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#2989349 28-Oct-2022 19:57

Apparently Larry Ellison might be big part of backing to buy twitter.

Musk businesses suspected of being indirectly involved in military operations against Taiwan
NATO official says alliance 'deeply concerned' about relationship between Elon Musk, Larry Ellison and CCP
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4696114

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In addition, there are concerns in Taiwan about the relationship between Musk, Ellison, and the PLA. Court documents related to Musk's acquisition of Twitter show that Ellison was deeply involved in Musk's decision to buy the social media platform. In 2018, Ellison took a US$1 billion stake in Tesla and became a board member.
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#2989441 29-Oct-2022 09:15

Forbes: Musk Takes Over Twitter And Fires CEO—Here’s What It Could Mean

Executive ousters
Massive layoffs: ...Musk previously accusing its staff of having a “strong left wing bias”
Altering Twitter’s user experience
Possible return of Trump (and Kanye)
Further Tesla unloading: ... Musk may need to sell another $5 to $10 billion in Tesla stock to finance the deal
X app: Musk has said he may use his new $44 billion plaything to build out what he calls his X “everything app,” a mobile app which could bring together a variety of unrelated services like social media, messaging, food delivery and payments under the same umbrella, in the model of Tencent’s WeChat in China.

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#2989442 29-Oct-2022 09:19

gzt: Musk statement to advertisers indicates content moderation will continue in some form.

Elon Musk: I wanted to reach out personally to share my motivation in acquiring Twitter. There has been much speculation about why I bought Twitter and what I think about advertising. Most of it has been wrong.

The reason I acquired Twitter is because it is important to the future of civilization to have a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner, without resorting to violence. There is currently great danger that social media will splinter into far right wing and far left wing echo chambers that generate more hate and divide our society.

In the relentless pursuit of clicks, much of traditional media has fueled and catered to those polarized extremes, as they believe that is what brings in the money, but, in doing so, the opportunity for dialogue is lost.

That is why I bought Twitter. I didn’t do it because it would be easy. I didn’t do it to make more money. I did it to try to help humanity, whom I love. And I do so with humility, recognizing that failure in pursuing this goal, despite our best efforts, is a very real possibility.

That said, Twitter obviously cannot become a free-for-all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences! In addition to adhering to the laws of the land, our platform must be warm and welcoming to all, where you can choose your desired experience according to your preferences, just as you can choose, for example, to see movies or play video games ranging from all ages to mature.

l also very much believe that advertising, when done right, can delight, entertain and inform you; it can show you a service or product or medical treatment that you never knew existed, but is right for you. For this to be true, it is essential to show Twitter users advertising that is as relevant as possible to their needs. Low relevancy ads are spam, but highly relevant ads are actually content!

Fundamentally, Twitter aspires to be the most respected advertising platform in the world that strengthens your brand and grows your enterprise. To everyone who has partnered with us, I thank you. Let us build something extraordinary together.

not sure why it was left out from here but he explained

- he doesn't want left wing having their own social media and right wing having their own social media and twitter is left with the leftover junk (i won't post those platform that he named or i'd be accused to posting politics, in fact i didn't even know those platforms existed! now whether the extremists would want to be part of musk's twitter, yet to be known)

- wants left right and center to all share the same twitter platform for the sake of humanity, with some degree of moderation

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#2989443 29-Oct-2022 09:21

Wired: Elon Musk’s Twitter Will Be Chaos

...If Musk carries through on his ideas even partly, Twitter users could see big and confusing shifts in the platform’s features and social dynamics.

Musk’s most consistently stated ambition for his version of Twitter is for it to function as a “digital town square” that provides a forum for free speech where any person is welcome. That may sound laudable to many, but while Twitter, like other big social platforms, currently tries to remove harassment and other objectionable content, Musk has said he is opposed to any “censorship that goes far beyond the law” and wants to fix Twitter’s “strong left-wing bias.”

In the US, this would translate to an ethos of just about anything goes. In late April, after Twitter accepted Musk’s offer, bot watchers saw a flurry of new right-wing accounts and warned that people who had abandoned Twitter after their posts or accounts were consistently removed by moderators were returning to the site in anticipation of the Musk regime.

