with the carbon footprint they should be promoting all around higher energy use taxes. Not using a strawman against someone they hate.

Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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Post by oblio »

twawaaay wrote: post #777
gregoriol wrote: post #751

The thing he actually doesn't want everyone to realise is that he is a dumbass billionaire who goes on costly trips all the time. As soon as the world sees him as the kiddo who happens to have whims and does whatever he want with the mass of money he has (he bought twitter just for fun?), his aura will be over.

I don't care about costly trips. I mean, he has billions and works a lot. Spending a million here and million there is pretty frugal compared to some other people who need to prove their worth by upping each other on who has the largest yacht in the world. What I do care about, though, is hypocrisy.

> I don't care about costly trips. I mean, he has billions and works a lot. Spending a million here and million there is pretty frugal compared to some other people who need to prove their worth by upping each other on who has the largest yacht in the world.

> What I do care about, though, is hypocrisy.

Turns out, you should care about both. First of all, his private jet costs as much as a yacht, plus he doesn't own a yacht just because he rents them...

> While Musk famously owns a $70 million private jet, he hasn't sprung for a yacht of his own (unlike his space rival, Jeff Bezos). Instead, the group chartered a vessel — called Zeus which rents for over $7,000 a day.

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-yacht-photos-greec...

Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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Post by jfoster »

imperfect_blue wrote: post #767
jfoster wrote: post #734

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Not just that, but the owner of the account offered to take it down for a price. Feels like extortion.

Wait, where did he say this? To me it doesn't just feel like extortion, it straight up is extortion.

Twitter DM, apparently: "Any chance to up that to $50k? It would be great support in college and would possibly allow me to get a car maybe even a Model 3."

https://www.protocol.com/elon-musk-flight-tracker#toggle-gdp...

Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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Post by ChuckNorris89 »

mysterydip wrote: post #801
icare_1er wrote: post #784

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He's going back and forth between various headquarters of companies he owns and manages.

Why does he need to be there in person?

All business owners love seeing the workers busy on their plantations.

Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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Post by abc_lisper »

AlchemistCamp wrote: post #652
jacquesm wrote: post #631

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I don't think that's relevant past the point where Musk is on the record as saying that because he's such a champion of free speech he's not going to ban the account.

A masked stalker, dressed all in black, was following his young child in car thinking it was him. He then blocked the car and jumped on the hood: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603190155107794944 Imagine it were your child. Can you honestly say you wouldn’t change any opinions or practices when it came to personal security?

Hunter was Joe’s child. If Twitter not publishing Hunter’s pics is a conspiracy, I don’t understand why this isn’t

Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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Post by oblio »

tomcam wrote: post #811
jzb wrote: post #773

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A lot of public figures are under scrutiny like this. You ask others to imagine what it’s like to have location shared without consent. But, you’re ignoring all the shit Elon does as well as all the ways he voluntarily forced himself into the public eye. Elon wants the luxury of saying and doing anything he wants without accountability. This is a tiny way for the public to push back. No sympathy.

> Elon wants the luxury of saying and doing anything he wants without accountability. Prove it

It takes about 5 minutes of reading his tweets to "Prove it"...
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