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That’s really not the point as far as I’m concerned. It makes sense they would control it and it’s their platform, but in my opinion it was mishandled. Taking

That’s really not the point as far as I’m concerned. It makes sense they would control it and it’s their platform, but in my opinion it was mishandled. Taking an account without prior notice when this was supposedly planned seems like an obvious misstep.

mikece 3y ago
"An obvious misstep"... yeah, it doesn't look good from a certain PR point of view. But it could also be considered able-ist biggotry to judge Elon by the standards of someone without Asperger's, no? It's also possible X/Twitter reached out to the handle holder who told them to pound sand so they exercised admin authority and he's telling a different story. Like so many things online the truth is difficult to discover but we all know how we feel about people and brands are willing to shoot from the lip without proof.
- stormfather 3y ago
  How do you know the person you might accuse of ableist bigotry doesn't also have Aspergers? You can't hold them accountable if you don't know that.
- mtmail 3y ago
  > It's also possible X/Twitter reached out to the handle holder who told them to pound sand Techcrunch has a quote from the handle owner, you have a theory.
- deredede 3y ago
  > it could also be considered able-ist biggotry to judge Elon by the standards of someone without Asperger's, no? Elon may not have realized it is a misstep, and may have good reason for not realizing it, but that doesn't make it any less of a misstep. Edited to add: it's also very probable that this is not a detail Elon personally had a hand in.
- ffhhttt 3y ago
  Yeah and narcissism should also be a protected class I suppose..
strangattractor 3y ago
Just one misstep in the 100s that have already occurred. At this point what was the point in buying Twitter to begin with? Whatever Musk had originally bought is no longer of any value. 44 Billion would have given a brand new startup a very long runway. 1 billion would have been plenty.

mikece 3y ago

"An obvious misstep"... yeah, it doesn't look good from a certain PR point of view. But it could also be considered able-ist biggotry to judge Elon by the standards of someone without Asperger's, no? It's also possible X/Twitter reached out to the handle holder who told them to pound sand so they exercised admin authority and he's telling a different story. Like so many things online the truth is difficult to discover but we all know how we feel about people and brands are willing to shoot from the lip without proof.

stormfather 3y ago
How do you know the person you might accuse of ableist bigotry doesn't also have Aspergers? You can't hold them accountable if you don't know that.
mtmail 3y ago
> It's also possible X/Twitter reached out to the handle holder who told them to pound sand Techcrunch has a quote from the handle owner, you have a theory.
deredede 3y ago
> it could also be considered able-ist biggotry to judge Elon by the standards of someone without Asperger's, no? Elon may not have realized it is a misstep, and may have good reason for not realizing it, but that doesn't make it any less of a misstep. Edited to add: it's also very probable that this is not a detail Elon personally had a hand in.
ffhhttt 3y ago
Yeah and narcissism should also be a protected class I suppose..

strangattractor 3y ago

Just one misstep in the 100s that have already occurred. At this point what was the point in buying Twitter to begin with? Whatever Musk had originally bought is no longer of any value. 44 Billion would have given a brand new startup a very long runway. 1 billion would have been plenty.