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Well the times allows anyone to buy it, it doesn't specifically block certain people from reading. This isn't a big issue, every other CEO other than Elon Musk

Well the times allows anyone to buy it, it doesn't specifically block certain people from reading. This isn't a big issue, every other CEO other than Elon Musk has no problem controlling his/her tweets to not contain market moving news. They should make an example out of him and we'll go back to having everyone disclose news in the proper channels. If the SEC does not come down on him it will be the wild west and investors will be worse off.

zaroth 8y ago
My personal opinion is that Twitter is perfect for breaking news that should be distributed fairly to the largest audience possible without giving anyone an advance look at the news. At the same time, people need to understand that there’s a limit to how much (and how precisely) you can communicate in 140 characters, and that means Twitter can alert you to the headline. It’s beholden upon users to take the time to ask questions and fill in the details. As far as certain user accounts being blocked - the SEC requires announcements are distributed publically, not universally. Anyone can watch Elon’s twitter feed in incognito mode. The SEC doesn’t require that breaking news show up in every single Twitter feed universally. They simply require that anyone can make the effort to be able to receive the news. If that means following Elon on a separate account where you don’t harass him to the point of blocking you, that’s not exactly a major impediment.
erikpukinskis 8y ago
Blocking on Twitter isn’t really blocking someone from seeing the tweet. They can just log out and see the tweet. Actually does it even prevent someone from seeing it in the first place, or does it just hide the blocked person from the blocker?
- mercer 8y ago
  It's the former; you have to log out or open an incognito window to see the tweets of someone who blocked you.

zaroth 8y ago

My personal opinion is that Twitter is perfect for breaking news that should be distributed fairly to the largest audience possible without giving anyone an advance look at the news. At the same time, people need to understand that there’s a limit to how much (and how precisely) you can communicate in 140 characters, and that means Twitter can alert you to the headline. It’s beholden upon users to take the time to ask questions and fill in the details. As far as certain user accounts being blocked - the SEC requires announcements are distributed publically, not universally. Anyone can watch Elon’s twitter feed in incognito mode. The SEC doesn’t require that breaking news show up in every single Twitter feed universally. They simply require that anyone can make the effort to be able to receive the news. If that means following Elon on a separate account where you don’t harass him to the point of blocking you, that’s not exactly a major impediment.

erikpukinskis 8y ago

Blocking on Twitter isn’t really blocking someone from seeing the tweet. They can just log out and see the tweet. Actually does it even prevent someone from seeing it in the first place, or does it just hide the blocked person from the blocker?

mercer 8y ago
It's the former; you have to log out or open an incognito window to see the tweets of someone who blocked you.