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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
Sure. He can have my 38 bucks. I can't do any worse than he's doing.
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I think he very much expects people to vote yes. He clearly has no idea how to run Twitter and this gives him a way to get out of this disaster while still somewhat saving face.
I want to vote "keep Musk as CEO" just to give him more rope
He's realised it's not in his best interests to be there, but can't mentally tolerate the idea of supporters thinking he's quitting or there against his will. Which is why I think he frames these decisions as a vote. If the vote doesn't go the way he wants, he'll try it again later, come up with another reason or whatever. It's easier to ascribe blame for something that goes wrong if it was a popular vote rather than…
He wanted something to anger people right before the poll so it’s guaranteed he gets voted out.
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 think it's important that this community in particular bear witness to Musk's actions, as Musk's potential employees are largely drawn from this community.
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...
I voted No because this is the most interesting content to come out of Twitter in years and the spice must flow. It would've been fine if he published planned policy changes and asked the community for feedback before putting it in place. But actually making random policy changes and then rolling it back hours later is such bad form. The latest policy changes were so half-assed and dumb that it makes me wonder what's…
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There's no evidence "just start running it well please" is possible.
Do you mean that it's impossible to run Twitter well? Why is that, especially without needing to answer to shareholders.
Impossible in its current state with its current leadership? All signs point to yes.
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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.
He can "Twitter punish" his detractors all he wants, but that won't help him keep Twitter alive financially.
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The main difference between Musk and Lowtax is that Lowtax actually built something rather than buying it.
And, on a historical level: the thing that Lowtax created laid the cultural groundwork for Twitter's success. Weird Twitter didn't appear spontaneously; many of them came from SA and similar communities.
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.