Value of X has fallen 71% since purchase by Musk and name change from Twitter

Chris Remington@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org – 222 points –
Value of X has fallen 71% since purchase by Musk and name change from Twitter
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Literally only the best strategies here! I mean lets recap:

  • Threaten to buy company then double down and agree in writing as a bullying tactic: check

  • Roll a nat 1 on your intimidation check: check

  • Be forced to follow through when called out on being mentally an 8 yo by the feds: check

  • Fire critical employees, like basically all of them: check

  • Yoink verification away from public news orgs: check

  • Let anyone pay to be "legit," even if they're parodying you: check

  • Rename twitter to the stupidest thing imagined since head-on (apply directly to the forehead): check

  • Gut content moderation policies but also stop enforcing regardless: check

  • Post own hate content and racism to the platform: check

  • "Accidentally" run ads next to hate content: check

  • Be told your sign sucks and to take it down by city: check (lol)

  • Become a living embodiment of "big yikes" energy while telling aforementioned advertisers to "go fuck yourselves" on live TV: check

  • Hallucinate about making x into a libertarian wechat alternative: check

  • Tank the value of the company while blaming literally anyone else for your failures: mission in progress, #1 priority

10/10 solid buy, gonna grab some long calls rn. The koch boys and rupert murderjock must be holding back a tsunami of jealousy by now 🤣

You left out "throttle diaster information accounts when the disaster is happening" (Japan earthquake).

Check!

Also, I forgot all the tomfuckery he pulled with starlink in Ukraine, cutting off access and the like.

It's truly a testament to how much shit this guy has done that we forget so much of it.