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[Brazen]

Whether he blows it up or gives it a proper money-making business model over the activist business model it had, there's is only one outcome: a better tomorrow.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

"I don't understand how they can't find a white knight that could avoid regulatory laws.

If they actually sell to this abomination of an apartheid supporting piece of white supremacist shit..."

Soliloquy of a Dogge with is well-thought-out takes again. What an angry piece of shit.

 

[Rentahamster]

"Musk is one of those people we’ll look back on in a few years and think “Man, we should have done more to stop that guy.” He's literally worse than hitler you guys.

Who is "we" from that person's perspective? The Captain Planet supervillain social club?

 

[TheDreadLord]

I think you put too much faith in Elon. He is just another part of the system. He didn't like what Twitter become (didn't he?), then just filled a check and bought it. The outcome is not different from a gov censuring you.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

They keep on giving

"Our descent towards fascism continues at an ever increasing pace.

I don't know if people realize just how scary this is. Some man baby billionaire just bought one of the biggest social media platforms because he felt slighted. He now has the power to essentially control the narrative of every event on earth, at least for western nations. Shit is straight out of a dystopian novel"

 

[LordCBH]

They keep on giving

"Our descent towards fascism continues at an ever increasing pace.

I don't know if people realize just how scary this is. Some man baby billionaire just bought one of the biggest social media platforms because he felt slighted. He now has the power to essentially control the narrative of every event on earth, at least for western nations. Shit is straight out of a dystopian novel"

Fascism is letting more people speak their mind on a platform apparently lol

 

[BlackOlivesMatter]

I hope they all go jerk each other off in the Metaverse

 

[Ogbert]

I think you put too much faith in Elon. He is just another part of the system.

Perhaps, but he is about as good as we’re going to get.

I think he is instinctively against clandestine bullshit. Shadow banning and backseat algorithms will be removed. I also think the blue checkmark prefects will be brought down a peg or two.

I like him. Interesting man.

 

[TheDreadLord]

Fascism is letting more people speak their mind on a platform apparently lol

And the person to say what is OK to say ought to be Elon?

I mean, he is the guy that envisioned Tesla and SpaceX. Why not create Elweeter then? He could create the echo chamber the way he always wished for. I don't think he would fail with all the good will people has put on him.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

And the person to say what is OK to say ought to be Elon?

You act like he will be the only one to run the company. It's not like every tweet will go through him.

 

[LordCBH]

And the person to say what is OK to say ought to be Elon?

I mean, he is the guy that envisioned Tesla and SpaceX. Why not create Elweeter then? He could create the echo chamber the way he always wished for. I don't think he would fail with all the good will people has put on him.

It’s gonna be ok bro. You can go make your own Twitter if you don’t like it. You people say that whenever anyone complains before now. So go make your own.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

TIL Hoeg law is a banned source at Re. Any idea why? I know he collaborates with Colin Moriarity a lot.

 

[TheDreadLord]

You act like he will be the only one to run the company. It's not like every tweet will go through him.

Ultimately he has the blank check. It doesn't matter if you have 100000 managers around you. The company guiding principles will be written by whoever has the check.

 

[LordCBH]

 

[haxan7]

They keep on giving

"Our descent towards fascism continues at an ever increasing pace.

I don't know if people realize just how scary this is. Some man baby billionaire just bought one of the biggest social media platforms because he felt slighted. He now has the power to essentially control the narrative of every event on earth, at least for western nations. Shit is straight out of a dystopian novel"

The last one in particular

 

[nightmare-slain]

i'm going to rejoin now

 

[TheDreadLord]

It’s gonna be ok bro. You can go make your own Twitter if you don’t like it. You people say that whenever anyone complains before now. So go make your own.

Dude, I don't even have a Tweeter account. You don't need to take it personally. You can still keep your Elon poster at your bedroom.

 

[Sgt.Asher]

How the woke splinter groups will see each other after the purchase

 

[PSYGN]

Comments from Reee:

fascists keep winning apparently

We should honestly ban Twitter as a source on Era after this goes through.

Just deleted my account in response to this. Oh well!

Very nice of them.

 

[Raven117]

I mean, don't get me wrong. This is funny.

But it does not address the fundamental problem with social media. IE, that the public piazza has been privatized and we don't know how free speech interplays with that dynamic.

Free Speech (in the the broad sense of the world), is now a plaything for billionaires. That's not a good position to be in.

 

[DeepEnigma]

"Musk is one of those people we’ll look back on in a few years and think “Man, we should have done more to stop that guy.” He's literally worse than hitler you guys.

 

[LordCBH]

I’ll know I’m succeeding if those types say they’ll look back on me as worse than hitler. Life goal for them to do so.

 

[DeepEnigma]

"I don't understand how they can't find a white knight that could avoid regulatory laws.

If they actually sell to this abomination of an apartheid supporting piece of white supremacist shit..."

Soliloquy of a Dogge with is well-thought-out takes again. What an angry piece of shit.

Why do they hate African Americans?

 

[LordCBH]

Why do they hate African Americans?

Really telling they’re so against an African American owning a big company like this.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Dude, I don't even have a Tweeter account. You don't need to take it personally. You can still keep your Elon poster at your bedroom.

