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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%
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repiv
Aug 13, 2009

surprised paul graham got killed before @joinmastodon

they're not tweeting through so they're probably still timed out after the jet tweet

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Chrpno
Apr 17, 2006

Kingo Ligma posted:

Elon getting off the plane in Qatar:

"So I heard there was a total ban on boos during the world cup....oh. Oh, booze. Right."

marvellous

JehovahsWetness
Dec 9, 2005

bang that shit retarded
The HN thread of paulg's Twitter break announcement is pretty funny because it's got a surprising number of people calling pg a moron: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34041985. The usual HN VC boot lickers are still out in force but getting beat up a lot more than usual.

kilus aof
Mar 24, 2001

Rod Hoofhearted posted:

After bragging about getting more users and more activity on Twitter last month, he got something showing those numbers going down and is freaking out. :lol:

I'm guessing those numbers were inflated by embedded Tweets and actual site/app numbers are falling.

theghostpt
Sep 1, 2009
https://twitter.com/dril/status/1604606930541912064

I swear if he gets banned ill delete my account lmao

keep punching joe
Jan 22, 2006

Die Satan!
Is that a Dear Richard reference?

Rod Hoofhearted
Jun 18, 2000

I am a ghost




keep punching joe posted:

Is that a Dear Richard reference?

Probably not

There Bias Two
Jan 13, 2009
I'm not a good person

theghostpt posted:

https://twitter.com/dril/status/1604606930541912064

I swear if he gets banned ill delete my account lmao

Amazing content

Mr Ice Cream Glove
Apr 22, 2007

Holy poo poo

https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/1604551944667889665?s=20&t=tPtclt3Vtbq_-D_2cMXc3Q

This is almost as bad if not as bad as when tumblr banned porn

Quote-Unquote
Oct 22, 2002



Legacy mom

Brazilianpeanutwar
Aug 27, 2015

Spent my walletfull, on a jpeg, desolate, will croberts make a whale of me yet?
Re: Elon Musk “Where everybody knows your plane”.

Azhais
Feb 5, 2007
Switchblade Switcharoo

Brazilianpeanutwar posted:

Re: Elon Musk “Where everybody knows your plane”.

And they're never glad you came

Brazilianpeanutwar
Aug 27, 2015

Spent my walletfull, on a jpeg, desolate, will croberts make a whale of me yet?

Azhais posted:

And they're never glad you came

:5: *laughing emoji* instant banning

IBroughttheFunk
Sep 28, 2012

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

Holy poo poo

https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/1604551944667889665?s=20&t=tPtclt3Vtbq_-D_2cMXc3Q

This is almost as bad if not as bad as when tumblr banned porn

As someone who's tech literacy leaves a fair amount to be desired, why is this specifically bad?

The Postman
May 12, 2007

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

Holy poo poo

https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/1604551944667889665?s=20&t=tPtclt3Vtbq_-D_2cMXc3Q

This is almost as bad if not as bad as when tumblr banned porn

It's not just "Twitter will remove the link"



Assuming the policy is supposed to be applied to every user (lol) they'll just automatically suspend every single person with a link aggregator in their bio

Devils Affricate
Jan 22, 2010

It's ok to share your Mastodon link as long as you post it with a picture of yourself in a lounge chair and wearing a Hawaiian shirt

Raymond T. Racing
Jun 11, 2019

IBroughttheFunk posted:

As someone who's tech literacy leaves a fair amount to be desired, why is this specifically bad?

you can't put a bunch of links in your Twitter bio, so you use linktree to put your instagram, facebook, youtube page, patreon, onlyfans, etc there

repiv
Aug 13, 2009

The Postman posted:

It's not just "Twitter will remove the link"



Assuming the policy is supposed to be applied to every user (lol) they'll just automatically suspend every single person with a link aggregator in their bio

and those link aggregators are often used by artists to gather all their gallery links, so they'll get caught in the crossfire even if the don't link to any of the social networks that elon has specifically blacklisted

explosivo
May 23, 2004

Fueled by Satan

IBroughttheFunk posted:

As someone who's tech literacy leaves a fair amount to be desired, why is this specifically bad?

Content creators like artists and programmers and onlyfans use linktree to link to all of their side gigs for people to pay them for their services. It's a hugely popular thing for people who make a living on the internet.

