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I thought this was a revenge play for Musk and he planned to destroy it. He blamed Twitter for his child at least he really seemed to leading up to the purchase

I thought this was a revenge play for Musk and he planned to destroy it. He blamed Twitter for his child at least he really seemed to leading up to the purchase. A bigger Hulk vs Gawker. But even a degraded social media platform is more powerful than owning an entire sports league. It has been interesting seeing the people who were brainwashed for the last decade waking up to see the ground truth though that Twitter isn’t real life. It’s a lot like alcohol, your problems will still be waiting for you when you sober up.

dotcoma 3y ago
> He blamed Twitter for this child. Could you pls explain what you mean? Thanks.
- costanzaDynasty 3y ago
  Terrible autocorrect.
  - dotcoma 3y ago
    So, he blamed Twitter for his child? Still puzzled.
    - superchroma 3y ago
      For them being transgender.
      - dotcoma 3y ago
        And that happened because of Twitter ??
superchroma 3y ago
No it's not a revenge play. A single letter domain is worth a king's ransom and this particular letter lives in his head rent-free; he wouldn't drop that anywhere just for nothing. Elon is obsessed with the mythology of X and wants to build an empire. He wants to own transportation, energy and communication and build some backbone to digital society.
- upon_drumhead 3y ago
  > In December 2017, X.com redirected visitors to The Boring Company's website, which Musk also owns. This was done in order to advertise a hat sale. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.com https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.com A sale on hats is his bar.
  - superchroma 3y ago
    Ok, but the counter-narrative is that he's apparently prepping twitter for sale, by making it lean. He is happy to goof with his things (hat sales), but he's not about to let x.com go away for peanuts, is my point.
    - upon_drumhead 3y ago
      I haven't heard about selling twitter. It seems weird to me. I would think that the twitter brand is worth more than just a single letter domain name.
      - superchroma 3y ago
        Of course it is. People claim Elon never wanted twitter, and that he was interested in trimming it up and selling it. It's my view that now that he has mated it with his beloved x brand, this is just not the case.
rvz 3y ago
> It has been interesting seeing the people who were brainwashed for the last decade waking up to see the ground truth though that Twitter isn’t real life. It’s a lot like alcohol, your problems will still be waiting for you when you sober up. Exactly. We have not learned anything once again. Drinking a different brand of alcohol is not quitting the addiction and outrage, so replacing a social network like Twitter or migrating to another social network isn't the solution. It is just a stop-gap temporary solution before the nastiness arrives. When more people start discovering a new platform, the outrage will inevitably manifest and continue from there, bringing in all the same problems with the added dopamine addiction. Deleting all social media accounts for good is the proper solution.

dotcoma 3y ago

> He blamed Twitter for this child. Could you pls explain what you mean? Thanks.

costanzaDynasty 3y ago
Terrible autocorrect.
- dotcoma 3y ago
  So, he blamed Twitter for his child? Still puzzled.
  - superchroma 3y ago
    For them being transgender.
    - dotcoma 3y ago
      And that happened because of Twitter ??

superchroma 3y ago

No it's not a revenge play. A single letter domain is worth a king's ransom and this particular letter lives in his head rent-free; he wouldn't drop that anywhere just for nothing. Elon is obsessed with the mythology of X and wants to build an empire. He wants to own transportation, energy and communication and build some backbone to digital society.

upon_drumhead 3y ago
> In December 2017, X.com redirected visitors to The Boring Company's website, which Musk also owns. This was done in order to advertise a hat sale. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.com https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.com A sale on hats is his bar.
- superchroma 3y ago
  Ok, but the counter-narrative is that he's apparently prepping twitter for sale, by making it lean. He is happy to goof with his things (hat sales), but he's not about to let x.com go away for peanuts, is my point.
  - upon_drumhead 3y ago
    I haven't heard about selling twitter. It seems weird to me. I would think that the twitter brand is worth more than just a single letter domain name.
    - superchroma 3y ago
      Of course it is. People claim Elon never wanted twitter, and that he was interested in trimming it up and selling it. It's my view that now that he has mated it with his beloved x brand, this is just not the case.

rvz 3y ago

> It has been interesting seeing the people who were brainwashed for the last decade waking up to see the ground truth though that Twitter isn’t real life. It’s a lot like alcohol, your problems will still be waiting for you when you sober up. Exactly. We have not learned anything once again. Drinking a different brand of alcohol is not quitting the addiction and outrage, so replacing a social network like Twitter or migrating to another social network isn't the solution. It is just a stop-gap temporary solution before the nastiness arrives. When more people start discovering a new platform, the outrage will inevitably manifest and continue from there, bringing in all the same problems with the added dopamine addiction. Deleting all social media accounts for good is the proper solution.