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Musk does not have a history of acting like a grownup and has used Twitter to defame, bully, argue, get involved in foreign wars, manipulate markets, etc. all b
by bmitc 5y ago
Musk does not have a history of acting like a grownup and has used Twitter to defame, bully, argue, get involved in foreign wars, manipulate markets, etc. all because of greed, ego, or because someone disagreed with him. I sincerely don’t understand how him taking over Twitter can be viewed as a good thing. I could be here all day listing the people he has publicly insulted on Twitter. He has attacked people, often experts in their field like Noam Chomsky or the cave rescuer, because they held positions that disagreed with his usually amateur and attention hogging takes.
For one, Trump seems to finally be receding into the background, and I can guarantee he gets his account back when Musk takes over. That alone is enough to view this as a net negative.
- JumpCrisscross 5y ago> don’t understand how him taking over Twitter can be viewed as a good thing Worst case, he runs it into the ground and we live in a world without Twitter. Win win.
- bmitc 5y agoI don’t think that’s the worst case.
- JumpCrisscross 5y ago> don’t think that’s the worst case I have a tough time imagining the other worst case not prompting regulation. Maybe it overthrows our political system! I don’t know, there are certainly some politicians who command from Twitter and will be hurt or helped by Musk. (Probably, invariably, helped.) But that seems less likely than Congress creating a rule book and regulator for social media.