Elon buys Twitter for $44 billion

Unread post by **tarantino** » Sat Jul 08, 2023 11:08 pm

Jack Sweeney, who was suspended from Twitter for tracking Elon Musk's private jet using publicly available data, is now on Threads.

ElonJet has arrived to Threads!

The Blue Newt · Unread post by **The Blue Newt** » Sun Jul 09, 2023 4:32 am

rhindle wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 25, 2022 8:32 pm
He wants to defend free speech but will he allow an "Elon Musk sucks donkey dicks" titled account to stick around?

ITYM “Elon Musk zucks….”

Unread post by **tarantino** » Fri Jul 14, 2023 8:16 pm

Musk is paying far-right twitter influencers.

Accused sex trafficker and mob figure Andrew Tate says Musk gave him US$20,000.

Meanwhile, laid off twitter workers were stiffed US $500,000,000 in severance pay.

The Blue Newt · Unread post by **The Blue Newt** » Fri Jul 14, 2023 10:14 pm

tarantino wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 14, 2023 8:16 pm
Musk is paying far-right twitter influencers.

Accused sex trafficker and mob figure Andrew Tate says Musk gave him US$20,000.

Meanwhile, laid off twitter workers were stiffed US $500,000,000 in severance pay.

Who does this guy think he is, Trump?

Ming · Unread post by **Ming** » Sun Jul 16, 2023 12:48 am

The Blue Newt wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 14, 2023 10:14 pm

tarantino wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 14, 2023 8:16 pm
Musk is paying far-right twitter influencers.

Accused sex trafficker and mob figure Andrew Tate says Musk gave him US$20,000.

Meanwhile, laid off twitter workers were stiffed US $500,000,000 in severance pay.
Who does this guy think he is, Trump?

Could be quite the class action suit.

casualdejekyll · Unread post by **casualdejekyll** » Sun Jul 16, 2023 11:02 am

Ming wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 16, 2023 12:48 am

The Blue Newt wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 14, 2023 10:14 pm

tarantino wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 14, 2023 8:16 pm
Musk is paying far-right twitter influencers.

Accused sex trafficker and mob figure Andrew Tate says Musk gave him US$20,000.

Meanwhile, laid off twitter workers were stiffed US $500,000,000 in severance pay.
Who does this guy think he is, Trump?
Could be quite the class action suit.

Eh. Knowing tech companies, they totally have a huge freezer full of chilling effects to prevent people from doing this.

orangepi · Unread post by **orangepi** » Sun Jul 23, 2023 3:22 pm

Now he is killing the birds, and changing the company name to "X".

I would speculate about what comes next, but I don't want to give him any ideas.

Giraffe Stapler · Unread post by **Giraffe Stapler** » Sun Jul 23, 2023 4:38 pm

orangepi wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 23, 2023 3:22 pm
Now he is killing the birds, and changing the company name to "X".

I would speculate about what comes next, but I don't want to give him any ideas.

Just cosmetic changes.
1. Replace bird logo with X
2. Change background colour to red, but keep black X logo on white circle
3. At the halfway point of each arm of the X logo, rotate 90 degrees clockwise

Vigilant · Unread post by **Vigilant** » Sun Jul 23, 2023 5:00 pm

Giraffe Stapler wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 23, 2023 4:38 pm

orangepi wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 23, 2023 3:22 pm
Now he is killing the birds, and changing the company name to "X".

I would speculate about what comes next, but I don't want to give him any ideas.
Just cosmetic changes.
1. Replace bird logo with X
2. Change background colour to red, but keep black X logo on white circle
3. At the halfway point of each arm of the X logo, rotate 90 degrees clockwise

Someone with decent photoshop skillz should make that happen...

tinyboxs · Unread post by **tinyboxs** » Sun Jul 23, 2023 9:58 pm

It symbolises his crucifixion of the platform.

Vigilant · Unread post by **Vigilant** » Sun Jul 23, 2023 10:08 pm

How much brand value has Elmo just shit out the window?

Vigilant · Unread post by **Vigilant** » Sun Jul 23, 2023 10:09 pm

Giraffe Stapler wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 23, 2023 4:38 pm

orangepi wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 23, 2023 3:22 pm
Now he is killing the birds, and changing the company name to "X".

I would speculate about what comes next, but I don't want to give him any ideas.
Just cosmetic changes.
1. Replace bird logo with X
2. Change background colour to red, but keep black X logo on white circle
3. At the halfway point of each arm of the X logo, rotate 90 degrees clockwise

I want to say that this is a rare pinnacle achievement post that I am shamelessly copying and posting on social media platforms.

