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That’s exactly it. Musk a week ago was telling us that there were a record number of user seconds on the site. Now he’s telling us they’re all content-scrapers.

That’s exactly it. Musk a week ago was telling us that there were a record number of user seconds on the site. Now he’s telling us they’re all content-scrapers. The very concept of truth is eroded.

partiallypro 3y ago
That's what makes it so perfect when he echos conspiracy theories, Russian talking points, and other whacky talking points and elevates untrustworthy sources by tweeting things like "interesting" catapulting them into everyone's feed.
- 18pfsmt 3y ago
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  - epistasis 3y ago
    The substantiation is Musk's own words, easily visible to all. Part of the "nothing is true" aspect is to make people start to doubt their own eyes. Let's not fall in honesty to the point where Musk's own Twitter timeline is not proof of what he is saying.
- Freedom2 3y ago
  As someone who doesn't use Twitter too much, what conspiracy theories has Musk echoed or platformed?
  - minimaxir 3y ago
    The most notable one is the Paul Pelosi incident: https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/30/business/musk-tweet-pelosi-conspiracy/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/30/business/musk-tweet-pelosi-co...
  - EdwardDiego 3y ago
    When Twitter's working, just search for any tweet where he says "Interesting". Or Google "Elon Musk conspiracy" and click the top link. I don't know if you'll be able to read the tweets they reference though.
18pfsmt 3y ago
His claim is that there are a few hundred scrapers causing issues, which makes sense given the recent changes to the paid API. An assumptions of good faith was once a well-held principle on this website, and it's too bad legacy media has led so many astray. Hatred for Musk has truly captured many otherwise very logical minds.
- Scalene2 3y ago
  To assume good faith in the face of a mountain of evidence to the contrary would be intellectually dishonest, something that is still, fortunately, held in disregard on this site.
  - camjohnson26 3y ago
    In fact there’s a giant list of reasons to assume bad faith with anything Musk says. https://elonmusk.today/ https://elonmusk.today/
- djur 3y ago
  The assumption of good faith for Elon Musk disappeared the moment that he baselessly called someone a pedophile for criticizing him.
  - revscat 3y ago
    Same. Up until that moment he was still somewhat laudable, if weird, at least for casual observers. Then he labeled that guy a pedophile and it’s been pretty much all downhill from there.

partiallypro 3y ago

That's what makes it so perfect when he echos conspiracy theories, Russian talking points, and other whacky talking points and elevates untrustworthy sources by tweeting things like "interesting" catapulting them into everyone's feed.

18pfsmt 3y ago
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- epistasis 3y ago
  The substantiation is Musk's own words, easily visible to all. Part of the "nothing is true" aspect is to make people start to doubt their own eyes. Let's not fall in honesty to the point where Musk's own Twitter timeline is not proof of what he is saying.
Freedom2 3y ago
As someone who doesn't use Twitter too much, what conspiracy theories has Musk echoed or platformed?
- minimaxir 3y ago
  The most notable one is the Paul Pelosi incident: https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/30/business/musk-tweet-pelosi-conspiracy/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/30/business/musk-tweet-pelosi-co...
- EdwardDiego 3y ago
  When Twitter's working, just search for any tweet where he says "Interesting". Or Google "Elon Musk conspiracy" and click the top link. I don't know if you'll be able to read the tweets they reference though.

18pfsmt 3y ago

His claim is that there are a few hundred scrapers causing issues, which makes sense given the recent changes to the paid API. An assumptions of good faith was once a well-held principle on this website, and it's too bad legacy media has led so many astray. Hatred for Musk has truly captured many otherwise very logical minds.

Scalene2 3y ago
To assume good faith in the face of a mountain of evidence to the contrary would be intellectually dishonest, something that is still, fortunately, held in disregard on this site.
- camjohnson26 3y ago
  In fact there’s a giant list of reasons to assume bad faith with anything Musk says. https://elonmusk.today/ https://elonmusk.today/
djur 3y ago
The assumption of good faith for Elon Musk disappeared the moment that he baselessly called someone a pedophile for criticizing him.
- revscat 3y ago
  Same. Up until that moment he was still somewhat laudable, if weird, at least for casual observers. Then he labeled that guy a pedophile and it’s been pretty much all downhill from there.