Paul Graham is leaving Twitter for now

Post by jacquesm » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 10:17 PM UTC

bioemerl wrote: post #730

jacquesm wrote: post #432

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Fair enough. I don't think he will be able to salvage this and I've deleted my account to reduce the temptation to return. A reputation is not like a piece of software that you fix and then re-run as though it never broke in the first place. Elon has utterly wrecked his reputation over the last couple of months (and probably longer than that) and it is getting worse, not better. Edit: I guess Paul won't be going back…

> Edit: I guess Paul won't be going back to Twitter because his account just got suspended... I had hopes Elon would be good for Twitter, but this is just comedic

Post by concordDance » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 10:18 PM UTC

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Hi jacquesm, I noticed that you have both a strong background in business and a negative opinion of Elon Musk. As someone who is interested in understanding different perspectives, I would love to hear more about your thoughts on this topic. Could you please share more about the actions or decisions by Elon that have led you to form this negative opinion? I'm not looking to engage in an argument, but rather just to g…

Is there anything about this comment that is attracting the down votes? I would like to avoid future mistakes.

Post by hospadar » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 10:18 PM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #717

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pg calling him a smart guy is quite disappointing. The guy is happy to consume and repeat QAnon propaganda(E.g. Pelosi’s husband). Is happy to lie(journalists who didn’t fix him got banned). Takes emotional decisions to only reverse them hours later. Lacks any logical thinking, keeps gaslighting and cannot keep a consistent line(he is a free speech absolutist who believes hate speech and call to insurrection is ok bu…

It's a pretty technical argument but being an asshole does not necessarily mean you aren't smart.

Post by MisterMower » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 10:18 PM UTC

EGreg wrote: post #546

pg wrote: post #350

I'm not leaving Twitter. It seems more likely than not that Elon will reverse the ban on links to other social media sites. I just don't want to hang out there in the meantime. Plus given the way things are going, it seemed like a good time to learn about alternatives. I still think Elon is a smart guy. His work on cars and rockets speaks for itself. Nor do I think he's the villain a lot of people try to make him out…

pg, yes Elon's $8 a month and now this has generated terrible optics. But like Donald Trump with politicians, isn't he just saying the quiet part out loud that most capitalists actually do ? I think it is valuable to examine why we were against Donald Trump doing, but somehow in the broader picture everyone was doing it (e.g. Bill Clinton cracking down on "illegal immigrants", building border fences etc.) The importa…

Post by DogOfTheGaps » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 10:18 PM UTC