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Musk Trolls Twitter on HN
HN has really gone bonkers on the whole "Musk buying Twitter" deal. I used this search:
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=Musk&sort=byDate&type=story
Here are the most recent results ... is this really the best topic for HN to spend it's attention on? Seriously?
Elon Musk Trolls Twitter(https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv2.html?...
“Temporarily on hold” is not a thing. Musk has signed a binding contract(https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv2.html?...
Matt Levine Blog: Elon Musk Trolls Twitter(https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv2.html?...
Elon Musk Trolls Twitter(https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv2.html?...
Elon Musk Trolls Twitter(https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv2.html?...
Elon Musk says Twitter deal is 'on hold'(https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/elon-musk-tweets-that-deal-for-twitter-is-on-hold)
Elon Musk puts Twitter deal on hold over bot numbers claim(https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/13/musk_twitter_on_hold/)
Elon Musk tweets Twitter deal ‘temporarily on hold’(https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/05/13/musk-twitter-bid/)
Elon Musk says Twitter deal ‘temporarily on hold’(https://nypost.com/2022/05/13/elon-musk-says-twitter-deal-temporarily-on-hold/)
Musk Says His Twitter Takeover Is ‘On Hold,’ Then Says He’s ‘Still Committed’(https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/13/business/elon-musk-says-his-takeover-of-twitter-is-on-hold.html)
Elon Musk puts Twitter deal on hold over fake account details(https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61433724)
Elon Musk is putting his Twitter deal on hold because bots(https://thenextweb.com/news/elon-musk-twitter-deal-hold-bots)
Elon Musk says Twitter deal ‘on hold’ after spam/fake account report(https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/13/23070306/elon-musk-twitter-deal-on-hold-spam-inauthentic-accounts)
Elon Musk says his deal to buy Twitter is on hold(https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/13/tech/twitter-deal-on-hold-elon-musk/index.html)
Twitter takeover temporarily on hold, says Elon Musk(https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/may/13/twitter-takeover-temporarily-hold-elon-musk)
Elon Musk puts the Twitter deal on a temporary hold(https://www.teslaoracle.com/2022/05/13/elon-musk-puts-the-twitter-deal-on-a-temporary-hold/)
Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold(https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/twitter-deal-temporarily-on-hold-tweets-elon-musk-2972524)
Elon Musk says Twitter deal on hold pending details on fake accounts(https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/13/elon-musk-says-twitter-deal-on-hold-pending-details-on-fake-accounts.html)
Musk puts $44bn Twitter deal ‘on hold’(https://www.ft.com/content/a0aa177e-607c-4f3c-b2af-ac74535e2d26)
Elon Musk puts Twitter deal on hold over fake account details(https://www.bbc.com/news/business-61433724)
Musk $44B Twitter deal temporarily on hold(https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-says-44-billion-twitter-deal-hold-2022-05-13/)
I hesitated a lot before posting this. HN's attention is what it is, and probably won't change.
This isn't a criticism, it doesn't affect me, and I just scroll on by.
Your time is limited, and cannot be replenished. "Spending Time" is not really a metaphor,
it's a reality.
I'm choosing more carefully how I spend my time. I've spent this time in the hope that a few
of you who are significantly more skilled and able than I might reconsider how you spend yours.
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- sysadm1n 4y agoWe've reached peak Musk on HN. Every nuance of this man's life on social media is scrutinized, when there's real, more pertinent work to be done. I'm putting this guy on snooze until he makes one actual change to Twitter that improves it.
- IronWolve 4y agoanyone else getting bot checks all the time on bloomberg? their site has been totally useless for weeks.
- mattl 4y agoI am.
- PaulHoule 4y agoTo counter I'll add that a search for "musk" turns up exactly one result on the front page... Maybe that will be different in just a moment. People are submitting those links but people aren't voting most of them up.
- krapp 4y agoElon Musk buying Twitter is the perfect storm of triggers for HN. Elon Musk, first of all, who HN loves and loves to hate. Twitter, which HN loves to hate. Startups and hypercapitalism. Cancel culture, conspiracy theory, identity politics and anti-leftism. F/OSS and algorithms, although - also somewhat on brand for HN - there's been depressingly discussion with real technical depth and insight around any of this. Free speech versus censorship. Trump. I mean, the only way this could become even more HN catnip than it is would be if RMS or crypto were involved.
- thomassmith65 4y agoThe HN community knows Musk well enough. there's been depressingly [little] discussion with real technical depth and insight around any of this. There was plenty of love for Musk here until it became impossible to ignore his infantile behavior ('pedo guy', 'Why does ur pp [...]?'), duplicity (FSD, http://elonmusk.today http://elonmusk.today), and stock manipulation (Dogecoin, Tesla bot army). Some of us view this Twitter thing as attention-seeking, and others (me https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31165225 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31165225) view it as a pump and dump scheme. It's not fertile ground for deep or insightful commentary.