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> “over the next few days, the absolute top priority is finding and suspending any verified bots/trolls/spam.” Is this goodbye to @ElonJet? Also, "troll" seem

> “over the next few days, the absolute top priority is finding and suspending any verified bots/trolls/spam.” Is this goodbye to @ElonJet? Also, "troll" seems rather nebulous. Is it the end for anyone seen as a troublemaker?

jsbg 4y ago
> Is this goodbye to @ElonJet? No. [0] [0] https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1589414958508691456 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1589414958508691456
ssnistfajen 4y ago
I don't think the intention is to suspend ElonJet since Musk has already explicitly said he made the choice to not suspend it despite the alleged "personal safety risk". Trolls in this case probably refers to accounts that paid for new Twitter Blue and are now impersonating well-known figures/entities. The wording seems consistent with everything going on at Twitter so far, that he's just kinda winging it while everyone else is frozen in confusion over the abrupt changes. A $44B acquisition is quickly reverting into the volatility of a 2006 startup.
- wordsarelies 4y ago
  Surprise! That's when he last ran a software company.
  - Gud 4y ago
    There's a lot of software involved in both Tesla and SpaceX. Much more advanced software then a web app.
    - notfromhere 4y ago
      Every company has software. That doesn’t mean a car company operates like a social network
    - int_19h 4y ago
      Much more advanced, indeed. https://www.reddit.com/r/EnoughMuskSpam/comments/99sbwa/former_tesla_programmers_anecdotes_about_problems/ https://www.reddit.com/r/EnoughMuskSpam/comments/99sbwa/form...
  - coffeeblack 4y ago
    He’s running two of the world’s most successful software companies right now.
    - neaden 4y ago
      Are you counting Twitter as one of the most successful software companies?
      - coffeeblack 4y ago
        No, Tesla and SpaceX. Plus Neuralink, but Musk isn’t involved in the operations there.
        neaden 4y ago
        Neither of those are software companies.
        coffeeblack 4y ago
        You think those rockets fly remote controlled?
        RavingGoat 4y ago
        Using your logic McDonalds is a software company.
        coffeeblack 4y ago
        How so? Because they buy software?
- freejazz 4y ago
  >"Trolls in this case probably refers to accounts that paid for new Twitter Blue and are now impersonating well-known figures/entities." Do you mean parody accounts?
  - ssnistfajen 4y ago
    Sort of, but only the kind that didn't obey Elon's hastily drafted "rule" that require clear labeling of parody accounts. Some (hilarious) examples of what I mean can be seen here: https://twitter.com/theserfstv/status/1590593334216916992 https://twitter.com/theserfstv/status/1590593334216916992 These are amusing to look at, but for Twitter to be taken seriously long term this can't keep happening. Musk's $8 Twitter Blue change is what unleashed this chaos in the first place.
    - freejazz 4y ago
      That's what parody is.
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coffeeblack 4y ago
No. And Musk already said so. What’s the intention of the FUD?
- TulliusCicero 4y ago
  > And Musk already said so. You think this matters? Did you not see the whole "comedy is legal again" followed by banning/suspending people for parodies? How quickly he went back on "free speech"?
  - coffeeblack 4y ago
    How is identity theft or impersonation “comedy“? Are all the crypto spammers “comedy” for you? Why not stay real and stop all the hate?
    - TulliusCicero 4y ago
      Really tearing off the mask there. Another point into the "free speech until I don't like it" column. Not to mention not understanding what parody and satire are, of course. To this day there are people who still think Sarah Palin actually said "I can see Russia from my house!" but that doesn't make it not satire.
    - freejazz 4y ago
      It's called parody, and you can't actually seriously be asking, can you? You probably thought that The Onion amici brief on parody was good! Yet here you are, insisting that if parody doesn't reveal itself, it's identity theft and impersonation. Never heard of a comedian that "does impressions"? Doing an impression isn't illegal. Mimicking someone except as to say things they'd obviously not say, is exactly what parody is and it's not illegal and it's certainly not problem speech in anyway (as opposed to spam, which makes sites illegible/unusable).
      - coffeeblack 4y ago
        Is creating a false “Musk” account to spam people with some shitcoin “parody”? Is creating a fake Musk account to post hatefull shit under his name “parody”? What is up with the New Left and this total absence of reason and ethics? Actual parody is completely okay and NOT banned (unlike it was on Old Twitter).

