Big Tech/Social Media Censorship. Musk: Blackmailing Advertisers Can ***** Off.

[ChiGoose]

1 hour ago, Big Blitz said:

Fascist Libs,

 

Explain the cheerleading for Twitter under Elon to fail.  

 

Thanks,

 

Americans 

Not a fascist, not rooting for Twitter to fail. 
 

I would be happy with Twitter succeeding under Elon. I like Twitter. I don’t have personal animosity against Elon. 
 

I am sad that Elon seems intent on destroying the site instead of making it better. 

[Big Blitz]

31 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

 

He knows exactly what he’s doing.  

[Big Blitz]

 

[ChiGoose]

[Buffarukus]

 

 

10 hours ago, ChiGoose said:

What company has succeeded after shedding ~75% of its workforce within a month?

 

prob one that replaces 75% of its workforce that can't answer whether they will actually go to work to work. 

Edited November 18, 2022 by Buffarukus

[Gene Frenkle]

17 minutes ago, Buffarukus said:

 

 

 

prob one that had 75% of its workforce that can't answer whether they will actually go to work to work. 

 

You a dev?

[Buffarukus]

5 hours ago, Gene Frenkle said:

 

You a dev?

 

i deal with trouble shooting plc logic. does that count?

 

you a company owner?

Edited November 18, 2022 by Buffarukus

[BillsFanNC]

Yup. Been there done that with the fortune 500 company environment that rots your soul. Would never, ever go back. 

 

 

[BillsFanNC]

 

[Warcodered]

11 minutes ago, BillsFanNC said:

 

 

[ChiGoose]

7 minutes ago, Warcodered said:

 

Hey! Keep those facts away from their emotions!

[BillsFanNC]

13 minutes ago, Warcodered said:

 

 

One scandal that anyone with an IQ higher than 70 can see is warranted. 

 

Another an investigation called for by a dementia addled POTUS.

 

I'll take ridiculous reaches for $1000 Alex.

 

 

[Big Blitz]

13 hours ago, Big Blitz said:

Fascist Libs,

 

Explain the cheerleading for Twitter under Elon to fail.  

 

Thanks,

 

Americans 

 

Yep.  Like I thought.  No clue no answer.  

[ChiGoose]

3 minutes ago, Big Blitz said:

 

Yep.  Like I thought.  No clue no answer.  

Because it’s a dumb question. 
 

Like, if I asked “Fascist Cons, why do you love licking Trump’s sweaty taint while cheering on white supremacists?” you wouldn’t expect anyone to give a real answer, would you?

[Big Blitz]

Just now, ChiGoose said:

Because it’s a dumb question. 
 

Like, if I asked “Fascist Cons, why do you love licking Trump’s sweaty taint while cheering on white supremacists?” you wouldn’t expect anyone to give a real answer, would you?

 

Not the same.  I’d expect someone to ask if I’d like to see Disney collapse.  
 

Im not looking for Disney to fail.  But I’m 100% going to highlight the specific things it does or supports that are detrimental to the country.  
 

 

The internet flaming Musk since he announced he was trying to buy Twitter is f…ing bizarre.  And they can’t give any legitimate reason for it other then it won’t be a liberal fascist safe space. 
 

Those people should have been rooting for it to fail the second it became a weaponized communication arm of the federal government and the WHO

[B-Man]

 

 

 

                                               

 

 

 

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THE BEST NEWS YET: “TWITTER’S MODERATION SYSTEM IS IN TATTERS.”

 

“At this moment, we have nobody to reach out to,” says Nina Santos, a researcher at the Brazilian National Institute of Science & Technology in Digital Democracy. “All the people that we were talking with are no longer there.” Santos says that until Musk’s takeover, Twitter had been “quite responsive” in taking down rule-breaking content that could undermine trust in the election or spread disinformation, compared to Meta and Google. The entirety of Twitter’s Brazil team was included in the 7,500 people laid off earlier this month.

 

Although Lula was declared the winner of the election, Santos says she still sees tweets questioning the result or calling for mobilization against the government. All of these, she says, are dangerous.

 

https://www.wired.com/story/twitters-moderation-system-is-in-tatters/

 

No, lady, you are dangerous, and you and those like you here in the U.S. need to be stopped.

 

 

 

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[ChiGoose]

4 minutes ago, Big Blitz said:

 

Not the same.  I’d expect someone to ask if I’d like to see Disney collapse.  
 

