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Wow. He can totally do that. Democratic or social institutions regulated by a private company.

krapp 3y ago
Removing the checkmark from the UAW's Twitter account is in no way regulating the institution itself. Musk even relented and put the checkmark back. Don't get me wrong - the unchecked power of billionaires in a society converging towards military industrial oligarchy and centralized control of consensus reality through the media, full of easily controlled and manipulated voters pathologically afraid of effective government, is definitely a problem worth being afraid of. But this isn't an example of it. This is just another "rich babyman throws his toys out of the pram" moment for Musk.
- seryoiupfurds 3y ago
  > unchecked power Hah.
matthewdgreen 3y ago
He can do it until the site completes its slide into irrelevance.
- bastardoperator 3y ago
  It's already irrelevant, we're just watching the freakshow at this point.
  - AceJohnny2 3y ago
    It's only "irrelevant" like CNN or Fox News. i.e. maybe irrelevant to a certain "elite"/group, but still very relevant to tens or hundreds of millions of people. Do not mistake the opinion of a filter bubble/echo chamber like HN for that of the population at large.
    - bemusedthrow75 3y ago
      The population at large, if they know what Twitter is at all, surely already know it is ruined, just as surely as they understand that Musk, despite his many abilities, is a capricious, petulant man-baby who is acting out.
smt88 3y ago
Yes, he can. We're criticizing him for being an oligarch and a hypocrite, not calling for regulation or whining about the First Amendment rights of the UAW.
aaomidi 3y ago
This information can actually be used in any NLRB trial against Elon's other companies (also, including twitter). If UAW are to succeed, Tesla's workers are going to realize they're missing out.
stickfigure 3y ago
There's no evidence yet that "he" did it. Slow down and let information come out before rushing to judgement.

Removing the checkmark from the UAW's Twitter account is in no way regulating the institution itself. Musk even relented and put the checkmark back. Don't get me wrong - the unchecked power of billionaires in a society converging towards military industrial oligarchy and centralized control of consensus reality through the media, full of easily controlled and manipulated voters pathologically afraid of effective government, is definitely a problem worth being afraid of. But this isn't an example of it. This is just another "rich babyman throws his toys out of the pram" moment for Musk.

seryoiupfurds 3y ago
> unchecked power Hah.

matthewdgreen 3y ago

He can do it until the site completes its slide into irrelevance.

bastardoperator 3y ago
It's already irrelevant, we're just watching the freakshow at this point.
- AceJohnny2 3y ago
  It's only "irrelevant" like CNN or Fox News. i.e. maybe irrelevant to a certain "elite"/group, but still very relevant to tens or hundreds of millions of people. Do not mistake the opinion of a filter bubble/echo chamber like HN for that of the population at large.
  - bemusedthrow75 3y ago
    The population at large, if they know what Twitter is at all, surely already know it is ruined, just as surely as they understand that Musk, despite his many abilities, is a capricious, petulant man-baby who is acting out.

smt88 3y ago

Yes, he can. We're criticizing him for being an oligarch and a hypocrite, not calling for regulation or whining about the First Amendment rights of the UAW.

aaomidi 3y ago

This information can actually be used in any NLRB trial against Elon's other companies (also, including twitter). If UAW are to succeed, Tesla's workers are going to realize they're missing out.

stickfigure 3y ago

There's no evidence yet that "he" did it. Slow down and let information come out before rushing to judgement.