Elon Musk buying Twitter exposes the great divide

Gaer said:
Well, I think Elon Musk is doing wonderful things to help humanity.
He produces good influences in many diverse actions.
I think the scope of his visions is far beyond what any of us can imagine.
I wonder why you all judge him and see the worst in him.
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Agree. I think Musk is a positive visionary for mankind. And a capitalist in the best sense of the word.

I think a lot of folks have a kneejerk reaction to his smug and cutesy personality. But the guy is Epic, imho. And he has good intentions trying to make Twitter a truly 'open forum' for BOTH sides of an argument to be heard. Before Musk, anything right of center was deemed to be 'misinformation' and 'wrongthink'.

The way to have a discussion is to let people speak, and, barring outrageous statements, just go ahead and retort to whatever was freely spoken, with your own freely spoken opinion, without fear of being canceled for having a 'wrong' opinion. ('wrongthink' is the Orwellian term, I believe).

Oh, btw, nobody I know is on Twitter, and I have no desire to go on it either. Supposedly it used by elitists only, so they say.
 

RandomName said:
Agree. I think Musk is a positive visionary for mankind. And a capitalist in the best sense of the word.

I think a lot of folks have a kneejerk reaction to his smug and cutesy personality. But the guy is Epic, imho. And he has good intentions trying to make Twitter a truly 'open forum' for BOTH sides of an argument to be heard. Before Musk, anything right of center was deemed to be 'misinformation' and 'wrongthink'.

The way to have a discussion is to let people speak, and, barring outrageous statements, just go ahead and retort to whatever was freely spoken, with your own freely spoken opinion, without fear of being canceled for having a 'wrong' opinion. ('wrongthink' is the Orwellian term, I believe).

Oh, btw, nobody I know is on Twitter, and I have no desire to go on it either. Supposedly it used by elitists only, so they say.
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Thank you @Random name. You said this so much better than me.
I don't care about his politics. IMO: He's a brilliant, innovative, as you said "positive visionary".
 

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EXCLUSIVE Elon Musk reached out to EU industry chief to pledge content policing compliance​


Source: Reuters

Elon Musk has assured the European Commission that Twitter will abide by tough European rules on illegal online content policing now that the social network has passed under his ownership, European Union sources said on Monday.

In a previously unreported exchange last week, Musk told Thierry Breton, the EU's industry chief, that he planned to comply with the region's Digital Services Act, which levies hefty fines on companies if they do not control illegal content.

The self-described free speech absolutist agreed to hold a meeting with Breton, a former French finance minister, in the coming weeks, two EU officials familiar with the discussions told Reuters.

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"In Europe, the bird will fly by our EU rules," Breton tweeted on Friday.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/technology/...ssure-content-policing-compliance-2022-10-31/

......could this have anything to do with Musk deleting his slanderous tweet against Mr. Pelosi?
 
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RandomName said:
Agree. I think Musk is a positive visionary for mankind. And a capitalist in the best sense of the word.

I think a lot of folks have a kneejerk reaction to his smug and cutesy personality. But the guy is Epic, imho. And he has good intentions trying to make Twitter a truly 'open forum' for BOTH sides of an argument to be heard. Before Musk, anything right of center was deemed to be 'misinformation' and 'wrongthink'.

The way to have a discussion is to let people speak, and, barring outrageous statements, just go ahead and retort to whatever was freely spoken, with your own freely spoken opinion, without fear of being canceled for having a 'wrong' opinion. ('wrongthink' is the Orwellian term, I believe).

Oh, btw, nobody I know is on Twitter, and I have no desire to go on it either. Supposedly it used by elitists only, so they say.
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Spoken like a true believer- giddy fan. Enjoy the fantasy.
 
I don't care for Elon Musk. Sure, the guy's a visionary, always in the news, not much low key about him at all. Humble isn't in his vocabulary, either.

I don't have a twitter account, don't want one. It would be one more way to encounter misinformation.
I'll stick with 5 news channels, listen, then decided for myself. I never did look good on a bandwagon.
 
SeaBreeze said:
He is just another nutter, who happens to be rich enough to buy a social media platform and who will continue the practice of posting conspiracies, lies, disinformation and hate speech such as inciting violence against minorities including LGBTQ, people of color, Jewish people, etc. Didn't take the bastard long to post that disgusting lie about Mr. Pelosi, and of course he had to disrepect gay people also.....more to come with scum like him.

He has accomplished some good and profitable things in his career, but his personality and character are still in the sewer.
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I have to agree with the post about Paul Pelosi. It was highly incendiary. He above all people should know that deleting a tweet does not mean it never happened nor does it ever go away.

I think he is a man who has lost control of his own ego.
 
Bretrick said:
How does spending $44 billion on a social network site benefit mankind?
I find it disgraceful that so much money is controlled by so few people.
$44 billion to fritter away?
An estimated 700 million people live on less than $2 a day and Musk spends $44 billion on a social platform?
Sickening in the extreme.
What are your thoughts?
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Do you think that money has just gone POOF? It's now in the hands of Twitter stockholders who will use it for many purposes. My guess is that it will circulate and improve the lifestyle of many people all over the globe. Had you owned some Twitter stock you could take your profits from Mr. Musk's deal and contribute it to an organization that is doing something to help those 700 million people. Next time invest, create more wealth, and then distribute your new wealth to needy people.

Oh, had Mr. Musk used the 44 Billion and sent a check to each of those 700 million it would have amounted to about $63 each.
 
Personalty, I am more bothered by entertainers and athletes who literally make tens of millions or maybe hundreds of millions of dollars for simply walking about on a stage pretending to be somebody else, or chasing after a ball.

Many of them own multiple big houses. Let's get them to open their homes to the homeless and put their money where their mouths are.

I find the outrage against Mr. Musk to be very selective. Our government just spent about 440 Billion dollars (10x more than Mr. Musk spent) to appease a special group of people who don't want to pay back the loans they took out and promised to pay. Even though that group will have higher than average incomes than the general population, the rest of the population will have to pay the cost of those loans. Where's the outrage to that bit of nonsense?
 
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Warrigal said:
I have to agree with the post about Paul Pelosi. It was highly incendiary. He above all people should know that deleting a tweet does not mean it never happened nor does it ever go away.

I think he is a man who has lost control of his own ego.
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Your right Warrigal, he only needed some ego pumping to start to show his true colors on his new social media play toy. Wonder why he deleted that, doesn't he tout free speech and all, LOL. 🤡 Like @Right Now, I never had a twitter account and don't intend to sign up any time in the future. The lies and disinformation will be even more rampant than before with this narcissistic character in charge.
 
Brookswood said:
Do you think that money has just gone POOF? It's now in the hands of Twitter stockholders who will use it for many purposes. My guess is that it will circulate and improve the lifestyle of many people all over the globe. Had you owned some Twitter stock you could take your profits from Mr. Musk's deal and contribute it to an organization that is doing something to help those 700 million people.
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"Twitter formally notified the SEC that it had been acquired by Elon Musk, via his subsidiary X Holdings, and said the stock was now suspended from trading. Twitter shares will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 8, Twitter said in a securities filing."

https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/twitter-shares-to-be-delisted-following-musk-takeover
 
I find it amazing he did in one year or so what it took NASA 50 years to do.
There is a U-tube video called, "My heroes rejected me" about Elon Musk
that I wish all of you would watch.
Could you open your mind to see things from a different perspective?
Thanks.
 
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