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In reply to the discussion: The chief twit is whining about a drop in ad revenue. He sounds a lot like TFG. [View all]paulkienitz
(1,374 posts)64. If nothing has changed, why is Ye back on? ...and how is Twatter even going to survive?
All the other Musk ventures, no matter how much you dislike his bullshitting and worker abuse, have an upside that some of us can be enthusiastic about. But not this one. This looks like the first Elon company where his involvement consists of 100% fuckup and 0% genius.
And it's gonna stick to him. Twitter is going to collapse at least partially, maybe entirely, and his responsibility for the collapse will be remembered for the rest of his days.
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The chief twit is whining about a drop in ad revenue. He sounds a lot like TFG. [View all]
zuul
Nov 2022
OP
He whines like Trump. If you have a proven model, why try to invent something else? 👶 😭
TheBlackAdder
Nov 2022
#97
It is a tad different to tweet the Q-Anon theory about the attack on Paul Pelosi
Ms. Toad
Nov 2022
#94
Of course, because activists using their free speech to pressure companies to act
Hugh_Lebowski
Nov 2022
#8
... activist groups pressuring advertisers. These companies don't want the stench on them.
kysrsoze
Nov 2022
#11
So some rich asshole spent his and SAUDI MONEY to open up a social media platform to a known ....
Botany
Nov 2022
#19
Why is it that if someone is very successful at something they assume they'll be successful at every
captain queeg
Nov 2022
#33
ELON- YOU ALLOWED YOUR TROLLS TO ATTACH HARASSING LIES TO BODY OF WHITE HOUSE TWEETS
TomDaisy
Nov 2022
#45
I think Elon's more concerned about people not listening to ads than people suppressing them
bucolic_frolic
Nov 2022
#49
Note also that photo of himself as a kid, was taken PRECISELY there, at that time
peppertree
Nov 2022
#68
What is interesting to me is how all of of sudden #EvilMuck cares about people's reaction to him.
efhmc
Nov 2022
#59
You got it all wrong Mr Musk. People deciding to not patronize your advertisers IS free speech.
W T F
Nov 2022
#62
If nothing has changed, why is Ye back on? ...and how is Twatter even going to survive?
paulkienitz
Nov 2022
#64
Note that that photo of himself as a kid, was taken in APARTHEID South Africa
peppertree
Nov 2022
#66
His solution will be to fire even more workers and move Twitter to a red state
IronLionZion
Nov 2022
#73