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Re: Anti-Elon Musk news
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2023 1:59 am
by FSchmertz
CHEEZY17 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 12, 2023 1:34 am
My understanding is that Elon fired a bunch of people at the start because many were redundant and useless and as a financial move to trim payroll and expenses and to stem the unprofitability.
The move to limit views was to stem the data mining from bots that were viewing 10's of thousands of Tweets per day and mining all of that information. So while the result may have been awkward at best, his intentions were supposedly customer based (protecting your info).
All that said, he does seem to make some strange decisions on occasion.
Elon bought a business that was in bad shape. It's one of the reasons he tried to back out, or at least change the numbers. It wasn't worth as much as he initially thought.
So I don't actually blame him for cutting the payroll. He had to. I think Zuckerberg (not a friend) actually confirmed that last.
Though he and/or his people seem to do the public relations thing poorly.
Re: Anti-Elon Musk news
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:13 pm
by CHEEZY17
Florida judge rules against Disney in feud with DeSantis
https://www.reuters.com/legal/florida-j ... 023-07-28/
Re: Anti-Elon Musk news
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:16 pm
by FSchmertz
Um, how does this involve Musk?
Re: Anti-Elon Musk news
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:24 pm
by saltydog
FSchmertz wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:16 pm
Um, how does this involve Musk?
Cheese Man is flailing. Give him a few days.
Re: Anti-Elon Musk news
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:25 pm
by CHEEZY17
saltydog wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:24 pm
FSchmertz wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:16 pm
Um, how does this involve Musk?
Cheese Man is flailing. Give him a few days.
Look up in the thread.
Re: Anti-Elon Musk news
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:28 pm
by saltydog
CHEEZY17 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:25 pm
saltydog wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:24 pm
FSchmertz wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:16 pm
Um, how does this involve Musk?
Cheese Man is flailing. Give him a few days.
Look up in the thread.
No. Seeing you righties try to backpedal now is hysterically pathetic.
Re: Anti-Elon Musk news
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:30 pm
by FSchmertz
CHEEZY17 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:25 pm
saltydog wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:24 pm
FSchmertz wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:16 pm
Um, how does this involve Musk?
Cheese Man is flailing. Give him a few days.
Look up in the thread.
Ah, I didn't recognize the previous thread derailment. I thought we were still discussing stuff re: the thread title.
Re: Anti-Elon Musk news
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:36 pm
by saltydog
FSchmertz wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:30 pm
CHEEZY17 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:25 pm
saltydog wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:24 pm
FSchmertz wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:16 pm
Um, how does this involve Musk?
Cheese Man is flailing. Give him a few days.
Look up in the thread.
Ah, I didn't recognize the previous thread derailment. I thought we were still discussing stuff re: the thread title.
Elon embarrassment is tough to come back from.
Re: Anti-Elon Musk news
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:51 pm
by Animal
FSchmertz wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:30 pm
CHEEZY17 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:25 pm
saltydog wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:24 pm
FSchmertz wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:16 pm
Um, how does this involve Musk?
Cheese Man is flailing. Give him a few days.
Look up in the thread.
Ah, I didn't recognize the previous thread derailment. I thought we were still discussing stuff re: the thread title.
the thread title was meant as an example of how the media takes sides on issues and goes after high profile people to drive home their point.
Re: Anti-Elon Musk news
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:53 pm
by saltydog
Animal wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:51 pm
FSchmertz wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:30 pm
CHEEZY17 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:25 pm
saltydog wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:24 pm
FSchmertz wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:16 pm
Um, how does this involve Musk?
Cheese Man is flailing. Give him a few days.
Look up in the thread.
Ah, I didn't recognize the previous thread derailment. I thought we were still discussing stuff re: the thread title.
the thread title was meant as an example of how the media takes sides on issues and goes after high profile people to drive home their point.
Yeah, cause blowing billions of dollars due to incompetence shouldn't put a major dent in someone's reputation.
Re: Anti-Elon Musk news
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2023 11:17 pm
by saltydog
Re: Anti-Elon Musk news
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 12:39 am
by CHEEZY17
Its weird how the Left loved Elon until he bought Twitter (X).
Re: Anti-Elon Musk news
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 12:49 am
by saltydog
CHEEZY17 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 12:39 am
Its weird how the Left loved Elon until he bought Twitter (X).
You sure about that?
Re: Anti-Elon Musk news
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 1:17 am
by Animal
CHEEZY17 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 12:39 am
Its weird how the Left loved Elon until he bought Twitter (X).
no. they loved him when he was a nerdy guy making electric cars. they started despising him when he came out against the social platforms for screening Trump's posts.
See when facebook and the rest found out that it was their platforms that the russians used to spread fake accounts and hurt Hillary in the 2016 election, they over reacted and put a pretty heavy hand on the scales to hurt Trump in the 2020 election to try to make up for the past. Musk came out against that and they still hate him for it.
