Elon Musk: He only experiences Dunning-Krugerrand

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Should I step down as head of twitter This poll is closed.
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Zulily Zoetrope: Jun 1, 2011; Muldoon

Smellon Musk

# ? Dec 9, 2022 00:22

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# ? May 30, 2024 00:52

priznat: Jul 7, 2009; Let's get drunk and kiss each other all night.

Trillhouse posted:

apparently zuck's security has a list of people banned from Facebook HQ because they try to sneak in and kill him.

Is it the SA forums userlist??

# ? Dec 9, 2022 00:25

Plan R: Oct 5, 2021; For Romeo

https://twitter.com/Wilson__Valdez/status/1600958822176415744

Why is Substack still a thing?

# ? Dec 9, 2022 00:28

Hector Delgado: Sep 23, 2007; Time for shore leave!!

I still think people are talking about the Storage Wars guy whenever I hear Bari Weiss.

# ? Dec 9, 2022 00:35

PITY BONER: Oct 18, 2021

Plan R posted:

https://twitter.com/Wilson__Valdez/status/1600958822176415744

Why is Substack still a thing?

quote:

Dear A.G.,

It is with sadness that I write to tell you that I am resigning from The New York Times.

I joined the paper with gratitude and optimism three years ago. I was hired with the goal of bringing in voices that would not otherwise appear in your pages: first-time writers, centrists, conservatives and others who would not naturally think of The Times as their home. The reason for this effort was clear: The paper�s failure to anticipate the outcome of the 2016 election meant that it didn�t have a firm grasp of the country it covers. Dean Baquet and others have admitted as much on various occasions. The priority in Opinion was to help redress that critical shortcoming.

[...]

But the lessons that ought to have followed the election�lessons about the importance of understanding other Americans, the necessity of resisting tribalism, and the centrality of the free exchange of ideas to a democratic society�have not been learned. Instead, a new consensus has emerged in the press, but perhaps especially at this paper: that truth isn�t a process of collective discovery, but an orthodoxy already known to an enlightened few whose job is to inform everyone else.

Twitter is not on the masthead of The New York Times. But Twitter has become its ultimate editor. As the ethics and mores of that platform have become those of the paper, the paper itself has increasingly become a kind of performance space. Stories are chosen and told in a way to satisfy the narrowest of audiences, rather than to allow a curious public to read about the world and then draw their own conclusions. I was always taught that journalists were charged with writing the first rough draft of history. Now, history itself is one more ephemeral thing molded to fit the needs of a predetermined narrative.

My own forays into Wrongthink have made me the subject of constant bullying by colleagues who disagree with my views. They have called me a Nazi and a racist; I have learned to brush off comments about how I�m �writing about the Jews again.� Several colleagues perceived to be friendly with me were badgered by coworkers. My work and my character are openly demeaned on company-wide Slack channels where masthead editors regularly weigh in. There, some coworkers insist I need to be rooted out if this company is to be a truly �inclusive� one, while others post ax emojis next to my name. Still other New York Times employees publicly smear me as a liar and a bigot on Twitter with no fear that harassing me will be met with appropriate action. They never are.

There are terms for all of this: unlawful discrimination, hostile work environment, and constructive discharge. I�m no legal expert. But I know that this is wrong.

[...]
Sincerely,

Bari

# ? Dec 9, 2022 00:35

dphi: Jul 9, 2001

Zulily Zoetrope posted:

�I intend to kill X,� is a pretty cut and dry legally actionable statement, regardless of how realistic it is. It�s pretty unlikely anyone who could and would sue is going to see it, but it's CYA 101 to at least slap it down.

�X should be guillotined� is arguably a threat, but it�s fine to post so long as the forums rear end is covered. Overt threats of violence, even obvious comedy ones, getting the probe is the prize we pay to be allowed to say �eat the rich� at all.

I'm putting you on my guillotine list

# ? Dec 9, 2022 00:43

Zulily Zoetrope: Jun 1, 2011; Muldoon

mods!?

# ? Dec 9, 2022 00:47

Jelly: Feb 11, 2004; Ask me about my STD collection!

PITY BONER posted:

Dear A.G.,

It is with sadness that I write to tell you that I am resigning from The New York Times.

I joined the paper with gratitude and optimism three years ago. I was hired with the goal of bringing in voices that would not otherwise appear in your pages: first-time writers, centrists, conservatives and others who would not naturally think of The Times as their home. The reason for this effort was clear: The paper�s failure to anticipate the outcome of the 2016 election meant that it didn�t have a firm grasp of the country it covers. Dean Baquet and others have admitted as much on various occasions. The priority in Opinion was to help redress that critical shortcoming.

[...]

But the lessons that ought to have followed the election�lessons about the importance of understanding other Americans, the necessity of resisting tribalism, and the centrality of the free exchange of ideas to a democratic society�have not been learned. Instead, a new consensus has emerged in the press, but perhaps especially at this paper: that truth isn�t a process of collective discovery, but an orthodoxy already known to an enlightened few whose job is to inform everyone else.

