But while his reaction the day after learning that X was commandeering his handle was extreme frustration, Vaught told Ars that the platform will remain his primary form of social media.
“it’s highly annoying, but Twitter is still my preferred social media,” Vaught said. “That’s how I communicate and learn my news about what’s going on. Nothing else compares.”
His only “minor protest” to X’s action, he said, was to cancel his Twitter Blue subscription.
Vaught is mostly a Musk fan, as he’s interested in Musk’s electric cars and space developments. He said that this experience with X hasn’t tainted his opinion of Musk or his relationship too much with X as a platform. He’s holding out hope that Musk has a long-term plan for where Musk is taking X, but like many users, he’s struggling to adjust to the rebranding.
If Musky was half the genius he thinks he is he never would’ve tried to change the name. Everyone know the name Twitter. Freakin world leaders send out “tweets” to their followers; the brand recognition has to be extremely valuable right?
He bought the company and is apparently doing everything in his power to fuck it up. He’s either stupid or this is all part of some illuminati-type plan and he’s playing kal-toh.
What’s the top three worst things Musk has done? I don’t really follow celebrity news so I’m a bit confused about why everyone seems to hate him all of a sudden. I’m genuinely asking
Well he’s clearly a jerk who doesn’t know when he should just stay silent but I guess this can partly be explained by the fact that he obviously has some form of autism/asberger or something.
I just don’t see anything that major in there. I can think of several worse people who don’t seem to be getting this level of hate so I find it curious what it is about Musk then that he does.
Firstly, being on the autism spectrum (not saying he is or isn’t) doesn’t give you the right to be an asshole, and I’m sure many people who are on it and aren’t assholes will tell you that this take is insulting.
Secondly, when you say there is nothing major on there, you have to keep in mind his level of reach and influence. If your neighbour says “this new Covid thing is going to just blow over, there’ll be no cases soon’”, you can say “OK buddy, hope you’re right but it’s not looking likely”. When Musk says it, he directly contributes massively to the misinformation that has killed a lot of people and changed the whole damn world for the worse
Yeah I agree that with a platform of this size it comes with huge responsibility aswell knowing your words have a real world consequences. Maybe that’s the explanation to the widespreat hate. People much worse than him generally don’t shitpost on social media so we’re not thinking about them
Because whenever there’s a fire, he throws gasoline on it like it’s his life goal to butt heads with the world. And he shows no respect to others, like suddenly taking a user’s username without asking and breaking stuff with no remorse.
Is he statistically the worst person in the world? Probably not. But he does his best to make people feel like he is.
I genuinely don’t know what started all this. He used to be quite popular person but then something changed and seemingly everyone started hating him. I couldn’t explain why and thus my question.
Yes, he was quite popular at one time. It was clearly a well-groomed bit of PR that he was this eccentric billionaire who was using his wealth to forward science and technology for all mankind.
Then it turned out that he’s a narcissistic man-child. The mask slipped for me personally when he called that diver rescuing the Thai kids a pedo. His outrageous manipulation of crypto markets came next (exploiting the lack of regulation). Since then, his purchase of Twitter and treatment of Twitter employees has been a staggering shitshow from start to finish. It has absolutely shattered any illusion that he is a good businessman and he’s certainly not a good person.
The diver was my point also. Nobody that primarily cared about the well being of those kids would behave way Musk did. All he cares about was trying to play hero for the optics and when it went wrong, for his ego, his mask came off.
I don’t know if he’s “always” been on the right politically but he’s definitely been way more outspoken since he acquired Twitter. And it’s not just a matter of “we hate him because he’s conservative”. No, we hate him because, like any modern conservative, he openly denigrates trans people, blames Fauci for the pandemic, and he continually overlooks or forgives users for racist and hateful remarks.
Before I left Twitter I also saw a few examples of the “fact checking” system calling out tweets from liberals (for very minor distinctions) and not adding disclaimers to easily debunked claims like hiring 87000 IRS agents.
This. I love the science SpaceX is doing. I love the EV momentum Tesla created (even if their own products are proving to be less than stellar, no pun intended).
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This is hilarious.
Hahahaha this dude is such a little bitch about it. It’s honestly adorable.
Musky simp lol.
“I know he’s crushing my throat with his boot, but he sure does have nice boots, doesn’t he?”
Should have never stopped calling it twitter, if only to annoy the muskrat And the URL is still twitter too
If Musky was half the genius he thinks he is he never would’ve tried to change the name. Everyone know the name Twitter. Freakin world leaders send out “tweets” to their followers; the brand recognition has to be extremely valuable right?
He bought the company and is apparently doing everything in his power to fuck it up. He’s either stupid or this is all part of some illuminati-type plan and he’s playing kal-toh.
Tweet literally got a word in the dictionary, no other company has that kind of brand recognition
It just shows how detached billiknares cam actually be, he ruined arguably the most recognizable social brand that ever existed
At this point I’m cheering Musk on.