Vigilant · Unread post by **Vigilant** » Mon Jul 24, 2023 1:49 pm

It was inevitable...

Vigilant · Unread post by **Vigilant** » Mon Jul 24, 2023 2:44 pm

Looks like Elmo's X.com site has both Chinese and Russian entanglements.

Unread post by **Zoloft** » Mon Jul 24, 2023 2:51 pm

Vigilant wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 23, 2023 10:09 pm

Giraffe Stapler wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 23, 2023 4:38 pm

orangepi wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 23, 2023 3:22 pm
Now he is killing the birds, and changing the company name to "X".

I would speculate about what comes next, but I don't want to give him any ideas.
Just cosmetic changes.
1. Replace bird logo with X
2. Change background colour to red, but keep black X logo on white circle
3. At the halfway point of each arm of the X logo, rotate 90 degrees clockwise
I want to say that this is a rare pinnacle achievement post that I am shamelessly copying and posting on social media platforms.

The Garbage Scow · Unread post by **The Garbage Scow** » Mon Jul 24, 2023 6:52 pm

Musk has had a bizarre obsession with the letter X for over 20 years, including trying to rebrand PayPal to X.com in 2000.

He is a very odd man.

Mason · Unread post by **Mason** » Tue Jul 25, 2023 12:18 am

The Garbage Scow wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 24, 2023 6:52 pm
Musk has had a bizarre obsession with the letter X for over 20 years, including trying to rebrand PayPal to X.com in 2000.

He is a very odd man.

Named his kid X something too.

casualdejekyll · Unread post by **casualdejekyll** » Tue Jul 25, 2023 1:41 am

Mason wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 25, 2023 12:18 am
Named his kid X something too.

Ok, I'm like 60% sure that that was actually Χ, as in "Chi Ash Archangel". Right? I'm not misremembering that?

Not sure why I bothered using brain space to remember how to pronounce the kid's name, anyway.

EDIT: Oh, unless you're referring to Vivian. She changed her name to Vivian. So it doesn't start with X anymore. Granted, I'm probably the only person who actually knew anything about Elon Musk's children who have normal names, so you probably weren't talking about her.

SamX · Unread post by **SamX** » Tue Jul 25, 2023 4:53 am

These developments are making me second-guess my username.

Would it be a BLP violation to add "This edit is not an endorsement of Elon Musk" to the end of my signature?

Hemiauchenia · Unread post by **Hemiauchenia** » Tue Jul 25, 2023 5:02 am

SamX wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 25, 2023 4:53 am
These developments are making me second-guess my username.

Clearly you'll have to change it to xXx_(Sam)_xXx

SamX · Unread post by **SamX** » Tue Jul 25, 2023 5:05 am

Hemiauchenia wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 25, 2023 5:02 am

SamX wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 25, 2023 4:53 am
These developments are making me second-guess my username.
Clearly you'll have to change it to xXx_(Sam)_xXx

How about SamX Æ A-12?

Unread post by **Zoloft** » Tue Jul 25, 2023 5:10 am

SamX wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 25, 2023 4:53 am
These developments are making me second-guess my username.

Would it be a BLP violation to add "This edit is not an endorsement of Elon Musk" to the end of my signature?

Thankfully, we are not Wikipedia. Feel free to be annoying to Musk in your signature.

The Blue Newt · Unread post by **The Blue Newt** » Tue Jul 25, 2023 5:24 am

Zoloft wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 24, 2023 2:51 pm

Vigilant wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 23, 2023 10:09 pm

Giraffe Stapler wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 23, 2023 4:38 pm

orangepi wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 23, 2023 3:22 pm
Now he is killing the birds, and changing the company name to "X".

I would speculate about what comes next, but I don't want to give him any ideas.
Just cosmetic changes.
1. Replace bird logo with X
2. Change background colour to red, but keep black X logo on white circle
3. At the halfway point of each arm of the X logo, rotate 90 degrees clockwise
I want to say that this is a rare pinnacle achievement post that I am shamelessly copying and posting on social media platforms.

A thing of beauty and a joy forever.

Who do we credit when we steal it?

Unread post by **Zoloft** » Tue Jul 25, 2023 5:56 am

The Blue Newt wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 25, 2023 5:24 am

Zoloft wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 24, 2023 2:51 pm

Vigilant wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 23, 2023 10:09 pm

Giraffe Stapler wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 23, 2023 4:38 pm

orangepi wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 23, 2023 3:22 pm
Now he is killing the birds, and changing the company name to "X".

