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Twitter is going to be the downfall of Elon. I don’t understand is fascination with it. It’s a big distraction and he alienates a certain percentage of his c

by adrr 4y ago

Twitter is going to be the downfall of Elon. I don’t understand is fascination with it. It’s a big distraction and he alienates a certain percentage of his customers for Tesla.

DoneWithAllThat 4y ago
How exactly would it result in his downfall? Do you think the terminally online even buy Teslas, or use Starlink, or, you know, shoot rockets into space?
- adrr 4y ago
  His tweets are shared on the news. Like when he accused Thailand diver of being a pedophile.
  - beeboop 4y ago
    Thanks you just finished my HN-thread-about-Elon bingo card.
    - decebalus1 4y ago
      and you just finished mine
    - ImPostingOnHN 4y ago
      in this imaginary bingo game you invented to avoid discussing elon's failings, are you playing all alone, or are you also imagining that you have friends there?
- dathinab 4y ago
  yes, yes, no
- whimsicalism 4y ago
  > Do you think the terminally online even buy Teslas, Absolutely yes
dkjaudyeqooe 4y ago
Elon is going to be the downfall of Elon. Trying to buy Twitter is just a symptom.
dathinab 4y ago
Because a non small part of his success is based on portraying himself as a form of real world tony stark, mainly over twitter. Without that he wouldn't have gotten nearly anywhere close to where he ended up. Because for a lot of his ventures he used that image to collect way more money then the company would normally had gotten and the used the additional money to try to beat the completion enough so that the investors won't complain even through the company didn't reach to promised (and often outright absurd) goal anywhere close in time/at all.
- Flankk 4y ago
  Tony Stark from the comic books was based on Howard Hughes. When they developed the character for film, they used Elon Musk as inspiration for the character. So you have it backwards, Elon was even in Iron Man 2. Most of his PR stunts make the news so I don't think Twitter makes much difference.
  - mustyouremember 4y ago
    Really? I guess I'd believe it. He was a wealthy aircraft designer / Hollywood A-lister. Fun fact about Howard Hughes, he once crashed a biplane during the filming of a movie he was directing. (One of four airplane crashes he experienced) The stunt pilots had all refused to try the maneuver he wanted to do, so he hopped into the plane, took off, and did exactly what they anticipated. It's not clear whether he was pulled from the wreckage or found in a nearby hangar after walking away from it, but he survived and finished the movie, which made a loss despite being the top-grossing film of 1930. Celebrities, eh? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%27s_Angels_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%27s_Angels_(film)
    - adastra22 4y ago
      Robert Downey Jr Met musk to prepare for the role. His portrayal is definitely based on Musk, not the other way around. Still helps Musk.
- notahacker 4y ago
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eatsyourtacos 4y ago
>I don’t understand is fascination with it I think it's simple.. he is insanely egotistical. He thinks he is some super genius. I'm not saying he's not a smart guy, but he was able to benefit from the early dot-com era mostly because of timing- he happen to be a smart guy at the right age of tech when it was much "easier". There are millions of people who are really smart and work in tech but it's not like they can just magically make an insane amount of money like early on. He thinks because he is the richest person in the world that he has also worked the most and is the smartest. Both are extremely far from reality- but you can't convince someone of him like that. Anyway- my point is he loves being able to just post a tweet and have however many people read it and talk about it. Similar to someone like Trump- they just love all the attention to an insane amount, and unfortunately technology makes that possible these days.
usefulcat 4y ago
Ego is the problem. The Twitter habit is but a symptom.

by adrr 4y ago

Twitter is going to be the downfall of Elon. I don’t understand is fascination with it. It’s a big distraction and he alienates a certain percentage of his customers for Tesla.

DoneWithAllThat 4y ago

How exactly would it result in his downfall? Do you think the terminally online even buy Teslas, or use Starlink, or, you know, shoot rockets into space?

adrr 4y ago
His tweets are shared on the news. Like when he accused Thailand diver of being a pedophile.
- beeboop 4y ago
  Thanks you just finished my HN-thread-about-Elon bingo card.
  - decebalus1 4y ago
    and you just finished mine
  - ImPostingOnHN 4y ago
    in this imaginary bingo game you invented to avoid discussing elon's failings, are you playing all alone, or are you also imagining that you have friends there?
dathinab 4y ago
yes, yes, no
whimsicalism 4y ago
> Do you think the terminally online even buy Teslas, Absolutely yes

dkjaudyeqooe 4y ago

Elon is going to be the downfall of Elon. Trying to buy Twitter is just a symptom.

dathinab 4y ago

Because a non small part of his success is based on portraying himself as a form of real world tony stark, mainly over twitter. Without that he wouldn't have gotten nearly anywhere close to where he ended up. Because for a lot of his ventures he used that image to collect way more money then the company would normally had gotten and the used the additional money to try to beat the completion enough so that the investors won't complain even through the company didn't reach to promised (and often outright absurd) goal anywhere close in time/at all.

Flankk 4y ago
Tony Stark from the comic books was based on Howard Hughes. When they developed the character for film, they used Elon Musk as inspiration for the character. So you have it backwards, Elon was even in Iron Man 2. Most of his PR stunts make the news so I don't think Twitter makes much difference.
- mustyouremember 4y ago
  Really? I guess I'd believe it. He was a wealthy aircraft designer / Hollywood A-lister. Fun fact about Howard Hughes, he once crashed a biplane during the filming of a movie he was directing. (One of four airplane crashes he experienced) The stunt pilots had all refused to try the maneuver he wanted to do, so he hopped into the plane, took off, and did exactly what they anticipated. It's not clear whether he was pulled from the wreckage or found in a nearby hangar after walking away from it, but he survived and finished the movie, which made a loss despite being the top-grossing film of 1930. Celebrities, eh? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%27s_Angels_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%27s_Angels_(film)
  - adastra22 4y ago
    Robert Downey Jr Met musk to prepare for the role. His portrayal is definitely based on Musk, not the other way around. Still helps Musk.
notahacker 4y ago

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eatsyourtacos 4y ago

>I don’t understand is fascination with it I think it's simple.. he is insanely egotistical. He thinks he is some super genius. I'm not saying he's not a smart guy, but he was able to benefit from the early dot-com era mostly because of timing- he happen to be a smart guy at the right age of tech when it was much "easier". There are millions of people who are really smart and work in tech but it's not like they can just magically make an insane amount of money like early on. He thinks because he is the richest person in the world that he has also worked the most and is the smartest. Both are extremely far from reality- but you can't convince someone of him like that. Anyway- my point is he loves being able to just post a tweet and have however many people read it and talk about it. Similar to someone like Trump- they just love all the attention to an insane amount, and unfortunately technology makes that possible these days.

usefulcat 4y ago

Ego is the problem. The Twitter habit is but a symptom.