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Can we please stop falling for this obvious tactic? How many days in a row does he have to do something seemingly-unhinged, and then follow it with some spectac
by wereallterrrist 4y ago
Can we please stop falling for this obvious tactic? How many days in a row does he have to do something seemingly-unhinged, and then follow it with some spectacle of a poll to shift the narrative? Is it really that easy?
- parker_mountain 4y agoI don't even think he's doing it on purpose, I think he's completely in over his head. Someone referred to Elon as "speedrunning being a forum moderator", or "running a Lowtax" and yeah, so far.
- ceejayoz 4y agoDark, considering Lowtax’s end.
- s5300 4y agoOne of Musks children has already abandon him/estranged themselves. IIRC child custody issues is what did Lowtax in.
- minimaxir 4y ago> The "this is a forum mod meltdown, at scale" joke keeps popping up because it's not a joke — it's recognizing a persistent pattern in bad governance of a mediated social space. https://twitter.com/eaton/status/1604632585849765889 https://twitter.com/eaton/status/1604632585849765889
- lynndotpy 4y agoThis is exactly true. I was a kid (like, around 10 years old) who ran a handful of online forums, on one of those free managed-hosting "proboards"-likes. A lot of these patterns bring me back to the mid-200Xs.
- parker_mountain 4y agoYes, pretty much. Anyone who's run a community or been involved in one with more than a few hundred people understands that one of your most important jobs is working with community members to implement unpopular policies - which is to say, people will take their medicine if you make a good case that it'll help them!
- braingenious 4y agoThe main difference between Musk and Lowtax is that Lowtax actually built something rather than buying it.
- woodruffw 4y agoAnd, on a historical level: the thing that Lowtax created laid the cultural groundwork for Twitter's success. Weird Twitter didn't appear spontaneously; many of them came from SA and similar communities.
- wahnfrieden 4y agoSpecifically fyad
- braingenious 4y agoSA was built on DPPH and FYAD reaped the cultural benefits of the influx of fresh blood.
- bigbillheck 4y agoLowtax, at least for a while, had a Poster's Heart, something Musk does not and will never have.
- braingenious 4y ago>Poster’s Heart Thank you for making me explain to my wife why I was cackling at my phone.
- jackmott 4y ago
- woodruffw 4y agoThese things are not necessarily in conflict: "I don't know what I'm doing so I'll throw a high-voltage poll out there" is a somewhat predictable action for a panicking narcissist to take.
- chiefalchemist 4y agoIt can be both. Twitter's biz model is not his sweet spot. In the chaos of that learning curve he can still take the piss.
- RivieraKid 4y agoIt may be a subconscious tactic.
- SpicyLemonZest 4y agoI guess I'm not sure what you mean by "shift the narrative". The fact that Musk is considering stepping down as head of Twitter is an entirely reasonable thing to be interested in as a followup to bad decisions he's made as head of Twitter.
- actionfromafar 4y agoIf he stepped down, I would forever wonder what would have happened, had he stayed on! It's been incredibly interesting so far.
- maxbond 4y agoI think it's important that this community in particular bear witness to Musk's actions, as Musk's potential employees are largely drawn from this community.
- WheatMillington 4y agoWow so you real are one of the ones who believes Musk is playing 4d chess, huh?
- syzarian 4y agoIt’s possible that in Elon’s mind having a poll dictate that he step down could be a face saving measure.
- mmastrac 4y agoOf all the suggestions of his internal mind-state, this one seems most likely to me. He needs a way to get out without quitting and being "forced" out when nobody can really do that is better than saying "fuck it" and walking away.
- twblalock 4y agoObviously it is that easy, otherwise this article would not exist and would not have so many comments.