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[byuu]

only humorless anh fags could take something like a rich asshole destroying twitter as a partisan, political issue.

Exactly.

 

[Pangolin]

Can someone explain why verified accounts are not being verified? I thought the whole point of the checkmark was it meant "Twitter investigated who owns this account, and they confirmed that it was in line with their username" or something similar. But it seems like it actually just means "They gave us $8 and we didn't investigate anything"
Is Musk actually trying to destroy the company? I wouldn't blame him, this is just confusing to me.

 

[AnOminous]

Is Musk actually trying to destroy the company? I wouldn't blame him, this is just confusing to me.

I think he is. Either he's completely out of his mind or it's just the most expensive shitposting in the history of the world.

 

[moocow]

Why are people acting like Twitter's just teetering on the brink of destruction, and every little goofy thing that happens after Musk bought it is the "any day now" incident that will kill it?

We all know users and advertisers aren't going anywhere. Even the performative ones putting on a show of leaving have either already returned or will do so once things settle down a bit.

People are making such an absurdly big deal out of the company letting people buy a blue checkmark for $8/mo. "Oh noes, muh impersonation!" Bitch, nobody is who they say they are on the internet. The previous "verification" process was broken, corrupt (we've all seen the admissions and leaks showing they straight-up sold verification for $10k+ in private) and every bit as unreliable as just selling the checkmark openly. You want "verification" that some account or other is "genuine?" Verify it yourself, lazy ass.

All this utter hilarity will do is teach (at least some) people not to blindly trust seals of approval doled out by some third party.

Also, that stock dropped because the company just lost a major lawsuit and the whole market was down overall anyway (unrelated to the lawsuit or some trolling on Twitter). JFC imagine thinking Twitter could tank a stock.

 

[byuu]

Why are people acting like Twitter's just teetering on the brink of destruction, and every little goofy thing that happens after Musk bought it is the "any day now" incident that will kill it?

Because the company is losing billions every year and now isn't even propped up anymore by its overhyped stocks?
If it weren't for retarded investors the site would have died a decade ago.

 

[feral cat #6385]

I think he is. Either he's completely out of his mind or it's just the most expensive shitposting in the history of the world.

Hmmm......

Promises made. Promises kept.

 

[Mister Qwerty]

 

[Sperghetti]

Why are people acting like Twitter's just teetering on the brink of destruction, and every little goofy thing that happens after Musk bought it is the "any day now" incident that will kill it?

We all know users and advertisers aren't going anywhere. Even the performative ones putting on a show of leaving have either already returned or will do so once things settle down a bit.

That’s why I find this whole situation hilariously surreal. It’s the exact same internet drama script I’ve seen play out dozens of times on all sorts of websites over the last 20+ years: Some change is made, users freak out like they’re on fire and announce they’re going to pack up their toys and leave because the site is definitely going to die any second now, the chaos spreads around to several other sites as various half-assed attempts at an exodus are made, and then eventually everyone slowly comes crawling back and pretends it never happened.

It’s just that this time around, it’s actual politicians, celebrities, and corporate entities doing the freaking out.

 

[ForTheHoard]

That’s why I find this whole situation hilariously surreal. It’s the exact same internet drama script I’ve seen play out dozens of times on all sorts of websites over the last 20+ years: Some change is made, users freak out like they’re on fire and announce they’re going to pack up their toys and leave because the site is definitely going to die any second now, the chaos spreads around to several other sites as various half-assed attempts at an exodus are made, and then eventually everyone slowly comes crawling back and pretends it never happened.

It’s just that this time around, it’s actual politicians, celebrities, and corporate entities doing the freaking out.

He could pull a reverse Ebay. Change the background color of Twitter every day by 1 increment until everything is piss yellow.

 

[I'mma real anime gurl]

Come on pussies impersonate Blackrock, Dominion, Vanguard, or hell the entirety of the WEF.

 

[LurkTrawl]

only humorless anh fags could take something like a rich asshole destroying twitter as a partisan, political issue.

ANH fag reporting in, just want Twitter to keel over so I can laugh at the retards who keep insisting on centralizing the internet even more all so they can feed their asspats addiction.

Fuck every one of those niggers for being the reason these social media sites keep kicking to begin with. Regardless of political affiliation.

 

[Bunny Tracks]

https://twitter.com/unusual_whales/status/1591146584146055168

https://archive.ph/wip/Ghdpe

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Oh, wow.

Ngl, being able to cost a company 20 billion with just a single tweet is both horrifying, and hilarious.

 

[Devil Buster Busters]

This is a good thing. People need to learn to have some personal responsibility again after years of having everything "fact checked" and spoon fed to them. It's a baffling decision but it's also really funny.

 

[moocow]

Because the company is losing billions every year and now isn't even propped up anymore by its overhyped stocks?
If it weren't for retarded investors the site would have died a decade ago.

Nah, Facebook's eating far more shit right now and it's nowhere near "collapse." It lost a few hundred billion in valuation practically overnight after the Meta-related SEC filings and other revelations about how nobody's really using Meta's stuff at all.

