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Seems like a big win for the general public: a company responsible for a toxic cesspool goes under while one of the most obnoxious billionaires gets their ego c

Seems like a big win for the general public: a company responsible for a toxic cesspool goes under while one of the most obnoxious billionaires gets their ego checked. Sucks for the employees that are collateral damage though.

jimiray 4y ago
This is such a great way to look at this. I'm sad that the employees will lose their jobs but the fact that so much money is being invested in this and going to Mars but we can't stop kids from being killed during school, feed kids lunch if they are starving, or make any real impact on climate change should awaken us to the fact that we've been increasingly played since the 60's.
nightski 4y ago
The employees are not innocent. If you do such a bad job that you attract the ire of a huge portion of users and a billionaire willing risk it big to buy out the company to correct the ship then maybe it is time for some self reflection.
- ribosometronome 4y ago
  The people responsible for company direction decisions like that are the ones who will be profiting most from this, though. They're the C-Suites who were likely to have the most stock, have severance packages (which they'll certainly sue for and get).
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- sangnoir 4y ago
  This is warmed over Calvinism "salvation through work" as applied to tech, but with the wrath of God replaced by billionaires. "If bad things happen to you, it's because you're bad person. Billionaires wouldn't visit their anger on good people"
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habitue 4y ago
twitter is pretty great if you use it right. Calling it a toxic cesspool is overly dismissive of its value
- csours 4y ago
  Knives are pretty great if you use them right. Heck, even cesspools are great if you use them right. But it's not fun to be in a cesspool, and it's not fun to have a knife in you, and having a knife in you while you're in a cesspool is just about the worst.
93po 4y ago
Twitter is going under?
DesiLurker 4y ago
before that happens remember there will be attempts to squeeze every last dollar out of it & You the user. personally I have already downloaded my data & started deleting my old tweets/likes: https://tweetdelete.net https://tweetdelete.net who know where musk will sell this data to.

jimiray 4y ago

This is such a great way to look at this. I'm sad that the employees will lose their jobs but the fact that so much money is being invested in this and going to Mars but we can't stop kids from being killed during school, feed kids lunch if they are starving, or make any real impact on climate change should awaken us to the fact that we've been increasingly played since the 60's.

nightski 4y ago

The employees are not innocent. If you do such a bad job that you attract the ire of a huge portion of users and a billionaire willing risk it big to buy out the company to correct the ship then maybe it is time for some self reflection.

ribosometronome 4y ago
The people responsible for company direction decisions like that are the ones who will be profiting most from this, though. They're the C-Suites who were likely to have the most stock, have severance packages (which they'll certainly sue for and get).
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sangnoir 4y ago
This is warmed over Calvinism "salvation through work" as applied to tech, but with the wrath of God replaced by billionaires. "If bad things happen to you, it's because you're bad person. Billionaires wouldn't visit their anger on good people"
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habitue 4y ago

twitter is pretty great if you use it right. Calling it a toxic cesspool is overly dismissive of its value

csours 4y ago
Knives are pretty great if you use them right. Heck, even cesspools are great if you use them right. But it's not fun to be in a cesspool, and it's not fun to have a knife in you, and having a knife in you while you're in a cesspool is just about the worst.

93po 4y ago

Twitter is going under?

DesiLurker 4y ago

before that happens remember there will be attempts to squeeze every last dollar out of it & You the user. personally I have already downloaded my data & started deleting my old tweets/likes: https://tweetdelete.net https://tweetdelete.net who know where musk will sell this data to.