Re: Anti-Elon Musk news
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 1:21 pm
by Ricrude
saltydog wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:53 pm
Animal wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:51 pm
FSchmertz wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:30 pm
CHEEZY17 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:25 pm
saltydog wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:24 pm
FSchmertz wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:16 pm
Um, how does this involve Musk?
Cheese Man is flailing. Give him a few days.
Look up in the thread.
Ah, I didn't recognize the previous thread derailment. I thought we were still discussing stuff re: the thread title.
the thread title was meant as an example of how the media takes sides on issues and goes after high profile people to drive home their point.
Yeah, cause blowing billions of dollars due to incompetence shouldn't put a major dent in someone's reputation.
Kinda like what is happening with the US credit rating under the current administration?
Re: Anti-Elon Musk news
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 1:31 pm
by CHEEZY17
Ricrude wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 1:21 pm
saltydog wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:53 pm
Animal wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:51 pm
FSchmertz wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:30 pm
CHEEZY17 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:25 pm
saltydog wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:24 pm
Cheese Man is flailing. Give him a few days.
Look up in the thread.
Ah, I didn't recognize the previous thread derailment. I thought we were still discussing stuff re: the thread title.
the thread title was meant as an example of how the media takes sides on issues and goes after high profile people to drive home their point.
Yeah, cause blowing billions of dollars due to incompetence shouldn't put a major dent in someone's reputation.
Kinda like what is happening with the US credit rating under the current administration?
Fitch Downgrades US Credit Rating; Biden Officials ‘Strongly Disagree’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/fitch-do ... y-disagree
Re: Anti-Elon Musk news
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 1:46 pm
by Animal
Front page of CNN.com. This is supposed to be a news story. Written by a news journalist, not an 8th grade girl who is mad.
Linda Yaccarino was pressed about the chaos on Elon Musk’s X. Her answers were detached from reality
Updated 8:15 AM
CNN
—
Linda Yaccarino is living in a world of delusion.
The Twitter/X figurehead on Thursday made a number of wild — and outright laughable — claims about the Elon Musk-owned company where she holds the title (at least on paper) as chief executive, seemingly unaware of the grim state of affairs at the imperiled platform.
During a lengthy sit-down interview with CNBC’s Sara Eisen, Yaccarino described the one-time bird platform as if everything were not only swell, but in a better position since Musk’s chaotic takeover and reign.
Yaccarino fantastically spoke about Twitter — which has had a summer of extreme difficulty carrying out basic functions, such as displaying tweets and hosting live-audio feeds — and proclaimed the app would soon dive into the world of effortless video calls and seamless online payment processing.
The former NBCUniversal ad chief also effectively pretended that Twitter’s erratic rebrand to X had been executed beautifully, telling Eisen that it was a positive “liberation” for the company, and not a half-baked move that instantly discarded billions in brand value. During the interview, she notably referred to posts on the platform as “tweets” and not “Xs,” or whatever they’re supposed to be called these days. Oops!
But perhaps an even more preposterous claim from Yaccarino came when Eisen pressed her on brand safety and hate speech appearing on the platform since Musk’s takeover. Yaccarino, who was once considered a serious person in the industry, said with a straight face that “99.9%” of the content posted on the platform is “healthy.”
“By all objective metrics,” Yaccarino told Eisen, “X is a much healthier and safer platform than it was a year ago.”
Uh, what?!?!
It’s unclear precisely what data Yaccarino was referring to. But a slew of studies from noted researchers over the last year have shown exactly the opposite of what she confidently claimed. Organizations such as the Anti-Defamation League, Center for Countering Digital Hate, Institute for Strategic Dialogue, and other researchers have all released their own respective reports conveying a similar message: hate speech is up, not down, under Musk.
Just as Yaccarino was sitting down with Eisner, the revered security group, Secure Community Network, sent an open-eyed letter to Musk, warning rhetoric on his platform might “incite violence” against the Jewish community. “Hashtags such as #holohoax and #killthejews still drive users to antisemitic and violent content,” the organization sternly warned, adding that the platform has “more cleaning up to do.”
Even two of the specific examples Yaccarino pointed to supposedly showcasing a positive experience for advertisers were quickly shot down Thursday. Yaccarino celebrated Coca-Cola and State Farm marketing their products on Twitter/X, as she underscored the platform’s commitment to brand safety. But the progressive watchdog Media Matters quickly produced evidence showing that ads for both Coca-Cola and State Farm had actually been displayed adjacent to extremist and anti-vaccine material.
The reason for all the reprehensible content is clear. Under Musk’s watch, the platform has welcomed back white nationalists, conspiracy theorists, anti-vaccine activists, and various other extremists with open arms. Musk, who rarely meets a conspiracy theory that he doesn’t embrace, has also empowered these unpalatable users by happily boosting their content on his website for the monthly fee of $8.
