Merged Musk buys Twitter!/ Elon Musk puts Twitter deal on hold....

[Shalamar]

It's almost certainly not what you meant, but I'm now imagining a 'Future Shock', wherein an army of sentient back-issues dox their on-line critics.

Will twitter be the new Parler, where 'free speech' means only cons get to speak?

 

[Warp12]

Last thing we need is a greedy, narcissistic piece of **** like Elon Musk wanting to ingratiate himself with that crowd.

Not everyone likes a winner, I guess.

 

[rdwight]

I haven't actually heard any suggestions from him so far that sounds like something progs should be complaining about. I think the worst and most commonly overlooked thing about twitter is that fringe voices are amplified to encompass right/left. Daily trends started by a couple of users with thousands denouncing their views and painting them as mainstream with *the other side*. I don't even use twitter and randomly I will get pulled into it to. Once you step back and look at the numbers, things get brought back in perspective.

 

[BobTheCoward]

Not everyone likes a winner, I guess.

I wouldn't say he has won very much

 

[TragicMonkey]

Stupid jerk who says stupid jerk things purchases global platform of stupid jerks saying stupid jerk things. Seems eminently suitable. I hope everybody involved sues each other penniless and the damn thing dies and no replacement is ever made. Humans are simply not meant to communicate that much with each other, it leads to very foolish outcomes.

 

[Robin]

I am guessing there is room now for a new platform for some person or group who can get it together and soak up the disaffected.

I closed my twitter account a while ago but I am sure there are a lot on there that won't wish to be on a platform that is the plaything of an alt-right billionaire.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

Every ... Single ... Time someone claims to have "free speech" on their platform, nazi/porn/childporn shows up until they have to moderate it into oblivion.
musk is either very stupid or he thinks he can 'motivate' Twitter employees into solving the problem somehow - which means he is stupid.

Twitters' value is going to drop like a stone, since the best&brightest will jump ship and users will look for something different.

I wonder if this was not just some way for musk to pay less taxes ... if that was possible.

 

[Robin]

The progs are mad because they’re worried they won’t be able to cancel people on Twitter anymore.

Having one billionaire doing all the cancelling will be real progress.

 

[Brainster]

I am guessing there is room now for a new platform for some person or group who can get it together and soak up the disaffected.

I closed my twitter account a while ago but I am sure there are a lot on there that won't wish to be on a platform that is the plaything of an alt-right billionaire.

Musk is not alt-right, not by a mile. From what I can see his political instincts are libertarian, and definitely not authoritarian.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

Musk is not alt-right, not by a mile. From what I can see his political instincts are libertarian, and definitely not authoritarian.

Nope.

He is a typical Corporate Risk Socialist Private Wealth Libertarian (i.e. a LINO) in that he wants to government to finance his projects but doesn't want to pay taxes - or his workers.
He totally onboard with Authoritarianism as long as he gets rich and gets to talk ****.

 

[Norman Alexander]

Nope.

He is a typical Corporate Risk Socialist Private Wealth Libertarian (i.e. a LINO) in that he wants to government to finance his projects but doesn't want to pay taxes - or his workers.
He totally onboard with Authoritarianism as long as he gets rich and gets to talk ****.

Like what I said before. This is a money-making venture only. He won't give two square ***** what people do or do not say on the platform. But when it starts to lose him cash, it will have a "For Sale' sign on it faster than you can launch a penis-rocket.

 

[arthwollipot]

I'm waiting to see exactly how Twitter changes before passing judgement on whether this is a Good Thing or a Bad Thing.

 

[zooterkin]

Then what you’re saying is that the progs who are getting upset are delusional.

That’s a new one on me. Who are “the progs”?

 

[Robin]

Musk is not alt-right, not by a mile. From what I can see his political instincts are libertarian, and definitely not authoritarian.

Isn't "take the red pill" an expression co-opted by the alt-right?

 

[arthwollipot]

Isn't "take the red pill" an expression co-opted by the alt-right?

More by the MRAs and MGTOWs, I thought.

ETA: Of course, there is a decent overlap there.

 

[Darat]

Like what I said before. This is a money-making venture only. He won't give two square ***** what people do or do not say on the platform. But when it starts to lose him cash, it will have a "For Sale' sign on it faster than you can launch a penis-rocket.

But not in the sense of a sound company, making good consistent profits with long term prospects of strong profits continuing. He'll make money from stock sell off and so on.

Twitter has name recognition, but not much else going for it.

 

[The Don]

That’s a new one on me. Who are “the progs”?

I'm assuming "Progressives" - i.e. those on the left who want society to make progress

 

[Rolfe]

A lot of people hoping they might no longer be banned for saying things like "only women can get pregnant" and "if you have a penis you're a man", and even that people banned for saying things like that might be unbanned, but I suspect that's a relatively minor issue.

 

[Andy_Ross]

A media company owned by a rich philistine?
It finally happened.

 

[Warp12]

A lot of people hoping they might no longer be banned for saying things like "only women can get pregnant" and "if you have a penis you're a man", and even that people banned for saying things like that might be unbanned, but I suspect that's a relatively minor issue.

Yes, hopefully it will remain free of such alt-right hate speech.