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I remember Elon tweeting "Anything but Trump" when someone asked about his thoughts on twitter. Seems that tweet is deleted.

by aliaser 10y ago

beambot 10y ago
It bothers me that Twitter is frequently considered an original source, and yet comments can be deleted willy-nilly. It's too close to 1984-esque Newspeak. The HN model seems much better: You can only delete comments for some amount of time after initially posting; after that, they're fixed in stone. (But I am glad this new council is somewhat bipartisan!)
- castratikron 10y ago
  So is this when someone makes a HN post about how he's developing a block-chain based, distributed Twitter alternative?
  - aliaser 10y ago
    No need it's already here - https://steemit.com/ https://steemit.com/ . But i haven't looked how it really works under hood. Given recent events with CEO of reddit who did edit negative post about him [1] it becomes more and more actual. [1]:( http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/reddit-ceo-edits-user-comments_us_5839cf32e4b000af95ee5b68 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/reddit-ceo-edits-user-co... ).
    - catwell 10y ago
      I didn't know that one, I did use http://twister.net.co/ http://twister.net.co/ some time ago (and gave up because of the chicken/egg effect).
- otalp 10y ago
  Yeah but it's usually archived immediately, especially for popular accounts so there's no chance of denying the tweets existence.
  - mej10 10y ago
    The issue with that is that you have to trust the archive now as well.
tyingq 10y ago
This remains: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/04/donald-trumps-character-reflects-poorly-on-united-states-says-elon-musk.html http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/04/donald-trumps-character-refle...
blowski 10y ago
I felt the same way, but I'm happy that he can be sensible about it and accept that Trump is President for the next 4 years whether we like it or not. We need to make the best of a crap situation.
- nkassis 10y ago
  It's debatable if trying to make best of this situation is better than hoping for swift failure we can quickly recover from.
ensignavenger 10y ago
I for one am very glad to see Trump reaching out to and including those who opposed him in his advisory council.
vivekd 10y ago
Yeah, Elon was very vocally opposed to Trump, in an interview just before Trump's election he said Trump was "not the finest moment in our democracy" and that his character "doesn't reflect well on the US. Still, these guys are businessmen, and part of being a good businessman is a willingness to put aside personal differences and disagreements and be able to work together.

I remember Elon tweeting "Anything but Trump" when someone asked about his thoughts on twitter. Seems that tweet is deleted.

by aliaser 10y ago

I remember Elon tweeting "Anything but Trump" when someone asked about his thoughts on twitter. Seems that tweet is deleted.

beambot 10y ago

It bothers me that Twitter is frequently considered an original source, and yet comments can be deleted willy-nilly. It's too close to 1984-esque Newspeak. The HN model seems much better: You can only delete comments for some amount of time after initially posting; after that, they're fixed in stone. (But I am glad this new council is somewhat bipartisan!)

castratikron 10y ago
So is this when someone makes a HN post about how he's developing a block-chain based, distributed Twitter alternative?
- aliaser 10y ago
  No need it's already here - https://steemit.com/ https://steemit.com/ . But i haven't looked how it really works under hood. Given recent events with CEO of reddit who did edit negative post about him [1] it becomes more and more actual. [1]:( http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/reddit-ceo-edits-user-comments_us_5839cf32e4b000af95ee5b68 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/reddit-ceo-edits-user-co... ).
  - catwell 10y ago
    I didn't know that one, I did use http://twister.net.co/ http://twister.net.co/ some time ago (and gave up because of the chicken/egg effect).
otalp 10y ago
Yeah but it's usually archived immediately, especially for popular accounts so there's no chance of denying the tweets existence.
- mej10 10y ago
  The issue with that is that you have to trust the archive now as well.

tyingq 10y ago

This remains: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/04/donald-trumps-character-reflects-poorly-on-united-states-says-elon-musk.html http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/04/donald-trumps-character-refle...

blowski 10y ago

I felt the same way, but I'm happy that he can be sensible about it and accept that Trump is President for the next 4 years whether we like it or not. We need to make the best of a crap situation.

nkassis 10y ago
It's debatable if trying to make best of this situation is better than hoping for swift failure we can quickly recover from.

ensignavenger 10y ago

I for one am very glad to see Trump reaching out to and including those who opposed him in his advisory council.

vivekd 10y ago

Yeah, Elon was very vocally opposed to Trump, in an interview just before Trump's election he said Trump was "not the finest moment in our democracy" and that his character "doesn't reflect well on the US. Still, these guys are businessmen, and part of being a good businessman is a willingness to put aside personal differences and disagreements and be able to work together.