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Elon Musk and $8 twitter account.
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When Musk falls in love with a Pigeon he'll be close the same level as N. Tesla. Musk might be a B.S artist but he's not crazy.
https://www.britannica.com/story/nikola-teslas-weird-obsession-with-pigeons
Give it time...
Give home time is exactly right. Some argue that his knee jerk decision to buy Twitter and signing of that no due diligence is necessary the day after he made his offer could put him in a few different bins of psychologically unhealthy dissonance of who he is, what he can do and what is a reasonable battle to fight in his complex life.
I wouldn't call it a tailspin yet but his vertical stabilizer seems to have some problems.
Elon Musk deserves a medal. He's single handily destroying Twitter for the good of humanity.
I don't think I have ever seen such an epic fail. I hope to come back to this post after some time to see if it was apocryphal.
As a long term and extensive user of Twitter, I can say with some confidence that if Twitter, under any management, was actually responsive to feature requests and complaints about the service itself, many people would be willing to pay some subscription fee.
For example, the ability to edit a tweet. This can include full visibility into edits, with versions and timestamps, but as it stands if you have a typo or error in a tweet that has already been liked and replied to, the only alternative is to either make a reply with errata, which will not be visible to new viewers of the tweet unless they click on it and read the replies, or to delete it and the likes and comments connected to it. This can be very frustrating.
Another thing would be to make “verification” egalitarian by actually allowing people to “own” their identities—if they want to. Some people are on Twitter to be whistleblowers, and anonymity is mandatory. This use of Twitter has been extremely beneficial to resistance movements and informants about corruption. It has done a great deal to reveal injustice, and it a very good use of Twitter.
But, there is no reason that everyone who wants to make it clear that they are the entity they appear to be based on the name that is visible on the account should be able to do this. Right now, you can do something very similar to this by using something like Keybase which has other usefulness (I encourage everyone to make an account and establish an identity so you can send messages to friends and family that are certainly you and not an imposter, should the need arise.)
But importantly, you should be allowed to verify an identity that isn't supported by government documents, rather by an established presence on the Internet. This could be an email identity, or the author of a website, or some other private but not anonymous identity. That is, of course, unless you are claiming to be the person who is describing by government paperwork, then you'd need to show that.
But the idea would be an immutable display name, tied to the proof. If more than one person has legitimate claim to a display name, this is resolved by an email or web address easily seen when viewing that person's content. This is far better than the importance hierarchy current assumed by the Twitter system, or losing the value of the confirmed identity of public figures.
One more example with be a way to write longer posts. It could be behind a "read more" link, and not part of the feed itself, but right bow the uncomfortable creation of unwieldy "Twitter threads" is the workaround.
I don’t know about $8.00, but respecting the Laffer Curve, a smaller levy is likely to bring in more revenue by having more acceptance among the userbase. So charging for access to features is feasible in my opinion but the features and cost needs careful balancing to avoid destroying the value of Twitter to its users.
Not everyone likes Twitter, many people even approach hatred for it. But, there are many people who have established Internet friendships that depend on Twitter, and legitimate special interest communicates for which Twitter is the medium. For many people, the destruction of Twitter would be a personal tragedy.
Imagine is AAC was suddenly driven into the ground by a takeover. I know it would be very painful to me, I consider AAC, because of the people, an important "place" and I've gotten to know so many of you are friends. If AAC went away, so would you, and that would be very hard, a real loss.
For example, the ability to edit a tweet. This can include full visibility into edits, with versions and timestamps, but as it stands if you have a typo or error in a tweet that has already been liked and replied to, the only alternative is to either make a reply with errata, which will not be visible to new viewers of the tweet unless they click on it and read the replies, or to delete it and the likes and comments connected to it. This can be very frustrating.
Another thing would be to make “verification” egalitarian by actually allowing people to “own” their identities—if they want to. Some people are on Twitter to be whistleblowers, and anonymity is mandatory. This use of Twitter has been extremely beneficial to resistance movements and informants about corruption. It has done a great deal to reveal injustice, and it a very good use of Twitter.
