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Apparently Musk thinks his "cut everything and then see what we really need" approach was successful at Twitter, despite revenue being down, usage down, and num

Apparently Musk thinks his "cut everything and then see what we really need" approach was successful at Twitter, despite revenue being down, usage down, and numerous competitors appearing which are decimating its user base. But hey, the site is still running. So, success.

dpkirchner 2y ago
Don't forget the company being so weak it has resorted to suing its former customers because they decided to stop buying the company's product. I wonder what the government equivalent will be.
- ben_w 2y ago
  Legal requirement to loan to the government at negative interest rates. Just imagine the voice: "It’s not a tax, folks—no, no, the fake news will say that, but it’s not a tax. It’s a beautiful, tremendous investment in our great government, the best government in the world—people are saying it. And look, some very smart people, the best people, they tell me, ‘Sir, this is how we build a stronger economy,’ and I say, ‘You know what? You’re right!’ Because let’s be honest, negative interest—some people don’t get it, but I get it—it’s a winning deal, okay?" (No, not a real quote).
sillyfluke 2y ago
>But hey, the site is still running. So, success. more like, I'm the co-presidennt of the United States. So, success.
pfannkuchen 2y ago
He did remove the censors in a way that makes the site unappealing to a lot of people, but at the same time 1,000x’d the amount of discussion on previously censored topics. Like the discussions on there look like something out of 4chan these days. A generous interpretation might be that Elon thought that re-enabling public discussion in certain verboten topics is important enough to light a big wad of cash on fire. It’s not hard to predict that letting people talk about those things openly will scare off a lot of people. I would be surprised if he is surprised.
- regularjack 2y ago
  Yeah, it was his plan all along to drive people away from the thing he paid I don't remember how many billions for.
  - pfannkuchen 2y ago
    I think it’s peculiar how much of the commentariat denies that he is doing things for ideological reasons. Like, quite obviously the best thing he could do for profit is to shut up and quit talking publicly about politics. I believe that people are actually making real world Tesla purchasing decisions based on his public persona, and this could have a major impact on Tesla and likely already is. Not to mention public support for and excitement about SpaceX seeming to be below what it used to be despite continued advances on their part technically. I don’t think it’s completely crazy to suspect he’s controlled opposition or something like that, but the idea that he is doing what he is doing for money is ridiculous in the original severity of the word.
- etchalon 2y ago
  He just changed what is and isn't verboten, in favor of the right.
matwood 2y ago
> But hey, the site is still running. So, success. What that really shows is the quality of engineering before Musk took over. Many of the changes since Musk have been buggy and/or have to be rolled back. Twitters future is really what Musk sold to save money in the short term. Of course none of that may matter since he’s POTUS and bribery/corruption is the new law of the land.

dpkirchner 2y ago

Don't forget the company being so weak it has resorted to suing its former customers because they decided to stop buying the company's product. I wonder what the government equivalent will be.

ben_w 2y ago
Legal requirement to loan to the government at negative interest rates. Just imagine the voice: "It’s not a tax, folks—no, no, the fake news will say that, but it’s not a tax. It’s a beautiful, tremendous investment in our great government, the best government in the world—people are saying it. And look, some very smart people, the best people, they tell me, ‘Sir, this is how we build a stronger economy,’ and I say, ‘You know what? You’re right!’ Because let’s be honest, negative interest—some people don’t get it, but I get it—it’s a winning deal, okay?" (No, not a real quote).

sillyfluke 2y ago

>But hey, the site is still running. So, success. more like, I'm the co-presidennt of the United States. So, success.

pfannkuchen 2y ago

He did remove the censors in a way that makes the site unappealing to a lot of people, but at the same time 1,000x’d the amount of discussion on previously censored topics. Like the discussions on there look like something out of 4chan these days. A generous interpretation might be that Elon thought that re-enabling public discussion in certain verboten topics is important enough to light a big wad of cash on fire. It’s not hard to predict that letting people talk about those things openly will scare off a lot of people. I would be surprised if he is surprised.

regularjack 2y ago
Yeah, it was his plan all along to drive people away from the thing he paid I don't remember how many billions for.
- pfannkuchen 2y ago
  I think it’s peculiar how much of the commentariat denies that he is doing things for ideological reasons. Like, quite obviously the best thing he could do for profit is to shut up and quit talking publicly about politics. I believe that people are actually making real world Tesla purchasing decisions based on his public persona, and this could have a major impact on Tesla and likely already is. Not to mention public support for and excitement about SpaceX seeming to be below what it used to be despite continued advances on their part technically. I don’t think it’s completely crazy to suspect he’s controlled opposition or something like that, but the idea that he is doing what he is doing for money is ridiculous in the original severity of the word.
etchalon 2y ago
He just changed what is and isn't verboten, in favor of the right.

matwood 2y ago

> But hey, the site is still running. So, success. What that really shows is the quality of engineering before Musk took over. Many of the changes since Musk have been buggy and/or have to be rolled back. Twitters future is really what Musk sold to save money in the short term. Of course none of that may matter since he’s POTUS and bribery/corruption is the new law of the land.