Elon Musk

word is they've lost 70% of their top advertisers and Elon himself said they were losing a shitload of money

I agree there's no real replacement for it but like 50% of the shit happening on Twitter is ABOUT Twitter now and Elon seems determined to fuck things up enough that it's not going to go back to the way it was. I mean it's an app that you're counting on people to be on ALL THE TIME, doesn't take much of a drop in quality of user experience to turn people off

a business school case study on how to make money on the internet.

but has he made any money?

wow I bet frogbs feels embarrassed about linking to that now

honestly I'm still floored he made "tweet views" a thing. it's such a dumb metric - nobody cares how much a tweet was "viewed"! if it has a high number the thing that'll stand out is the comparatively low amounts of likes and RTs which is the thing Twitter users have actually cared about for like 15 years now. the fact that the CEO unilaterally made this happen speaks to how little this dude knows about how people actually use the website he grossly overpaid for. he knows less than I do! I mean up until he bought Twitter I was always willing to accept that maybe this guy sees things I don't but man he really has proven himself to be just as dumb as everyone says he is

i assume he wants advertisers to see that "hey look tweets get so many views!" but surely these metrics exist on the advertising side of things and also i hate to underestimate elon musk (a genius of business)

the fact that the CEO unilaterally made this happen speaks to how little this dude knows about how people actually use the website he grossly overpaid for.

Maybe he wants everyone using Twitter to feel as humiliated as he does.

heh

This is what you wanted people to see? pic.twitter.com/maLcjrM5Cf

— Leander Schaerlaeckens (@LeanderAlphabet) December 23, 2022

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everything is cool

Everything is everything.

uluv2c it

https://i.imgur.com/XzdTLP7.png

jeez, it must be old news but i didn't realize that musk has a trans daughter who changed her name to avoid being associated with him, and that musk blames it all on "full-on communism" in universities

this musk guy seems like he might be a bad father, to boot!!

Nonsense, he's pretty sure how many offspring he's produced.

shows you how brainwashed Elon fanboys are where one of my best friends, who has a trans child and has been vocally supportive of safe spaces, encourages guests of his business to wear a nametag with their pronouns, etc, continues to stan for this guy, only willing to concede that he's an 'asshole'. like the friend is one of the kindest, most inclusive people I know, so it's so jarring for him to stan for this 'one guy'.

their child is probably not amused and I just don't know how much further down this rabbit hole he can go before he just admits "enough". at this point I think it's a refusal to admit he's been wrong for two years than actually caping for Elon anymore. i hope so at least.

just like, the one element of his identity that isn't progressive = supporting this guy

I know it’s kind of a very tangential take, but it’s always kind of bothered me that Telsa the man become kind of the go-to groovy spiritual science guy for people rebelling against the Einstein’s Raspberry dorm room posters of earlier generations.

Became

the tesla board is frantically trying to figure out if they can oust this guy right now, right?

there are undoubtedly other ceos with terrible views out there, but they either don’t speak publicly or they keep to the normal ceo script. this guy’s out here alienating every other human on a daily basis

i imagine the tesla board is stuck? if it dumps elon, then tesla becomes just another car company, and one that isn't even particularly good at making cars

tesla needs musk to go back to being a ~visionary who is saving humanity~ but i think that ship has sailed

I was kind of on a tear last night, but it’s worth noting that the Elon-optimistic person frogs posted tweets from (Jessica Lessin) runs a ridiculously pro-tech/vc publication that positions itself as insider information for SV and investors. she and her husband (a former facebook vp) are apparently friends with the Zuckerbergs

afaict it’s at least $30/month and, while it might have some researched articles, is mostly a circle-jerk. basically the anti-valleywag

xp yeah, they’re probably stuck

here is my elon musk compliment sandwich

AGREED TO MEET WITH SBF ONLY "So long as I don't have to have a laborious blockchain debate"

... fash, abuses employees, liar, seeks to destroy transit, boring/never funny ...

LIKES POLYTOPIA

lol

I know it’s kind of a very tangential take, but it’s always kind of bothered me that Telsa the man become kind of the go-to groovy spiritual science guy for people rebelling against the Einstein’s Raspberry dorm room posters of earlier generations.

― A Kestrel for a Neve (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, December 23, 2022 11:19 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah apparently the google founders are nikola tesla adherents too its common in those circles, i think they like the tragedy of it, they identify with him, theyre unrecognized unremunerated geniuses, even tho now theyre totally recognized and remunerated they still feel the world doesnt appreciate exactly how brilliant they are, all these guys needless to say are in actuality total edisons

lol https://t.co/pr9u1vFQxi pic.twitter.com/AAAPmgVCAG

— Atrios (@Atrios) December 23, 2022

tbf every one of these dim bulbs is working on their own DEATH BEAM

one thing i *would* try to do if i were part of tesla's board is stop elon from poaching its engineers to go work at twitter, because that's absurd

#OneCompany

i frankly don't understand hero worship.

yeah its odd

carnegies organs tho

So fucking depressing to see actual human beings stanning for a billionaire and they’re not even being paid to do it. In the 19th century were there stans and super fans of Andrew Carnegie or James J Hill?

― Lord Pickles (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, December 22, 2022 12:12 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

was thinking about this and the answer is yes absolutely, how to win friends and influence people is one of the best selling books of all time, carnegie was if anything more popular than musk

lol just realized dale carnegie is totally unrelated person, apologies, carry on

anyway people probably liked andrew carnegie, people are sickos

one of dale's descendants lives a couple of doors down the street from me.

has he won you as a friend and influenced you

she's ok

wz gnna say ("carnegie (/ˈkɑːrnɪɡi/;[1] spelled carnagey until c. 1922") but lol turns out dale confirms and affirms the argt after all: "by 1916, dale conducted a sold out lecture at carnegie hall, which influenced his decision in 1919 to change the spelling of his last name in honor of the steel magnate, andrew carnegie, and easier for others to remember.[15]"

it's a good book despite the name, the lesson is basically if you want something from someone be nice to them instead of being mean... there now you don't need to read the book

How to win friends and influence people: practice, man, practice

nice

Charles Manson swore by the book

How does it stack up next to Emotional Intelligence?

It's a good book but the Dale Carnegie speaking to you is totally a stan for the tycoons, partly because he's trying to convince you that with these techniques you will become a better salesman (true) and eventually a tycoon (false).

a good salesman always tells you you're made of the right stuff to be a tycoon

https://y.yarn.co/3b2e88cd-9b12-479a-9f9a-ad38603d1e77_text.gif

worship of millionaire "geniuses" is all over the 20th century - Edison, Ford, Henry Kaiser, Hugo Stinnes, obviously Steve Jobs, Bill Gates in a different way, and so on...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-N8-FuVYog