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This guy would be considered a genius, admired and respected worldwide, a living legend.. if he'd never opened that Twitter account. But he did, so he's just an

This guy would be considered a genius, admired and respected worldwide, a living legend.. if he'd never opened that Twitter account. But he did, so he's just another eccentric rich idiot.

flashback2199 3y ago
Strange that you don't think his twitter account helped him get all that media attention along the way.
- totallywrong 3y ago
  The attention he got because of Twitter has always been overwhelmingly negative, by his own doing. Do you think the guy who founded Tesla and SpaceX needed any more media attention?
  - orwin 3y ago
    He did not found Tesla, did he?
    - throw0101b 3y ago
      > He did not found Tesla, did he? There was a legal agreement that allows him to call himself that: > The company was incorporated as Tesla Motors, Inc. on July 1, 2003, by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning.[12][13] Eberhard and Tarpenning served as CEO and CFO, respectively.[14] Eberhard said that he wanted to build "a car manufacturer that is also a technology company", with its core technologies as "the battery, the computer software, and the proprietary motor".[15] > Ian Wright was Tesla's third employee, joining a few months later.[12] In February 2004, the company raised US$7.5 million (equivalent to $12 million in 2022) in series A funding, including $6.5 million (equivalent to $10 million in 2022) from Elon Musk, who had received $100 million from the sale of his interest in PayPal two years earlier. Musk became the chairman of the board of directors and the largest shareholder of Tesla.[16][17][14] J. B. Straubel joined Tesla in May 2004 as chief technical officer.[18] > A lawsuit settlement agreed to by Eberhard and Tesla in September 2009 allows all five – Eberhard, Tarpenning, Wright, Musk, and Straubel – to call themselves co-founders.[19] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla,_Inc.#Founding_(2003–2004) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla,_Inc.#Founding_(2003–200...
      - clipsy 3y ago
        Legal agreements do not supersede facts. He has the legal right to falsely claim he is a/the founder of Tesla, nothing more.
        foogazi 3y ago
        Yes, either you founded it or not. Buying the rights to a title isn’t the same thing He did build the Tesla we know, that is not in question
      - rsynnott 3y ago
        In Ireland, Kilkenny is legally not a city, but there is actual legislation saying that it is _allowed to call itself a city_. This seems a similar principle, and it’s rather silly; ‘founder’ has a commonly-understood meaning.
    - solarkraft 3y ago
      I'm not a general Musk defender (anymore), but yeah, he kind of did. Others incorporated the company, but he was key to its initial success.
2OEH8eoCRo0 3y ago
I think he needs the twitter hype and bots to boost his brands and stock value. I wouldn't be surprised if he were funding these bots to boost himself.
- totallywrong 3y ago
  On the contrary, his online activities have always tanked the stock.
  - 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y ago
    His do. I'm proclaiming with no evidence that he buys twitter bots/shills to hype his brands.
daniel_iversen 3y ago
SpaceX, Tesla, Starlink, Neuralink, Boring Company, are you serious that because of some dumb tweets and a questionable personality or political views not everyone agrees with, you think history will overlook all of this? Not a chance, sorry.
- happytoexplain 3y ago
  A person can be remembered for the companies they founded, professionally, and at the same time be remembered as, personally, "just another eccentric rich idiot".
- aaergtnoi123 3y ago
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- fundad 3y ago
  What views, specifically, do you think people are talking about
- Sparkle-san 3y ago
  He's the CEO of six companies and still finds time to tweet throughout the day. I'm more inclined to believe that these companies are successful despite him, not because of him.
  - kuhewa 3y ago
    It clear he's a great 'salesman' in terms of raising capital and spruiking up share prices, and he's turned that toward some interesting concepts. What is also interesting is part of the act is pretending he is the genius behind the ideas and has a hand in the novel engineering of them, which makes some of his fans love him, and anyone with subject matter expertise on whatever technical things he's saying realise he's half a moron or at least shameless.
    - omgwtfbyobbq 3y ago
      It's not only that he's raised capital for/funded interesting concepts, it's that he's (mostly) successfully spent money on interesting concepts that the majority of people in the media and in those industries said were not viable. Even if these insights into specific industries aren't his own, he's savvy enough to recognize their validity and bring together other people who can make those insights reality. At the same time, he has his fair share of boneheaded boondoggles.
more_corn 3y ago
It is better to remain silent and be thought an idiot than to speak and remove all doubt.
- deleted 3y ago
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spbaar 3y ago
What is all the honor and glory in the world weighed against the siren's call of being a poster that people find funny?
- tim333 3y ago
  He could have kept posting without buying the company.