In just the past two weeks Musk reduced Twitter's annual spending by nearly a billion dollars just by laying off some of its dead weight. Do you actually think 1) he won't trim further fat (there's plenty left to cut that won't be missed), 2) advertisers will actually stay gone, 3) users will actually leave, 4) "verification" will not (eventually) become a big earner owing to those users (who aren't going anywhere, lol) being utterly addicted to the dopamine hits provided by pretending they speak with authority?

Twitter can easily coast on just plain old inertia for a couple of years before it goes insolvent. And I doubt it's going to just sit around and do nothing. It certainly hasn't done that so far.

 

[AnOminous]

It’s just that this time around, it’s actual politicians, celebrities, and corporate entities doing the freaking out.

That's the great part. I'd spend every penny of Elon Musk's money for this level of fun to continue.

Nah, Facebook's eating far more shit right now and it's nowhere near "collapse." It lost a few hundred billion in valuation practically overnight after the Meta-related SEC filings and other revelations about how nobody's really using Meta's stuff at all.

I don't think Cuckersperg has any idea what he's doing. What possesses these moguls to do shit like suddenly completely change the brand of a product that people liked the way it was and then name it something fucking retarded like "Meta?" This is Google+ or New Coke level of retard.

4) "verification" will not (eventually) become a big earner owing to those users (who aren't going anywhere, lol) being utterly addicted to the dopamine hits provided by pretending they speak with authority?

I like that they'll have to rub shoulders with every retard with $8.

 

[moocow]

I don't think Cuckersperg has any idea what he's doing. What possesses these moguls to do shit like suddenly completely change the brand of a product that people liked the way it was and then name it something fucking retarded like "Meta?" This is Google+ or New Coke level of retard.

Yeah, that Data-looking freak is astonishingly stupid. People like to shit on Musk for being "obviously" dumb and making bad investments and doing silly things, but good god Zuck has practically invented new kinds of stupidity the world's never seen before.

I like that they'll have to rub shoulders with every retard with $8.

That's what's really pissing them off more than anything else about verification. Not that they have to pay (especially if they already paid a bribe to get their checkmark before), not that it (currently) doesn't prevent impersonation, and not that their under-the-table bribes are now worthless. Nah, they're furious that now verification isn't biased and anybody can join the club.

I've always had a soft spot for the film Caddyshack 2 despite how generally awful it was because I first saw it as a kid and thought the gopher was cool. But one of its genuinely funny elements concerned a country club snubbing and fucking with a wealthy outsider who subsequently buys it to forcefully gain membership and then opens it up to the public after transforming it into a "tacky" place with a theme park feeling to it. The way it depicts the snobby members completely losing their shit and doing everything they could think of to reverse it (including pulling scummy political strings via backchannels and even paying a hitman to kill new owner) and ultimately failing is delightful. Life imitates art indeed.

Oh and Randy Quaid was in it, and was god damn funny too:

 

[dick brain]

It’s just that this time around, it’s actual politicians, celebrities, and corporate entities doing the freaking out.

The fact that this time it's actual real life authority figures in positions of power conflating a privately owned for-profit platform with free and open discourse is as disturbing as it is humorous, though.

 

[Sperghetti]

The fact that this time it's actual real life authority figures in positions of power conflating a privately owned for-profit platform with free and open discourse is as disturbing as it is humorous, though.

There's something grossly ironic about people doing that at the same time that the very backbones of the big-I Internet were almost broken over a different website that's hosted, run, and paid for by a single dude.

 

[Coccxys]

Replies are, of course, full of people demanding Twitter be seized by the government to stop the fake Blue Checks.

Oh please can the government seize it. The whole government seizing private property thing aside guess what the government cannot do, censor speech. Welcome to the nigger faggot hell you begged for twitards.

 

[Gar For Archer]

That's the great part. I'd spend every penny of Elon Musk's money for this level of fun to continue.

I don't think Cuckersperg has any idea what he's doing. What possesses these moguls to do shit like suddenly completely change the brand of a product that people liked the way it was and then name it something fucking retarded like "Meta?" This is Google+ or New Coke level of retard.

I like that they'll have to rub shoulders with every retard with $8.

I wrote this in another thread, but while FB’s actual attempt at the “metaverse” is pants-on-head retarded, the decision to do a full pivot (and, to a lesser extent, the decision to pivot into VR) doesn’t just make sense, but was arguably necessary for Facebook’s long-term survival.

The problem with Facebook is its two biggest avenues - social media and peddling user data - are both in serious trouble. The former is because FB is seen as the boomer social media platform, and is only really popular in the third world, where each user is worth significantly less than comparatively wealthy Western users. The latter is because Apple introduced privacy settings to make data sharing opt-in instead of opt-out, basically halving FB’s mobile user data overnight.

Not changing anything will have FB going the way of Yahoo or MySpace within the next 10 years. Strategically, pivoting to VR isn’t a bad plan, because if executed properly, it ensures their survival and continued relevance, even if they have to downscale from their current operations. Key word if executed properly, because the Metaverse is doing nothing but hastening their demise.