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Nikola is following the classic Tesla playbook (remember the Cybertruck’s shattered windows, the infamous FSD video, or Elon’s settlement with the SEC?) but doe

Nikola is following the classic Tesla playbook (remember the Cybertruck’s shattered windows, the infamous FSD video, or Elon’s settlement with the SEC?) but doesn’t have enough True Believers infesting the Internet. http://ElonMusk.today http://ElonMusk.today

carlosdp 6y ago
I don't think that's quite the same thing. The shattered window was obviously a genuine mistake, otherwise why volunteer to throw a brick at it live on-stage?
raverbashing 6y ago
SpaceX and Tesla have working products on the market Nikola has a truck that goes downhill
- pvaldes 6y ago
  And should be pronounced as Ni-kool-aid, it seems...
klmadfejno 6y ago
A fairly substantial portion of your comment history, and 2/3 submissions appear to be finding some way to shit on Tesla, SpaceX, or Musk. You also stated at one point, "This is based on my own data, owning multiple Teslas over four years." So... why? Why do you do this?
- revscat 6y ago
  I wonder the same thing. I first noticed this back when the iPhone came out. At the time, there were frequent posts from guys like this one complaining about Apple/Jobs fanboys, and the language they used was very similar to what you see here. "It's all fraud, Jobs is a fraud, fanboys are zealots," etc., etc. I don't get these people. I'm not sure if they are paid shills, or true believers. I suspect there's a bit of both to be found. But I will say this: in my estimation the haters outnumber the fanboys by at least a factor of 100.
  - MacsHeadroom 6y ago
    I still think apple fanboys are zealots. I was more vocal about it then, as were many heavily invested in FoSS. It's the same vocal dissent that lead to Microsoft investing in Linux on Windows and open source in general. I don't think paid troll farms were really a thing in 2006. They are now, and you see less apple dissent. So I'm not inclined to think these things are related.
temp667 6y ago
This is the opposite of the Tesla playbook. Tesla tried to demo, publicly, the window strength of the Cybertruck (it failed). The analogy would have worked if Trevor had actually tried to drive the "fully functional" vehicle that wasn't a "pusher" around. Even if it had failed, then we'd have seen the truth there too.

carlosdp 6y ago

I don't think that's quite the same thing. The shattered window was obviously a genuine mistake, otherwise why volunteer to throw a brick at it live on-stage?

raverbashing 6y ago

SpaceX and Tesla have working products on the market Nikola has a truck that goes downhill

pvaldes 6y ago
And should be pronounced as Ni-kool-aid, it seems...

klmadfejno 6y ago

A fairly substantial portion of your comment history, and 2/3 submissions appear to be finding some way to shit on Tesla, SpaceX, or Musk. You also stated at one point, "This is based on my own data, owning multiple Teslas over four years." So... why? Why do you do this?

revscat 6y ago
I wonder the same thing. I first noticed this back when the iPhone came out. At the time, there were frequent posts from guys like this one complaining about Apple/Jobs fanboys, and the language they used was very similar to what you see here. "It's all fraud, Jobs is a fraud, fanboys are zealots," etc., etc. I don't get these people. I'm not sure if they are paid shills, or true believers. I suspect there's a bit of both to be found. But I will say this: in my estimation the haters outnumber the fanboys by at least a factor of 100.
- MacsHeadroom 6y ago
  I still think apple fanboys are zealots. I was more vocal about it then, as were many heavily invested in FoSS. It's the same vocal dissent that lead to Microsoft investing in Linux on Windows and open source in general. I don't think paid troll farms were really a thing in 2006. They are now, and you see less apple dissent. So I'm not inclined to think these things are related.

temp667 6y ago

This is the opposite of the Tesla playbook. Tesla tried to demo, publicly, the window strength of the Cybertruck (it failed). The analogy would have worked if Trevor had actually tried to drive the "fully functional" vehicle that wasn't a "pusher" around. Even if it had failed, then we'd have seen the truth there too.