Twitter troll trolls Twitter

[jeremyp]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-61123200

Personally I think con man Musk is trying to inflate the stock price so he gets more money when he sells his stake.

[Nearly Sane]

Would appear not. Twitter ablaze with what Musk's buy means.

[jeremyp]

A lot of people think it will finish Twitter. I'm not so sure but it's going to be interesting.

[Dicky Underpants]

A lot of people think it will finish Twitter. I'm not so sure but it's going to be interesting.

Well, if it leads to Trump being welcome to the fold again, 'interesting' might be stretching the sense of the word. More unceasing bleats about how the US election was rigged, from a twat on twatter.

[jeremyp]

Well, if it leads to Trump being welcome to the fold again, 'interesting' might be stretching the sense of the word. More unceasing bleats about how the US election was rigged, from a twat on twatter.

Hopefully it'll take down both Musk and Twitter.

[Roses]

I no longer post on Twitter, I was not happy about the direction in which it was going.

[Aruntraveller]

I no longer post on Twitter, I was not happy about the direction in which it was going.

I tried it several times but I couldn't handle the unremitting hostility.

And that was from my friends!

[jeremyp]

I forgot I'd started this thread.I should have been updating it as events unfolded.

Anyway, the latest is that Musk signed a contract to buy Twitter for $44 billion but then had second thoughts. He wants to get out of the deal but Twitter is suing him to complete it.

I think Twitter has an excellent case and Musk will be forced to buy the company but he doesn't really have the money to do that any more. This could get interesting.

[Outrider]

Here's a pretty accessible account of the probable legality of each side's case - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ffKoZXt-BM

Have to say, this guy's channel (legal film reviews aside) is a pretty good layman's assessment of some of the prominent legal decisions and cases hitting the news out of the US.

O.

[jeremyp]

Here's a pretty accessible account of the probable legality of each side's case - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ffKoZXt-BM

Have to say, this guy's channel (legal film reviews aside) is a pretty good layman's assessment of some of the prominent legal decisions and cases hitting the news out of the US.

O.

Have you seen the one where he reviews A Few Good Men with a member of the real JAG team? It's quite entertaining.

[Steve H]

I've never signed up to Twitter, so if it ends up ceasing to exist, frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. I did try to join Parler, but for some reason - can't remember what - I couldn't. [Edit] I thought Parler went down with all hands, but apparently it's been refloated, so I've just joined - this time successfully.

[jeremyp]

I've never signed up to Twitter, so if it ends up ceasing to exist, frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. I did try to join Parler, but for some reason - can't remember what - I couldn't. [Edit] I thought Parler went down with all hands, but apparently it's been refloated, so I've just joined - this time successfully.

It's important if a multibillion dollar company gets destroyed by a petulant man-child. You may hate Twitter but it does provide the livelihoods for several thousand people and Elon Musk is an arrogant twat who thinks he can do whatever he likes.

[Nearly Sane]

The great thing about Twitter is how it helps people develop a healthy sense of perspective

[Nearly Sane]

Meanwhile on Twitter:

[Nearly Sane]

More on the wonderful world of Twitter


https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/12/elon-musk-twitter-chaos-enleashed

[jeremyp]

Situation report:

Nearly everybody has left Twitter, including all of the payroll department and all of the US tax department.

Advertising is in chaos with people reporting that they keep getting new account managers who then keep disappearing.

The parody accounts that appeared after Elon Musk decided you could pay to get verified have caused him to suspend the new Twitter Blue feature.

It's a shitshow.

[jeremyp]

Icing on the cake:

Musk lifts the ban on Trump after a Twitter poll that ended 52-48 (where have I seen that before)...

... Trump refuses to come back

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/11/trump-sees-a-lot-of-problems-at-twitter-refuses-to-tweet-after-musk-lifts-ban/

[ad_orientem]

Icing on the cake:

Musk lifts the ban on Trump after a Twitter poll that ended 52-48 (where have I seen that before)...

... Trump refuses to come back

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/11/trump-sees-a-lot-of-problems-at-twitter-refuses-to-tweet-after-musk-lifts-ban/

I don't think he reslly can come back due to Truth Social contractual agreements, though Musk is simping for him to come back. If he does come back though, there's a hoard of Shiba Inus waiting to fill his timeline. He won't know what's hit him.

[jeremyp]

I don't think he reslly can come back due to Truth Social contractual agreements, though Musk is simping for him to come back. If he does come back though, there's a hoard of Shiba Inus waiting to fill his timeline. He won't know what's hit him.

No, Musk will ban them as "bots".

[jeremyp]

Now Musk has gone back on his promise to create a moderation council.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/11/musk-breaks-promise-to-form-twitter-moderation-panel-blames-activists/

He says it is everybody else's fault.

Q: how do you know when Musk is lying?

A: he's tweeted.

[jeremyp]

I paid $44 billion and all I got was this lousy t-shirt

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1595250835096621057?s=20&t=qrV7Q-bFcf5j1JFK5RnlQw

[Aruntraveller]

Here's an odd thing. I have previously been on Twitter but left it because I couldn't abide the hate on the platform (this predates Musk). Anyway, occasionally I've wanted to read things NS has highlighted from Twitter and tried to read it but couldn't read it all because I had deactivated my account, which was ok.

Now, when I just clicked on Jeremyp's link in the previous post, my account is reactivated and I can read everything. Musk is obviously desperate to drive up his numbers.

[Nearly Sane]

Here's an odd thing. I have previously been on Twitter but left it because I couldn't abide the hate on the platform (this predates Musk). Anyway, occasionally I've wanted to read things NS has highlighted from Twitter and tried to read it but couldn't read it all because I had deactivated my account, which was ok.

Now, when I just clicked on Jeremyp's link in the previous post, my account is reactivated and I can read everything. Musk is obviously desperate to drive up his numbers.

I had only posted Twitter links previously on the belief that if you had Twitter you could see stuff other than being blocked by the twitterer, but if not on twitter you could see it. Apologies if there was a 'have twitter account but deactivated/suspended' sub class.

[Aruntraveller]

I had only posted Twitter links previously on the belief that if you had Twitter you could see stuff other than being blocked by the twitterer, but if not on twitter you could see it. Apologies if there was a 'have twitter account but deactivated/suspended' sub class.

It's ok, I could get the first message but couldn't see replies to it.

Now I see all the replies in all their glorious bigotry.

[jeremyp]

Musk's first skirmish with European employment law is under way.

https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2022/1125/1338351-twitter-injunction/