Jman Posted November 10, 2022 Author Share Posted November 10, 2022 4 minutes ago, matrixman124 said: Lawyers are probably watering at the mouth waiting for the inevitable violations. Also expect more resignations from people who don’t want to put themselves in legal jeopardy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrixman124 Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 this tweet deserves some kind of award. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenguinBoss Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 I think his plan was to say "The site is worth x amount, but there are y number of bots/spam accounts so I'm gonna pay much less than that." Then he would do what he's doing now: Charging for "verification" so all those bots/spam accounts will pay to look legit. Bonus points if they get banned and make a new account to do it again, which they definitely will. It would have worked well if he didn't start in the hole, and his actions weren't going to wind up killing the platform. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrixman124 Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 36 minutes ago, PenguinBoss said: I think his plan was to say "The site is worth x amount, but there are y number of bots/spam accounts so I'm gonna pay much less than that." Then he would do what he's doing now: Charging for "verification" so all those bots/spam accounts will pay to look legit. Bonus points if they get banned and make a new account to do it again, which they definitely will. It would have worked well if he didn't start in the hole, and his actions weren't going to wind up killing the platform. Any lawyer would tell him that that's not how sight unseen deals work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenguinBoss Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 9 minutes ago, matrixman124 said: Any lawyer would tell him that that's not how sight unseen deals work. Obviously, that's why he started in the hole to begin with. There's also a lot of people saying that tanking the platform was his plan. Just imagine being so spiteful and rich that you can buy one of the largest social media platforms for the sole purpose of crashing it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrixman124 Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 1 minute ago, PenguinBoss said: Obviously, that's why he started in the hole to begin with. There's also a lot of people saying that tanking the platform was his plan. Just imagine being so spiteful and rich that you can buy one of the largest social media platforms for the sole purpose of crashing it. Yes spending 44 billion to tank a social media platform and bolster platforms like *checks notes* Truth Social. Very brilliant. Especially when he used his own Tesla stocks as collateral. Master stroke. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpgamer Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 1 hour ago, PenguinBoss said: I think his plan was to say "The site is worth x amount, but there are y number of bots/spam accounts so I'm gonna pay much less than that." Then he would do what he's doing now: Charging for "verification" so all those bots/spam accounts will pay to look legit. Bonus points if they get banned and make a new account to do it again, which they definitely will. It would have worked well if he didn't start in the hole, and his actions weren't going to wind up killing the platform. Seems like that plan would fall apart when all the banks start issuing charge backs for all the stolen credit card info the bots would be using.. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrixman124 Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 11 minutes ago, Raptorpat said: How can users complain to you without a communications department? Oh yeah, via Twitter. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GuyBeardmane Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Raptorpat said: Bless the person who paid $8 to fuck over a pharmaceutical company, and may there be many more in the coming days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seight Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 4 hours ago, matrixman124 said: this tweet deserves some kind of award. *throws up hands* I mean, I get it, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrixman124 Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 (edited) Throwing every idea at the wall except he's implementing each idea in real time. What a smart person. Edited November 11, 2022 by matrixman124 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwimOdin Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Does Twitter last two more weeks? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrixman124 Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 32 minutes ago, SwimOdin said: Does Twitter last two more weeks? It'll make it to the end of the year maybe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 17 hours ago, GuyBeardmane said: Bless the person who paid $8 to fuck over a pharmaceutical company, and may there be many more in the coming days. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwimOdin Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 8 hours ago, Raptorpat said: What a fucking ludicrous economic system we have. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1pooh4u Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 Is Elon gonna get dragged before Congress for being dumb and costing a pharmaceutical company billions of dollars? Fuck big Pharma, but still, Musk’s big brain ideas has resulted in chaos on a couple of levels. Elon Musk is like an incompetent movie villain 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seight Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 52 minutes ago, 1pooh4u said: Is Elon gonna get dragged before Congress for being dumb and costing a pharmaceutical company billions of dollars? Fuck big Pharma, but still, Musk’s big brain ideas has resulted in chaos on a couple of levels. Elon Musk is like an incompetent movie villain That would take this straight from "You hate to see it" to "actually I would like to see it." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1pooh4u Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 20 minutes ago, Seight said: That would take this straight from "You hate to see it" to "actually I would like to see it." And his company,Tesla, just recalled some of their vehicles cuz they suddenly lose power steering so it would be the perfect cherry in the shit sundae he created 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwimModSponges Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 Twitter to become a bank. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/11/twitter-could-go-bankrupt-lose-billions-next-year-musk-tells-staff/ Quote Twitter that works more like a financial institution, where digital payments are sent as easily as direct messages, creators can get paid more than they would on platforms like YouTube, and average users can generate higher interest on payments accounts held right there on Twitter. “That’s definitely a direction we’re going to go in, enabling people on Twitter to be able to send money anywhere in the world instantly and in real time,” Musk confirmed, detailing plans to link debit cards to Twitter accounts and even issue checks to users so they can pay rent from their Twitter accounts. “It sounds like more of a bank,” one employee noted. “Do you also foresee us loaning?” Musk—who in the past two weeks has conducted business by riling key advertisers, threatening to diminish reach of Twitter’s top users' posts, and firing key staff in charge of key money-generating products—responded, “Well, if you want to provide a comprehensive service to people, then you can’t be missing key elements.” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted November 12, 2022 Author Share Posted November 12, 2022 Yeah, get the FDIC involved with your failing company. See what happens. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrixman124 Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 Section 230 would normally protect a company like Twitter from being sued buuuuut this was specifically caused by Elon making blue checkmarks tied to money and not verification. Soooooo we may be seeing many lawsuits from the companies losing money from the impersonation accounts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katt_goddess Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 7 hours ago, SwimModSponges said: Twitter to become a bank. