Yay! Nobody Cares about Tickle Me Elmo Musk

[Soen Eber]

Free, this thread you started is misclassified. It belongs in the Halloween thread. Sorry it took me so long to notice it - I don't wake up until temps fall below 70F.

tyvm.

 

[Jolene Benoir]

Well, we can see already how his ownership of Twitter is going to go:

https://www.yahoo.com/now/elon-musk-owner-twitter-tweets-182132625.html

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Well, we can see already how his ownership of Twitter is going to go:

https://www.yahoo.com/now/elon-musk-owner-twitter-tweets-182132625.html

John McAfee losing his grip vibes.

 

[Noodles]

I guess as long as I can keep blocking people like that, I'm good?

I deleted my account the day Musk took over.

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

Not deleting it. I might use it to poke fun at my moron of a 'genius' cousin, though.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

I'm still active, fighting the good fight. Now that the MAGA trolls no longer have a TOS to hide behind, at least for now, I've been letting them have it with both barrels today. I've been blocked by several of them already.

I also have an account on Tribel, in case shit really goes south on Twitter.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Waiting for Musk to announce that he's just appointed his horse COO.

 

[Essence Lumin]

Twitter was mostly worthless to me anyway. I only posted there around 4 times since I had my account. Nice to see it become the next myspace and die maybe.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Jolene Benoir]

Saw this in the comments. Hell hath no fury as they say. Oh wait, normally that is just applied to women, right? Apparently, when you have loads of money, you can take your anger out on the world.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Veritable Quandry]

Not just media and politicians. Writers, musicians, and entertainers. He has been spatting with Steven King over wanting to charge a monthly fee for verification, but King is making him money. An ad next to a King tweet is going to get seen a lot. He gets people to engage with the site. So do a lot of writers and musicians and creators. Twitter helped them with verification because they recognized it as a mutually beneficial arrangement. King gets to connect with his audience, and twitter gets to monetize the interaction through ads. But Musk is acting like King owes Twitter for the exposure. He's Steven Fucking King. He brings exposure to Twitter. If all of the entertainers and creators left, Twitter would quickly die. Even before Musk added billions in debt to the company.

 

[Cate Foulsbane]

I'm still active, fighting the good fight. Now that the MAGA trolls no longer have a TOS to hide behind, at least for now, I've been letting them have it with both barrels today. I've been blocked by several of them already.

I also have an account on Tribel, in case shit really goes south on Twitter.

I left Twitter yesterday. Can't stand the idea that Musk is in control and the possibility that he will charge to be there? Nope, I'm gone. As for Tribel, constant ads for it on FB and I'm very suspicious based on the way they reach out for attention. Can't explain, but it feels fake. Am waiting to hear from people I trust about their experiences there.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

i do get King’s point tho

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

i do get King’s point tho

I would say so does Mr Petlin. And you know, the title of this thread? Maybe that's what's wrong with Musk. That or he is trying to not be the richest man in the world, but can't get rid of his money fast enough.

 

[Essence Lumin]

No, Elon and Jack are not “competitors.” They’re collaborating.

Wherein I attempt to clarify a number of ridiculous and false narratives currently taking hold about Musk and Dorsey’s “rivalry.”

davetroy.medium.com

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

i do get King’s point tho

What Musk basically is doing in the process is to make the blue checkmark pointless. The whole idea about it being free was that you cannot buy this type of status; it was something which was granted to you, but you could not achieve.

But now then? I am just waiting for tons of Nigeria connection scammers and spammers to verify their account that way...

It also means that another point of it will run down the mill: being it for free meant that you were important enough to get it granted. But if you have to pay for it, also this attribute will be gone forever. Meaning all people with inflated egos, who thought they are important, are now seeing that they are not.