Elon Musk appointed to twitters board of directors • Hacker News Board

Re: Elon Musk appointed to twitters board of directors

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Post by agentdrtran » Tue, Apr 05, 2022, 3:41 PM UTC

Jtype wrote: post #9

adwww wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not sure shareholders stand to gain much from the platform getting more un-woke (racist?). The less brand safe the platform becomes, the less big corps will want to be associated with it or maintain a presence there.

I think that you severely underestimate the pushback against the woke crusade that is building. The fact that you think anyone who isn't woke is racist, shows your ignorance in the matter.

so truth social, gab, and 4chan are flooded with advertiser cash right?

Re: Elon Musk appointed to twitters board of directors

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Post by Alenycus » Tue, Apr 05, 2022, 4:43 PM UTC

freddybobs wrote: post #10

ditonal wrote: post #5

Elon does not get along with the new CEO, as Elon is friends with Dorsey who got run out. One of the major points of contention is Twitter as a free speech platform. While Twitter now allows remote, it’s still centered around SF and it’s employee base skews heavily “woke” (and like most SV companies , the non-woke keep their mouth shut). These woke employees constantly call to censor those who they perceive as more r…

"Woke" doesn't really seem to mean much anymore. It has become a code word used by the right, which could be summarized as "the enemy". There are other code words like "cancel culture" which similarly applied, but not apparently applicable to right wing cancelling. I wouldn't take anything too seriously from [Project Veritas]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Veritas ) who have an ongoing issues of distorting, m…

If there was a kingdom hundreds of years ago, and every printing press was owned by a church that did not allow itself to be criticized, no one in their right mind would say that kingdom had free speech.

That is the current situation in the west with social media and the woke religion.

Re: Elon Musk appointed to twitters board of directors

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Post by adwww » Tue, Apr 05, 2022, 6:56 PM UTC

ditonal wrote: post #8

adwww wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not sure shareholders stand to gain much from the platform getting more un-woke (racist?). The less brand safe the platform becomes, the less big corps will want to be associated with it or maintain a presence there.

Twitter stock up 30% on the week.

I don’t think Musks main association is being unwoke.

He might be good for shareholders, but it’s not because of “free speech”.

Re: Elon Musk appointed to twitters board of directors

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Post by adwww » Tue, Apr 05, 2022, 6:58 PM UTC

Alenycus wrote: post #12

freddybobs wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Woke" doesn't really seem to mean much anymore. It has become a code word used by the right, which could be summarized as "the enemy". There are other code words like "cancel culture" which similarly applied, but not apparently applicable to right wing cancelling. I wouldn't take anything too seriously from [Project Veritas]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Veritas ) who have an ongoing issues of distorting, m…

If there was a kingdom hundreds of years ago, and every printing press was owned by a church that did not allow itself to be criticized, no one in their right mind would say that kingdom had free speech. That is the current situation in the west with social media and the woke religion.

What topic would you like to see discussed more that you cannot because of woke twitter community guidelines?

Re: Elon Musk appointed to twitters board of directors

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 05, 2022, 7:01 PM UTC

Alenycus wrote: post #12

freddybobs wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Woke" doesn't really seem to mean much anymore. It has become a code word used by the right, which could be summarized as "the enemy". There are other code words like "cancel culture" which similarly applied, but not apparently applicable to right wing cancelling. I wouldn't take anything too seriously from [Project Veritas]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Veritas ) who have an ongoing issues of distorting, m…

If there was a kingdom hundreds of years ago, and every printing press was owned by a church that did not allow itself to be criticized, no one in their right mind would say that kingdom had free speech. That is the current situation in the west with social media and the woke religion.

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