ChiGoose Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 6 minutes ago, BillsFanNC said: All you need to prove former liberal activism and censorship on Twitter is one massive, memory holed anecdote. But of course there are thousands more. Brute censoring the NY Post Hunter Biden laptop story. End of story. Advertisers had no problem when Twitter did that. I wonder why? Easy. Advertisers are small-c conservative and just want a place to put their ads in front of people’s eyeballs without harming the brand. Agree or disagree with Twitter’s content moderation approach, it was fairly stable and predictable. Brands didn’t need to worry too much about unpredictable chaos or negative blowback to their ads. Had Musk simply come in and tweaked the content moderation policy towards something you would probably find more favorable, there probably wouldn’t be much backlash from the brands. However, he severely overpaid for the site and now has to make debt service payments that are bigger than Twitter’s annual revenues. To do that, he had to layoff large swaths of employees, including those whose primary job was brand safety. In addition, instead of spending time testing and tweaking new features to ensure they wouldn’t negatively impact the environment, the new Twitter Blue was rushed to market with deep flaws that would endanger brand safety. Instead of recognizing that this is exactly the kind of unpredictable environment that brands do not want to be a part of, Musk doubled down, stating that they would continue to try different things and some would be dumb. Applications have dev environments and test environments so you can do stringent testing on any new code or features before pushing to production. Instead, it looks like Twitter will just test everything in prod, causing further chaos. Brands like boring stability. Musk is pushing Twitter towards more chaos. That‘s why brands are leaving. Just now, BillsFanNC said: @ChiGoose rooting for more censorship and against free speech? Say it ain't so! Just another strawman from someone who apparently can’t read. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 16 minutes ago, ChiGoose said: Sure, keep telling yourself that. If you believe that Elon’s ownership of Twitter is going to end well, I have some crypto you can buy. Likewise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiGoose Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 36 minutes ago, SCBills said: Hes unorthodox for sure. User activity hit an all time high this past week and he’s beta testing in real time. Personally, i think it’s fascinating. The Twitter blue was an insane disaster though. Can’t have too many more stumbles on that level … ie., stock prices tanking based on fake accounts making false announcements. Twitter will be fine though. I think you may be more wishing for failure (long term) than expecting it. I very much don’t want Twitter to fail. I enjoy using it. I would love to be wrong here. I just think that Musk is a finance guy who has convinced himself that he’s an engineer and doesn’t understand what Twitter actually is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 9 minutes ago, ChiGoose said: I very much don’t want Twitter to fail. I enjoy using it. I would love to be wrong here. I just think that Musk is a finance guy who has convinced himself that he’s an engineer and doesn’t understand what Twitter actually is. You realize that's literally the same thing everyone has said at every company he's started/taken over, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiGoose Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 6 minutes ago, Doc said: You realize that's literally the same thing everyone has said at every company he's started/taken over, right? Sure, and he should be given more deference than the average owner because of that. But it doesn’t change the fact that adding $1 billion in extra costs and fostering a chaotic environment that increases brand risk is not a good strategy for running a company whose income is almost entirely from ads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogblitz Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, ChiGoose said: I very much don’t want Twitter to fail. I enjoy using it. I would love to be wrong here. I very much hope he flies it into the ground. Don't worry, something else would replace it. Maybe Tik Tok can come up with something? Even with all its "content moderation" it is a great source of falsehoods. Its where we learned Michael Brown was running away from the police with his hands up when he was shot. And where we learned Sandman and his friends accosted a minding his own business Indian yelling "Go back to your own country". Its where the insurrectionists planned their insurrection. Too much falsehood and waaaaaaay too much division fermented on there. Its a net negative for American society IMHO. But, have fun with it. Edited November 12, 2022 by reddogblitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ChiGoose Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 1 minute ago, BillsFanNC said: Believing in a scam like crypto isn’t inherent to any party. In fact, his business partner and CEO of an FTX subsidiary was one of the top 15 GOP donors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlando Buffalo Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 8 minutes ago, ChiGoose said: Believing in a scam like crypto isn’t inherent to any party. In fact, his business partner and CEO of an FTX subsidiary was one of the top 15 GOP donors. He gave 92% of his money to Dems, but your point that some Republicans are scum bags is very true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiGoose Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 3 minutes ago, Orlando Tim said: He gave 92% of his money to Dems, but your point that some Republicans are scum bags is very true I think crypto is a scam and I’ve long thought it was a Ponzi scheme. The idea that the people involved were either idiots, scumbags or both is not surprising in the least. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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reddogblitz Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 TLDR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFanNC Posted November 13, 2022 Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 1 hour ago, reddogblitz said: TLDR A Twitter thread and its limited characters? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillStime Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 30 minutes ago, BillsFanNC said: A Twitter thread and its limited characters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Oh, the Humanity! Elon Triggers the Left With His Most Evil Twitter Move Yet https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2022/11/12/oh-the-humanity-elon-triggers-the-left-with-his-most-evil-twitter-move-yet-n658172 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiGoose Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 14 minutes ago, B-Man said: Oh, the Humanity! Elon Triggers the Left With His Most Evil Twitter Move Yet https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2022/11/12/oh-the-humanity-elon-triggers-the-left-with-his-most-evil-twitter-move-yet-n658172 That should fix it. I expect advertisers to come flocking back after this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiGoose Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 I am honestly having a hard time figuring out if this is a parody or if Elon is actually announcing a new feature that would have been completely unnecessary before he broke verification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillStime Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 4 hours ago, ChiGoose said: I am honestly having a hard time figuring out if this is a parody or if Elon is actually announcing a new feature that would have been completely unnecessary before he broke verification. No wonder Tesla’s ignite https://www.tesla-fire.com/index-amp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiGoose Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 16 minutes ago, B-Man said: . I appreciate you joining me in the understanding that Musk doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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