Im not looking for Disney to fail.  But I’m 100% going to highlight the specific things it does or supports that are detrimental to the country.  
 

 

The internet flaming Musk since he announced he was trying to buy Twitter is f…ing bizarre.  And they can’t give any legitimate reason for it other then it won’t be a liberal fascist safe space. 
 

Those people should have been rooting for it to fail the second it became a weaponized communication arm of the federal government and the WHO

 

Hi, it's me. One of the few resident liberals of PPP. 

 

I do not want Twitter to fail. I don't care if Musk came in and changed the content moderation policies. The Twitter user experience is highly customizable. If there are more trolls, then I can just block them. Whatever. The content moderation debate does not activate me.

 

My criticism of Musk is because instead of coming in, taking stock of the situation and then making changes, he is just acting a like a bull in a china shop. As I have stated before, most brands are conservative with their ads buys. They want bland reliability and to avoid controversy. Musk making Twitter chaotic is an anathema to brands and will harm Twitter's ability to sells ads and generate revenue. We are already seeing major brands suspending their ad buys.

 

Generating revenue is more important than ever, since the terms of Musk's acquisition adds an addition $1 billion in annual costs to the company. Making brands reluctant to put their ads on the platform seems like a bad move.

 

Additionally, the wanton way he is slashing staff is going to result in the most talented and valuable employees seeking work elsewhere. You see this with most layoffs: the best people will leave even if they're not laid off because they will seek stability.

 

I get that Twitter's staff is likely bloated, but that isn't a problem to solve entirely in three weeks. There are smart ways to do this that don't involve having to try to re-hire people you laid off because you didn't think it through or completely axing important infrastructure teams. 

 

If the goal was to streamline Twitter and reduce expenses, then a review and targeted dismissal of teams like R&D and new features would be a good start. Keep the infrastructure rolling but eliminate investment in future features to keep the lights on. Ax the content moderation team if you'd like. You could probably get to the same reduction in staff over ~6 months without the chaos and embarrassment of having to ask people back. Not to mention the fact that these rash actions have opened Musk and Twitter up to substantial legal jeopardy, both from former employers and federal regulators. It would not be surprising to see multiple 9-figure lawsuits hitting Twitter in the next couple of years.

 

To make a long story short (too late!), my frustration with Musk's approach is that it appears to be designed to tank the company instead of improving it. It feels more like Yahoo! buying Tumblr for $1 billion in 2013 and then selling it 6 years later for $3 million than it does anything like Tesla or SpaceX.

 

[B-Man]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ChiGoose]

Isn’t this just shadow banning? What constitutes a “negative tweet”?

 

 

[SoCal Deek]

2 minutes ago, ChiGoose said:

Isn’t this just shadow banning? What constitutes a “negative tweet”?

 

 

Would ya just let the guy RUN HIS OWN COMPANY for heaven’s sake. I’m willing to wait to see what he does with it. 

[ChiGoose]

2 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

Would ya just let the guy RUN HIS OWN COMPANY for heaven’s sake. I’m willing to wait to see what he does with it. 

 

I'm watching him run it. He doesn't seem very good at it.

[B-Man]

 

Seems to me he knows exactly what is needed, no wonder the Left is upset.

 

 

Free speech again.

 

 

 

 

THEY’RE GENUINELY AFRAID HE’LL MAKE IT FREE-SPEECH PLATFORM AGAIN: 

 

Democrats Ask the FTC to Investigate Musk for ‘Undermining’ Twitter.

 

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2022/11/18/democrats-ask-the-ftc-to-investigate-musk-for-undermining-twitter-n1646893148P

[SoCal Deek]

6 minutes ago, ChiGoose said:

 

I'm watching him run it. He doesn't seem very good at it.

Then don’t shop there. 
I’m sure he’d be thrilled with how you run YOUR company…if you ever get one. 

[nedboy7]

Elon must be recreating The Apprentice at Twitter with his idol Trump in mind. 

[B-Man]

 

 

DA TECHGUY: 

Reality Doesn’t Care What Twitter Employees Think or Nobody has Repealed the Laws of Supply and Demand. 