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!
Twitter must be hurting bad for this drastic a measure

bobjr
Oct 16, 2012

Roose is loose.
🐓🐓🐓✊🪧

Twitter is meant to be the Town Square where everyone can voice their opinions.

No one is also allowed to leave the Town Square to go to the places people talk about.

ben shapino
Nov 22, 2020

To be clear, such a decision is terrible for Twitter, therefore it's actually good

Frank Frank
Jun 13, 2001

Mirrored
lmao linktree is not a twitter competitor wtf.

Azhais
Feb 5, 2007
Switchblade Switcharoo

bobjr posted:

Twitter is meant to be the Town Square where everyone can voice their opinions.

No one is also allowed to leave the Town Square to go to the places people talk about.

You can only voice your opinion about things not places

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!

Azhais posted:

You can only voice your opinion about things not places

Places are assassination coordinates so you got to ban them

ben shapino
Nov 22, 2020

Frank Frank posted:

lmao linktree is not a twitter competitor wtf.

No but what if a link in a linktree linked to a competitor? I'm a free speech absolutist but there's gotta be a line somewhere

Frank Frank
Jun 13, 2001

Mirrored
It just keeps getting dumber. I'm in awe.

repiv
Aug 13, 2009

better ban all links from twitter just in case one of them goes to a page that links to instagram

The Postman
May 12, 2007



how long before elon follows up with a "pls respond"

priznat
Jul 7, 2009

Let's get drunk and kiss each other all night.
lmao his reply guying is just the most pathetic thing of all

Frank Frank
Jun 13, 2001

Mirrored
OH MY GOD SHUT THE gently caress UP ELON. SHUT UP. SHUT YOUR GODDAMNED MOUTH. LOG OFF YOU TWAT.

Ok I'm better now. Apologies.

Sydney Bottocks
Oct 15, 2004

Frank Frank posted:

It just keeps getting dumber. I'm in awe.

It can't be stressed enough just how valuable a service Elon is performing, by very thoroughly exploding the "ultra-rich people are all geniuses" myth

egg_dog
Nov 12, 2005

nͬ͒̂̓̂ͪoͨ́
Fun Shoe
Ahh fantastic...

https://twitter.com/shaun_vids/status/1604552791732752386?t=gvWS6MZbpICZLNAXQ6cQvA&s=19

keep punching joe
Jan 22, 2006

Die Satan!

Frank Frank posted:

OH MY GOD SHUT THE gently caress UP ELON. SHUT UP. SHUT YOUR GODDAMNED MOUTH. LOG OFF YOU TWAT.

Ok I'm better now. Apologies.

Channeling the Tesla board and shareholders?

Olewithmilk
Jun 30, 2006

What?

The Postman posted:



how long before elon follows up with a "pls respond"

I don't know, genius, how about the way it was before you changed it.

...!
Oct 5, 2003

I SHOULD KEEP MY DUMB MOUTH SHUT INSTEAD OF SPEWING HORSESHIT ABOUT THE ORBITAL MECHANICS OF THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE.

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT A LAGRANGE POINT IS?

lol

Frank Frank
Jun 13, 2001

Mirrored

keep punching joe posted:

Channeling the Tesla board and shareholders?

It's basically me doing the "screaming into a pillow" thing from that It's Always Sunny episode.

Mr Ice Cream Glove
Apr 22, 2007

This fucks over so many creators especially sex workers.

ded
Oct 27, 2005

Kooler than Jesus
make all urls illegal


do it you coward

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Klyith
Aug 3, 2007

GBS Pledge Week

yook posted:

I just wonder how much the tesla stock needs to tank before he officially would have been better off immediately re-selling twitter for the ~$8 billion it was actually worth and just eating the $36 billion loss.

Twitter is currently worth -$13 billion due to the buyout loans owed to banks. So musk would have to pay $5 billion to sell it for 8.

Sensenmann posted:

I might be remembering wrong but isn't mid 140s for Tesla stock the point where banks take control of all the loans and essetially own Twitter in full? That might very well happen this week.

No, nothing like this is true now. He didn't do a large-scale personal loan to buy twitter, he just sold stock in large amounts. Any loans leveraged against tesla are small enough to be non-public.

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