[Thanos]

xerxes xerxes:

instead of working for that man child. God I hope he buys Facebook next.

A headline announcing "Musk Launches Hostile Takeover of FOX News" would be pretty sweet too.

[Strutz]

All Twitter Offices Closed as Hundreds of Employees Resign

$1:

The Twitter exodus follows the growing list of changes that have fallen on the company since Musk’s $44 billion takeover. Earlier this month, Musk fired top executives, slashed off half of the workforce, and fired any remaining staff who dared to bruise his ego on Twitter.

Wow.

$1:

The future of how Twitter will maintain its ability to handle misinformation and operate day-to-day is unclear as the thousands of employees have left in such a short amount of time.

It's going to be a gong show on there.

xerxes xerxes:

God I hope he buys Facebook next.

[Thanos]

The panic on Twitter right now is hilarious. I haven't seen this many panicked users since some wags hacked Reality Kings a long time ago and threatened to email the members porn search histories to their wives, girlfriends, and employers.

[Scape]

Like flying a plane on autopilot without the autopilot.

What could possibly go wrong this weekend?

[Scape]

HAHAHAH:

https://twitter.com/BaileyCarlin/status ... 7098173441

Mastodon got 1 million subs since Elon bought Twitter. I think they will double that this weekend.

[xerxes]

From the people I follow, it’s more of a lament. Yeah, large sections of twitter are a cesspool, of that there is no dispute. But just like Facebook, there’s aspects of it that are still worthwhile. There’s a fair amount of people with truly interesting and insightful commentary on offer and to lose that will be sad in a way.

[Thanos]

Just like the first day of COVID, when Twitter dies we will once again all become the people who got cast as Designated Panicky Idiots in epics like The Poseidon Adventure, Earthquake, 2012, The Day After Tomorrow, and The Towering Inferno.

[xerxes]

…

[xerxes]

…

[DrCaleb]

He should have just bought MySpace.

[Scape]

Eli Lilly CEO says insulin tweet flap “probably” signals need to bring down cost

Move fast and break things actually had a single positive impact. Mark the calendar.

[JaredMilne]

So what, exactly, is Musk's long-term goal in buying Twitter?

He spent what's probably the equivalent of a middle-income country's entire national budget on it, and now there are mass exits by users, mass layoffs of staff and the public perception that the service has become even more of a dumpster fire than it already was?

None of this can be good for Twitter's long-term profitability, particularly when so many people are pissed about having to pay for blue checkmarks.

Does Musk think he's being a champion for free speech in buying Twitter? Did he just want to stick it to left-wing call-out mobs?

If so, this is probably the most expensive temper tantrum in human history.

[DrCaleb]

JaredMilne JaredMilne:

Does Musk think he's being a champion for free speech in buying Twitter? Did he just want to stick it to left-wing call-out mobs?

If so, this is probably the most expensive temper tantrum in human history.

Yes, yes, and yes.

[Scape]

Neon explained the theory of why Elon is doing it this way but I think with over 80% now walking it has backfired. I am seeing droves of talent being snatched up by other platforms and they will never be back. Media and journalists are finally coming to grips with the fact that even if the site is still up (for now) consistency is by no means expected and security is non-existent. They are now starting to post what platforms they have left for.

[xerxes]

JaredMilne JaredMilne:

So what, exactly, is Musk's long-term goal in buying Twitter?

He spent what's probably the equivalent of a middle-income country's entire national budget on it, and now there are mass exits by users, mass layoffs of staff and the public perception that the service has become even more of a dumpster fire than it already was?

None of this can be good for Twitter's long-term profitability, particularly when so many people are pissed about having to pay for blue checkmarks.

Does Musk think he's being a champion for free speech in buying Twitter? Did he just want to stick it to left-wing call-out mobs?

If so, this is probably the most expensive temper tantrum in human history.

Twitter hasn’t been profitable for a while. I think it’s something like 10 out of the last 12 years the site has been in the red.

So Musk either did this because he has more money than brains an believes the smoke people blow up his ass. Or he deliberately wanted to destroy it out of his own malice or because someone else cajoled him into it.