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@Ayespy said in X.COM on the Path to Profitability:
@Pesala Shapiro is not a journalist. He is an advocate.
That is a generous description. He is better described as a provocateur, a reactionary, or a media manipulator. Anyone who presents themselves as a 'free speech advocate' is usually a big red flag. They are not actually interested in free speech. What they are interested in is polluting the discourse, or 'flooding the zone with shit'.
Watch Linda Yaccarino’s wild interview at the Code Conference
Yaccarino sounded rattled. She’d found out earlier in the day that Kara Swisher, a Code Conference co-founder, had booked a surprise guest to appear an hour before her: Yoel Roth, Twitter’s former head of trust and safety. He has been an outspoken critic of the direction Elon Musk has taken the site.
In his interview with Swisher, Roth recounted how Musk put him personally in danger. Musk suggested on Twitter that Roth had advocated for sexualizing children — a completely unfounded claim — which led to death threats and his address being posted online. “I had to sell my house. I had to move,” Roth said. He encouraged Yaccarino to think about how Musk could turn on her, too, and said the site was bleeding users and advertisers.
I suppose unfounded claims about a person sexualizing children is just good old free speech.
Indeed, reports show that the only times Twitter was actually removing information regarding elections was in the most extreme circumstances, such as cases where you had people impersonating election officials on Twitter in an attempt to mislead voters into not voting (such as by telling them the election was on a different day), or where there were out and out frauds.
That kind of thing is still really important.
But apparently not to Elon Musk. Earlier this week it was reported that exTwitter had disabled the feature that let users “report” election misinformation as part of its reporting tools. That already got some people worried about how a Musk-run exTwitter would handle many upcoming elections.
As if to confirm this was absolutely intentional, that same day, the Information revealed that Elon fired half of the remaining “Election Integrity Team” at exTwitter. This is despite him recently promising to expand that effort. Rolling Stone has way more info on all of this, including details about what likely happened here and it’s dumber than you could have imagined.
It began, as so much nonsense does these days, with gullible Elon falling for complete and utter nonsense peddlers on his own site. A month ago, Aaron Rodericks, who worked on the “threat disruption” team, and is a holdover from pre-Elon Twitter, announced that he was hiring 8 new people for civic integrity and elections work:
Again, this work is not about “censoring,” but about actually understanding various threats to actual elections (not just garden variety political misinfo) and figuring out ways to counter them.But the nonsense peddlers on exTwitter that have Elon’s ear convinced him that it was a sneaky plot behind Elon’s back… supported with “evidence” that Aaron had, at times, liked some tweets that mocked Elon and Linda Yaccarino.
In a quote tweet, Benz replied to Raichik’s sarcastic question: “No, it’s being run by Yoel Roth’s former colleague, who still somehow works at X despite appearing to think Musk is a ‘f-ing dip-’ — His name is Aaron Rodericks.” In the post, Benz shared screenshots of his many recent criticisms of Rodericks on the platform. In those tweets, Benz called Rodericks one of CEO Linda Yaccarino’s “censorship shills” and noted that Rodericks had apparently liked another user’s tweet using the aforementioned epithet to describe Musk.
Again, remember that for all of Elon’s talk about “free speech” on his platform, and a promise to fund any lawsuit for someone fired for their activities on exTwitter, he has a thing where he is very quick to fire any employee who even hints at not wanting to lick his boots.
The free speech warriors also tend to have the thinnest skin.
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Thank you for this information.
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@Pesala said in X.COM on the Path to Profitability:
A lie gets around the world before the truth has the time to get its pants on. (Sir Winston Churchill).
Whether by Mark Twain or Winston Churchill, a wonderful quote.
But, like every quote, it also runs the risk of being occupied.
I don't think either of them would ever have used it pro Elon Musk.
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To me it sounds more like the acerbic charm of Winston Churchill.
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In spite of all the trolling here by haters, x.com is on the path to profitability.
Linda is doing an awesome job as the CEO of 𝕏:
• Operating cash flow is at break even
• Turning a profit early 2024
• 90% of top 100 advertisers have returned
• In last 12 weeks ~1500 advertisers returned
• Daily active users: 250M
• Monthly active users: 540M (Teslaconomics on X:)Only time will tell if it becomes the everything app like WeChat that Elon has envisioned.
@ugly said in X.COM on the Path to Profitability:The free speech warriors also tend to have the thinnest skin.
An employer has every right to expect that employees will not bite the hand that feeds.
Free speech allows anyone to say whatever they like, but trying to damage an individual’s or a company’s reputation, resulting in financial loss, is a dangerous game to play. One should expect to be sacked or sued.
Venting your ill-will on social media harms yourself first. As the saying goes: “Picking up excrement to throw at others will soil your own hand, and you may miss the target entirely.”
@ingolftopf said in X.COM on the Path to Profitability:
To me it sounds more like the acerbic charm of Winston Churchill.
He won a Nobel Laureate for literature. He said and wrote many things. It is likely that he said the quoted phrase, even if he did not invent it. Mark Twain said something different: “A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
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@Ayespy said in X.COM on the Path to Profitability:
Whether he is Jewish is an open question.
Only if you redefine “Jew” to suit your agenda.
Shapiro was born on January 15, 1984 in Los Angeles, California, to a Conservative Jewish family. He is Ashkenazi Jewish, of Russian-Jewish and Lithuanian-Jewish ancestry. When he was 9 years old, his family transitioned to Orthodox Judaism. (Wikipedia)
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@ugly said in X.COM on the Path to Profitability:
Scientists publishing their work that goes against conspiratorial narratives regularly receive death threats.
If that's true, that's terrifying! Forgetting banning from social media: Those folks need to be arrested.
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Free Speech at X? Such can never exist on a non-free commercial platform.