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/11/twitter-could-go-bankrupt-lose-billions-next-year-musk-tells-staff/ yeah, that's a plan. Let the man-baby who impulse flashed $44 billion to buy a place that wasn't on sale to basically 'own the libs' and is now proceeding to gut it because he doesn't know anything have access to other people's money. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seight Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 8 hours ago, SwimModSponges said: Twitter to become a bank. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/11/twitter-could-go-bankrupt-lose-billions-next-year-musk-tells-staff/ They might as well just say "I know you guys lost a lot of money on Crypto, but THIS will be different, I promise." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrixman124 Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Did... Elon have a work call over public Twitter 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrixman124 Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 (edited) 13 hours ago, matrixman124 said: Did... Elon have a work call over public Twitter Holy fuck Edited November 14, 2022 by matrixman124 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
André Toulon Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenguinBoss Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 (edited) Edited November 14, 2022 by PenguinBoss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpgamer Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 I guess being stupidly rich means not being able to see the very obvious consequences of your actions... but I'm sure this won't backfire at all. 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Gun Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insipid Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 "He's in a dark place." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naraku360 Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 @Ginguy: Go woke, go broke! Go woke, go broke! Go woke, go broke! Go woke, go broke! Go woke, go broke! [Elon unwokes the fuck out of Twitter] 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1pooh4u Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Seight Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 I know everything about this is stupid, but still I HAVE SOMETHING STUPID TO SHOW YOU, FINE PEOPLES: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 It’s only a matter of time before Elon Musk’s Twitter misadventures start to bleed into Tesla, especially since his ability to manage is being called into question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpgamer Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 5 hours ago, Seight said: I know everything about this is stupid, but still I HAVE SOMETHING STUPID TO SHOW YOU, FINE PEOPLES: And then there's cases like this 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 5 hours ago, scoobdog said: It’s only a matter of time before Elon Musk’s Twitter misadventures start to bleed into Tesla, especially since his ability to manage is being called into question. Tesla stock has apparently been battered ever since the buyout of Twitter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 But GriftTube really thinks Twitter is "winning". Winning the race to insolvency, maybe. Betcha solving world hunger sounds really good right now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrixman124 Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 4 minutes ago, Jman said: But GriftTube really thinks Twitter is "winning". Winning the race to insolvency, maybe. Betcha solving world hunger sounds really good right now. I mean, Elon fanboys eat it up. The person could believe it if they're a dumb Elon fanboy themselves. This is what happens when billionaires are put on a pedestal and a cult of personality grows from it. "They must be brilliant to have gotten all that money" is the dogma and cannot be questioned. Elon is so high on this that he fires anyone who questions him or can't keep up with his abusive work demands. Reality won't be so kind but even then he'll be lauded. We saw the same exact thing happen with Trump and his fans. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonSinger Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 47 minutes ago, Jman said: But GriftTube really thinks Twitter is "winning". Winning the race to insolvency, maybe. Betcha solving world hunger sounds really good right now. I'm proud of the fact that I called this man's bullshit early on, but Jesus H. Christ on a cracker, I legit didn't think he was this horribly incompetent. Yeah, those Teslas that had to be sent back for fixes as soon as they arrived and other shenanigans I'd never seen from a car company in the US tipped me off, but this whole ass Twitter debacle is inspiring a bunch of college courses across different areas of study in real time all narrowing down to, "DON'T BE THIS ASSHOLE!" What is with this year of giant self-implosions? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1pooh4u Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 1 hour ago, DragonSinger said: I'm proud of the fact that I called this man's bullshit early on, but Jesus H. Christ on a cracker, I legit didn't think he was this horribly incompetent. Yeah, those Teslas that had to be sent back for fixes as soon as they arrived and other shenanigans I'd never seen from a car company in the US tipped me off, but this whole ass Twitter debacle is inspiring a bunch of college courses across different areas of study in real time all narrowing down to, "DON'T BE THIS ASSHOLE!" What is with this year of giant self-implosions? Bullshit people eventually implode because lies rarely stay hidden forever eventually the incompetence reveals itself At least that’s how I see it. People were saying for a long time that Musk didn’t invent things as much as he just came in and took things over. His luck has run out but it’s only temporary. Even if he loses every penny he has banks will have no problem lending him more. It’s gross. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 (edited) Musk got into a substantially underserved market with his cars, but with big companies playing catch up, it’s only a matter of time before Tesla loses that exclusivity shine. I mean, even the new Prius looks ok. The Prius! Edited November 16, 2022 by Jman 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Like any company, including the GMs, Toyotas, Stellantis', and Daimlers of the world, Tesla needs to innovate and they've done relatively poorly at that as of late. The Cybertruck being the most recent visible failure, their industrial truck division has not produced notable results either and that's a fairly significant shortcoming given that other big names in that sector (Daimler, Peterbilt, Kenworth, Navistar International) have all been working on electric models. It's really only a matter of time before Tesla becomes middle of the pack in all or most of its various markets and the companies shortcomings start to become glaring. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpgamer Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 Ah, a classic case of bullying a dude off his favorite platform. Got some big Tuxedo Mask energy on that one. Fire most of the staff, rapidly implement and immediately remove incredibly bad ideas, drive away advertisers and users in droves... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrixman124 Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 (edited) Thank you, Queen Edited November 17, 2022 by matrixman124 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seight Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 30 minutes ago, matrixman124 said: Thank you, Queen The only difference is stars on some of their bellies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poofy Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 15 hours ago, Jman said: Tesla stock has apparently been battered ever since the buyout of Twitter. Never closed my 3x short Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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