Elon f*cks Twitter

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Wifebeater logic.

Elon Musk threatens to reassign @NPR on Twitter to 'another company'

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173422311/elon-musk-npr-twitter-reassign

 

[WolfEyes]

Wifebeater logic.

Elon Musk threatens to reassign @NPR on Twitter to 'another company'

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173422311/elon-musk-npr-twitter-reassign

"Our policy is to recycle handles that are definitively dormant," Musk wrote in another email. "Same policy applies to all accounts.

Fuck that.

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

Wifebeater logic.

Elon Musk threatens to reassign @NPR on Twitter to 'another company'

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173422311/elon-musk-npr-twitter-reassign

We could debate his intelligence but emotionally, he's a complete child and I feel sorry for anyone who needs his approval to keep their work visa...

 

[Noodles]

"Our policy is to recycle handles that are definitively dormant," Musk wrote in another email. "Same policy applies to all accounts.

Fuck that.

That policy feels really suspect.

I have several "definitely dormant" handles, that Inrandomly picked up, because I thought of something and it was available.

Some I have not used ever.

Some I can't even log into because I no longer have the email attached to them (I was trying to delete them when Musk took over and could not).

 

[Free]

That policy feels really suspect.

Will he be recycling all the dormant MAGA handles from 2020?

 

[Free]

Musk issues ultimatum to inactive Twitter users: Log in or be purged

“We cannot release inactive usernames at this time,” Twitter’s policy still says.

arstechnica.com

On Monday, Twitter CEO Elon Musk tweeted a warning that all inactive Twitter accounts would soon be purged, potentially impacting follower counts.

"We’re purging accounts that have had no activity at all for several years, so you will probably see follower count drop," Musk tweeted.

Twitter's official policy now considers a user inactive if they fail to log in "at least every 30 days." An archived version of this policy shows that as recently as April 19, the policy had been to log in every six months to keep an account active. Twitter seems to have quietly updated the policy within the past few weeks.

Any bets on how badly Elon mucks this one up?

 

[Khamon]

That'll be me. Should I post something every month to stay active? Considering that I get tagged in a lot of random crap, that isn't me, probably not.

 

[Free]

That'll be me. Should I post something every month to stay active?

Maybe post a single word every month that's part of a long, ongoing tweet.

 

[WolfEyes]

A purge would probably activate the account I have tried to register so many times and gave up on because, regardless of what Twatter says, I've never been able to register from a desktop.

It's happening more and more to the point where I'm about to be pushed off the internet because I won't be able to register for anything since I will not use a cellphone. I will do without before I allow Big Business to have that much control over my life.

 

[Essence Lumin]

I never post on twitter. I read stuff there from links here or elsewhere. Maybe that counts as "logging in". If not, my account is dead.

 

[Free]

Elon Musk has found his replacement as CEO of Twitter

More time for Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and The Boring Company.

www.theverge.com

Elon Musk has announced plans for a new Twitter CEO but hasn’t said who it is. In a tweet on Thursday, Musk says that he has “hired a new CEO for X/Twitter” and that “she will be starting in ~6 weeks.” Musk will instead assume the role of executive chair and chief technology officer, “overseeing product, software & sysops” of Twitter.

While Musk may soon no longer be CEO, he still owns the company, which he has renamed “X.” It seems unlikely that giving someone else one specific title will make Twitter any less of a wild ride.

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

Elon Musk has found his replacement as CEO of Twitter

More time for Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and The Boring Company.

www.theverge.com

Good lord would I not want that job... trying to manage social media is a shit show even without some asshole like Musk breathing down your neck.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

In other words Musk's actual role at Twitter is not meaningfully changing, just his title.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

I hope it’s Giuliani.

 

[Noodles]

In no particular order, my predictions.

Elon Musk will make some super shitty "joke" and claim to be a woman now and continue to do things as they are now.

Its will be some Fox New anchor.

It will be that scummy Theranos woman.

Grimes will be CEO.

 

[Free]

Twitter’s new CEO is probably this NBC exec

“She’s always wanted this job,” a former colleague says. “It’s perfect.”

www.theverge.com

Elon Musk says he has found a new CEO for Twitter and that “she” will start in a matter of weeks. It’s most likely going to be Linda Yaccarino, the current head of advertising and partnerships for NBCUniversal.

I wish I could say with certainty that it’s her, though the deal doesn’t seem to be totally done. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that she’s “in talks” for the job, and Dylan Byers of Puck says Musk “plans” to give it to her. Unfortunately, her spokesperson is ghosting me and Twitter has resorted to responding to press inquiries with a poop emoji.

I do know, however, that Yaccarino has been angling for the job and telling friends she wants it. The advertising world is certainly gossiping that it’s her. She recently hosted Musk at her “Possible” advertising conference in Miami for a gushing interview and has been tweeting up a storm, including about how excited she is for NBC to partner with Twitter for the next Olympics.

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

Elon Musk will make some super shitty "joke" and claim to be a woman now and continue to do things as they are now.

He'll do this one for sure... the onejoke will rear it's ugly head. not so sure about the others...

 

[Essence Lumin]

Unfortunately, her spokesperson is ghosting me and Twitter has resorted to responding to press inquiries with a poop emoji.

AFAIK, all twitter responses to press inquiries respond with a poop emoji now. I have read that several times with journalists trying to get a response about something from twitter.

 

[Veritable Quandry]

Marissa Mayer is probably available.