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Should I step down as head of twitter
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Yes 420 4.43%
No 69 0.73%
Goku 9001 94.85%
Total: 9490 votes
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Zulily Zoetrope
Jun 1, 2011

Muldoon

gay picnic defence posted:

Didn't his ex come out and say specifically that he had a hosed up looking dick?

It's possible that also happened, but AFAIK we just concluded that he has a weird dick because when that Tesla employee he sexually harassed said he'd flashed her, his defense was "oh if that really happened, you should be able to describe my dick. What unusual shapes or marks does it have?"

like the implication is that he has a weird hosed up dick, but there's also the option that he assumes anyone who sees it must obsess over it because he is a narcissist

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Kafouille
Nov 5, 2004

Think Fast !

Number_6 posted:

I don't want to sound like I'm trying to drag anybody down but why the gently caress are tech professionals compensated like this when non-tech professionals in education, public universities, state government etc. can barely afford a loving apartment.

It has multiple factors, but tech has been completely inundated in investment dollars in the last 10 years and there are simply not enough experienced SWEs around to keep up with the sector's growth, by a fairly large margin. When you see that Google reported 35% pure profit last year, it's not a surprise rich people want to shovel money at the tech sector, and some of it trickles down to the workers of the sector. Even then it's somewhat artificially low as the sector has historically been colluding to suppress wages.

Edit : I mean if you want to redress the imbalance, those are public sector, you could just you know, make Google actually pay taxes. But that would make Number go down.

Kafouille fucked around with this message at 15:43 on Dec 4, 2022

kw0134
Apr 19, 2003

I buy feet pics🍆

The Saddest Rhino posted:

May be just corporate speak but they say the advertising is pending "security tweaks" on twitter's part, which may go as small as making sure they have more than one moderation staff
Might have also been given a discount so large that the ad execs running it are going "sure why not". That would line up with reports saying ad space is going at fire-sale prices.

Just because he's got advertisers again doesn't mean the old revenue stream is back.

the holy poopacy
May 16, 2009

hey! check this out
Fun Shoe
New Twitter advertising model: every time your ad is served next to a recommended neo-nazi post, get a $1 rebate

Nitrousoxide
May 30, 2011

do not buy a oneplus phone



the holy poopacy posted:

New Twitter advertising model: every time your ad is served next to a recommended neo-nazi post, get a $1 rebate

Nah

Every ad is guarenteed to get served next an addtional tweet entirely for free!*


*extra ad also guranteed to be next to a nazi post

waffle iron
Jan 16, 2004
https://twitter.com/oldfriend99/status/1599311342044794880

Neddy Seagoon
Oct 12, 2012

"Hi Everybody!"
I'm not owned, you're owned! I scream pathetically as none of the right-wingers I sucked up to want to be my friend and say all my ideas are dumb and wrong.

kazil
Jul 24, 2005

Derpmph trial star reporter!

on the outside I am 🤣🤣🤣 but on the inside I am :qq::qq::qq:

BIG FLUFFY DOG
Feb 16, 2011

On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog.



Was it the right kind or the wrong kind

Teratrain
Aug 23, 2007
Waiting for Godot
The laptop somehow had 5GB of RAM and also there was pulled pork under the slot that had caked on and made it hard to remove

The Saddest Rhino
Apr 29, 2009

Put it all together.
Solve the world.
One conversation at a time.



Neddy Seagoon posted:

I'm not owned, you're owned! I scream pathetically as none of the right-wingers I sucked up to want to be my friend and say all my ideas are dumb and wrong.

Why is he like this

Tremors
Aug 16, 2006

What happened to the legendary Chris Redfield, huh? What happened to you?!

The Saddest Rhino posted:

Why is he like this

You don't become a billionaire without a few unchecked mental illnesses.

A farting mink
Nov 6, 2022

by Pragmatica

learnincurve posted:

I would not entirely be shocked if the french are told he only speaks german and the germans are told he only speaks english.

As much as I hate Putin I admire his petty bullshit on the international stage. Like that time someone let a friendly dog into the room with him and Angela Merkel. loving masterstroke.

Strategic Tea
Sep 1, 2012

A farting mink posted:

As much as I hate Putin I admire his petty bullshit on the international stage. Like that time someone let a friendly dog into the room with him and Angela Merkel. loving masterstroke.

"Bullies rule!!!" - Homer Simpson

lollontee
Nov 4, 2014
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

The Saddest Rhino posted:

Why is he like this

he shares my posting sensibilities

crispix
Mar 28, 2015

Grand-Maman m'a raconté
(Les éditions des amitiés franco-québécoises)

Hello, dear

Mr. Torrance posted:

I refuse to believe Buck Sexton is a real name and not some sort of pornstar name.

Hector Delgado
Sep 23, 2007

Time for shore leave!!

Nameless Pete posted:

Why did they crop out the tied up Batman dangling over the shark tank?

:lmao:

A farting mink
Nov 6, 2022

by Pragmatica

Strategic Tea posted:

"Bullies rule!!!" - Homer Simpson

Look at that scary hound he brought in!



bird with big dick
Oct 21, 2015

keep punching joe posted:

I closed my Twitter account a month ago, and honestly it's great and I don't miss it. If I do get the urge to mindlessly scroll for content I have a mastadon that I look through for five mins to scratch the itch.

The main upside is that I'm no longer being shown things that make me mad or are trying to convince me to invest in crypto.

You should probably invest in crypto for real though you don’t want to miss out on the next boom.

fizzy
Dec 2, 2022

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

A farting mink posted:

As much as I hate Putin I admire his petty bullshit on the international stage. Like that time someone let a friendly dog into the room with him and Angela Merkel. loving masterstroke.