I would speculate about what comes next, but I don't want to give him any ideas.
Just cosmetic changes.
1. Replace bird logo with X
2. Change background colour to red, but keep black X logo on white circle
3. At the halfway point of each arm of the X logo, rotate 90 degrees clockwise
I want to say that this is a rare pinnacle achievement post that I am shamelessly copying and posting on social media platforms.

A thing of beauty and a joy forever.

Who do we credit when we steal it?

Here's a GIF version:

Twitter 2dotX.gif

It was uncredited on Imgur.

Vigilant · Unread post by **Vigilant** » Tue Jul 25, 2023 8:54 am

Good lord.

Vigilant · Unread post by **Vigilant** » Tue Jul 25, 2023 9:34 am

Twitter Turning Into X Is Set to Kill Billions in Brand Value

The Garbage Scow · Unread post by **The Garbage Scow** » Tue Jul 25, 2023 3:53 pm

Vigilant wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 25, 2023 9:34 am
Twitter Turning Into X Is Set to Kill Billions in Brand Value

All so the world's richest edgelord can gratify himself. Such an emperor has no clothes moment.

Vigilant · Unread post by **Vigilant** » Tue Jul 25, 2023 4:07 pm

Hat tip to Prioryman.

That's some loaded brand adjacency.

Randy from Boise · Unread post by **Randy from Boise** » Tue Jul 25, 2023 4:31 pm

SamX wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 25, 2023 4:53 am
These developments are making me second-guess my username.

Would it be a BLP violation to add "This edit is not an endorsement of Elon Musk" to the end of my signature?

Just change it to SamTwitter.

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Randy from Boise · Unread post by **Randy from Boise** » Tue Jul 25, 2023 4:33 pm

Vigilant wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 25, 2023 8:54 am
Good lord.

Maybe he'll just give up and rename his new enterprise Q.

t

Mason · Unread post by **Mason** » Tue Jul 25, 2023 5:02 pm

Vigilant wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 25, 2023 4:07 pm
Hat tip to Prioryman.

That's some loaded brand adjacency.

Well, it’s not exclusively porn, but Elon did promise it would be the “everything” app.

Vigilant · Unread post by **Vigilant** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 7:10 pm

tinyboxs · Unread post by **tinyboxs** » Thu Jul 27, 2023 4:41 pm

The Garbage Scow wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 25, 2023 3:53 pm
Such an emperor has no clothes moment.

Maybe people are keeping quiet within the company, but he knows full well what he's doing and nobody seems afraid to tell him about it on the site.

The Garbage Scow · Unread post by **The Garbage Scow** » Thu Jul 27, 2023 5:01 pm

tinyboxs wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 27, 2023 4:41 pm

The Garbage Scow wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 25, 2023 3:53 pm
Such an emperor has no clothes moment.
Maybe people are keeping quiet within the company, but he knows full well what he's doing and nobody seems afraid to tell him about it on the site.

Those people are all just jealous haters. Obviously the numerous people telling him everything he does is genius are the right ones.

Vigilant · Unread post by **Vigilant** » Thu Jul 27, 2023 5:49 pm

The Garbage Scow wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 27, 2023 5:01 pm

tinyboxs wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 27, 2023 4:41 pm

The Garbage Scow wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 25, 2023 3:53 pm
Such an emperor has no clothes moment.
Maybe people are keeping quiet within the company, but he knows full well what he's doing and nobody seems afraid to tell him about it on the site.
Those people are all just jealous haters. Obviously the numerous people telling him everything he does is genius are the right ones.

Elon's a giant man-baby with an ego that is the size of the observable universe with a skin as thin as a rotten peach.

The Blue Newt · Unread post by **The Blue Newt** » Thu Jul 27, 2023 10:09 pm

Vigilant wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 26, 2023 7:10 pm

I’m tring to figure out which of the many possibilities is the correct pronunciation of “xeet”.

I”m leaning toward the one that sounds like the gutter Scandihoovian for “shit.”

Mason · Unread post by **Mason** » Thu Jul 27, 2023 10:42 pm

The Xeet thing is a hoax, but Elon seemed to suggest a tweet would be henceforth referred to as an X, which seems even dumber than a xeet.

Vigilant · Unread post by **Vigilant** » Fri Jul 28, 2023 3:44 am

Elon Musk is the most dangerous antisemite in America

The Garbage Scow · Unread post by **The Garbage Scow** » Fri Jul 28, 2023 1:54 pm

Vigilant wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 28, 2023 3:44 am
Elon Musk is the most dangerous antisemite in America

He always looks like he should have been Prince Humperdinck in the Princess Bride.