This Elon is kidding us with his juvenile jokes.At X and former Twitter was much of hate, death threats on normal people. Aggression as a business model. No thanks.
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@DoctorG 𝕏 is free to use. Subscriptions are optional. I heard of a plan to charge $1 a year to foil spammers. I don’t know if it has been implemented yet.
Aggression is not the business model for 𝕏.
You are spreading lies and disinformation.Dad Jokes are allowed, but hate speech that violates the law of the land is not. People can and do get banned for posting threats. One can easily mute users who post mostly content intended to stir people up.
Former Twitter had a lot of problems, most of which have been fixed, but it will always be work in progress.
Spam selling crypto etc., seems to be rare. What you come across will depend largely on who you follow.
If anyone likes cute cat videos, they can follow https://twitter.com/ShouldHaveCat
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The alleged antisemite, Elon Musk plans to visit Israel on Monday, the office of Israeli President Isaac Herzog confirmed to Business Insider.
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What is impressive is how he's built a cult of personality around him, such that people will continue to defend his actions, even as be continues to spiral into being a conspiracy theory promoting reactionary.
It is also impressive that with enough money someone can create and publicize an event in order to backpeddle on their recent actions, instead of doing what normal people have to do, like not promote anti-semetic commentators or promote idiotic conspiracy theories.
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Nothing will happen if Musk would be or support such anti-whateverelses; his company is in state "To big to fail".
I can not see that information and discussions in tweets (or should be call is Xs?) are better now after Musk bought Twitter and changed it to X.
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@ugly There is no end of misinformation from the haters. They never learn the context before jumping to conclusions.
Elon Musk and Israeli Ministry of Communications reach agreement
- Starlink satellite units can now operate in Israel, including Gaza, with approval from the Israeli Ministry of Communications.
Other billionaires live in tax havens, while Elon continues to work his butt off running five companies, providing tens of thousands of well-paid jobs without the blood-sucking union bosses who are doing their utmost to destroy the companies that they work for.
@DoctorG said in X.COM on the Path to Profitability:
his company is in state "Too big to fail".
Tesla and SpaceX (which only just broke even), got big because they reinvested most of their profits back into R&D and scaling production. Other auto manufactures lose money on every EV sold because they never invested enough to reach scale, or learnt how to build EVs properly. Billions in government loans because they are "too big to fail," and Joe Biden was elected by the union members.
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@Pesala Nice, he helps to grow his business, that is ok.
And such is always good without any workers union.
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@Pesala said in X.COM on the Path to Profitability:
@ugly There is no end of misinformation from the haters. They never learn the context before jumping to conclusions.
Elon Musk and Israeli Ministry of Communications reach agreement
- Starlink satellite units can now operate in Israel, including Gaza, with approval from the Israeli Ministry of Communications.
Did Elon Musk personally promote information from people who spread disinformation, conspiracy theories and antisemitic content?
Has his company paid account holders that promote disinformation, conspiracy theories and antisemitic content?
Has Elon Musk personally promoted and repeated disinformation about COVID?
https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.33YG3KH
It is easy to deflect and make dismissive claims about haters. But you need to be able to back up those claims. Judge people by their actions, not by their rhetoric.
When I don't want to be accused of being antisemitic, or a conspiracy theorist, I don't promote antisemitic content. Elon Musk doesn't seem to feel the same way.
And reaching a business agreement in a particular country does not change his personal actions. Business decisions are about making profit.
Other billionaires live in tax havens, while Elon continues to work his butt off running five companies, providing tens of thousands of well-paid jobs without the blood-sucking union bosses who are doing their utmost to destroy the companies that they work for.
@DoctorG said in X.COM on the Path to Profitability:
his company is in state "Too big to fail".
Tesla and SpaceX (which only just broke even), got big because they reinvested most of their profits back into R&D and scaling production. Other auto manufactures lose money on every EV sold because they never invested enough to reach scale, or learnt how to build EVs properly. Billions in government loans because they are "too big to fail," and Joe Biden was elected by the union members.
Henry Ford also provided tens of thousands of well-paid jobs. He also opposed unions.
Those things did not stop Henry Ford from being profoundly racist:
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@ugly As I said, you need to dig a bit deeper to uncover the facts.
Elon Musk is suing Media Matters, which is funded by George Soros.
Learn more about George Soros.
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@Pesala said in X.COM on the Path to Profitability:
@ugly As I said, you need to dig a bit deeper to uncover the facts.
Elon Musk is suing Media Matters, which is funded by George Soros.
Learn more about George Soros.
You need to dig a bit deeper to get out of conspiratorial sycophantry.
Citing a tweet to Tucker Carlson, a well-known propagandist, is not the best look.
And usually when someone is trying to defend a claim of antisemitism, they try to avoid making the claim that a Jewish person is using his money to control the media.
Particularly, when many people have reproduced the claims from Media Matters:
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/11/27/elons-censorial-lawsuit-against-media-matters-inspiring-many-more-people-to-find-extwitter-ads-on-awful-content/ -
@ugly Pointing out that George Soros made his money in ways that did great harm to ordinary savers and investors by speculating on the money markets does not make anyone an antisemite, just because he happens to be Jewish.
As you say, we should judge people by their actions. Elon made his money by building hugely profitable companies through scientific brilliance and hard work, providing many well-paid jobs. Tesla workers voted to reject the unions.
He does not live in a mansion or a tax haven. He pays more tax than anyone, and his employees also pay their taxes.
@DoctorG said in X.COM on the Path to Profitability:
And such is always good without any workers union.
With or without unions, growing the business is good for the workers. Running a business into bankruptcy through excessive demands is not. Many Tesla workers became $ millionaires from their stock options. Why would they want to give 1-2% of their wages to corrupt union leaders?.
