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Hijacking top comment to note Elon Musk has commented: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604616426114932737 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604616426114

Hijacking top comment to note Elon Musk has commented: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604616426114932737 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604616426114932737 > Paul’s account will be restored shortly And https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604616863673208832 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604616863673208832 > Going forward, there will be a vote for major policy changes. My apologies. Won’t happen again.

bydlocoder 4y ago
The company is a clown show if a CEO has to interfere with moderation policies.
- 323 4y ago
  Could also be malicious compliance.
  - rchaud 4y ago
    Against the rules he came with?
  - bydlocoder 4y ago
    Yeah, thought about it. Nobody wants to argue with Elon and nobody gives a shit.
- astrange 4y ago
  Not really “has to”, he just is doing it because he’s got nothing better to do. Much like how he didn’t have to fire the previous head of moderation and spend the last week calling him a gay pedophile and releasing his work emails.
  - LambdaComplex 4y ago
    > he’s got nothing better to do Isn't he CEO of 2 or 3 other companies? I know a lot of people think that CEOs don't actually do anything important; Musk is not hurting their argument.
    - rurp 4y ago
      I think he's the "CEO" of several more companies. How many 100 hour work weeks has Elon logged at the Boring company this month? I'm going to guess zero.
      - lostlogin 4y ago
        > How many 100 hour work weeks has Elon logged at the Boring company this month? Yes but they aren’t ‘extremely hardcore’ over there.
- rchaud 4y ago
  Bad enough that the CEO has 3 other full-time jobs .
jacquesm 4y ago
How reassuring... Not.
xupybd 4y ago
> Going forward, there will be a vote for major policy changes. My apologies. Won’t happen again. I'm not sure a vote is the best option but it doesn't solve the problem either. There needs to be due process. You can't bring out a new policy and 5 mins later start banning accounts that have tweets older than the policy that also violate the policy. Elon is big on move fast and break things but I think he is going to hard and will destroy Twitter if he continues at this pace.
- jacquesm 4y ago
  > Elon is big on move fast and break things but I think he is going to hard and will destroy Twitter if he continues at this pace. Is there still any doubt about that? The only way forward where I think Twitter may be salvaged is if Musk steps away from it right now but I don't think his ego would allow him to admit to such a failure. So down it is.
  - xupybd 4y ago
    Perhaps that is his current plan https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604617643973124097?cxt=HHwWgoC91dvP38QsAAAA https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604617643973124097?cxt=...
    - jacquesm 4y ago
      If the answer is 'yes', it's not a rigged poll and he abides by it then I don't envy whoever will be in the drivers seat with Elon as backseat driver and most powerful user of the platform.
      - xupybd 4y ago
        I suspect the answer could be yes and still be what Elon wants. Elon does something spectacularly unpopular then throws this poll up. While I don't think this is 4d chess I think this might be on purpose. I suspect he wants out and to save face publicly. This way he can claim to his supporters that he is the good guy and simply abiding by the will of the people. Not that he got in over his head and had to bail before drowning.
angry_octet 4y ago
So sad. It would have been better if it had stayed banned, really would have given that extra push to mastodon/etc. Does anyone think Elon can recover this situation? I think he'll have to re-float twitter and have an independent CEO, and sell another $15B of Telsa stock to pay back the debt and get some operating capital. With time and rational management, he might be able to then sell out, only losing ~$15B.

bydlocoder 4y ago

The company is a clown show if a CEO has to interfere with moderation policies.

323 4y ago
Could also be malicious compliance.
- rchaud 4y ago
  Against the rules he came with?
- bydlocoder 4y ago
  Yeah, thought about it. Nobody wants to argue with Elon and nobody gives a shit.
astrange 4y ago
Not really “has to”, he just is doing it because he’s got nothing better to do. Much like how he didn’t have to fire the previous head of moderation and spend the last week calling him a gay pedophile and releasing his work emails.
- LambdaComplex 4y ago
  > he’s got nothing better to do Isn't he CEO of 2 or 3 other companies? I know a lot of people think that CEOs don't actually do anything important; Musk is not hurting their argument.
  - rurp 4y ago
    I think he's the "CEO" of several more companies. How many 100 hour work weeks has Elon logged at the Boring company this month? I'm going to guess zero.
    - lostlogin 4y ago
      > How many 100 hour work weeks has Elon logged at the Boring company this month? Yes but they aren’t ‘extremely hardcore’ over there.
rchaud 4y ago
Bad enough that the CEO has 3 other full-time jobs .

jacquesm 4y ago

How reassuring... Not.

xupybd 4y ago

> Going forward, there will be a vote for major policy changes. My apologies. Won’t happen again. I'm not sure a vote is the best option but it doesn't solve the problem either. There needs to be due process. You can't bring out a new policy and 5 mins later start banning accounts that have tweets older than the policy that also violate the policy. Elon is big on move fast and break things but I think he is going to hard and will destroy Twitter if he continues at this pace.

jacquesm 4y ago
> Elon is big on move fast and break things but I think he is going to hard and will destroy Twitter if he continues at this pace. Is there still any doubt about that? The only way forward where I think Twitter may be salvaged is if Musk steps away from it right now but I don't think his ego would allow him to admit to such a failure. So down it is.
- xupybd 4y ago
  Perhaps that is his current plan https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604617643973124097?cxt=HHwWgoC91dvP38QsAAAA https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604617643973124097?cxt=...
  - jacquesm 4y ago
    If the answer is 'yes', it's not a rigged poll and he abides by it then I don't envy whoever will be in the drivers seat with Elon as backseat driver and most powerful user of the platform.
    - xupybd 4y ago
      I suspect the answer could be yes and still be what Elon wants. Elon does something spectacularly unpopular then throws this poll up. While I don't think this is 4d chess I think this might be on purpose. I suspect he wants out and to save face publicly. This way he can claim to his supporters that he is the good guy and simply abiding by the will of the people. Not that he got in over his head and had to bail before drowning.

angry_octet 4y ago

So sad. It would have been better if it had stayed banned, really would have given that extra push to mastodon/etc. Does anyone think Elon can recover this situation? I think he'll have to re-float twitter and have an independent CEO, and sell another $15B of Telsa stock to pay back the debt and get some operating capital. With time and rational management, he might be able to then sell out, only losing ~$15B.