You represent the problem: journalists who think they are the only source of legitimate information. That’s the big lie.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 7, 2022
Twitter now belongs to Musk
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Elon Musk’s response ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/Pg7gfanqNz
— OutKick (@Outkick) November 7, 2022
Actually, she was suspended for impersonating a comedian
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 7, 2022
For $8
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 7, 2022
The left is outraged that Musk can give his opinion on how to vote instead of buying a newspaper, colluding with the government to censor people or spending billions in dark money operations.
I'll bet all those Social Media hacks are rethinking their position on Sec 230 protections right now.
Musk sure seems to be enjoying his 44 billion dollar purchase.
Ya'll need to follow this guy. His predictions are insanely accurate.
🎯 May 2020 https://t.co/wJeqYyJ6dB
— Adam Townsend (@adamscrabble) November 7, 2022
98.7% of Twitter employee donations to political candidates in the 2018 mid-term elections were to the Democratic Party. pic.twitter.com/T3rijeFXsy
— Monitoring Bias (@monitoringbias) November 8, 2022
what? Shocking.. they seemed so balanced and open mindedCobretti said:98.7% of Twitter employee donations to political candidates in the 2018 mid-term elections were to the Democratic Party. pic.twitter.com/T3rijeFXsy
— Monitoring Bias (@monitoringbias) November 8, 2022
“The Internet is just a world passing around notes in a classroom.”
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart
In case you were wondering how seriously he’s taking all those verified impersonator accounts pic.twitter.com/KSa1mcMtdo
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) November 10, 2022
Spokesperson for pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly says they're in communication with Twitter to address the fake-but-verified Eli Lilly tweet that has been up for three hours and has 1,500 retweets and 10,000 likes https://t.co/Ai3lq50YRh pic.twitter.com/zIWDsd8c0B
— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell) November 10, 2022
WE DID IT!!!🥳🥳🥳 pic.twitter.com/OQAkvgj5Vu
— il Donaldo Trumpo (@PapiTrumpo) November 11, 2022
When Elon Musk was making cuts at Twitter, executives recommended making sure they fired enough whites and men. Musk and his team brushed them off. pic.twitter.com/kf5jsT6xwF
— Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) November 11, 2022
Twitter may be starting to circle the drain
JUST IN: Twitter temporarily closes all office buildings and suspends employee access.
— Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) November 18, 2022
As we’re all very aware, folks on visas are stuck, so thats who makes up most of the roughly 25% (or less than 1,000….) expected to stay. The actual impact is not yet known — there have been no internal comms about what comes next. We’re nearly 2 hours post deadline.
— Kylie Robison (@kyliebytes) November 17, 2022
Lets put this into perspective — at the beginning of this month, Twitter had 7,400 employees. Barely half way through the month, if 75% do actually stick to their decision today, the company will have shrunk by a whopping ~88%.
— Kylie Robison (@kyliebytes) November 18, 2022
Well he's kept his sense of humor
Elon, there's a bunch of us in SV who will come up tonight to help on the infra side to keep the site up.
— Michael Guimarin (@MichaelGuimarin) November 18, 2022
If you need help just ask.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 18, 2022
And … we just hit another all-time high in Twitter usage lol
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 18, 2022
The authoritarian meltdown over twitter is weird. It's another one of those long list of authoritarian talking points - X does not exist but then they freak out if X goes away.
Yes. It's strange. I mean they should be like "so what?" if Twitter fails....right? But, all of a sudden, every internal move at Twitter is scrutinized and second guessed. It still seems to be working ok.Harrison Bergeron said:
The authoritarian meltdown over twitter is weird. It's another one of those long list of authoritarian talking points - X does not exist but then they freak out if X goes away.
Maybe they are scared dirty laundry is about to be exposed or something.
Interesting thread that may explain what Elon is doing…it's several tweets long if anyone wants to click on it and read all of it
First, the "Whaling":
— Oliver Campbell (@oliverbcampbell) November 18, 2022
It's a common refrain that you've probably heard at some point or another "10% of people do 90% of the work." That's what that tight 2 week deadline for Twitter Blue was for; he was perfectly aware that it was an unrealistic time frame. It was a test.
So @TheBabylonBee is now unbanned and virtually every employee who made the decision to ban them has either been fired or resigned and now no longer has a job @twitter. What a phenomenal outcome. Thanks @elonmusk: https://t.co/RsPPsTsgVq
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) November 18, 2022
Note, this applies just to the individual tweet, not the whole account
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 18, 2022
I wish he would buy Fox news. Would solve most of the country's problems.
No one is more prepared to lose their entire online social media identity than millennials who have lost their AIM, MySpace, Google Reader, Google+ and remember the early years of Facebook. We will only return more powerful, more annoying than before.
— Griffin Gulledge (@griffingulledge) November 18, 2022
ScruffyD said:
I wish he would buy Fox news. Would solve most of the country's problems.
Yea, we really need to move from 1% opposition news services and 99% regime approved media….to 100% only regime approved media.
That would solve all the problems in this country.
The neurotic fixation by employees of liberal media corporations on "the death of Twitter" is motivated by only one thing:
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 18, 2022
Musk suggested there may be mildly less censorship on Twitter, and they can't stand the possibility that one influential venue by defy their control.
What Elon is doing is a revolt by entrepreneurial capital against the professional-managerial class regime that otherwise everywhere dominates (including and especially large tech companies), and that same PMC (which includes the media) is treating it as an act of lèse-majesté.
— Antonio García Martínez (agm.eth) (@antoniogm) November 18, 2022
No
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 18, 2022
Well looks like Twitter is gonna collapse….
I am not as worried as others that Twitter will suddenly not work... Call me bullish on @elonmusk and his desire to make this better
— Jim Cramer (@jimcramer) November 18, 2022
Babylon Bee Writers Struggling To Think Of Joke Worth $44 Billionhttps://t.co/10DhzfmoQv
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) November 19, 2022
Reinstate former President Trump
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 19, 2022
cbs sports is still tweeting...
CBS News is pausing their activity on Twitter “in light of the uncertainty.. and out of an abundance of caution”
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) November 19, 2022
These are not serious people 😂 pic.twitter.com/f0KJTPzPi3
I'm back. Thanks @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/MnWWNDACGD
— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) November 18, 2022
Would someone please enlighten me on the usefulness of Twaddle? I find it just a cesspool where people go to scream at the sky. Further, I'm not really sure why some folks up in here post these random twitter posts from random people they have no understanding of and treat it as gospel. Asking for a friend.
J.R. said:
Would someone please enlighten me on the usefulness of Twaddle? I find it just a cesspool where people go to scream at the sky. Further, I'm not really sure why some folks up in here post these random twitter posts from random people they have no understanding of and treat it as gospel. Asking for a friend.
It's an incredibly fast way to disseminate information. Now that information isn't always good or accurate or complete but it's useful for that purpose.
It certainly democratizes information, again, one can make a great argument that's not a good thing.
i find it highly unlikely you have a friend..J.R. said:
Would someone please enlighten me on the usefulness of Twaddle? I find it just a cesspool where people go to scream at the sky. Further, I'm not really sure why some folks up in here post these random twitter posts from random people they have no understanding of and treat it as gospel. Asking for a friend.
(Sorry, i will see myself out)
“The Internet is just a world passing around notes in a classroom.”
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart
Worse than WWII?
BREAKING: Elon Musk said he will reinstate Donald Trump’s account on Twitter, reversing a ban that has kept the former president off the social media site since a pro-Trump mob attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. https://t.co/8PnMwM9ahS
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 20, 2022