You make it sound like he lost money, as if Twitter itself is now worth nothing.
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I agree with the sentiment but what's the alternative? Meta is pretty evil. TikTok is on the rise but I'm sure eventually they'll be even worse somehow.
Blue check people are not all going to leave as the platform fills some of our human conditioning. Call it Ego, Narcissism, Support or whatever we all have it and need it the important part that is missed is balance just like responsible gambling.
What's the name of the mines? Who are the mining millionaires? How much money did he inherit or was seeded from diamond?
Yes, a company he founded got bought out - meaning he converted his labor into capital. That's how you earn money from building something. Your point?
Tesla was incorporated in summer 2003. Musk bought it at the start of 2004.
Musk brought in his CTO in summer 2004. The founders were booted in 2008.
Tesla sold its first car in 2009. Tesla IPO in 2010. Tesla sold its first volume car in 2012.
Today having sold over 2 million cars, how much of that was Musk, and how much were the original founders?
Tesla received a LOAN from a program initiated by the government. The government also made loans to Ford (10x the size), to Nissan (3x). Tesla fully paid back its loan, with interest, years before Nissan did. Ford still has not paid it back.
And you would be wrong. Government awards contracts for companies to deliver things it needs done, won by companies who can deliver the best results at the best price. If NASA can send deliver twice the load for half the cost by itself, it would do it. This is how things work.
Your judgement of realized achievements seems to be clouded by your personal opinion of the guy. Musk is not a great businessman after growing 2 industry disrupting companies, because he didn't deliver on more things beyond that? What a carrotstick
Teslas, if that's what you're referring to as "best cars in the world", are about as well built as a mid-90s Daewoo.
people who hate Elon demand that everyone else either hate or love him. it's narrow-minded emotional thinking.
no room for objective analysis.
Even I hope they all turn to ash.
But I must say, social media is not wrong, people are toxic, social media just gave them the platform and with that everything gets super amplified and most importantly it ropes in people who were generally neutral into frenzy defenders.
Time for self-reflection and an intervention 😝 By continuing with the status quo you are adding and part of the thing you claim to despise.
I never understood why someone would want a blue check mark that verifies him as the owner of an account. That verification means that Twitter can prove that you own that account, because they have a copy of your ID, passport or driver's license. So you are legally responsible for all of your content, while people with an unverified account can always say "That is not really me!". I am not just talking about serious crimes, but also simple copyright violations. Posting a photo for example without approval of the copyright holder can get you into serious legal trouble.
And even if you do not post anything controversial, you might not want all your tweets to be connected to your real life person. If I apply for a new job, I do not want my potential employer to read all my tweets. That could cause a kind of self censorship in your head. Should you really tweet that you like good red wine or may people think that you are an alcoholic?
The blue checkmark people are also very often the ones that I am not interested in anyway. So I would love to have an option to block all people with a blue checkmark at once.
And even if you do not post anything controversial, you might not want all your tweets to be connected to your real life person. If I apply for a new job, I do not want my potential employer to read all my tweets. That could cause a kind of self censorship in your head. Should you really tweet that you like good red wine or may people think that you are an alcoholic?
The blue checkmark people are also very often the ones that I am not interested in anyway. So I would love to have an option to block all people with a blue checkmark at once.
So the world's richest man needs a grift? He must not be as rich as everyone seems to think he is, or he's saving up to buy a country now.
I worked at a bar/restaurant for 10 years and one thing my boss/the owner said that sticks with me decades later is when he told me he doesn't care if the employees hate him. He's there to make money, not be everyone's friend. He told me if everyone thinks he's an *******, and he's making money, he must be doing something right.
Now, I don't agree with this! Just saying, *******s seem to always be in charge.
How is trying to create a new revenue stream a grift?
Lol people who say this I know aren’t passionate about sports.
Name another utility that can be utilized as quickly and efficiently as twitter to share sports news, injuries, updates? I never even open the app just get tweet notifications from my sporting reporters and MacRumors.
How is that ALL toxic?
One hundred percent of CEOs are *******s, you don't get to the top being a nice person.
I agree. $240 is nothing to a celebrity or company, the people who have first class in every flight or their own jet don't care. I think it's silly how many nobodies have verification, and try wearing it as a status thing. Its purpose is to help weed out scams etc "I'm MrBe3st buy my Be3stCoin"
Yes what does the blue mark get you other than verified? And show that you have $240/yr to spend on that. Even the middle Apple One is close to that price, and you actually get something useful for that
It makes them feel important and unfortunately a lot of people viewing their account assume they are important.
Because if you’re not - at least to a point - people around you and those working for you will start eating you alive. Seen it with my own eyes multiple times.
Well the problem becomes anyone with $20 a month can become a blue check now. Before you had to be someone of stature. I don't know if blue checks want to be mixed in with normies
Right and some guys try to fake it and act like they are nice. But they didn't get to the top or stay at the top being nice. It is just a facade.