Twitter is not on the masthead of The New York Times. But Twitter has become its ultimate editor. As the ethics and mores of that platform have become those of the paper, the paper itself has increasingly become a kind of performance space. Stories are chosen and told in a way to satisfy the narrowest of audiences, rather than to allow a curious public to read about the world and then draw their own conclusions. I was always taught that journalists were charged with writing the first rough draft of history. Now, history itself is one more ephemeral thing molded to fit the needs of a predetermined narrative.

My own forays into Wrongthink have made me the subject of constant bullying by colleagues who disagree with my views. They have called me a Nazi and a racist; I have learned to brush off comments about how I�m �writing about the Jews again.� Several colleagues perceived to be friendly with me were badgered by coworkers. My work and my character are openly demeaned on company-wide Slack channels where masthead editors regularly weigh in. There, some coworkers insist I need to be rooted out if this company is to be a truly �inclusive� one, while others post ax emojis next to my name. Still other New York Times employees publicly smear me as a liar and a bigot on Twitter with no fear that harassing me will be met with appropriate action. They never are.

There are terms for all of this: unlawful discrimination, hostile work environment, and constructive discharge. I�m no legal expert. But I know that this is wrong.

[...]
Sincerely,

Bari

"Users do not like or want me posting" energy. Conservatives are just comically top tier losers all the way to the bottom.

Also, please don't ban users for the very obvious declaration that they want billionaires dead. That's extremely presidential.

# ? Dec 9, 2022 00:53

The Butcher: Apr 20, 2005; Well, at least we tried.; Nap Ghost

Not being allowed to say or imply killing is obviously important from a forums CYA perspective.

That's why I encourage his Mars mission as strongly as possible. It's science and discovery. Human achievement.

We can start with a moon base project if that's still too challenging.

# ? Dec 9, 2022 01:02

Jelly: Feb 11, 2004; Ask me about my STD collection!

Honestly Something Awful dot com should endorse killing all billionaires as their general company mission.

# ? Dec 9, 2022 01:07

thathonkey: Jul 17, 2012

wow you cant even make extremely non actionable threats against the absolute worst people on earth by any objective measure without catching a probe or ban :confused:

it's not like anyone who would care reads gbs in 2022

# ? Dec 9, 2022 01:09

bird with big dick: Oct 21, 2015

Hector Delgado posted:

I still think people are talking about the Storage Wars guy whenever I hear Bari Weiss.

7 years ago I sent a letter to Brandi Passante c/o A&E Network telling her that she was clearly a beautiful, cultured, and intelligent woman and that she should ditch her meathead husband and go out on a date with me. She did in fact ditch Jarrod but as yet has not responded to my letter.

# ? Dec 9, 2022 01:21

kazil: Jul 24, 2005; Derpmph trial star reporter!

thathonkey posted:

wow you cant even make extremely non actionable threats against the absolute worst people on earth by any objective measure without catching a probe or ban it's not like anyone who would care reads gbs in 2022

actually i am elon musk and it hurt my feelings a lot

# ? Dec 9, 2022 01:21

Funky See Funky Do: Aug 20, 2013; STILL TRYING HARD

Someone should make a qcs thread. Nobody should post it in though.

# ? Dec 9, 2022 01:24

bird with big dick: Oct 21, 2015

kazil posted:

actually i am elon musk and it hurt my feelings a lot

Can I have a new model S but one with a real steering wheel not that dumb fuckin thing they come with

# ? Dec 9, 2022 01:24

ilmucche: Mar 16, 2016; What did you say the strategy was?

Isn't the whole point of not allowing explicit threats and statements of violence that even if it's ironic or joking that if it's constantly seen it can bend someone's brain and they actually try?

# ? Dec 9, 2022 01:30

CharlestheHammer: Jun 26, 2011; YOU SAY MY POSTS ARE THE RAVINGS OF THE DUMBEST PERSON ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH BUT YOU YOURSELF ARE READING THEM. CURIOUS!

No I think the whole point is they are weenies. That�s probably how they rationalize it however

# ? Dec 9, 2022 01:35

ccubed: Jul 14, 2016; How's it hanging, brah?

https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1601008766861815808

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1593673339826212864

# ? Dec 9, 2022 01:35

Buce: Dec 23, 2005

ilmucche posted:

Isn't the whole point of not allowing explicit threats and statements of violence that even if it's ironic or joking that if it's constantly seen it can bend someone's brain and they actually try?

if you're already a broken-brained fucknut, i guess

# ? Dec 9, 2022 01:35

Buce: Dec 23, 2005

ccubed posted:

https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1601008766861815808

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1593673339826212864

lmao

# ? Dec 9, 2022 01:36

Bottom Liner: Feb 15, 2006; a specific vein of lasagna

she's really going all in on defending the nazis huh

# ? Dec 9, 2022 01:40

Only Kindness: Oct 12, 2016

quote:

https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1601008766861815808

As they should, and as they are perfectly within their rights and remit to do so. Twitter's a private concern, not some universal government service or whatever. What's yer point, Bari?

