General Elon Musk Fukkery Thread
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So that makes it clear that this whole attack on Substack was mostly because Taibbi got embarrassed by Mehdi Hasan.That fact that Elon has now blocked searches for the Twitter Files is amazing.
Thought it was because of Substack Notes?
Taibbi is just the exposed fool from the fallout.
I just don't understand how Twitter can believe Substack Notes is in any way a threat to them. And even if for some reason they do see them as a potential competitor, no way are they a big enough threat to warrant blocking likes, retweets, replies and labeling links as unsafe.
I'm sure Twitter has some grievances with Substack but it all just happens to go down the day after Taibbi's interview and Elon also tweets that Taibbi is a substack employee
I get what you are saying, but Taibbi's interview with Hasan doesn't move the needle for anyone who believes in the twitter files, or thinks they are a load of shyte.I just don't understand how Twitter can believe Substack Notes is in any way a threat to them. And even if for some reason they do see them as a potential competitor, no way are they a big enough threat to warrant blocking likes, retweets, replies and labeling links as unsafe.
I'm sure Twitter has some grievances with Substack but it all just happens to go down the day after Taibbi's interview and Elon also tweets that Taibbi is a substack employee
A wounded twitter, however, is moving to cut of anything it sees as a potential rival. It actually shows how desperate Musk is.
can't wait to see how elon handles bluesky..
other companies are stepping up to actually do verification while he diluted it on twitter.
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I just don't understand how Twitter can believe Substack Notes is in any way a threat to them. And even if for some reason they do see them as a potential competitor, no way are they a big enough threat to warrant blocking likes, retweets, replies and labeling links as unsafe.
I'm sure Twitter has some grievances with Substack but it all just happens to go down the day after Taibbi's interview and Elon also tweets that Taibbi is a substack employee
writers and other professionals of all types are on substack. they are influencers and are already getting paid directly on that platform. if they microblog(tweet) there too it's definitely a threat if users go there rather than twitter which is essentially a middleman at that point. he claims he wants twitter to be substack for writers but it's easier for substack to be twitter for them instead.
it's a savvy business move by substack too. have users subscribe for free to read substack notes and get a percentage of those new substack notes subscribers to buy a subscription. now users get microblogs and long-form content.
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Agreed, discovery of interesting writers happens outside of substack now, propably for quite a big part on Twitter, if they can get a share of that on their own platform it's bound to increase users.it's a savvy business move by substack too. have users subscribe for free to read substack notes and get a percentage of those new substack notes subscribers to buy a subscription. now users get microblogs and long-form content.
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Discover and discuss great writing with the world’s smartest readers on Substack.
I think this tactic of (partly) replacing the function of Twitter for your platform is more likely to succeed then all the different Twitter clones coming up. At least the userbase (people who write or subscribe to a substack) is already kind of there.
Twitter: BBC objects to 'government funded media' label
Elon Musk tells the BBC he believes it is one of the "least biased" news outlets.
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Twitter: BBC objects to 'government funded media' label
- 3 hours ago
By Adam Durbin
BBC News
The BBC is objecting to a new label describing it as "government funded media" on one of its main Twitter accounts.
The corporation says it is speaking to the social media company about the designation on the @bbc account to "resolve this issue as soon as possible".
In a statement, it said: "The BBC is, and always has been, independent. We are funded by the British public through the licence fee."
Twitter has been contacted for comment.
The level of the £159 ($197) annual licence fee - which is required by law to watch live TV broadcasts or live streaming in the UK - is set by the government, but paid for by individual UK households.
While the @bbc account, which has 2.2m followers, has been given the label, much larger accounts associated with the BBC's news and sport output are not currently being described in the same way.
The account primarily shares updates about BBC-produced TV programmes, radio shows, podcasts and other non-news material.
The label links through to a page on Twitter's help websitewhich says "state-affiliated media accounts" are defined as "outlets where the state exercises control over editorial content through financial resources, direct or indirect political pressures, and/or control over production and distribution".
As the UK's national broadcaster, the BBC operates through a Royal Charter agreed with the government.
The BBC Charter states the corporation "must be independent", particularly over "editorial and creative decisions, the times and manner in which its output and services are supplied, and in the management of its affairs".
Twitter's new labelling of the BBC's account comes after it did the same to US public broadcaster NPR's handle.
Initially the social media firm described NPR as "state-affiliated media" - a label given to outlets including Russia's RT and China's Xinhua News.
The designation was later changed to the same "government funded media" tag now applied to the @bbc account. NPR had said it would stop tweeting from the account unless it was amended.
The licence fee raised £3.8bn ($4.7bn) in 2022 for the BBC, accounting for about 71% of the BBC's total income of £5.3bn - with the rest coming from its commercial and other activities like grants, royalties and rental income.
The BBC also receives more than £90m per year from the government to support the BBC World Service, which predominantly serves non-UK audiences.
The national broadcaster's output is also paid for through the work of commercial subsidiaries like BBC Studios, as well as through advertising on services offered to audiences outside of the UK
By law, each household in the UK has to pay the licence fee (with some exemptions) if they:
- watch or record programmes as they're being shown on any TV channel
- watch or stream programmes live on any online TV service - for instance, All 4, YouTube, or Amazon Prime Video
- download or watch any BBC programmes on BBC iPlayer
TV licence evasion itself is not an imprisonable offence. However, non-payment of a fine, following a criminal conviction, could lead to a risk of imprisonment - "a last resort" after other methods of enforcement have failed.
Elon is merely appealing to his investors and reaffirming his own ethos.
Twitter won't bankrupt him.
He gets to limit or control speech.
He'll still make billions off tesla and space travel.
In fact, everything criticizing twitter is posted on Twitter.
Twitter won't bankrupt him.
He gets to limit or control speech.
He'll still make billions off tesla and space travel.
In fact, everything criticizing twitter is posted on Twitter.
Cole Cash
They took a hammer and sickle to my back
This dude is a fukking child
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Bankrupt him, no but he's a low grade showman. So the way he's handling this and has his Tesla equity investors in a perpetual panic is going to hurt his future prospects for venture capital and new ventures.
Virgin folding their space program was a win for him but Space X has to deliver on short term promises. And the overvaluation days of Tesla are over with the law suits, failure to deliver as promised, and the fact we're rapidly starting to see parity in the EV market.
He'll still be a billionaire but its looking like all he'll be known for is the being the king of T