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nomilk 2y ago
Leaving X is one way. But there is an intersection in the venn diagram between those who find X valuable and those who dislike Elon's content.
ImJamal 2y ago
You won't get messages from Elon, but you will sure get a lot of messages about Elon since he lives rent free in so many people's mind.
- palmfacehn 2y ago
  At the time of posting, I count 8 matches for "Elon" on this page and 23 comments. All of but one of the mentions has a negative sentiment.
  - croisillon 2y ago
    how dare they talk (badly!) about him in a thread about twitter!
    - palmfacehn 2y ago
      The above poster didn't elaborate when he mentioned, "Living rent free". If we are going to have a discourse on the topic, I think it deserves more depth. He's a complicated figure. I'm not a fan of all of his ideas, nor do I consider him some kind of right-wing free speech savior. He's like anyone else in that there's some hit and miss. I do find it disturbing how quickly the predominantly left-leaning tech sphere turned on him. This coincided with politically driven media talking points. A few short years ago he was celebrated for his association with green energy. He was even celebrated by the globalists at the WEF. For this and other reasons, I suspect his promotion to be something of a false alternative. Idolizing him seems a bit naive. The demonizations I regularly read on this site are often poorly reasoned or Godwinian hyperbole.
      - croisillon 2y ago
        is... is "globalist" a code word?
        palmfacehn 2y ago
        https://www.wita.org/atp-research/free-trade-ideology/ https://www.wita.org/atp-research/free-trade-ideology/ In short, it is the philosophy espoused by the WEF, The Club of Rome and some UN institutions. For all of Twitter's faults, I never interact with someone making these toxic insinuations on that platform.
      - felixgallo 2y ago
        can you provide an example of the 'politically driven media talking points' that unfairly stained poor Elon's otherwise sterling reputation with the green, ah, globalists?
  - ImJamal 2y ago
    To be clear, I think people who love Elon also have a problem. Neither side can stop thinking and talking about him. I would love to go one day without somebody talking about him on HN regardless of the sentiment.
- delecti 2y ago
  He's the owner of the site, in the inner circle of the incoming administration, and also the richest person in the world as global society is increasingly an oligarchy. That's hardly "living rent free in [one's] mind".
  - ImJamal 2y ago
    People were nonstop talking about him prior to being involved with Trump and Twitter and it has only gotten worse.

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Leaving X is one way. But there is an intersection in the venn diagram between those who find X valuable and those who dislike Elon's content.

ImJamal 2y ago

You won't get messages from Elon, but you will sure get a lot of messages about Elon since he lives rent free in so many people's mind.

palmfacehn 2y ago
At the time of posting, I count 8 matches for "Elon" on this page and 23 comments. All of but one of the mentions has a negative sentiment.
- croisillon 2y ago
  how dare they talk (badly!) about him in a thread about twitter!
  - palmfacehn 2y ago
    The above poster didn't elaborate when he mentioned, "Living rent free". If we are going to have a discourse on the topic, I think it deserves more depth. He's a complicated figure. I'm not a fan of all of his ideas, nor do I consider him some kind of right-wing free speech savior. He's like anyone else in that there's some hit and miss. I do find it disturbing how quickly the predominantly left-leaning tech sphere turned on him. This coincided with politically driven media talking points. A few short years ago he was celebrated for his association with green energy. He was even celebrated by the globalists at the WEF. For this and other reasons, I suspect his promotion to be something of a false alternative. Idolizing him seems a bit naive. The demonizations I regularly read on this site are often poorly reasoned or Godwinian hyperbole.
    - croisillon 2y ago
      is... is "globalist" a code word?
      - palmfacehn 2y ago
        https://www.wita.org/atp-research/free-trade-ideology/ https://www.wita.org/atp-research/free-trade-ideology/ In short, it is the philosophy espoused by the WEF, The Club of Rome and some UN institutions. For all of Twitter's faults, I never interact with someone making these toxic insinuations on that platform.
    - felixgallo 2y ago
      can you provide an example of the 'politically driven media talking points' that unfairly stained poor Elon's otherwise sterling reputation with the green, ah, globalists?
- ImJamal 2y ago
  To be clear, I think people who love Elon also have a problem. Neither side can stop thinking and talking about him. I would love to go one day without somebody talking about him on HN regardless of the sentiment.
delecti 2y ago
He's the owner of the site, in the inner circle of the incoming administration, and also the richest person in the world as global society is increasingly an oligarchy. That's hardly "living rent free in [one's] mind".
- ImJamal 2y ago
  People were nonstop talking about him prior to being involved with Trump and Twitter and it has only gotten worse.