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I 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 "

I 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 ago
Dark, considering Lowtax’s end.
- s5300 4y ago
  One 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 ago
  This 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 ago
  Yes, 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 ago
The main difference between Musk and Lowtax is that Lowtax actually built something rather than buying it.
- woodruffw 4y ago
  And, 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 ago
    Specifically fyad
    - braingenious 4y ago
      SA was built on DPPH and FYAD reaped the cultural benefits of the influx of fresh blood.
- bigbillheck 4y ago
  Lowtax, 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 ago
These 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 ago
It 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 ago
It may be a subconscious tactic.

I 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 ago

Dark, considering Lowtax’s end.

s5300 4y ago
One 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 ago
This 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 ago
Yes, 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 ago

The main difference between Musk and Lowtax is that Lowtax actually built something rather than buying it.

woodruffw 4y ago
And, 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 ago
  Specifically fyad
  - braingenious 4y ago
    SA was built on DPPH and FYAD reaped the cultural benefits of the influx of fresh blood.
bigbillheck 4y ago
Lowtax, 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 ago

These 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 ago

It 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 ago

It may be a subconscious tactic.