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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2022 4:06 pm    Post subject:

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I wonder if Elon will eventually run for office.
Maybe he wants to be the next Trump?


Is he ineligible since he was born in South Africa?


He can’t run for President, but he can run for other positions. For example, Schwarzenegger was governor of California.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2022 4:29 pm    Post subject:

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2022 8:14 pm    Post subject:

Guessing he wasn't satisfied with money. The next step is to gain power. It all makes sense in that he is willing to trade a lot of his riches for something he doesn't have at the moment.
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Guessing he wasn't satisfied with money. The next step is to gain power. It all makes sense in that he is willing to trade a lot of his riches for something he doesn't have at the moment.


He just an unhinged narcissist, nothing more. There’s no next step.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2022 11:11 pm    Post subject:

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Guessing he wasn't satisfied with money. The next step is to gain power. It all makes sense in that he is willing to trade a lot of his riches for something he doesn't have at the moment.


He just an unhinged narcissist, nothing more. There’s no next step.


Gotta agree. We are way past the point where there was even a logical rationalization. Like that other narcissist who tasted power and real time interaction fame that raged larger the crazier he behaved , this narcissist is just spinning at the next crazy dopamine burst in front of him.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2022 6:36 pm    Post subject:

Elmo decides he doesn't like the results of the poll calling for him to step down as CEO, vows to restrict it to only blue subscribers.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/musk-says-twitter-restrict-voting-005213118.html
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2022 8:06 pm    Post subject:

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Elmo decides he doesn't like the results of the poll calling for him to step down as CEO, vows to restrict it to only blue subscribers.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/musk-says-twitter-restrict-voting-005213118.html


For those unable to read the full story here's another LINK
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2022 8:23 pm    Post subject:

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Elmo decides he doesn't like the results of the poll calling for him to step down as CEO, vows to restrict it to only blue subscribers.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/musk-says-twitter-restrict-voting-005213118.html


Nothing exemplifies free speech and democracy better than having to pay to be able to vote to get your voice heard.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2022 9:27 pm    Post subject:

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Elmo decides he doesn't like the results of the poll calling for him to step down as CEO, vows to restrict it to only blue subscribers.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/musk-says-twitter-restrict-voting-005213118.html


Elmo Musky wants to limit the voting to his echo chamber/fanboys: New blues (fanboys) are different than legacy blues (mainstream media types).

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2022 9:35 pm    Post subject:

The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder

(Elon Musk Can’t Stop Self-Owning Himself)

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Elon Musk keeps trying to reconcile his desire to be loved with being a tremendous ass on Twitter who can't stop making the world a worse place.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 22, 2022 1:06 pm    Post subject:

David Pakman Show

(Elon Musk Cancels Twitter Policy in One Day)
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Accounts pushing Kremlin propaganda are using Twitter’s new paid verification system to appear more prominently on the platform, another sign that Elon Musk’s takeover is accelerating the spread of misinformation, a nonprofit research group has found.


https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1628382068936679424?t=QhfZMZNaGmERU96yRnOJdg&s=19
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2023 1:10 pm    Post subject:

Don't get your news from Twitter, anymore.

Stick to the BBC and PBS.

EFF Musk and Putin.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 10:09 am    Post subject:

Elmo gave blue check marks to Lebron, William Shatner and Stephen King after they refused to pay for verification.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 27, 2023 9:35 am    Post subject:

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Right after Elon Musk took control of Twitter, hateful content rose as moderation was loosened, according to a USC computer scientist and his team.


https://twitter.com/latimes/status/1651639871998500866?t=ifMpnPZqiMLJ0lgkizwuiQ&s=19
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 27, 2023 6:02 pm    Post subject:

The guy is a clown, and I worked there before. Got out before the moron took over.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 27, 2023 8:46 pm    Post subject:

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The guy is a clown, and I worked there before. Got out before the moron took over.


Twitter?
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 2:05 am    Post subject:

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The guy is a clown, and I worked there before. Got out before the moron took over.


Twitter?


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PostPosted: Tue May 09, 2023 4:37 pm    Post subject:

Probably a convergence of two worlds but Tucker Carlson brought back his show on twitter......
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PostPosted: Tue May 09, 2023 8:03 pm    Post subject:

Musk is going to turn Twitter into a conservative right wing website.
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PostPosted: Wed May 10, 2023 8:58 am    Post subject:

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Musk is going to turn Twitter into a conservative right wing website.

He is recruiting Don Lemon too.
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PostPosted: Wed May 10, 2023 1:47 pm    Post subject:

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The guy is a clown, and I worked there before. Got out before the moron took over.


Twitter?


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Probably would have canned you
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PostPosted: Wed May 10, 2023 4:34 pm    Post subject:

My guess is that he wants to turn Twitter into a more social interactive version of Youtube/Spotify re: vlogs and blogs. Twitter wasn't (and still isn't) a viable money making company in the long run. It doesn't have enough revenue streams to keep investors interested. By bringing in high level exclusive talent and giving bloggers/vloggers the ability to monetize their blogs/vlogs/podcasts through twitter (with twitter taking a cut), he's trying to create new revenue streams.

Ignoring all the right wing stuff from him, its a financially smart move if only because he can't just sit on his hands or twitter will just keep losing money and become complete obsolete in 3-5 years.
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PostPosted: Wed May 10, 2023 4:44 pm    Post subject:

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My guess is that he wants to turn Twitter into a more social interactive version of Youtube/Spotify re: vlogs and blogs. Twitter wasn't (and still isn't) a viable money making company in the long run. It doesn't have enough revenue streams to keep investors interested. By bringing in high level exclusive talent and giving bloggers/vloggers the ability to monetize their blogs/vlogs/podcasts through twitter (with twitter taking a cut), he's trying to create new revenue streams.

Ignoring all the right wing stuff from him, its a financially smart move if only because he can't just sit on his hands or twitter will just keep losing money and become complete obsolete in 3-5 years.


We'll see what the advertisers do. Alot have left since Musk took over.

Apparently racist, sexist, bigoted, and just generally discriminatory "free speech" isn't something advertisers want their products associated with.

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Advertisers have fled in droves over Musk’s policy changes and erratic behavior on the site, causing advertising revenue to recently drop by as much as 75 percent, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share sensitive internal information.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/04/15/twitter-musk-bid-anniversary/

But Musk ball sniffers will tell you he's a "genius". Instead of questioning why Twitter moderated its content the way it did pre-Musk. Elon thinks he's a genius. And turning the platform into a beacon of hate speech is just another one of his "genius" ideas. That nobody else could've thought of but him. The "genius".
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PostPosted: Wed May 10, 2023 7:21 pm    Post subject:

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My guess is that he wants to turn Twitter into a more social interactive version of Youtube/Spotify re: vlogs and blogs. Twitter wasn't (and still isn't) a viable money making company in the long run. It doesn't have enough revenue streams to keep investors interested. By bringing in high level exclusive talent and giving bloggers/vloggers the ability to monetize their blogs/vlogs/podcasts through twitter (with twitter taking a cut), he's trying to create new revenue streams.

Ignoring all the right wing stuff from him, its a financially smart move if only because he can't just sit on his hands or twitter will just keep losing money and become complete obsolete in 3-5 years.


Nothing Elmo has said or done regarding Twitter indicates his intentions are to make it a profitable venture. He's been very clear in his intent to weaponize it, even at a financial loss.
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