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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 doll

by 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.
        throw_m239339 4y ago
        > You are lashing out. I'm sorry you feel hurt or insulted. You started the inane ramblings on purpose, I don't care about your feelings, you're not even trying to make any point, you're just pilling up on people and trolling them in the hope that they somehow cross the line and they get banned if they go out of line due to your repeated provocations.
    - anon400232 4y ago
      Let's talk about those four words: 1. Your comment is claiming that my comment is overgeneralized? It is not. 2. I will grant my reply may be uninteresting to you. Unfortunately it did seem to push one of your buttons, which may suggest that there's something in it worthy of examination. Whatever I see someone reply so strongly to criticism in meetings or mediations it tells me more about the person than the critique. 3. My comment is not a rant. It was far too brief for that. 4. My comment was not speculation. (I am quite sure the words reflect my assessments of your comment.) Therefore, saying "ditto" doesn't make sense. I think in your mind you thought "ditto" because you perceived my comment as an attack and you wanted to reply in kind.
      - throw_m239339 4y ago
- 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

by dsr_ 4y ago

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.
        throw_m239339 4y ago
        > You are lashing out. I'm sorry you feel hurt or insulted. You started the inane ramblings on purpose, I don't care about your feelings, you're not even trying to make any point, you're just pilling up on people and trolling them in the hope that they somehow cross the line and they get banned if they go out of line due to your repeated provocations.
  - anon400232 4y ago
    Let's talk about those four words: 1. Your comment is claiming that my comment is overgeneralized? It is not. 2. I will grant my reply may be uninteresting to you. Unfortunately it did seem to push one of your buttons, which may suggest that there's something in it worthy of examination. Whatever I see someone reply so strongly to criticism in meetings or mediations it tells me more about the person than the critique. 3. My comment is not a rant. It was far too brief for that. 4. My comment was not speculation. (I am quite sure the words reflect my assessments of your comment.) Therefore, saying "ditto" doesn't make sense. I think in your mind you thought "ditto" because you perceived my comment as an attack and you wanted to reply in kind.
    - throw_m239339 4y ago
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