Jesus Christ. Yeah because anyone not crying over this wants to tickle his prostate. Some people really need to learn that things aren't black and white. This could be for the better... Could be worse but it's hardly the start of a new world order or the end of it.

 

[LordCBH]

Jesus Christ. Yeah because anyone not crying over this wants to tickle his prostate. Some people really need to learn that things aren't black and white. This could be for the better... Could be worse but it's hardly the start of a new world order or the end of it.

*slowly puts away Elon Musk body pillow*

 

[Alpha Male]

 

[LordCBH]

 

[Ladioss]

"Our descent towards fascism continues at an ever increasing pace.

Well, at least they got that part right.

 

[BaneIsPain]

It has been so long to see them shit bricks. Well done, elon.

 

[a multicultural team of v]

ah yes, the people who are turning "Free speech is essential to a functioning democracy" into a fascist nazi dystopia are the ones worried about information control and misinformation, seems legit

 

[LordCBH]

Talcum X has spoken.

 

[Ladioss]

ah yes, the people who are turning "Free speech is essential to a functioning democracy" into a fascist nazi dystopia are the ones worried about information control and misinformation, seems legit

It's clever once you realize the ruling class is waging hybrid, 4th gen warfare on its own people.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I just want to know what re favorite Hasan Piker has to say.

 

[SJRB]

Talcum X has spoken.

This is just outrageous, holy shit.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Talcum X has spoken.

Okay, Talcum X, Martin Luther Cream, Pale Revere, Snow J Simpson, Frauderick Douglas, Plaster P, Hueless Newton, Alexander Scamilton, Blankston Hughes, Chaka Con, etc, etc

Stop appropriating black people, first off. Second, who still listens to this chucklefuck?

 

[cormack12]

Lmao at all the narcissists saying they will flee to discord or mastodon. They are only on Twitter specifically to get attention. They will be there taking out the first premium subscription to edit posts.

 

[LordCBH]

Lmao at all the narcissists saying they will flee to discord or mastodon. They are only on Twitter specifically to get attention. They will be there taking out the first premium subscription to edit posts.

They won’t survive on discord cause no one can see their shit if they don’t join the same servers lol

 

[DeepEnigma]

They won’t survive on discord cause no one can see their shit if they don’t join the same servers lol

 

[cormack12]

Elon Musk is a liberalist.

Right now, the way things stand, the current climate in the West is far-left progressive politics. Too left and too progressive to the point where even the slight mention of anything that goes against the agenda, for better or worse, is slandered, shutdown and subsequently punished through being "cancelled".

Resetera is platform that in some ways promotes this abhorrent behaviour of knee-jerk "cancel culture" without first confronting the facts from both sides and reasonably assessing the situation. Every side of the spectrum has the right to voice their opinions and co-exist. Of course, extremists will always exist on either end and they will always be an issue but this cannot ever be solved because that's the way humanity works.

 

[Bullet Club]

 

[Vicetrailia]

I mean 46 billy is some serious money. Capitalism. I don't see how this is a win for free speech since it's owned by 1 individual now, but whatevers.

 

[DeepEnigma]

That last line is going to set the bigots already showing their ass, off the chain.

 

[Kraz]

So just from a business standpoint, is this even a good investment for Elon? Or is it…

The board changing their mind so quickly makes it seem that there's some play at work from their side which would extend beyond twitter into the greater financial universe. That their sudden change of mind is going unquestioned with the celebratory noise giving assumptions precedent is even better for obscuring their strategy. It does seem like a good time to unload twitter for maximum profit. Twitter is coming up on 20 years old and moving into its legacy phase. Something better could be developed since its clear from the distress that the way people want to interact has changed.

 

[WoJ]

I hope he provides transparency into their algorithms.

 

[RoboFu]

I don’t know what the crazies are mad about. All they do is block people who don’t mesh with their echo chambers anyway. They can still do that.

This just makes sure Twitter itself isn’t apart of those echo chambers.

 

[Chittagong]

Elon Musk is a liberalist.

Right now, the way things stand, the current climate in the West is far-left progressive politics. Too left and too progressive to the point where even the slight mention of anything that goes against the agenda, for better or worse, is slandered, shutdown and subsequently punished through being "cancelled".

Resetera is platform that in some ways promotes this abhorrent behaviour of knee-jerk "cancel culture" without first confronting the facts from both sides and reasonably assessing the situation. Every side of the spectrum has the right to voice their opinions and co-exist. Of course, extremists will always exist on either end and they will always be an issue but this cannot ever be solved because that's the way humanity works.

User Banned (permanent): Troll account

 

[OmegaSupreme]

User Banned (permanent): Troll account

I hope someone reached out to him and gave him an invite

 

[Catphish]

Okay, Talcum X, Martin Luther Cream, Pale Revere, Snow J Simpson, Frauderick Douglas, Plaster P, Hueless Newton, Alexander Scamilton, Blankston Hughes, Chaka Con, etc, etc

Jesus Christ

 

[GHG]

So just from a business standpoint, is this even a good investment for Elon? Or is it…

Awful from a business standpoint but he doesn't give a shit, he's not buying it to make money.