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I wouldn't call myself a devotee, but I'm still on the positive side of the opinion spectrum. The primary reason to not talk much is that it's useless. You can

by Strom 4y ago

I wouldn't call myself a devotee, but I'm still on the positive side of the opinion spectrum. The primary reason to not talk much is that it's useless. You can't reason with an angry mob. Sure there are plenty of things to criticize, but the mob is not focused on valid criticism targets. Anything and everything is hailed as a sign of evil and/or incompetence. It is incredibly exhausting to try to provide nuanced reasoning against kneejerk hate. Overall I thought the whole Twitter purchase was a distraction when it was first announced and I still think that. I'm much more interested in SpaceX.

smcl 4y ago
There's definitely some vitriol flying around relating to this - some directed at Musk, some directed at the woke/left/liberals they feel are responsible. But there are far more reasonable criticisms of the last couple of weeks' worth of chaos that express a tone of incredulity than anything. To me I think it's just that most of the things people have a problem with are basically indefensible, so either his fans won't try defend them or they've come round to the idea that he's maybe not who they thought he was.