But, there is no reason that everyone who wants to make it clear that they are the entity they appear to be based on the name that is visible on the account should be able to do this. Right now, you can do something very similar to this by using something like Keybase which has other usefulness (I encourage everyone to make an account and establish an identity so you can send messages to friends and family that are certainly you and not an imposter, should the need arise.)
But importantly, you should be allowed to verify an identity that isn't supported by government documents, rather by an established presence on the Internet. This could be an email identity, or the author of a website, or some other private but not anonymous identity. That is, of course, unless you are claiming to be the person who is describing by government paperwork, then you'd need to show that.
But the idea would be an immutable display name, tied to the proof. If more than one person has legitimate claim to a display name, this is resolved by an email or web address easily seen when viewing that person's content. This is far better than the importance hierarchy current assumed by the Twitter system, or losing the value of the confirmed identity of public figures.
One more example with be a way to write longer posts. It could be behind a "read more" link, and not part of the feed itself, but right bow the uncomfortable creation of unwieldy "Twitter threads" is the workaround.
I don’t know about $8.00, but respecting the Laffer Curve, a smaller levy is likely to bring in more revenue by having more acceptance among the userbase. So charging for access to features is feasible in my opinion but the features and cost needs careful balancing to avoid destroying the value of Twitter to its users.
Not everyone likes Twitter, many people even approach hatred for it. But, there are many people who have established Internet friendships that depend on Twitter, and legitimate special interest communicates for which Twitter is the medium. For many people, the destruction of Twitter would be a personal tragedy.
Imagine is AAC was suddenly driven into the ground by a takeover. I know it would be very painful to me, I consider AAC, because of the people, an important "place" and I've gotten to know so many of you are friends. If AAC went away, so would you, and that would be very hard, a real loss.
The concise version of this is "freedom of association" which is just as important as freedom of expression when balancing individual rights.
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Let's not underestimate the affect the users and others are having on his "failure".
Who does this sound like? https://www.theguardian.com/technol...tter-closes-offices-loyalty-oath-resignations
And just to show those emploees who's in charge he locks the doors to the place. https://www.entrepreneur.com/busine...ice-doors-and-suspends-badge-access-on/439438
And just to show those emploees who's in charge he locks the doors to the place. https://www.entrepreneur.com/busine...ice-doors-and-suspends-badge-access-on/439438
It sounds like the latest in a long line of pretentious tin pot dictators who had no idea what they were stepping into. It reminds me of one of my favorite English phrases: "hoist with his own petard"
Musk has absolutely no leadership skills, he's much like Trump in that respect. There are leaders and there are bosses, it is leadership that would improve Twitter, it is leadership that would improve many things these days, sadly the world today admires spoiled, brash, loud, egotistical, bullies, until that changes we're gonna just have to sit and watch the system come crashing down.
Here's fine example of leadership, Musk and Trump would do well to take notes:
A leader inspires people, whereas a boss simply frightens them.
Here's fine example of leadership, Musk and Trump would do well to take notes:
A leader inspires people, whereas a boss simply frightens them.
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... I hadn't noticed those words in the article I posted. Truth is I saw that pic in a LinkedIn post but then I lost it. So I searched for the same pic being mentioned in a different article and posted it here without paying closer attention.It's too bad how some people use vulgarity to spread their message. That practice almost always distracts from the point the author is trying to make.
Nothing about "outing" in that phrase.
Oxford English Dictionary: "sausage fest":
- an event or group in which the majority of participants are male.
Urban Dictionary
- When the number of males in an environment overwhelmingly exceeds the amount of females present.
Oxford English Dictionary: "sausage fest":
- an event or group in which the majority of participants are male.
Urban Dictionary
- When the number of males in an environment overwhelmingly exceeds the amount of females present.
Just my poor attempt of making a joke out of something. The way things seem to be going tweeter will be remembered as a joke.
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