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Twitter is bad for you. Repeat that a hundred times.

• refurb 8y ago
  Underrated comment here. There is little to be gained and a ton to be lost with such a casual, public forum. If anyone in a leadership position thinks “I should tweet this!”, the default should be waiting 24 hours before making a final decision and even in that case the answer should be “no”.
  • whamlastxmas 8y ago
    Would you wait 24 hours before tweeting about that new car you just bought? The thing with people in Elon's position is that the gravity of their situation becomes normalized. They're regular people doing regular things from their own perspective. For Elon he doesn't put much thought into his tweets because for him, saying something that might impact the stock price is a pretty normalized. It happened recently with pedo-guy-gate. I can cut the guy some slack for potentially upsetting some people with his tweets considering the massive smear campaign against him and his life's work.
    • bdcravens 8y ago
      Understanding the impact of one's words is a prerequisite of leadership. Does Bill Gates or the CEO of a big oil or pharma get the same pass?