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Post by big_toast »

sergiotapia wrote: post #363
big_toast wrote: post #342

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Saved? Seems like it harmed the migration to more free protocol oriented services. One company controlling the algorithm and API to a global conversation. Verified badges getting ranked priority in replies and For You. A DM function that barely functions. Private chats as a promise instead of cryptographic guarantee?

>free protocol oriented services. Love all of these on paper, I think any tech person would. But they are non-starters. Normies have zero chance of ever deciding to use these.

Just like all the normies who don't use web browsers, email, podcasts, calendars, jpeg image standards. Like how btc and ethereum finally died out and companies aren't adopting stable coins.

Yes.. non-starters, too complicated and fiddly..

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Post by Macha »

neuroelectron wrote: post #259
ceejayoz wrote: post #158

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The other LLMs don't have a "disbelieve reputable sources" un safety prompt added at the owner's instructions.

Tbf, it must be difficult for LLMs to align all the WWII propaganda that's still floating around.

Given the source of training data is primarily the internet, and not say scanned propaganda posters in museums, I'd have to imagine all the analyses or things attributed to the impact of world war 2 significantly outnumber uncritical publications of ww2 propaganda in the training sets.

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Post by freejazz »

delusional wrote: post #101
abirch wrote: post #75

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My question is where does she go from here? Like if she became my CEO, I'd really worry about my company/job.

To some other founder/acquirer that wants to maintain control while putting somebody else in the seat. You're acting like Elon is uniquely stupid.

You think he's just normal stupid? It's a minimum especially stupid

Re: Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Post by freejazz »

olalonde wrote: post #271
sorcerer-mar wrote: post #29

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It's weird that you say both she had no material power and also seem to imply the valuation drop and lawsuits were due to her ineptitude? Anyway she volunteered to be a puppet for a man who is clearly off the rails and her legacy will forever be stained.

You may not like Elon Musk but he's doing remarkably well for someone who is "clearly off the rails".

Like, financially? Sure. I don't think that was ever in dispute.

Re: Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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Post by AtlasBarfed »

CyberMacGyver wrote: post #4

One time they let her speak publicly it turned out to be a disaster. She never had any say and worst part is she was not even a good fall guy, it was clear who’s pulling the strings. The most immaterial and inconsequential hire ever. I love all the replies on Twitter thanking her but during her time the valuation dropped 80% and they were suing advertisers for not advertising. Remarkably inept.

So you are saying Elon musk is inept?

We all know who wanted to sue advertisers, we aren't stupid.

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Post by aaronax »

mvdtnz wrote: post #366
ahmeneeroe-v2 wrote: post #355

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>A lot of the users who X need to stay on the platform, journalists and politicians, are still there Twitter/X is the reason DJT became President. It happened accidentally (ie against the wishes of Twitter management) in 2016, they successfully suppressed him in 2020, and then Elon gave MAGA that platform in 2024, leading to DJT's successful election. As long as X is seen a kingmaker, someone will find it profitable…

If you think twitter made even 1% difference in 2016 I urge you to go and touch some grass. This stuff doesn't matter.

Way more likely that it was /r/the_donald. In my humble, biased opinion--since I was around there but never really active on Twitter.

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Post by talentedcoin »

mandmandam wrote: post #253
ToucanLoucan wrote: post #204

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See my only counterpoint to this theory is Musk has a long and well documented history of being absolutely stone desperate to be cool, which is the only thing he can't buy, and he simply revels in his ownership of Twitter even as he comprehensively runs it into the ground as a business. Now, would he be upset about such efforts being derailed as a result, or is he even slightly bothered about his website now being pa…

> He's an overgrown man-child. Damn near every mega-billionaire is, almost by definition. If the best thing you can come up with to do with money is make more of it at other people's expense, then you're not even close to what I'd call mentally mature. That doesn't stop many oligarchs from making cunning plans with layers and layers of depth, or being excellent at misdirection and media manipulation - both of which M…

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Post by lukas099 »

sergiotapia wrote: post #279
Hoasi wrote: post #50

X has been nothing short of an exercise in brand destruction. However, despite all the drama, it still stands, it still exists, and it remains relevant.

X saved free speech online. Without Musk acquiring it, we would have continued to slip into this franken-Resetera level of discourse. Thank God! X is the platform where everyone can speak as long as it doesn't break the law. That's fantastic. If you don't like a particular subject, you can just move on. That's what the internet was in the 2000s!

He said he would reinstate freedom of speech, but did he actually? [1][2][3][4]

[1] https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-promised-free-speech-twit...

[2] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/15/elon-m...

[3] https://www.thefire.org/news/twitter-no-free-speech-haven-un...

[4] https://gizmodo.com/10-times-elon-musk-censored-twitter-user...

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