Lacking in motivational quotes tbh
Elon Musk | Doer of things on X and sad little man
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I used to think some criticisms of Musk were overstated. I was so, so wrong.
Nice. That feature will soon be gone.
Funny thing is he always used to be a media darling up until the last two years.
It certainly looks like it's been removed from his tweet. Really sticking up for the little guy is Musk.
Needs to get his shine box
Okay I’ll admit the applications are limited. The legal ones.
So he’s not only doing a terrible job but also neglecting his companies.
Or he’s a fake CEO. Both appealing options for humor.
And yet the house is empty and there are no traps. He’s just throwing himself down the stairs for no reason.
That's the best part. Pretty much everything was avoidable, if he didn't have his head so far up his ass.
There's a clear 'stick it to rampant capitalism' undertone to these tweets and its like for a brief period there's an opportunity for people to vent their frustrations in a funny way that's also having real-world impacts on big businesses and I'm finding the whole thing quite heartwarming tbh.
I am starting to this it's the latter. You never saw Bill Gates doing the shit Elon has been doing the past few years. And he only has one company. Either Elon is some time management genius or its just BS.
Yeah which company is that
It's glorious. What's helped them grow is also cutting them down to size.
Surely he's not going to tweet something stupid again today... The streak must end someday.
I think he means Gates only has Microsoft.
Which he doesn't. Not anymore for a long time.
Is he doing it on purpose now though? Like he found it as unintended consequence and used it for some benefits for his own?
This is categorically untrue. One major company pulled millions of dollars of planned advertising spend from Twitter (to be spent elsewhere) citing one of the primary reasons being:
- The unpredictable and erratic behaviour of Twitter's new CEO represents brand safety and PR risk for our company
Hundreds of millions of dollars are being pulled from Twitter as a direct consequence of the Musk takeover.
What a gigantic cretin Musk is.
As comedic as this business failure is (and Musk's transaction may go down as the worst business deal of all time!), if he truly did it in the name of free speech, that could end up being his biggest and most calamitous failure.
People and organizations use Twitter for community engagement and to have a voice. Bringing it back to football, local clubs globally use it for comms, updates, as a sales channel, fan and community engagement, etc. If Twitter disappears, Musk will have done the opposite of his stated purpose by taking away people's digital town square, ripping apart a voice and platform that many had spent over a decade cultivating.
Genius indeed. Hopefully people will start seeing him as the opportunistic snake oil salesman that he is.
As comedic as this business failure is (and Musk's transaction may go down as the worst business deal of all time!), if he truly did it in the name of free speech, that could end up being his biggest and most calamitous failure.
People and organizations use Twitter for community engagement and to have a voice. Bringing it back to football, local clubs globally use it for comms, updates, as a sales channel, fan and community engagement, etc. If Twitter disappears, Musk will have done the opposite of his stated purpose by taking away people's digital town square, ripping apart a voice and platform that many had spent over a decade cultivating.
Genius indeed. Hopefully people will start seeing him as the opportunistic snake oil salesman that he is.
Your point is correct but advertising revenue is also falling across the industry (already confirmed in earnings and guidance) with Twitter likely more impacted compared to Google Search. This is normal in a recession. They will be back though once things settle and many haven‘t pulled their resource on organic (non-paid) Twitter.
What point is it that you are trying to make? It seems, like the other poster, you are trying to normalize the catastrophic loss in advertising revenue, that has occured as a direct result of the Musk takeover, by referencing a recession.
The key is that recession-accounted dollars are being pulled! These are dollars earmarked for Twitter despite the recession. Dollars being pulled because of the consequences of the takeover, not because of the recession.
No amount of muddying the waters will remove Elon's personal accountability for this loss of revenue.
No you went off on one there implying I said something that I haven’t (that Elon isn’t responsible, he is and he’s in charge). You said it’s “This is categorically untrue.” so I was agreeing that your point is correct and that the other poster is also correct that advertising is falling due to the economy. It doesn’t have to be only one of those. It’s easier to make the decision to pull spend in this environment as well, I know first hand budgets are being tightened and it will be more of the case in Q1 as the recession impact on earnings is only just starting in the US & UK. Or you could read the recent earnings reports from some of the major advertisers and technology providers, they will have referenced the same point. As a side note, I expect more to be pulled from Twitter before other platforms going forwards (and so did the market which is partly why it was overvalued amongst other reasons).
Oh god almighty the cringe.
Elon engaging Stephen King in a written contest of wits. Bold strategy, let's see if it pays off.
Wrong thread.
No it'll be relevant when Musk buys Congress
Good shout. Can a mod deal with this please?
I'll report the post so one can take a look.