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Do you have any notable examples of Elon doing keyword bombing, media washing, reputation laundering, etc?

Pyramus 4y ago
Not the expert on this, but Tesla whistle and Tesla shorts come to mind immediately. There are more subtle ones, e.g. the Tesla respirators right when Covid hit. This was all before Twitter of course.
- houseinthesky 4y ago
  I think Tesla shorts was just him having a laugh at the investors shorting Tesla and showing confidence in the company. It increased media coverage of, and popular discussion about, the number of Tesla shares sold short. It wasn't about hiding or suppressing it, it was about showing that he wasn't concerned and was in some sense, "standing up to" the people predicting Tesla's demise.
RC_ITR 4y ago
https://www.thecut.com/2022/07/elon-musk-tweet-no-sex-ages.html https://www.thecut.com/2022/07/elon-musk-tweet-no-sex-ages.h... Two months after being accused of sexual harassment by a flight attendant.
itronitron 4y ago
You mean other than buying Twitter?
- JohnFen 4y ago
  Let's be fair to Musk on this. He didn't want to buy Twitter. He was playing games and ended up trapping himself into it.
  - phs318u 4y ago
    So you’re saying he’s an idiot? Not disagreeing, it’s just an interesting argument to make about a supposedly genius billionaire.
    - JohnFen 4y ago
      I don't think he's an idiot, but I equally don't think he's shown any signs of being a genius.
    - Red_Leaves_Flyy 4y ago
      I’ll say it. Elon Musk is an idiot. Are his goons going to black bag me? Will his reputation managers show up in this thread with their sock puppets to “control the narrative” which is that daddy Elon is a self made billionaire who definitely didn’t benefit from his daddies Zambian emerald mine (which definitely never used forced labor, slaves, or children)! He’s also a huge fan of labor unions and never violates labor laws or fires organizers. Elon’s also definitely not cozy with other fascistic billionaires, the trumps, etc. I’m bored, this is a good stopping point.
zo1 4y ago
What's ironic is they're doing the opposite of what they claim Elon Musk is doing. So they randomly inject Elon Musk into a conversation about this topic to add that association. Imagine the insanity if bings ChatGPT got a hold of this thread as truth. Oops, I may have dragged ChatGPT into it now too.

Not the expert on this, but Tesla whistle and Tesla shorts come to mind immediately. There are more subtle ones, e.g. the Tesla respirators right when Covid hit. This was all before Twitter of course.

houseinthesky 4y ago
I think Tesla shorts was just him having a laugh at the investors shorting Tesla and showing confidence in the company. It increased media coverage of, and popular discussion about, the number of Tesla shares sold short. It wasn't about hiding or suppressing it, it was about showing that he wasn't concerned and was in some sense, "standing up to" the people predicting Tesla's demise.

RC_ITR 4y ago

https://www.thecut.com/2022/07/elon-musk-tweet-no-sex-ages.html https://www.thecut.com/2022/07/elon-musk-tweet-no-sex-ages.h... Two months after being accused of sexual harassment by a flight attendant.

itronitron 4y ago

You mean other than buying Twitter?

JohnFen 4y ago
Let's be fair to Musk on this. He didn't want to buy Twitter. He was playing games and ended up trapping himself into it.
- phs318u 4y ago
  So you’re saying he’s an idiot? Not disagreeing, it’s just an interesting argument to make about a supposedly genius billionaire.
  - JohnFen 4y ago
    I don't think he's an idiot, but I equally don't think he's shown any signs of being a genius.
  - Red_Leaves_Flyy 4y ago
    I’ll say it. Elon Musk is an idiot. Are his goons going to black bag me? Will his reputation managers show up in this thread with their sock puppets to “control the narrative” which is that daddy Elon is a self made billionaire who definitely didn’t benefit from his daddies Zambian emerald mine (which definitely never used forced labor, slaves, or children)! He’s also a huge fan of labor unions and never violates labor laws or fires organizers. Elon’s also definitely not cozy with other fascistic billionaires, the trumps, etc. I’m bored, this is a good stopping point.

zo1 4y ago

What's ironic is they're doing the opposite of what they claim Elon Musk is doing. So they randomly inject Elon Musk into a conversation about this topic to add that association. Imagine the insanity if bings ChatGPT got a hold of this thread as truth. Oops, I may have dragged ChatGPT into it now too.