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Don't count on it. He's ruining that too. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/05/tesla-does-180-on-superchargers-rehiring-laid-off-staff-amid-new-plans/ https://

Don't count on it. He's ruining that too. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/05/tesla-does-180-on-superchargers-rehiring-laid-off-staff-amid-new-plans/ https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/05/tesla-does-180-on-super...

nxm 2y ago
Twitter/X seems to be doing OK after getting rid of a lot of fat
- dylan604 2y ago
  a social platform is not the same thing in any way shape or form.
- threeseed 2y ago
  A lot of that fat was in areas like trust and safety. Which is now coming to bite them as EU is expected to announce the final warning to Twitter about the spread of toxic content before they impose a 6% fine of total revenue. All whilst advertising revenue has plummeted and continues to drop. No matter where you look Elon is not showing a lot of business acumen.
  - al_borland 2y ago
    From what I understand, Elon’s primary motivation behind buying Twitter was to preserve free speech on the internet. That’s kind of an American thing. I don’t see Elon changing that to bend to the laws and rules of the EU. I have my opinions, but one of them that’s mixed in there is respecting the willingness to stay true to the ideals and value of free speech, even if it means losing advertisers or whatever else. Freedom of speech is important, and we can’t have honest debates about serious topics without it.
    - orwin 2y ago
      I mean... https://www.businessinsider.com/free-speech-censorship-elon-musk-throttled-tweets-turkey-presidential-election-2023-5 https://www.businessinsider.com/free-speech-censorship-elon-... https://restofworld.org/2023/twitter-blocked-access-punjab-amritpal-singh-sandhu/ https://restofworld.org/2023/twitter-blocked-access-punjab-a...
    - defrost 2y ago
      He did say that, sure .. he just doesn't walk the talk.
    - scblock 2y ago
      It was to buy a place no one could shut him up. He adores censorship as long as its of other people. Dude gives exactly zero shits about free speech.
- verdverm 2y ago
  if stagnation is doing OK, then I suppose, but growth has basically stalled https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40924369 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40924369
- jitl 2y ago
  The website barely works for me on my phone anymore. Just spinners whenever I try to open anything or load more content.
- TheAlchemist 2y ago
  Twitter as a software system ? Yeah, that's not really hard. Twitter as a platform ? It went horrible - spam bots multiplied, the 'pussy in bio' were everywhere, and I've stopped using it completely when there were literal nude / porn pictures in the answers, on topics that have nothing to do with that.
- timeon 2y ago
  Twitter stopped working for not logged-in people. Which is most people. It worked before. But now it is apparently in maintenance mode.

nxm 2y ago

Twitter/X seems to be doing OK after getting rid of a lot of fat

dylan604 2y ago
a social platform is not the same thing in any way shape or form.
threeseed 2y ago
A lot of that fat was in areas like trust and safety. Which is now coming to bite them as EU is expected to announce the final warning to Twitter about the spread of toxic content before they impose a 6% fine of total revenue. All whilst advertising revenue has plummeted and continues to drop. No matter where you look Elon is not showing a lot of business acumen.
- al_borland 2y ago
  From what I understand, Elon’s primary motivation behind buying Twitter was to preserve free speech on the internet. That’s kind of an American thing. I don’t see Elon changing that to bend to the laws and rules of the EU. I have my opinions, but one of them that’s mixed in there is respecting the willingness to stay true to the ideals and value of free speech, even if it means losing advertisers or whatever else. Freedom of speech is important, and we can’t have honest debates about serious topics without it.
  - orwin 2y ago
    I mean... https://www.businessinsider.com/free-speech-censorship-elon-musk-throttled-tweets-turkey-presidential-election-2023-5 https://www.businessinsider.com/free-speech-censorship-elon-... https://restofworld.org/2023/twitter-blocked-access-punjab-amritpal-singh-sandhu/ https://restofworld.org/2023/twitter-blocked-access-punjab-a...
  - defrost 2y ago
    He did say that, sure .. he just doesn't walk the talk.
  - scblock 2y ago
    It was to buy a place no one could shut him up. He adores censorship as long as its of other people. Dude gives exactly zero shits about free speech.
verdverm 2y ago
if stagnation is doing OK, then I suppose, but growth has basically stalled https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40924369 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40924369
jitl 2y ago
The website barely works for me on my phone anymore. Just spinners whenever I try to open anything or load more content.
TheAlchemist 2y ago
Twitter as a software system ? Yeah, that's not really hard. Twitter as a platform ? It went horrible - spam bots multiplied, the 'pussy in bio' were everywhere, and I've stopped using it completely when there were literal nude / porn pictures in the answers, on topics that have nothing to do with that.
timeon 2y ago
Twitter stopped working for not logged-in people. Which is most people. It worked before. But now it is apparently in maintenance mode.