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>So the message is "if you advertise with us, we will try to sink you if you ever decide to stop". I'm sure companies will be rushing to sign up. How can he no

by KVFinn 4y ago

>So the message is "if you advertise with us, we will try to sink you if you ever decide to stop". I'm sure companies will be rushing to sign up. How can he not see this? With a single Tweet Elon made buying Twitter ads into a risk companies will have to weigh against any benefit from the ads. Literally threatening your customers. I was convinced it was fake Tweet. He needs to hire someone to delay all his Tweets by 24 hours so he can sleep on them.

klyrs 4y ago
> How can he not see this? Stoned off his duff, probably. He might sober up in the morning
MBCook 4y ago
As I saw someone point out somewhere in the last few days, he can’t see it because he’s Elon Musk. He’s rich and seemingly successful at everything he does. People fawn all over him. He has enough money to buy his way out of almost anything, and he’s been able to get away with insane stuff like naming Autopilot, testing it on public roads w/o any oversight, lying to the SEC, ignoring his deal with the SEC, stuff in his personal life, etc. He seemingly hasn’t ever had to face real consequences. At least not since he was a child. So he’s not scared of them. He doesn’t care. Doesn’t think about it. He’s always right because he’s Elon Musk. So when he doesn’t get his way he doesn’t understand and lashes out (e.g. pedo remark over sub to help kids in cave). And he was getting more fans! The right wing had started to embrace him! He knew what to say to them! More praise! Then something happened. He screwed up massively. He jokingly(?) made an offer to buy Twitter with moronic terms. And based on what we’re seeing that probably would have gone badly. But it got worse. The market dropped a bunch and now his high price was crazy. But he couldn’t back out because he agreed to terms preventing it! He lost a ton (stock holdings) and now had to overpay for Twitter or face a lawsuit. And he seemed to be more scared of the lawsuit than wasting all that money and destroying Twitter. It’s all consequences. And Elon Musk doesn’t know about consequences. So he’s responding to them like a 5 year old, lashing out. But that’s causing more consequences. Advertisers/etc got nervous about his “no moderation” approach. Consequences. He tried to reassure them and pissed off all his new right-wing friends. Consequences. But the advertisers are holding back so now Twitter has less money (and new heavy debt). So he tries to raise money with the blue check thing and everyone gets mad. Consequence. Decided to cut a ton of jobs to save a lot of money. Now EVERYONE is unsure about Twitters future and advertisers get MORE scared. Consequences. He’s not living in Elon world any more. And he can’t take it. It can’t be his fault. He’s perfect. It must be someone else’s fault. Begun, the conspiracy theories have.
- anigbrowl 4y ago
  Excuse me, he is President of Mars ლ(ಠ_ಠლ)

by KVFinn 4y ago

klyrs 4y ago

> How can he not see this? Stoned off his duff, probably. He might sober up in the morning

MBCook 4y ago

As I saw someone point out somewhere in the last few days, he can’t see it because he’s Elon Musk. He’s rich and seemingly successful at everything he does. People fawn all over him. He has enough money to buy his way out of almost anything, and he’s been able to get away with insane stuff like naming Autopilot, testing it on public roads w/o any oversight, lying to the SEC, ignoring his deal with the SEC, stuff in his personal life, etc. He seemingly hasn’t ever had to face real consequences. At least not since he was a child. So he’s not scared of them. He doesn’t care. Doesn’t think about it. He’s always right because he’s Elon Musk. So when he doesn’t get his way he doesn’t understand and lashes out (e.g. pedo remark over sub to help kids in cave). And he was getting more fans! The right wing had started to embrace him! He knew what to say to them! More praise! Then something happened. He screwed up massively. He jokingly(?) made an offer to buy Twitter with moronic terms. And based on what we’re seeing that probably would have gone badly. But it got worse. The market dropped a bunch and now his high price was crazy. But he couldn’t back out because he agreed to terms preventing it! He lost a ton (stock holdings) and now had to overpay for Twitter or face a lawsuit. And he seemed to be more scared of the lawsuit than wasting all that money and destroying Twitter. It’s all consequences. And Elon Musk doesn’t know about consequences. So he’s responding to them like a 5 year old, lashing out. But that’s causing more consequences. Advertisers/etc got nervous about his “no moderation” approach. Consequences. He tried to reassure them and pissed off all his new right-wing friends. Consequences. But the advertisers are holding back so now Twitter has less money (and new heavy debt). So he tries to raise money with the blue check thing and everyone gets mad. Consequence. Decided to cut a ton of jobs to save a lot of money. Now EVERYONE is unsure about Twitters future and advertisers get MORE scared. Consequences. He’s not living in Elon world any more. And he can’t take it. It can’t be his fault. He’s perfect. It must be someone else’s fault. Begun, the conspiracy theories have.

anigbrowl 4y ago
Excuse me, he is President of Mars ლ(ಠ_ಠლ)