# ? Dec 9, 2022 01:51

F_Shit_Fitzgerald: Feb 2, 2017

I wonder how noted champion of freeze peach, Bari Weiss, would handle someone tweeting "Israel is a fascist state" to her.

Sure would be a shame if her commitment to the "marketplace of ideas" was tested this way....

# ? Dec 9, 2022 01:55

kw0134: Apr 19, 2003; I buy feet pics🍆

It's fine, we should let #NAMBLA trend cuz freeze peech

# ? Dec 9, 2022 01:55

kazil: Jul 24, 2005; Derpmph trial star reporter!

twitter files is like x-files but they fired mulder and skully and it's just some new agents cleaning up the office

# ? Dec 9, 2022 01:56

Amazing Zimmo: Jan 27, 2006; That's quite a load you got in them diapers

bird with big dick posted:

Can I have a new model S but one with a real steering wheel not that dumb fuckin thing they come with

bird on a fire

# ? Dec 9, 2022 01:56

The Saddest Rhino: Apr 29, 2009; Put it all together.
Solve the world.
One conversation at a time.

Just lol that part 2 is again a big pile of nothing

# ? Dec 9, 2022 01:57

Data Graham: Dec 28, 2009; 📈📊🍪😋

Sylvian Wastes posted:

I mean they DID dive head-first into crypto so thats not that outlandish considering how delusional you need to be to think crypto has any future at all.

Fun story

In ~2018 or so I was coming back from picking up lunch near where I worked in Manhattan and came to a corner where � just like in a movie � I nearly bumped into a former coworker coming the other way. He had moved on from our previous company directly to the Winklevii's crypto thing which was apparently a block away from mine. He gave me a 2-minute elevator pitch and said I should come up and interview.

Lunch was great, I didn't let it get cold

# ? Dec 9, 2022 02:00

jeffreyw: Jan 20, 2013

Is Bari Weiss the same Bari Weiss that claimed Australia didn�t have any culture wars during the middle of the Victorian election where conservatives were spending months claiming Victoria was under siege by roaming African gangs?

# ? Dec 9, 2022 02:02

BadOptics: Sep 11, 2012

Well now we know the true reason why AOC never seems to notice Ben Shapiro's cries for a debate! /s

jeffreyw posted:

Is Bari Weiss the same Bari Weiss that claimed Australia didn�t have any culture wars during the middle of the Victorian election where conservatives were spending months claiming Victoria was under siege by roaming African gangs?

What does your heart tell you? :allears:

# ? Dec 9, 2022 02:02

TelevisedInsanity: Dec 19, 2008; "You'll never know if you can fly unless you take the risk of falling."

When is Stefan Molyneux going to get upset by canned pasta on Twitter again?

Come on Musk, step your Gamergate game up! You're losing to Kanye!

# ? Dec 9, 2022 02:04

fishing with the fam: Feb 29, 2008; Durr

It is extremely funny watching people go batshit crazy over bog standard content moderation.

# ? Dec 9, 2022 02:04

The Saddest Rhino: Apr 29, 2009; Put it all together.
Solve the world.
One conversation at a time.

https://twitter.com/ashleyfeinberg/status/1601019121692725249

Lmao

# ? Dec 9, 2022 02:05

Tarkus: Aug 27, 2000

The SECRET GROUP otherwise known as upper management.

# ? Dec 9, 2022 02:07

kazil: Jul 24, 2005; Derpmph trial star reporter!

oh poo poo breaking news twitter was run like an actual company

# ? Dec 9, 2022 02:08

Data Graham: Dec 28, 2009; 📈📊🍪😋

#TwitterFiles Part Three: This secret cabal of "content" :airquote:

moderators :airquote:

repeatedly abused their power by banning certain high-profile accounts or placing so-called "Covid Misinformation Warnings" or "Election Misinformation Warnings" on their tweets

# ? Dec 9, 2022 02:10

kazil: Jul 24, 2005; Derpmph trial star reporter!

twitter files #69 the janitors THAT I FIRED used to steal trash and poop from the building

# ? Dec 9, 2022 02:11

CharlestheHammer: Jun 26, 2011; YOU SAY MY POSTS ARE THE RAVINGS OF THE DUMBEST PERSON ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH BUT YOU YOURSELF ARE READING THEM. CURIOUS!

kazil posted:

twitter files #69 the janitors THAT I FIRED used to steal trash and poop from the building

The janitors didn�t even include me once in their decision making either

# ? Dec 9, 2022 02:12

jeffreyw: Jan 20, 2013

BadOptics posted:

What does your heart tell you?

I�ve always wanted to get a job as an opinion writer because it appears you can literally write anything and still get paid for it.

Digging deeper in my memory, I remember three digits worth of Melbourne fascists waving around fascist iconography tried to take back a beach from football playing African migrants the same week she published that garbage in the New York Times.

# ? Dec 9, 2022 02:13

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# ? May 30, 2024 00:52

Funky See Funky Do: Aug 20, 2013; STILL TRYING HARD

I note she isn't mentioning any of the names of the accounts that were shadowbanned. I wonder what who they might be.

# ? Dec 9, 2022 02:14

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