This guy would be considered a genius, admired and respected worldwide, a living legend.. if he'd never opened that Twitter account. But he did, so he's just another eccentric rich idiot.

flashback2199 3y ago

Strange that you don't think his twitter account helped him get all that media attention along the way.

totallywrong 3y ago
The attention he got because of Twitter has always been overwhelmingly negative, by his own doing. Do you think the guy who founded Tesla and SpaceX needed any more media attention?
- orwin 3y ago
  He did not found Tesla, did he?
  - throw0101b 3y ago
    > He did not found Tesla, did he? There was a legal agreement that allows him to call himself that: > The company was incorporated as Tesla Motors, Inc. on July 1, 2003, by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning.[12][13] Eberhard and Tarpenning served as CEO and CFO, respectively.[14] Eberhard said that he wanted to build "a car manufacturer that is also a technology company", with its core technologies as "the battery, the computer software, and the proprietary motor".[15] > Ian Wright was Tesla's third employee, joining a few months later.[12] In February 2004, the company raised US$7.5 million (equivalent to $12 million in 2022) in series A funding, including $6.5 million (equivalent to $10 million in 2022) from Elon Musk, who had received $100 million from the sale of his interest in PayPal two years earlier. Musk became the chairman of the board of directors and the largest shareholder of Tesla.[16][17][14] J. B. Straubel joined Tesla in May 2004 as chief technical officer.[18] > A lawsuit settlement agreed to by Eberhard and Tesla in September 2009 allows all five – Eberhard, Tarpenning, Wright, Musk, and Straubel – to call themselves co-founders.[19] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla,_Inc.#Founding_(2003–2004) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla,_Inc.#Founding_(2003–200...
    - clipsy 3y ago
      Legal agreements do not supersede facts. He has the legal right to falsely claim he is a/the founder of Tesla, nothing more.
      - foogazi 3y ago
        Yes, either you founded it or not. Buying the rights to a title isn’t the same thing He did build the Tesla we know, that is not in question
    - rsynnott 3y ago
      In Ireland, Kilkenny is legally not a city, but there is actual legislation saying that it is _allowed to call itself a city_. This seems a similar principle, and it’s rather silly; ‘founder’ has a commonly-understood meaning.
  - solarkraft 3y ago
    I'm not a general Musk defender (anymore), but yeah, he kind of did. Others incorporated the company, but he was key to its initial success.

2OEH8eoCRo0 3y ago

I think he needs the twitter hype and bots to boost his brands and stock value. I wouldn't be surprised if he were funding these bots to boost himself.

totallywrong 3y ago
On the contrary, his online activities have always tanked the stock.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y ago
  His do. I'm proclaiming with no evidence that he buys twitter bots/shills to hype his brands.

daniel_iversen 3y ago

SpaceX, Tesla, Starlink, Neuralink, Boring Company, are you serious that because of some dumb tweets and a questionable personality or political views not everyone agrees with, you think history will overlook all of this? Not a chance, sorry.

happytoexplain 3y ago
A person can be remembered for the companies they founded, professionally, and at the same time be remembered as, personally, "just another eccentric rich idiot".
aaergtnoi123 3y ago
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fundad 3y ago
What views, specifically, do you think people are talking about
Sparkle-san 3y ago
He's the CEO of six companies and still finds time to tweet throughout the day. I'm more inclined to believe that these companies are successful despite him, not because of him.
- kuhewa 3y ago
  It clear he's a great 'salesman' in terms of raising capital and spruiking up share prices, and he's turned that toward some interesting concepts. What is also interesting is part of the act is pretending he is the genius behind the ideas and has a hand in the novel engineering of them, which makes some of his fans love him, and anyone with subject matter expertise on whatever technical things he's saying realise he's half a moron or at least shameless.
  - omgwtfbyobbq 3y ago
    It's not only that he's raised capital for/funded interesting concepts, it's that he's (mostly) successfully spent money on interesting concepts that the majority of people in the media and in those industries said were not viable. Even if these insights into specific industries aren't his own, he's savvy enough to recognize their validity and bring together other people who can make those insights reality. At the same time, he has his fair share of boneheaded boondoggles.

more_corn 3y ago

It is better to remain silent and be thought an idiot than to speak and remove all doubt.

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spbaar 3y ago

What is all the honor and glory in the world weighed against the siren's call of being a poster that people find funny?

tim333 3y ago
He could have kept posting without buying the company.