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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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Post by acdha »

postingawayonhn wrote: post #243
tomalaci wrote: post #93

Can you even turn Twitter around at all, even if he steps down and finds a replacement? It was burning money before Elon, after buyout it is technically in even bigger loss. Advertisers and many influencers have basically fled from it. Politicians are also looking into regulating or outright ban it due to recent headlines of suspending journalists and more. I still can't help but think that 40+ billion dollars probab…

I think it can be turned around. Scrap all the moderation changes musk has made, apologise to all the advertisers, keep headcount at a sustainable level (more than they have now but less than they had when musk bought it), and look to launch some new products (reviving Vine is the obvious one).

They have over a billion dollars in new annual debt servicing, meaning they need to make far more profits than even their best years, and that’s before we see how much the new lawsuits will cost them.

Lower headcount could buy some headroom but that’s not going to help launch new products and there’s going to be a hard time staffing. You’d have to be a hardcore Musk fan not to assume that some new random chaos will happen, and as a private company they can’t offer stock to make the deals more appealing.

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Post by danaris »

Kronopath wrote: post #506
penjelly wrote: post #469

Earlier quoted context omitted.

has ambien script, has admitted to it influencing his behaviour on twitter in the past https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/79457837541523865...

I have no idea why people take Ambien when low-dose (<0.5mg) melatonin exists over-the-counter in abundance in the US.

People in my family have tried taking melatonin for sleep. It gave them hallucinations.

Not everybody reacts the same way to different chemicals, even the ones our bodies produce naturally.

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Post by noirbot »

LudwigNagasena wrote: post #280
wmf wrote: post #28

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

I am sure you wanted to make Elon look like a bad guy, but saying that people from Facebook and Tiktok hate Elon's vision does the exact opposite.

I'm not sure it's meant to make him look good or bad as much as just say "What person who Elon would agree with, who also has an idea of how to run a social media/moderation business, would agree to work for him and implement his vision."

The problem with being someone with ideas outside of the rest of your community is that you generally can't find other people with complimentary skills who agree with you.

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Post by philistine »

LudwigNagasena wrote: post #280
wmf wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

I am sure you wanted to make Elon look like a bad guy, but saying that people from Facebook and Tiktok hate Elon's vision does the exact opposite.

Two bads don't make a right.

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Post by bb88 »

djur wrote: post #378
ryanmerket wrote: post #311

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He did admit to being on a new weight loss drug https://www.thequint.com/fit/elon-musk-uses-this-diabetes-dr...

GLP-1 agonists aren't stimulants and don't tend to cause this kind of side effect. Although I guess stomach cramps could cause bad posting.

Constipation, nausea, and irritability are the symptoms I've had.

I would just think he's maybe tired and burnt out. This is classic burn-out syndrome here.

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Post by yellow_lead »

Danieru wrote: post #153
quonn wrote: post #118

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I want my car to receive updates and support in the future and keep some resell value, so I voted "Yes" ...

That might back fire. If Elon's focus shifts back to Tesla you might find yourself driving down the highway one day and your cars asks: "Do you promise to commit yourself to Tesla? Yes No?" Hurry; there is a parked white semi up ahead.

And if you announce your desire to switch cars you may get locked out of your Tesla

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Post by haswell »

Kronopath wrote: post #506
penjelly wrote: post #469

Earlier quoted context omitted.

has ambien script, has admitted to it influencing his behaviour on twitter in the past https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/79457837541523865...

I have no idea why people take Ambien when low-dose (<0.5mg) melatonin exists over-the-counter in abundance in the US.

Low dose melatonin is not a miracle cure. It can help reset when you fall asleep, but cannot help you stay asleep.

I'll still never touch ambien again, but there are many reasons that melatonin may not be enough.

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

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Post by cyberge99 »

Kronopath wrote: post #506
penjelly wrote: post #469

Earlier quoted context omitted.

has ambien script, has admitted to it influencing his behaviour on twitter in the past https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/79457837541523865...

I have no idea why people take Ambien when low-dose (<0.5mg) melatonin exists over-the-counter in abundance in the US.

Melatonin helps you stay asleep. Ambien helps you get to sleep.

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Post by PragmaticPulp »

pantalaimon wrote: post #99
modeless wrote: post #12

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…

> But he still owns it, so who will he put in his place? Lex Fridman just volunteered https://twitter.com/lexfridman/status/1604627087385661440

Lex Fridman’s subreddit is notoriously trigger-happy with bans and post removals. Lex is a mod, but it’s not clear who is doing the heavy-handed moderation. It’s well-known on Reddit that you don’t post anything less than glowing agreement with Lex on his subreddit, unless you want your post removed and to risk getting banned. I know his podcast personality is popular, but this is not the guy you want calling the shots on social media governance.

OTOH, Elon picking Lex as the fall guy to take the blame wouldn’t entirely surprise me.

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Post by SanjayMehta »

theGnuMe wrote: post #443
SanjayMehta wrote: post #430

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Lauren Powell Jobs' invested in The Atlantic. The Atlantic is now visibly more biased towards the "left." The original Atlantic was pretty much neutral.

You could be neutral now but be called leftist if you won't publish disinformation.

True. I couldn't find the original of the cartoon in this piece. This problem cuts both ways though.

https://nypost.com/2022/04/29/elon-musk-says-woke-progressiv...

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