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Bill Gates of today is a very different person from the one who ruled over Microsoft back then. See Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

simonebrunozzi 4y ago
Source? Do you know him personally?
- autotune 4y ago
  You don’t see news about him trying buy a well known social network to destroy it or trying to use fruit to cure cancer. For one.
  - nailer 4y ago
    Sure but you don’t see anyone trying to do the former.
    - autotune 4y ago
      Elon brings wrecking ball and mass layoffs causing mass exodus of social media site nailer: doesn't look like anything to me
      - nailer 4y ago
        You seem to have forgotten what you wrote - here’s a link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33755503 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33755503 If he’s trying to destroy twitter per your conspiracy allegation (remember how you wrote that?) he’s doing a poor job: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33755503 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33755503
        autotune 4y ago
        Read a recent news article about how many advertisers have already pulled out and get back to me on that. Edit: here you go: https://www.mediamatters.org/elon-musk/less-month-elon-musk-has-driven-away-half-twitters-top-100-advertisers https://www.mediamatters.org/elon-musk/less-month-elon-musk-... You seem like a very confused individual.
        nailer 4y ago
        Done! Before we even had the conversation. Except from a credible source, rather than media matters. Guess how many pulled out at the point zero changes had been made? But obviously even some alternate timeline where they had, that wouldn’t really prove Elon is somehow secretly trying to destroy twitter, would it? Someone is indeed very confused here.
kxkdkdmxn 4y ago
His PR is certainly a lot better, and there does exist a charitable foundation, sure, but a lot of foundations are just tax shelters, and just starting a charitable foundation doesn't absolve you of your sins or make you a good person, but it's great PR Unless you know Bill personally you're just commenting on the quality of his public persona 's public messaging, or your parasocial relationship with that persona Melinda Gates definitely still thinks Bill is worth divorcing, you know
- autotune 4y ago
  That’s literally what everyone does every day with Musk. Not sure how Gates is any different here besides the fact that he is competent at said PR, as you say, and hasn’t done anything outright ridiculous to destroy his reputation.

simonebrunozzi 4y ago

Source? Do you know him personally?

autotune 4y ago
You don’t see news about him trying buy a well known social network to destroy it or trying to use fruit to cure cancer. For one.
- nailer 4y ago
  Sure but you don’t see anyone trying to do the former.
  - autotune 4y ago
    Elon brings wrecking ball and mass layoffs causing mass exodus of social media site nailer: doesn't look like anything to me
    - nailer 4y ago
      You seem to have forgotten what you wrote - here’s a link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33755503 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33755503 If he’s trying to destroy twitter per your conspiracy allegation (remember how you wrote that?) he’s doing a poor job: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33755503 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33755503
      - autotune 4y ago
        Read a recent news article about how many advertisers have already pulled out and get back to me on that. Edit: here you go: https://www.mediamatters.org/elon-musk/less-month-elon-musk-has-driven-away-half-twitters-top-100-advertisers https://www.mediamatters.org/elon-musk/less-month-elon-musk-... You seem like a very confused individual.
        nailer 4y ago
        Done! Before we even had the conversation. Except from a credible source, rather than media matters. Guess how many pulled out at the point zero changes had been made? But obviously even some alternate timeline where they had, that wouldn’t really prove Elon is somehow secretly trying to destroy twitter, would it? Someone is indeed very confused here.

kxkdkdmxn 4y ago

His PR is certainly a lot better, and there does exist a charitable foundation, sure, but a lot of foundations are just tax shelters, and just starting a charitable foundation doesn't absolve you of your sins or make you a good person, but it's great PR Unless you know Bill personally you're just commenting on the quality of his public persona 's public messaging, or your parasocial relationship with that persona Melinda Gates definitely still thinks Bill is worth divorcing, you know

autotune 4y ago
That’s literally what everyone does every day with Musk. Not sure how Gates is any different here besides the fact that he is competent at said PR, as you say, and hasn’t done anything outright ridiculous to destroy his reputation.