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The article mentions they did offer some company merchandise… depending what that was I actually think that was nearly appropriate. Paying for it made no sense
by mint2 3y ago
The article mentions they did offer some company merchandise… depending what that was I actually think that was nearly appropriate. Paying for it made no sense - it’s a private company and can do what it wants.
But in order not to be appearing as a roughshod callous company, giving a token of appreciation makes sense AND an actual paper card saying apology signed by musk. The token could be one of their old logo statues, its not like they need them anymore. That would have been reasonable.
- nerdbert 3y agoPaying for it makes sense because it establishes that the company agrees that accounts have value, and that the company will be even-handed in managing that value. Appropriating it with an offer of some laptop stickers or a Twitter coffee mug says "this is all crap and anyway we can take it away anytime we feel like it, so you'd be a fool to invest any serious effort or resources into this ecosystem."
- mint2 3y agoIt’s not nice to twist my words and ignore what I actually said in order to try to make a point. I specifically cited a Twitter statue as the example and also said a hand signed note from musk. That’s not not even close to “laptop stickers and a coffee mug” garbage that I’ve been falsely accused of saying. For reference, the auctioned Twitter logo statue sold for $100k, which is crazy. So actually that might be too much, I’d assumed it was a few $K not $100.
- Rapzid 3y agoA bunch of junk he now has to dispose of and a meeting with the management team running twitter straight into the center of the Earth? So, they wanted him to pay them for taking @x ..