Unread post by **tarantino** » Mon Jul 31, 2023 12:02 am

I can see twitter now without logging in, but everybody's feeds are not in chronological order. For example, the tweet at the top of Rick Wilson's feed is from Aug 8, 2022, then the next is from Jan 6, 2021, etc. There;s nothing from 2023.

rhindle · Unread post by **rhindle** » Mon Jul 31, 2023 1:40 am

I finally had to shut down my Twitter account. I've had enough of Elon's incompetence. I am on Mastadon which lets me see replica posts of some accounts I follow but can't interact. I also started a Threads account since I already have Instagram. Threads is supposed to join the "fediverse" at some point which will allow interaction with people on Mastadon and other places. I know people leaving twitter are going to many different places for whatever reason. Some prefer Mastadon because it's decentralized which supposedly prevents it from a crazy billionaire ever taking it over. All I know is many "influencers" are posting their stuff in like 20 different places now. That must be exhausting.

Ming · Unread post by **Ming** » Mon Jul 31, 2023 6:51 pm

Twitter neighbours complain of lit-up ‘X’ sign working at high intensity Personally Ming's solution would be a trebuchet hurling Teslas at it.

Ming also notes that the media still call it "Twitter" so that anyone has any idea what they are talking about.

The Blue Newt · Unread post by **The Blue Newt** » Mon Jul 31, 2023 9:42 pm

Ming wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 31, 2023 6:51 pm
Twitter neighbours complain of lit-up ‘X’ sign working at high intensity Personally Ming's solution would be a trebuchet hurling Teslas at it.

Ming also notes that the media still call it "Twitter" so that anyone has any idea what they are talking about.

Maybe they should borrow that Chi-Rho-Ankh thingie that Prince used.

Vigilant · Unread post by **Vigilant** » Mon Jul 31, 2023 9:53 pm

Ming wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 31, 2023 6:51 pm
Twitter neighbours complain of lit-up ‘X’ sign working at high intensity Personally Ming's solution would be a trebuchet hurling Teslas at it.

Ming also notes that the media still call it "Twitter" so that anyone has any idea what they are talking about.

https://www.amazon.com/Cyclops-C18MIL-C ... 0018F1CJ4/

Buy 10 of these and aim them at various windows. All day. Every day.

Vigilant · Unread post by **Vigilant** » Mon Jul 31, 2023 11:52 pm

casualdejekyll · Unread post by **casualdejekyll** » Tue Aug 01, 2023 3:44 am

Ming wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 31, 2023 6:51 pm
Ming also notes that the media still call it "Twitter" so that anyone has any idea what they are talking about.

There's conversation about creating a disambiguation page at X.com (T-H-L), but I think it'd be useless because everyone is just gonna search "twitter".

Unread post by **Zoloft** » Tue Aug 01, 2023 5:28 pm

Vigilant wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 31, 2023 11:52 pm
Cuck

Elon Musk’s X Corp. seen taking down giant glowing sign in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk marked San Francisco as the spot for X Corp. over the weekend, erecting a giant lighted X sign on top of the company’s headquarters Friday.

On Monday, CNBC saw workers dismantling the glowing X, removing its lights and an arm of the letter, after the construction drew criticism from neighbors and city officials. By 1 p.m., the sign had been removed from the roof.

Giraffe Stapler · Unread post by **Giraffe Stapler** » Sun Aug 06, 2023 3:49 pm

The Center for Countering Digital Hate (T-H-L), a group that tracks online hate speech, is being sued by x.

The Guardian: When we held up a mirror to Elon Musk’s Twitter/X he tried to sue us into silence

Meanwhile, Elon Musk says he will pay the legal fees of anyone treated unfairly by their employers because of things they post on x.

BBC: Elon Musk says X will fund legal bills if users treated unfairly by bosses

eppur si muove · Unread post by **eppur si muove** » Sun Aug 06, 2023 3:55 pm

Surely that's an invation for people screwed by working for Musk to post about how awful they are on ex-Twitter

Mason · Unread post by **Mason** » Tue Aug 15, 2023 9:33 pm

Washington Post:

Elon Musk’s X is throttling traffic to websites he dislikes

The company formerly known as Twitter on Tuesday slowed the speed with which users could access links to the New York Times, Facebook and other news organizations and online competitors, a move that appeared targeted at companies that have drawn the ire of owner Elon Musk.

Users who clicked a link on Musk’s website, now called X, for one of the targeted websites were made to wait about five seconds before seeing the page, according to tests conducted Tuesday by The Washington Post.

The delayed websites included X’s online rivals Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky and Substack, as well as the Reuters wire service and the Times. All of them have previously been singled out by Musk for ridicule or attack.

Classic Elon!