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At this point it seems like he’s dismantling Twitter on purpose. I can understand why the Saudis who lent him money would want it gone after the Arab spring.
by catgary 3y ago
At this point it seems like he’s dismantling Twitter on purpose. I can understand why the Saudis who lent him money would want it gone after the Arab spring.
- dualboot 3y agoThis. Twitter has been the bane of billionaires, aspiring billionaires, and corrupt nation-states for a long time now.
- azornathogron 3y agoReally? Why? What problems does Twitter cause for them?
- pookha 3y agoYet it's been a god-send for nation-state authoritarians in the US.
- simbolit 3y agoPlease give some concrete examples (which aren't a decade old) of twitter being the bane of billionaires and corrupt nation states, that would help a lot. For now my only reaction to your comment is 'huh?'
- HWR_14 3y agoAre there even examples from a decade ago?
- simbolit 3y agobelow someone predictably mentioned the Arab Spring. Not sure if that even counts, but that was the reason for my restriction.
- ipaddr 3y agoSearch for: Leader of Turkey censorship twitter
- malermeister 3y agohttps://thehill.com/policy/technology/4019109-twitters-turkey-election-sparks-criticism/ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4019109-twitters-turke... This was after he took over. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media_and_the_Arab_Spring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media_and_the_Arab_Spri... This was before.
- adamckay 3y agoElon himself didn't like that an account was tweeting the location of his private jet, generating bad publicity, going so far as paying for the owner of the account to stop. Trivial, yes, but does show how it can be an annoyance even through simple things.
- simbolit 3y agoThat is indeed trivial. And it was the best idea I had before asking my question. But I though it was too trivial to even mention.
- smcl 3y agoI could understand this if it was acquired and then heavily censored or monitored. Or if something more obviously destructive was done. But if this is all part of a plan to ruin twitter, it relies on having an egotistical person very publicly take an enormous "L" and everyone involved keeping quiet about it. I'm still going with Elon biting off a bit more than he could chew.
- artsytrashcan 3y ago>I could understand this if it was acquired and then heavily censored This has happened. Impression count has been decimated for anyone without a check. Bonus points if you've ever blocked Elon or posted with a sentiment he disagrees with.
- smcl 3y agoWait the suggestion is that billionaires/powerful people bought Twitter for nefarious purposes. Is it not worth more intact but surveilled and censored than utterly sabotaged with Elon graciously taking one for the team? I’m not convinced, this is a bit complex, conspiratorial and nonsensical for me. When the simpler explanation is that Elon has just mismanaged the company.
- artsytrashcan 3y agoThe answer to that is simple: it was worth more to them destroyed than as an intelligence asset.
- smcl 3y agot h e m
- artsytrashcan 3y ago*Elon and whoever he owes favors to and/or is influenced by. (Owing favors and being influenced by others is a normal human person trait thing.)
- HWR_14 3y agoThe Arab Spring, you mean a decade ago? In any case, they would rather have a tool they can control (just get Twitter to shadowban tweets about democracy) that their population uses seems better than a void.
- thesimp 3y agoNo the arab spring that is coming soon. Remember why it was there: because many countries could not pay for food anymore because of the high grain prices. And what is happening now in ukraine? Exactly: they cannot ship cheap grain anymore to the arab countries that need it the most.
- 1121redblackgo 3y agoOccam's Razor might suggest he is simply bad at managing a social media company
- Analemma_ 3y agoSomething that has become abundantly clear over the past few years is that all the supposed instances of "[my beloved idol] is actually playing 9-dimensional chess; their master plan will become clear soon" are wrong, and that in every case the idol in question is actually just an idiot. That's almost certainly what's happening again here.
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- philippejara 3y agoThey didn't lend him money, they kept the stake they had before he bought twitter, both the Qatari and the saudi. Also I'm not sure why they would want it gone after the arab spring, given how the Persians only benefited from it and Qatar was pretty much a state instigator of it in other countries.