jsbg 4y ago

> Is this goodbye to @ElonJet? No. [0] [0] https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1589414958508691456 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1589414958508691456

ssnistfajen 4y ago

I don't think the intention is to suspend ElonJet since Musk has already explicitly said he made the choice to not suspend it despite the alleged "personal safety risk". Trolls in this case probably refers to accounts that paid for new Twitter Blue and are now impersonating well-known figures/entities. The wording seems consistent with everything going on at Twitter so far, that he's just kinda winging it while everyone else is frozen in confusion over the abrupt changes. A $44B acquisition is quickly reverting into the volatility of a 2006 startup.

wordsarelies 4y ago
Surprise! That's when he last ran a software company.
- Gud 4y ago
  There's a lot of software involved in both Tesla and SpaceX. Much more advanced software then a web app.
  - notfromhere 4y ago
    Every company has software. That doesn’t mean a car company operates like a social network
  - int_19h 4y ago
    Much more advanced, indeed. https://www.reddit.com/r/EnoughMuskSpam/comments/99sbwa/former_tesla_programmers_anecdotes_about_problems/ https://www.reddit.com/r/EnoughMuskSpam/comments/99sbwa/form...
- coffeeblack 4y ago
  He’s running two of the world’s most successful software companies right now.
  - neaden 4y ago
    Are you counting Twitter as one of the most successful software companies?
    - coffeeblack 4y ago
      No, Tesla and SpaceX. Plus Neuralink, but Musk isn’t involved in the operations there.
      - neaden 4y ago
        Neither of those are software companies.
        coffeeblack 4y ago
        You think those rockets fly remote controlled?
        RavingGoat 4y ago
        Using your logic McDonalds is a software company.
        coffeeblack 4y ago
        How so? Because they buy software?
freejazz 4y ago
>"Trolls in this case probably refers to accounts that paid for new Twitter Blue and are now impersonating well-known figures/entities." Do you mean parody accounts?
- ssnistfajen 4y ago
  Sort of, but only the kind that didn't obey Elon's hastily drafted "rule" that require clear labeling of parody accounts. Some (hilarious) examples of what I mean can be seen here: https://twitter.com/theserfstv/status/1590593334216916992 https://twitter.com/theserfstv/status/1590593334216916992 These are amusing to look at, but for Twitter to be taken seriously long term this can't keep happening. Musk's $8 Twitter Blue change is what unleashed this chaos in the first place.
  - freejazz 4y ago
    That's what parody is.

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coffeeblack 4y ago

No. And Musk already said so. What’s the intention of the FUD?

TulliusCicero 4y ago
> And Musk already said so. You think this matters? Did you not see the whole "comedy is legal again" followed by banning/suspending people for parodies? How quickly he went back on "free speech"?
- coffeeblack 4y ago
  How is identity theft or impersonation “comedy“? Are all the crypto spammers “comedy” for you? Why not stay real and stop all the hate?
  - TulliusCicero 4y ago
    Really tearing off the mask there. Another point into the "free speech until I don't like it" column. Not to mention not understanding what parody and satire are, of course. To this day there are people who still think Sarah Palin actually said "I can see Russia from my house!" but that doesn't make it not satire.
  - freejazz 4y ago
    It's called parody, and you can't actually seriously be asking, can you? You probably thought that The Onion amici brief on parody was good! Yet here you are, insisting that if parody doesn't reveal itself, it's identity theft and impersonation. Never heard of a comedian that "does impressions"? Doing an impression isn't illegal. Mimicking someone except as to say things they'd obviously not say, is exactly what parody is and it's not illegal and it's certainly not problem speech in anyway (as opposed to spam, which makes sites illegible/unusable).
    - coffeeblack 4y ago
      Is creating a false “Musk” account to spam people with some shitcoin “parody”? Is creating a fake Musk account to post hatefull shit under his name “parody”? What is up with the New Left and this total absence of reason and ethics? Actual parody is completely okay and NOT banned (unlike it was on Old Twitter).