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Yes, Elon did exactly that. Thorleifsson repeatedly inquired of HR, then made a single tweet to Musk. As I pointed out, Musk could have 1) simply ignored it,
by toss1 4y ago
Yes, Elon did exactly that.
Thorleifsson repeatedly inquired of HR, then made a single tweet to Musk.
As I pointed out, Musk could have 1) simply ignored it, 2) ignored it and cc'd HR to reply, or 3) publicly replied something brief and to the point, such as "Yes, terminated, cc:HR to close out paperwork".
Yet, musk chose to do none of the above, instead choosing to escalate the situation, evidently while underestimating his opponent.
This is absolutely 100% on Musk, it's his company, his response, and he's the wealthiest and one of the most powerful men in the world. He chose it, and the fact that he got publicly pwnd is entirely his own doing.
But, as usual, there's that meme about some weird nerd who always throws himself in front of a valid point to try to protect Elon. (If it matters, I also posted on HN several things defending Musk, but this is indefensible)
- wpietri 4y agoVery well put. Somebody once pointed out to me that the reason Instagram became so much more popular with celebrities than Twitter is that Instagram has filters to make you look prettier, but Twitter doesn't have anything to make you look smarter or funnier. Musk is clearly desperate to be The Best At Social Media. But he's just not. Which should be fine! We can't all be good at everything. But he can't let it go. So much so that he spent $44 billion to win at Twitter. And when that wasn't enough, he ordered people to fix it for him: https://www.platformer.news/p/yes-elon-musk-created-a-special-system https://www.platformer.news/p/yes-elon-musk-created-a-specia... I saw the Twitter purchase described as "fragile narcissist buys criticism factory" and that gets truer by the day.