Re: Anti-Elon Musk news
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 2:38 pm
by CHEEZY17
Animal wrote: ↑Fri Aug 11, 2023 1:46 pm
Front page of CNN.com. This is supposed to be a news story. Written by a news journalist, not an 8th grade girl who is mad.
Linda Yaccarino was pressed about the chaos on Elon Musk’s X. Her answers were detached from reality
Updated 8:15 AM
CNN
—
Linda Yaccarino is living in a world of delusion.
The Twitter/X figurehead on Thursday made a number of wild — and outright laughable — claims about the Elon Musk-owned company where she holds the title (at least on paper) as chief executive, seemingly unaware of the grim state of affairs at the imperiled platform.
During a lengthy sit-down interview with CNBC’s Sara Eisen, Yaccarino described the one-time bird platform as if everything were not only swell, but in a better position since Musk’s chaotic takeover and reign.
Yaccarino fantastically spoke about Twitter — which has had a summer of extreme difficulty carrying out basic functions, such as displaying tweets and hosting live-audio feeds — and proclaimed the app would soon dive into the world of effortless video calls and seamless online payment processing.
The former NBCUniversal ad chief also effectively pretended that Twitter’s erratic rebrand to X had been executed beautifully, telling Eisen that it was a positive “liberation” for the company, and not a half-baked move that instantly discarded billions in brand value. During the interview, she notably referred to posts on the platform as “tweets” and not “Xs,” or whatever they’re supposed to be called these days. Oops!
But perhaps an even more preposterous claim from Yaccarino came when Eisen pressed her on brand safety and hate speech appearing on the platform since Musk’s takeover. Yaccarino, who was once considered a serious person in the industry, said with a straight face that “99.9%” of the content posted on the platform is “healthy.”
“By all objective metrics,” Yaccarino told Eisen, “X is a much healthier and safer platform than it was a year ago.”
Uh, what?!?!
It’s unclear precisely what data Yaccarino was referring to. But a slew of studies from noted researchers over the last year have shown exactly the opposite of what she confidently claimed. Organizations such as the Anti-Defamation League, Center for Countering Digital Hate, Institute for Strategic Dialogue, and other researchers have all released their own respective reports conveying a similar message: hate speech is up, not down, under Musk.
Just as Yaccarino was sitting down with Eisner, the revered security group, Secure Community Network, sent an open-eyed letter to Musk, warning rhetoric on his platform might “incite violence” against the Jewish community. “Hashtags such as #holohoax and #killthejews still drive users to antisemitic and violent content,” the organization sternly warned, adding that the platform has “more cleaning up to do.”
Even two of the specific examples Yaccarino pointed to supposedly showcasing a positive experience for advertisers were quickly shot down Thursday. Yaccarino celebrated Coca-Cola and State Farm marketing their products on Twitter/X, as she underscored the platform’s commitment to brand safety. But the progressive watchdog Media Matters quickly produced evidence showing that ads for both Coca-Cola and State Farm had actually been displayed adjacent to extremist and anti-vaccine material.
The reason for all the reprehensible content is clear. Under Musk’s watch, the platform has welcomed back white nationalists, conspiracy theorists, anti-vaccine activists, and various other extremists with open arms. Musk, who rarely meets a conspiracy theory that he doesn’t embrace, has also empowered these unpalatable users by happily boosting their content on his website for the monthly fee of $8.
Lefties are pissed that there is bullshit competition for their bullshit.
Re: Anti-Elon Musk news
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2023 2:04 pm
by Antknot
Re: Anti-Elon Musk news
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2023 1:54 pm
by Ricrude
Interesting take on Soros...
Re: Anti-Elon Musk news
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2023 2:11 pm
by Biker
Spot on as usual.
I'm old enough to remember when leftists loved Elon
Re: Anti-Elon Musk news
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2023 2:58 pm
by saltydog
Biker wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 2:11 pm
Spot on as usual.
I'm old enough to remember when leftists loved Elon
Usually once people are revealed for who they are it's disappointing.
Re: Anti-Elon Musk news
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2023 3:07 pm
by Biker
saltydog wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 2:58 pm
Biker wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 2:11 pm
Spot on as usual.
I'm old enough to remember when leftists loved Elon
Usually once people are revealed for who they are it's disappointing.
I can't imagine what you went through when you discovered he had opinions different from yours
Re: Anti-Elon Musk news
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2023 3:20 pm
by saltydog
Biker wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 3:07 pm
saltydog wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 2:58 pm
Biker wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 2:11 pm
Spot on as usual.
I'm old enough to remember when leftists loved Elon
Usually once people are revealed for who they are it's disappointing.
I can't imagine what you went through when you discovered he had opinions different from yours
I've evolved. When I was a child, I was a gun waving racist who wanted to strip social security and execute people performing abortions.
Re: Anti-Elon Musk news
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2023 3:23 pm
by Animal
and so now you are a facebook addicted Karen.