Twitter no longer has a media relations department. The company responded to a request for comment with a poop emoji.
It’s no longer enough for Twitter to go bankrupt, Musk must be liquidated
Financially and literally please. I hear there’s an area with a lot of sunflowers that need fertilizer.
Knowing Elon, I could see it.
He’s been doing this for a while now. He fired the entire PR department and set it to respond with poop emojis and every article editor that’s reached out for a comment has had this as their reply.
He’s a man-child. And one of the most powerful and influential people on earth.
This is far from ok. ☹️
But so it goes…
I believe it’s been ongoing for months (sense March)
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Yeah, I have seen this mentioned in literally dozens of news articles.
The level of professionalism from this company is astounding…how in the world is anyone doing business with them? All the news from this kindergarten are not even funny anymore.
It’s just news. And nowadays this just means it’s panic and excessive exaggeration and a pinch of populism.
Since the company is now in private hands of only one person, there is no need to paint a picture for the public. And with the efforts of making it more economical, there are of course hurdles to overcome.
But overall most decisions were reasonable. The provider change and the change to the financial model were reasonable and will eventually lead to more profits, also with a smaller team behind the platform.
Many here want to see the company fall, just because a person is bought it that’ll whom they despise. That’s just childish.
The only bad decision on musks way so far was buying twitter for simply too much. And the second worst decision was shooting a shitty car into space. Now the aliens will believe us to have no standards.
I hope he pays you for this kind of oral service.
I am just trying to explain basic economy to a bunch of angry emotional people. But you are of course free to believe that everything would be better without people like musk.
I am just trying to explain basic economy to a bunch of angry emotional people.
You are trying to sound superior, and it is not going well.
I’m not trying to sound superior. My knowledge about economy simply exceeds yours.
Well, well, well, look who’s defending their beloved billionaire. It’s truly fascinating how some people can overlook glaring issues and defend questionable decisions. Let’s dissect your defense, shall we?
Firstly, you claim that since Twitter is now in private hands, there’s no need to paint a picture for the public. Ah, yes, because transparency and accountability are such outdated concepts, right? Who needs the public’s trust when one person can make all the decisions behind closed doors? It’s not like Twitter is a platform that millions of people rely on for news, communication, and information.
You also applaud the efforts to make the platform more economical, but conveniently ignore the consequences. Sure, reducing the team might save some money, but what about the impact on content moderation? By firing a significant number of content moderation staff, Twitter has allowed extremist content to flourish, tarnishing its reputation and driving away advertisers. But hey, who needs ad revenue when you have a billionaire at the helm, right?
Speaking of advertisers, you seem to brush off the importance of brand safety and the impact of hate speech on ad placements. Advertisers understandably don’t want their brands associated with extremist views or hate speech. By failing to address this issue effectively, Musk has driven away advertisers, causing a significant loss of revenue for Twitter. It’s not “childish” for people to criticize such negligence; it’s simply holding a company accountable for its actions.
And let’s not forget Musk’s refusal to pay rent on Twitter’s offices. It’s truly admirable how he thinks he can just disregard contractual obligations and leave property owners high and dry. Such behavior shows a complete disregard for the law and basic decency.
Oh, and the whole bedroom installation in the San Francisco headquarters? That’s just downright creepy. Who in their right mind thinks it’s acceptable to convert a commercial space into a residential one without proper zoning? Musk’s actions in this regard are not only inappropriate but also demonstrate a lack of respect for regulations and the communities in which his company operates.
While it’s true that many billionaires own media outlets, that doesn’t excuse Musk’s questionable decisions and mismanagement. Controlling the narrative should never come at the expense of allowing hate speech and extremism to run rampant. Musk’s actions on Twitter are not the signs of a genius businessman; they’re the actions of someone more interested in their own ego and power.
So, before you rush to defend your beloved Musk, take a step back and consider the real consequences of his decisions. Twitter deserves better leadership and accountability, not blind adoration from its defenders.
Oh man. I just answered you to every point and then the Memmy app crashed. And my comment in the making was gone.
I am not willing to repeat everything in a foreign language.
We will not agree anyway.
The world will continue to spin around. And platforms will come and go over the years.
Good and bad is a matter of taste. And who are we to degrade another’s taste as bad…
It really is hilarious how quickly Elon went from a cool guy to being the worlds biggest loser 😂😂
Meh, his base still loves him. Like Trump, this is considered a “smart move business men do” and those getting fucked “are losers for allowing it to happen”.
I think his base has shifted, though. Used to be people who were interested in technology, in space exploration, in green and sustainable technology, etc.
Now a significant part of his fan base are people that decided he’s their hero after he purchased Twitter and then unblocked white supremacists, Nazis, racists, white nationalists, fascists, conspiracy theorists, xenophobes, etc. and decided to harass, block, and mock middle-of-the-road journalists, national public media, and use all the far right dog whistles and megaphones.
So yeah, he still has a lot of support - but it’s not the same support he had 10 years ago.
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doesowns some cool projects”FTFY He only owns those things. There’s interviews around about how at the beginning the only way SpaceX could get anything off the ground was by gaslighting the Muskrat into hyper-focusing on something irrelevant while actual engineers solved the hard problems. Management had what they called Elon’s “handlers”, whose job was to keep him off critical things and whose motto was “just let him take credit for it”.
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The real founder of Space X is Tom Mueller
He grew up building model rockets and went on to get a masters degree in mechanical engineering.
Funny how it’s only ever spectators that think like that because they’ve never had a dog in the race.
That’s how conservatives view everything. Anything other people think is a problem or want to change, NO WAY, it’s your fault, “personal responsibility, and so on. But as soon as they’re personally affected by something, oh wow! It turns out say, being forced into bankruptcy from medical bills or whatever actually is a problem and they’re really concerned about it.
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Eh, I wouldn’t say loser. He still has billions of dollars.
A dick move though for sure.
Like his buddy Donald, Elon seems to have a real problem paying his bills.
If we had a functioning government it would liquidate his assets and pay it out to those he refused to pay.
We do have a functioning govt. It functions to make the rich richer and give them all the freedom in the world, including exploiting the workforce in all ways possible. But hey, at least our economy is #1! Rejoice!
We do have a functioning government. I requires claims to be tried in court instead of just taking $500 million dollars away without any sort of due process.
The same CEO who didn’t understand the law when purchasing Twitter, also didn’t understand employment law when unceremoniously dumping employees?!
There’s a big surprise. Like Iago, I’m about to have a heart attack and die of “not surprise”.
He’s proving day after day, that no matter how much money he has, he wants nothing more than to be a terminally online shitposter.
Everyone who called him a “loser” in this thread, is 1,000% correct.
Elon and Tesla are notorious for not paying their bills.
That is so unfortunate to see from Twitter. Elon has made things worse.
“Yeah, we owe a lot of people a lot of money. Get in line.” - Elon, probably…
First Twitter, then Reddit. Wonder when/ how Facebook is gonna destroy itself.
Facebook did harm to themselves with the whole metaverse thing. They’ve already pivoted away from it though.
I wonder how they can change their name back from Meta without admitting that it was an incredibly dumb decision in the first place.
I hope they get that cash
Never gonna happen.
This will probably settle out of court, the lawyers will get 1/2 the settlement and the thousands of employees involved will a few hundred bucks each. If that.
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“look in duh mirror, hur dur”
aka, I can’t answer so I’m going to attack the person
Did you really think that the people that left reddit because of a greedy money grabbing CEO would somehow be in favour of another greedy CEO grabbing money?
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Guys, this is some seriously weak bait, block and move on.