Anyone who is still on
TwitterXXX deserves this.What’s the top three worst things Musk has done? I don’t really follow celebrity news so I’m a bit confused about why everyone seems to hate him all of a sudden. I’m genuinely asking
Here’s a few: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/elon-musk-twitter-terrible-things-hes-said-and-done
Well he’s clearly a jerk who doesn’t know when he should just stay silent but I guess this can partly be explained by the fact that he obviously has some form of autism/asberger or something.
I just don’t see anything that major in there. I can think of several worse people who don’t seem to be getting this level of hate so I find it curious what it is about Musk then that he does.
Firstly, being on the autism spectrum (not saying he is or isn’t) doesn’t give you the right to be an asshole, and I’m sure many people who are on it and aren’t assholes will tell you that this take is insulting.
Secondly, when you say there is nothing major on there, you have to keep in mind his level of reach and influence. If your neighbour says “this new Covid thing is going to just blow over, there’ll be no cases soon’”, you can say “OK buddy, hope you’re right but it’s not looking likely”. When Musk says it, he directly contributes massively to the misinformation that has killed a lot of people and changed the whole damn world for the worse
Yeah I agree that with a platform of this size it comes with huge responsibility aswell knowing your words have a real world consequences. Maybe that’s the explanation to the widespreat hate. People much worse than him generally don’t shitpost on social media so we’re not thinking about them
Because whenever there’s a fire, he throws gasoline on it like it’s his life goal to butt heads with the world. And he shows no respect to others, like suddenly taking a user’s username without asking and breaking stuff with no remorse.
Is he statistically the worst person in the world? Probably not. But he does his best to make people feel like he is.
I’m starting to suspect you weren’t just ‘genuinely asking’
I genuinely don’t know what started all this. He used to be quite popular person but then something changed and seemingly everyone started hating him. I couldn’t explain why and thus my question.
Yes, he was quite popular at one time. It was clearly a well-groomed bit of PR that he was this eccentric billionaire who was using his wealth to forward science and technology for all mankind.
Then it turned out that he’s a narcissistic man-child. The mask slipped for me personally when he called that diver rescuing the Thai kids a pedo. His outrageous manipulation of crypto markets came next (exploiting the lack of regulation). Since then, his purchase of Twitter and treatment of Twitter employees has been a staggering shitshow from start to finish. It has absolutely shattered any illusion that he is a good businessman and he’s certainly not a good person.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/elon-musk-twitter-terrible-things-hes-said-and-done
The diver was my point also. Nobody that primarily cared about the well being of those kids would behave way Musk did. All he cares about was trying to play hero for the optics and when it went wrong, for his ego, his mask came off.
I don’t know if he’s “always” been on the right politically but he’s definitely been way more outspoken since he acquired Twitter. And it’s not just a matter of “we hate him because he’s conservative”. No, we hate him because, like any modern conservative, he openly denigrates trans people, blames Fauci for the pandemic, and he continually overlooks or forgives users for racist and hateful remarks.
Before I left Twitter I also saw a few examples of the “fact checking” system calling out tweets from liberals (for very minor distinctions) and not adding disclaimers to easily debunked claims like hiring 87000 IRS agents.
IMO: —
Being a very shitty boss
Being transphobic when he has a trans daughter
Calling that rescuer a paedophile
did we forget about his sexual misconduct? the thing that when came out, kinda triggered him to buy twitter?
https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-paid-250000-to-a-flight-attendant-who-accused-elon-musk-of-sexual-misconduct-2022-5
Someone didn’t get their horse…
Ha, tbh I just went with three of the first things that sprang to mind. I’m aware there are more
I will never not call it Twitter
Birdsite —> Ex-Birdsite for me
Birdshite
That’s not fair. Guano is actually useful.
Blackwater, Facebook, Twitter.
The site formerly known as Twitter
Ah, so he’s an idiot. Well that explains his statements.
So am I. But the guy is an idiot. SpaceX in particular is successful because he isn’t the person running the day-to-day operations.
Gwynne Shotwell does not get enough main stream credit for keeping SpaceX (and Musk) afloat. She’s OP.
You can be excited about the work the engineers are doing without idolizing the bigoted CEO.
I don’t see why so many people can’t separate the awful business man from the science.
This. I love the science SpaceX is doing. I love the EV momentum Tesla created (even if their own products are proving to be less than stellar, no pun intended).
Musk is a huge tool though.
Right. SpaceX and Tesla are successful despite their destructive CEO, not because of him.
Darwin approved
he sounds like a person in an abusive relationship.
“yeah, he hits me sometimes, but Jimmy’s a good guy y’all! just need to give him a chance, besides… all my stuff is there, where would I even live?”.
Some people like the abuse
“He took my name from me, I’m not allowed to be called by my name anymore. But its ok, I still love him.”
he’s literally the ‘This Is Fine’ meme.
X gonna give it to ya and X gonna take it away from ya
The good X doth give it to ya, and the X he doth take it from ya
twitter*
Look you say “X user” and im thinking X11 Windowing system. Stop trying to make X happen.
He deserves Musk.
Apparently have never heard of Mastadon
Until Mastadon becomes the go-to for news orgs, governments, and public figures, it won’t be a true Twitter replacement
Sorry, only interested in Muskodon
Thank you Elon, may I have another?