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Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by SpacePortKnight »

Unlike the majority of comments here, I think its fine & rather quite impressive actually. Doesn't it look like how you would normally experiment to discover more about something?

You try out several edge cases, observe the results and learn from it.

Twitter is likely using extensive telemetry to observe the behavior of it's users and is now just running extreme experiments until they find something that shoots up the engagement.

If this doesn't work, I am sure Elon can easily revert this policy and make a statement on how he listened to the people.

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by freejazz »

maxbond wrote: post #392
acdha wrote: post #286

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He’s thrown in as a movement conservative. You could tell because what he described as infringements on freedom of speech weren’t just wrong but consistently inaccurate matching the ways they were portrayed in the right-wing media. I’m not sure what galvanized him but have wondered whether it is as simple as the transgender rumors (Grimes, his daughter) being true. Given his wealth it’d be natural for him to be a low…

I'd point out his positions are reactionary, not conservative. He doesn't want to preserve an existing state of affairs, he wants to counter recent progressive movements. The old guard politician from Chesterton's fence [1], the prototypical conservative in my mind, would view someone who wanted to put the fence back up, after the matter has been exhaustively litigated and the fence taken down, as just as if not more…

You are just describing the current US conservative party...

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by Yoric »

TheOtherHobbes wrote: post #439
Yoric wrote: post #218

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been wondering whether he's planning to run for some office (in South Africa? US?). At least, that would make his burning through $44Bn, lying so much and voluntarily antagonizing/ostracizing "the Libs" somewhat logical. edit: Alright, here is my latest idle theory: he wants (or wanted at some point) to become a news mogul and a US Republican kingmaker. And since Twitter is (for many people) the news: 1. buying…

I think he's hoping for a run in 2028. Possibly 2024, but that's a little close. Buying Twitter would be a strategic campaign move. Of course a lot of people now realise he's an asshole, and he's likely to lose a lot of money on the deal. So maybe that plan won't work out. It's been a real case study in self-harm. Many who were neutral or positive before - because of Tesla, SpaceX, and some of his other projects - ar…

If he runs for office in the US, he may run for governor, but he can't run for president. On the other hand, there are many countries that have less stringent regulations, plus he may run in South Africa.

But that's a wild guess. I introduced this speculation in the thread but for all we know, he's just really bad at handling frustration and that's how it manifests.

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by DoreenMichele »

est31 wrote: post #108

When MS bought github many people moved to gitlab and started to advertise their gitlab IDs. I too put my gitlab in there. But ultimately, gitlab didn't catch on on a permanent basis: most devs still are on github, thanks to network effects. People removed their gitlab mentions. I feel the same with the "find me on mastodon" twitter bios: people will realize that only 50 of their thousands of followers can be found o…

I have no plans to move to mastodon. I will just invest my time and energy elsewhere.

I don't feel the functionality of Twitter is so critical that it needs to be somehow replicated.

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by amrocha »

cldellow wrote: post #466
notduncansmith wrote: post #311

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Do you have a source for this? Elon’s recent treatment of journalists is mostly what comes back when I try to search for it.

I think not a journalist, but a journalist's source [1]. I think the facts are something like: - Martin Tripp, a Tesla employee working at the Gigafactory, leaked to a journalist that Tesla was wasting a large amount of raw material when making batteries - Tesla identified that the leak came from Tripp and fired him - Musk told the local sheriff and The Guardian that they had been tipped off that Tripp intended to co…

Thanks for the source!

I misremembered who actually got swatted.

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by TulliusCicero »

est31 wrote: post #108

When MS bought github many people moved to gitlab and started to advertise their gitlab IDs. I too put my gitlab in there. But ultimately, gitlab didn't catch on on a permanent basis: most devs still are on github, thanks to network effects. People removed their gitlab mentions. I feel the same with the "find me on mastodon" twitter bios: people will realize that only 50 of their thousands of followers can be found o…

Microsoft hasn't done much to change or mismanage GitHub, have they? Whereas it's been nonstop clown town with Musk in charge of Twitter, in just a couple months.

Re: Promotion of alternative social platforms policy

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Post by pedro2 »

newaccount74 wrote: post #220
KarlKemp wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The obvious difference is that Github didn’t immediately start spiraling the drain in the most pathetic manner possible.

Yup. People were angry that a company they don't like bought Github. But if you look at what Microsoft actually changed, there's not much to complain. They even made private repositories free, and significantly reduced prices for many users. It's hard to stay angry at a company when they are giving you what you want for free! Twitter, on the other hand, wants to get users to sign up for a paid subscription and starts…

Free while there are alternatives.

After they asfixiated the competition they're free to jack up the prices.

Smart business practice really.

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