Starting to see a trend between the various people in which you find admirable qualities.

A farting mink posted:

I kinda agree with Kanye. Hitler got the motorways built and also got universal healthcare and public housing to work properly. He wasn't all that bad.

A farting mink posted:

Look mate, I'm not handing anything to loving Hitler here. I have relatives who died in Nazi prison camps. Hitler managed to do some good things for Germany but it was mostly because of all the hate he spewed.

Robo Reagan
Feb 12, 2012

by Fluffdaddy

A farting mink posted:

As much as I hate Putin I admire his petty bullshit on the international stage. Like that time someone let a friendly dog into the room with him and Angela Merkel. loving masterstroke.

hes like the world leader version of the douchy business guy that read a 100 page book on power moves

Captain Hygiene
Sep 17, 2007

You mess with the crabbo...



Robo Reagan posted:

hes like the world leader version of the douchy business guy that read a 100 page book on power moves

He knows how to read? Gotta admire that, good thing to have in a world leader

MrQwerty
Apr 15, 2003

LOVE IS BEAUTIFUL
(づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ♥(‘∀’●)

fizzy posted:

Starting to see a trend between the various people in which you find admirable qualities.

Lol

Bad Purchase
Jun 17, 2019





can’t believe we used to let people so young run the world, they’re practically babies in that photo

glad we’ve come to our senses these days and prefer leaders aged to their prime years of 70+

potato!
Apr 24, 2008

CharlestheHammer posted:

Oh so Amazon and Apple have caved and are resuming advertising

Apple never stopped. Elon said they did, but their ad spending had in reality increased

fizzy
Dec 2, 2022

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Captain Hygiene posted:

He knows how to read? Gotta admire that, good thing to have in a world leader

Hitler demonstrated even greater literary abilities by writing a book, which A farting mink no doubt also finds a very admirable quality about him.

Bad Purchase
Jun 17, 2019




yeah but does putin yank people’s arms really far forward when shaking their hands?

Drone_Fragger
May 9, 2007


Iceland has a leader whos... 45 i think? And fhe papers were complaining because she had a house party with friends where she got drunk and danced.

MrQwerty
Apr 15, 2003

LOVE IS BEAUTIFUL
(づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ♥(‘∀’●)

Drone_Fragger posted:

Iceland has a leader whos... 45 i think? And fhe papers were complaining because she had a house party with friends where she got drunk and danced.

Finland

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
and she's in her 30s.

Sydney Bottocks
Oct 15, 2004

She's also very conventionally attractive, so I'm surprised we haven't heard anything about ol' Musky trying to slide all up in her Twitter DMs by now.

Almost Smart
Sep 14, 2001

so your telling me you wasn't drunk or fucked up in anyway. when you had sex with me and that monkey

fizzy posted:

Starting to see a trend between the various people in which you find admirable qualities.

Maybe the relatives he’s referring to died from overwork (but not the forced prison camp kind).

Mohawk Potato
Jan 15, 2008



Drone_Fragger posted:

Iceland has a leader whos... 45 i think? And fhe papers were complaining because she had a house party with friends where she got drunk and danced.

So does new zealend and they both had a press conference about trade and one of the reporters asked was this get together just because your both girls

lollontee
Nov 4, 2014
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
lotsa posters getting pissy ubaut putins powerful moves. jealousy? likely

Kale
May 14, 2010

learnincurve posted:

Warp 9 is when the Enterprise’s engines shook themselves apart after a few seconds. I would not trust this man to get a space ship to Mars tbh.

Maybe Elon will break the warp 10 barrier and end up in his own version of Threshold on his way to Mars. No doubt he'd see this as a good thing somehow.

MrQwerty
Apr 15, 2003

LOVE IS BEAUTIFUL
(づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ♥(‘∀’●)

Kale posted:

Maybe Elon will break the warp 10 barrier and end up in his own version of Threshold on his way to Mars. No doubt he'd see this as a good thing somehow.

gross muskamanders abound

Captain Hygiene
Sep 17, 2007

You mess with the crabbo...



Finally becoming the oily muskrat he was always destined to be

Robo Reagan
Feb 12, 2012

by Fluffdaddy

finns avoid other people so it's understandable why they wouldn't like her

ShadowHawk
Jun 25, 2000

CERTIFIED PRE OWNED TESLA OWNER

Number_6 posted:

I don't want to sound like I'm trying to drag anybody down but why the gently caress are tech professionals compensated like this when non-tech professionals in education, public universities, state government etc. can barely afford a loving apartment.
1) Basically no one who doesn't already work for BigCo has experience with these large distributed multibillion dollar systems. There's an enormous amount of investment in the form of specialized knowledge, which makes these employees very poachable (and thus comp goes up)
2) Many of these engineers can actually demonstrate value in their work in very concrete ways: code x feature, prove it with A/B test that it generates +1% efficiency or revenue, earn your lifetime salary for the company in a few months.
3) Because of the above, the big companies have (correctly!) invested more and more into technical staff


Remember, Twitter had been posting profits since 2018, with the exception of last quarter (billion dollar lawsuit payout) and Q2 2020 (pandemic start). Twitter wasn't run by complete morons - there were genuine business cases for a lot of that technical staff and Musk just burned it all down before he could have possibly taken the time to understand underlying justifications.

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lollontee
Nov 4, 2014
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

Robo Reagan posted:

finns avoid other people so it's understandable why they wouldn't like her

only while sober, finnish politics is bar time dependant

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