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Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll

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#191
post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are currently almost a million Yes votes, so you'll have to stand in a very long line for your punishment.

Maybe not if you also happen to be a SpaceX, Tesla, or Twitter employee.

The majority of Twitter employees have already been punished, i.e., fired.

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#192
post #55

Am I cynical in thinking that if you vote yes, it’s a permanent record on your Twitter account, which he can then use later to mete out anti-musk retaliation punishments? I mean, it’s not like he’s used the platform to do punish anyone who opposes him or his views before. Maybe I’m reading by too much into it.

There are currently almost a million Yes votes, so you'll have to stand in a very long line for your punishment.

I bet a cron job shadowbanning people could run through 1 million user ids pretty quick.

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#193
post #162

Now that the poll is leaning toward "yes", Elon is adding conditions, namely, you have to invest your life savings. Lex Fridman volunteered to do it for free, and Elon replied: > One catch: you have to invest your life savings in Twitter and it has been in the fast lane to bankruptcy since May. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604626103326253056

> No one wants the job who can actually keep Twitter alive. There is no successor. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604628761395138561?s=46...

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Re: Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll

#194

I think he only posts polls when he believes he knows the outcome already. Yesterday he posted a poll about unsuspending the journalist accounts and when the outcome wasn't what he wanted instead of following the majority vote he posted it again with different options (with the same result, which he did abide by the second time). I think this indicates he's tired of Twitter already. But he still owns it, so who will…

It does seem so, and hilariously, it appears to be backfiring. "As the saying goes, be careful what you wish, as you might get it" https://notabird.site/elonmusk/status/1604623424164282368

He doesn't want to lead Twitter... social media is a junk hole mostly filled with lowest common denominator users. He's definitely tired of the stupid issues on both sides that are filled with entitled users and whiners. It's a lose lose, let someone else fill their day with that.

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#195
post #189

I think he only posts polls when he believes he knows the outcome already. Yesterday he posted a poll about unsuspending the journalist accounts and when the outcome wasn't what he wanted instead of following the majority vote he posted it again with different options (with the same result, which he did abide by the second time). I think this indicates he's tired of Twitter already. But he still owns it, so who will…

I thought Jason Calacanis was going to run it. He'd be much better.... also the type to not put up with crap - and not the type either to "run by committee".

He seems to be pretty happy with putting up with Musk's crap, as any sycophant would.

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#196
post #58

Elon Musk posted "Vox Populi, Vox Dei" on 19 Oct and 19 Nov. Today is 19 Dec, and in 12 hours he'll post again that the people have spoken. He's playing some sort of game. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1582778449583693836 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1593769469741932544

Maybe he's got a stimulant (or other psychoactive) prescription that renews around this time of the month and we're witnessing a periodic, chemically induced mania?

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#197
post #28
post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It seems like it would be the smart move to hire someone with expertise in social media, give them his high-level vision, and let them implement the details. The last few weeks of Elon's micromanagement have been a complete shitshow.

Everyone with expertise in social media hates Elon's high-level vision.

Does he even have a high level vision beyond generating a reaction?

(The "free speech platform" sounded like a vision, but we wouldn't have new banning offences every five minutes if that had been a serious consideration rather than something he said for the likes)

Re: Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll

#198

Can we please stop falling for this obvious tactic? How many days in a row does he have to do something seemingly-unhinged, and then follow it with some spectacle of a poll to shift the narrative? Is it really that easy ?

I don't even think he's doing it on purpose, I think he's completely in over his head. Someone referred to Elon as "speedrunning being a forum moderator", or "running a Lowtax" and yeah, so far.

> The "this is a forum mod meltdown, at scale" joke keeps popping up because it's not a joke — it's recognizing a persistent pattern in bad governance of a mediated social space.

https://twitter.com/eaton/status/1604632585849765889

Re: Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll

#199

Can we please stop falling for this obvious tactic? How many days in a row does he have to do something seemingly-unhinged, and then follow it with some spectacle of a poll to shift the narrative? Is it really that easy ?

I don't even think he's doing it on purpose, I think he's completely in over his head. Someone referred to Elon as "speedrunning being a forum moderator", or "running a Lowtax" and yeah, so far.

The main difference between Musk and Lowtax is that Lowtax actually built something rather than buying it.

Re: Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll

#200
post #162

Now that the poll is leaning toward "yes", Elon is adding conditions, namely, you have to invest your life savings. Lex Fridman volunteered to do it for free, and Elon replied: > One catch: you have to invest your life savings in Twitter and it has been in the fast lane to bankruptcy since May. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604626103326253056

So, the guy who has blocked half of the Internet for having any kind of counter-argument whatsoever will become its new CEO?

Context:https://twitter.com/search?q=%22blocked%20by%20lex%22&src=ty...

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