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Or maybe he's playing 5D chess and this was the plan all along. Actually, there are probably cheaper ways he could have made the Fediverse a viable competitor

Or maybe he's playing 5D chess and this was the plan all along. Actually, there are probably cheaper ways he could have made the Fediverse a viable competitor to Twitter, even if he somehow manages to later sell Twitter for 90% of what he paid for it.

dsr_ 4y ago
He could have just tweeted: Twitter is terrible. I'm starting a foundation to make Mastodon scale to interplanetary levels, and I'm putting in 420 million dollars to start, and I plan on giving additional grants of 69 million dollars every year it hits some marks, for up to ten years. That would have cost him a single billion over ten years and have a very good chance of wiping out Twitter.
- throw_m239339 4y ago
  > He could have just tweeted: ... It wouldn't have worked. What the people quitting twitter want is a "safe-space" for whatever ideology they believe in. As long as these people controlled the platform, why would they go anywhere else? These people don't care about decentralization, only controlling the message and prevent opposing ideas to foster on their platform, nothing more. They'll go create yet another centralized social media that is not Twitter only by name.
  - anon400232 4y ago
    Overgeneralized, uninteresting, ranty, speculation
    - throw_m239339 4y ago
      > Overgeneralized, uninteresting, ranty, speculation Ditto with that useless comment which adds absolutely nothing to the discussion. The irony.
      - anon400232 4y ago
        My comment stated what I thought of your comment. It was blunt and short but not without meaning. The brevity might suggest to you that I didn't think your comment warranted additional time. I engage more substantively with good thinking. I'm making an exception here because I see you lashing out instead of looking inward. Take my comment point by point and you have some opportunity to improve your writing and thinking. Or dismiss it and continue on with your current path. Or counterattack again. Some paths will help you grow and some won't. Choose wisely. I'm not your enemy -- ego and defensiveness are. Don't worry -- so many tech people have tremendous opportunity for self improvement. Myself included.
        throw_m239339 4y ago
        > My comment stated what I thought of your comment. It was blunt and short but not without meaning. The brevity might suggest to you that I didn't think your comment warranted additional time. I engage more substantively with good thinking. I'm making an exception here because I see you lashing out instead of looking inward. > Take my comment point by point and you have some opportunity to improve your writing and thinking. Or dismiss it and continue on with your current path. Or counterattack again. Some paths will help you grow and some won't. Choose wisely. I'm not your enemy -- ego and defensiveness are. Your comment is by definition (bad) meta thus useless, you are not making any point aside from resorting to a personal attack, which is frowned upon here. It serves absolutely no purpose as you're not developing a counter argument, nothing. You couldn't even make a complete sentence with a noun, pronoun and a verb... Now stop wasting people time and get on with your life doing something meaningful for a change, you should reflect on that instead of having the audacity to tell people to "improve their writing".
        anon400232 4y ago
        You are lashing out. I'm sorry you feel hurt or insulted. My first comment did not attack you personally. It criticized your writing and reasoning. Substantively, I disagree with about 80% of your sentences, but I don't have additional time to get into it with you, because I don't think it will be very productive, particularly with how the dynamic is going. I do apologize if I sound condescending or mean or judgmental. I know little about you: you may well be older, more experienced, more successful, wiser, happier, or kinder. You may be having a bad day, week, month, year, decade, or life. I'm trying to strike a balance between being direct and honest without offending you. I'm quite confident you need to hear this message whether you are ready for it or not. I wish you (and everyone) the best. You may want to have the last word (if you wish), but I don't expect to reply further.
  - dsr_ 4y ago
    I agree with you, but the question was "Could Musk have done something more effective with his money?" and I came up with an answer. I think Musk has fallen into the Evil Overlord list, and has failed to run his plans past a five year old child. Watch for him to try to eat an energy field bigger than his head soon... http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html

dsr_ 4y ago

He could have just tweeted: Twitter is terrible. I'm starting a foundation to make Mastodon scale to interplanetary levels, and I'm putting in 420 million dollars to start, and I plan on giving additional grants of 69 million dollars every year it hits some marks, for up to ten years. That would have cost him a single billion over ten years and have a very good chance of wiping out Twitter.

throw_m239339 4y ago
> He could have just tweeted: ... It wouldn't have worked. What the people quitting twitter want is a "safe-space" for whatever ideology they believe in. As long as these people controlled the platform, why would they go anywhere else? These people don't care about decentralization, only controlling the message and prevent opposing ideas to foster on their platform, nothing more. They'll go create yet another centralized social media that is not Twitter only by name.
- anon400232 4y ago
  Overgeneralized, uninteresting, ranty, speculation
  - throw_m239339 4y ago
    > Overgeneralized, uninteresting, ranty, speculation Ditto with that useless comment which adds absolutely nothing to the discussion. The irony.
    - anon400232 4y ago
      My comment stated what I thought of your comment. It was blunt and short but not without meaning. The brevity might suggest to you that I didn't think your comment warranted additional time. I engage more substantively with good thinking. I'm making an exception here because I see you lashing out instead of looking inward. Take my comment point by point and you have some opportunity to improve your writing and thinking. Or dismiss it and continue on with your current path. Or counterattack again. Some paths will help you grow and some won't. Choose wisely. I'm not your enemy -- ego and defensiveness are. Don't worry -- so many tech people have tremendous opportunity for self improvement. Myself included.
      - throw_m239339 4y ago
        > My comment stated what I thought of your comment. It was blunt and short but not without meaning. The brevity might suggest to you that I didn't think your comment warranted additional time. I engage more substantively with good thinking. I'm making an exception here because I see you lashing out instead of looking inward. > Take my comment point by point and you have some opportunity to improve your writing and thinking. Or dismiss it and continue on with your current path. Or counterattack again. Some paths will help you grow and some won't. Choose wisely. I'm not your enemy -- ego and defensiveness are. Your comment is by definition (bad) meta thus useless, you are not making any point aside from resorting to a personal attack, which is frowned upon here. It serves absolutely no purpose as you're not developing a counter argument, nothing. You couldn't even make a complete sentence with a noun, pronoun and a verb... Now stop wasting people time and get on with your life doing something meaningful for a change, you should reflect on that instead of having the audacity to tell people to "improve their writing".
        anon400232 4y ago
        You are lashing out. I'm sorry you feel hurt or insulted. My first comment did not attack you personally. It criticized your writing and reasoning. Substantively, I disagree with about 80% of your sentences, but I don't have additional time to get into it with you, because I don't think it will be very productive, particularly with how the dynamic is going. I do apologize if I sound condescending or mean or judgmental. I know little about you: you may well be older, more experienced, more successful, wiser, happier, or kinder. You may be having a bad day, week, month, year, decade, or life. I'm trying to strike a balance between being direct and honest without offending you. I'm quite confident you need to hear this message whether you are ready for it or not. I wish you (and everyone) the best. You may want to have the last word (if you wish), but I don't expect to reply further.
- dsr_ 4y ago
  I agree with you, but the question was "Could Musk have done something more effective with his money?" and I came up with an answer. I think Musk has fallen into the Evil Overlord list, and has failed to run his plans past a five year old child. Watch for him to try to eat an energy field bigger than his head soon... http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html