 

“Put simply while the supposedly bright people at Twitter who are considering leaving may have forgotten the laws of supply and demand Elon Musk hasn’t and if they think Twitter is suddenly going to go black because a bunch of them, even the majority of them choose to leave, then frankly [they’re] too stupid to be working at any company Musk owns.”

 

 

https://datechguyblog.blog/2022/11/18/reality-doesnt-care-what-twitter-employees-think-or-nobody-has-repealed-the-laws-of-supply-and-demand/

 

 

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[Big Blitz]

Needing time to figure out who the Commies that work for the CCP are.  
 

Keep up the good purge Elon.   
 

All the right people are big mad.  

[Big Blitz]

 

4 hours ago, ChiGoose said:

 

I'm watching him run it. He doesn't seem very good at it.

 

 

 

Edited November 18, 2022 by Big Blitz

[TH3]

4 hours ago, SoCal Deek said:

Then don’t shop there. 
I’m sure he’d be thrilled with how you run YOUR company…if you ever get one. 

Dude ….EM literally posts on the hour how he is running the company

[SoCal Deek]

48 minutes ago, TH3 said:

Dude ….EM literally posts on the hour how he is running the company

Huh? And apparently Goose doesn’t like it, which he’s free to not like. So? There are a lot of companies that I don’t personally care for, and stores I don’t shop at, but in a free market, that’s how it works. If Mr Musk wants to put his personal management touch on his business….he can. That used to be how America worked. 

Edited November 19, 2022 by SoCal Deek

[Wacka]

They are too stupid to be working at any company.Over the years I've heard so nmany people saying "They can't do this without me."  Drop dead and you'll see how fast they'll replace you.

Edited November 19, 2022 by Wacka

[B-Man]

 

 

6 hours ago, ChiGoose said:

 

 

5 hours ago, nedboy7 said:

 

 

 

He knows what he is doing.

 

 it looks like Elon is doing what most businesses do, especially when they are purchased.

 

Whaling and culling.

 

Oliver Campbell put together a damn good thread on it:

 

 

First, the "Whaling": It's a common refrain that you've probably heard at some point or another "10% of people do 90% of the work." That's what that tight 2 week deadline for Twitter Blue was for; he was perfectly aware that it was an unrealistic time frame. It was a test.

 

By pushing for such an extremely tight deadline, Elon got to see who is actually doing work and who is resting on their laurels. Furthermore, it proved who could actually perform under extreme pressure. You know, the whole "get this done or you're fired" level of pressure.

 

Hence, Elon was looking for the whales at the company. The heavy hitting, actually producing and hard people who have been there for a while. When the whales don't have to carry dead weight, they perform like the equivalent of 10 people.

 

Second is the "Culling." When you've got 90% of the people not performing, they're actually negatively impacting the 10% who ARE performing above and beyond. And that's why the layoffs happened. Paraphrased, '***** is gonna change around here, get on board or get out'

 

So by culling unproductive staff, he actually untied the hands of the PRODUCTIVE staff. Fewer obstacles to getting in the way of getting things done. It also revealed to him who was there to make Twitter a better product, versus who was there to be 'activists'.

 

(There’s a reason the ‘Make Sure Puppies Are Happy’ Committee was let go.)

 

So now you've chopped your workforce down to people who actually perform, but they're not enough to run everything. This is why after all those people are let go, there's going to be a surprise hiring of a new bunch of people. Why?

 

Because the productive people actually know WHAT THEY NEED to get things done. Don't be surprised if the people that are left get to be part of the interviewing process for the new people. They'll be looking for efficiency and people who don't make THEIR jobs more difficult.

 

So, when you continually slice away the bad portions of something, all that you're left with is 1 of 2 potential outcomes: 1) Nothing usable. It was rotten at the core. 2) Some substantially good bits you can salvage and build on. Elon is gambling on 2.

 

This is what he was talking about with 'Twitter 2.0.' It's likely not a 'new twitter.' Not for us. It's a new Twitter INTERNALLY. How things get done, how things get rolled out, rebuilding the company with productive and more efficient people.

 

What I'm saying is, take a look at the reactions: The people that are staying at twitter are hunkering down and working. The people he let go are the ones calling doom and gloom. And they're not wrong. The way "things were done" is OVER at Twitter.

 

So, from the outside, this looks like a giant cluster. But it what's going to surprise you is that a great number of businesses are run exactly like this. There's a reason layoffs happens every single year across the world. Whaling and culling. Elon is just being VERY VOCAL.

