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Ruining his reputation with whom?
by 2muchcoffeeman 4y ago
Ruining his reputation with whom?
- thaumasiotes 4y ago
- eric_cc 4y ago
- thaumasiotes 4y agoDownvoters are usually not worried about whether the comment they're downvoting might or might not be correct. I've made some comments where I've been confused as to why they got downvotes, but that wasn't one of them.
- mustacheemperor 4y agoNot engaging with your claim about what is the "correct answer" to this question asked of another user about something they said, I assume this comment is being downvoted because it blatantly violates the site's community guidelines. > Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. This is an extremely sparse remark about a controversial issue. > Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity. Enough said.
- thaumasiotes 4y agoThe question was asked generally, not of a particular user. The answer is pretty clear; here's an article in the Washington Post observing that all the complaints about Elon Musk taking over Twitter are Democrats anxious about the idea that this is bad for the Democratic Party: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/28/musk-purchase-twitter-has-left-right-switching-sides/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/28/musk-purc...
- throway782 4y ago
- influxmoment 4y agoGetting political and opening himself up to targeted attacks
- felipellrocha 4y agoI don't think billionaires care about reputation that much
- colinmhayes 4y agoMusk obviously does. It's why he's on twitter.
- influxmoment 4y agoBoth Musk and Bezos are fighting back. The word billionaire has been a political football for Democrats for a while now. The word billionaire is so built into the left ideology now they just saying the word insinuates every kind of evil. I'm sure that does wonders for America's entrepreneurial spirit
- inglor_cz 4y agoIf this inflation and housing bubble lasts long enough, there will eventually be three billionaires in every neighbourhood.
- MBCook 4y agoNo, but when it tanks their stock portfolios they sometimes do.
- rurp 4y agoYou think all those folks who make billions by being ruthless in business and then create a charitable trust in their name are donating money just out of the goodness of their heart? Reputation can matter a great deal to a billionaire and many have gone through impressive efforts to burnish theirs.
- pfisch 4y agoWith the people who buy all the Teslas.
- eric_cc 4y ago
- gkoberger 4y agoGet specific. What untrue things are the "intolerant far-left" accusing Musk of?
- eric_cc 4y agoWell for one: They have had a monopoly over twitter censorship and feel threatened by this disruption.
- gkoberger 4y agoNo conservative has ever been banned for tweeting about supply-side economics or praising Jesus. It’s the, uh, other “beliefs” that get them banned.
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- futureshock 4y agoIt seems fairly clear that Musk is buying Twitter so he can re-platform conservatives. Why else bother owning it? Influential people on the left will say anything, true or untrue to tank Musk's reputation. Don't get down in the weeds of the talking points, look at who controls political conversation in the US and who stands to benefit if that monopoly is broken. I am on the left, but am increasingly disturbed by the total shut-out of conservatives from social media.
- causasui 4y agoWhat? The far left has _never_ liked Musk. He's a billionaire. He's the perfect representation of all they decry. Unless by far-left you really mean neoliberals.
- micromacrofoot 4y ago
- VectorLock 4y agoEverybody holding $TSLA based on the stock price.
- abletonlive 4y agoI mean, the stock is around where it was a year ago. NASDAQ is where it was over a year ago. S&P500 also back to where it was about a year ago. Why are Elon Musk haters so irrational when they make their arguments?
- strangattractor 4y agoWith people that thought he has done a good thing by actually turning the EV market into something other than a VW in Ed Begley's garage. By others who think he has found a way to make Space and Space Exploration a reality. I am sure he must wish Twitter had blocked his "Pedo" tweet about the divers who saved the Thai children.
- ALittleLight 4y agoThat doesn't make any sense to me. Musk has done genuinely pioneering work in electric vehicles and rocketry. Things like the Boring company or Neurolink obviously haven't really panned out - but still, good areas to work in. That he also goes a bit crazy on Twitter doesn't really take away from any of that. To think less of Musk for his tweets means that you equate the latter behavior with the former, when, clearly, the former is much more consequential. Every notable figure, and likely (almost) every person, has done things that are bad. Gandhi was a racist, Lincoln's social media squabbles led him to a duel, Edison electrocuted an elephant for entertainment or advertising, and so on. That Musk has flaws shouldn't surprise anyone or discredit him for his accomplishments.
- jayd16 4y agoTesla and SpaceX have done great work. Its hard to tell exactly how influential Musk is to these companies. Perhaps a lot, perhaps only financially, perhaps just a figurehead. When his tweets are less than brilliant, your prior assumption starts to move away from brilliance and towards the idea that he's just a blowhard at the top of two great companies. Couple that with the fact that Musk makes a lot of broken promises on Twitter you can see why people think Musk's tweets detract from his reputation.
- ALittleLight 4y agoIt may be coincidental that Musk is the leader of two pioneering companies. I think you'd need more evidence than not liking his tweets for that to be a reasonable conclusion though.
- PKop 4y agoWith the cathedral of the powerful that bestows prestige within our political culture.
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- alar44 4y agoInternet nerds. No one else even remotely cares.