 

And like I said at the START OF THIS POST. I didn't say this is RIGHT OR WRONG. Just what is likely happening. But if you never thought about it before, now you have something to think about.

 

 

 

 

 

https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2022/11/18/sorry-elon-musk-haters-this-thread-explains-what-hes-likely-doing-with-twitter-and-booyah/

[Doc]

Musk built a company from the ground up that is able to send rockets to space and then have them land back on Earth to be reused.  How could he stand a chance with a messaging site?!

[Warcodered]

10 hours ago, SoCal Deek said:

Would ya just let the guy RUN HIS OWN COMPANY for heaven’s sake. I’m willing to wait to see what he does with it. 

The guy is basically yelling all his business decisions into a megaphone for everyone to hear, people are going to react.

[ChiGoose]

19 minutes ago, Warcodered said:

The guy is basically yelling all his business decisions into a megaphone for everyone to hear, people are going to react.

Elon: I want anybody who is good at their job to question whether or not they should work for my company. 
 

Normies: That seems like it incentivizes good people to leave.

 

Weird Nerds: Elon is a genius and if you don’t get it, you’re dumb!

[BillsFanNC]

 

[leh-nerd skin-erd]

17 hours ago, nedboy7 said:

Elon must be recreating The Apprentice at Twitter with his idol Trump in mind. 

Nedster, The Apprentice was a very successful franchise for Donald Trump.  Hundreds of millions of dollars successful.  I enjoyed that show. 
 

If Elon Musk recreates that sort of success on the scale that Twitter operates, he’ll be more than awwwwrite. 

[nedboy7]

11 minutes ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said:

Nedster, The Apprentice was a very successful franchise for Donald Trump.  Hundreds of millions of dollars successful.  I enjoyed that show. 
 

If Elon Musk recreates that sort of success on the scale that Twitter operates, he’ll be more than awwwwrite. 

 

Elon is already alright even if Twitter ***** the bed. 

I can see why you enjoyed Trump running the country like a TV show. 

Trump and his followers love cruelty and chaos especially towards people they don't like. 

And Elon seems to be enjoying running Twitter like a TV show as well. 

Firing people with emails and threats, and having all sorts of fun while creating chaos. 

You guys coddled Trump for 6 years with his psychotic behavior and really enjoyed him "making liberals cry" 

Well now your monster is gonna turn on the GOP. 

14 hours ago, Big Blitz said:

Needing time to figure out who the Commies that work for the CCP are.  
 

Keep up the good purge Elon.   
 

All the right people are big mad.  

 

Like BB here.  Commies!  Purge!  Chaos!  Mad! 

haha enjoy your monster the next 2 years. 

You guys will be beggin for Garland to put him in prison. 

[leh-nerd skin-erd]

Just now, nedboy7 said:

 

Elon is already alright even if Twitter ***** the bed. 

I can see why you enjoyed Trump running the country like a TV show. 

Trump and his followers love cruelty and chaos especially towards people they don't like. 

And Elon seems to be enjoying running Twitter like a TV show as well. 

Firing people with emails and threats, and having all sorts of fun while creating chaos. 

You guys coddled Trump for 6 years with his psychotic behavior and really enjoyed him "making liberals cry" 

Well now your monster is gonna turn on the GOP. 

You’re unhinged, Ned, and my only advice is next time you attempt to draw a parallel, think!  
 

In the big picture, I don’t care one way or another what happens to Twitter.  I think if you were to draw a parallel that makes sense, Twitter often offers as much staged and manufactured drama as The Apprentice did. 
 

As for me enjoying the show, try not to be so judgmental.  I also like some Barry Manilow songs.  And opera.  
 

As for Elon, I’m almost certain your criticism of him most certainly will disqualify you to be chief advisor and confidante. Sad, he could have used you on the team. 

[SoCal Deek]

I still don’t get it. Mr Musk owns the company. He can do whatever he wants with it. What’s all the blathering about? 

[BillsFanNC]

4 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

I still don’t get it. Mr Musk owns the company. He can do whatever he wants with it. What’s all the blathering about? 

 

When they were banning, shadow banning conservatives on the regular the mantra was Twitter is a private company that can do what it wants.

 

True then. Still true now.

 

Therefore I'm only left to conclude that the kvetching is only about Twitter no longer being a leftist haven.