All of this has led experts in online moderation—including some on Twitter’s online safety advisory council—to fear Musk will usher in a new era of trolling on the platform. “A Musk-owned Twitter could be disastrous for women and marginalized communities already facing abuse and targeted harassment on the platform,” says Christopher Bouzy of Bot Sentinel, a popular bot-detection system.
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If Musk’s recent suggestions about Twitter’s future comes to pass, taking that role will keep him very busy. He tweeted that his purchase of Twitter was “an accelerant to creating X, the everything app.”

That appeared to be a reference to WeChat, a Chinese super-app that allows users to chat and make video calls but also make payments and play video games, which Musk spoke of admiringly on a May podcast recorded after Twitter had accepted his bid for the company. “It does everything,” he said. “Sort of like Twitter, plus PayPal, plus a whole bunch of things, and all rolled into one, with a great interface. It’s really an excellent app, and we don’t have anything like that outside of China
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#2989454 29-Oct-2022 10:13

Batman: not sure why it was left out from here but he explained

It's not left out. It's exactly right there in my quote, that you quoted. Search that for the text "echo chambers" to locate it.

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#2989497 29-Oct-2022 13:10

Note various media site have said "Tesla Cyberquad" is made by Tesla. It's actually made by "Radio Flyer."

It has been recalled after a child's death. More on the The Verge

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#2989506 29-Oct-2022 13:57

kingdragonfly: Note various media site have said "Tesla Cyberquad" is made by Tesla. It's actually made by "Radio Flyer."

It has been recalled after a child's death. More on the The Verge

The Verge article says this

”The commission says there are about 5,000 units affected by the recall. The good news is that there aren’t any known instances of someone being seriously injured while using the Cyberquad for kids, though Radio Flyer did apparently receive one report of it tipping over when an adult and child were riding it at the same time, resulting in a bruised shoulder.” (my added bolding).

Reports of death must have been elsewhere (or interferes with the narrative).

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#2989526 29-Oct-2022 15:36

ezbee:

Apparently Larry Ellison might be big part of backing to buy twitter.

Musk businesses suspected of being indirectly involved in military operations against Taiwan
NATO official says alliance 'deeply concerned' about relationship between Elon Musk, Larry Ellison and CCP
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4696114

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In addition, there are concerns in Taiwan about the relationship between Musk, Ellison, and the PLA. Court documents related to Musk's acquisition of Twitter show that Ellison was deeply involved in Musk's decision to buy the social media platform. In 2018, Ellison took a US$1 billion stake in Tesla and became a board member.
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just read this.

that would make sense.

edit: googling "elon musk china taiwan" gives very eye opening results

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#2989691 30-Oct-2022 16:37

Elon Musk & The Longtermists: What Is Their Plan?

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Longtermism is a currently popular philosophy among rich people like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Jaan Tallinn (believes we live in a simulation).

What do they believe and what are the pros and cons? I sort it out for you.

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#2989695 30-Oct-2022 17:39

The Verge People are pretending to be laid-off Twitter employees carrying boxes outside of HQ

In videos circulating on Twitter Friday morning, two men carrying boxes are seen standing near the entrance to Twitter’s San Francisco building, claiming to have been laid off by Elon Musk, who officially took over the company Thursday evening.

There are plenty of problems with what these two men say to reporters. The most glaring is that one man identifies himself as a software engineer named “Rahul Ligma.” The Verge has confirmed that name does not exist in Twitter’s Slack or email system. There is also no evidence that the employee exists on LinkedIn.

“Ligma” is, of course, also an internet hoax designed to elicit the response “lick my b__ls” from people who are in on the joke. That didn’t stop multiple outlets, including CNBC and Bloomberg, from running headlines Friday saying that laid-off Twitter employees were leaving the building carrying boxes.
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#2989822 30-Oct-2022 22:50

The Intercept takes a stinging look at Musk's Twitter.

The Intercept: To make matters worse, Musk’s deal to buy Twitter involved taking out $12.5 billion in loans. This means that Twitter will have to come up with an additional $1 billion a year to service this debt.

This is why Musk hit the ground running with a groveling attempt to propitiate advertisers. He absolutely must keep them happy.

Thus if Twitter simply continues on its current path, it will lose huge amounts of money indefinitely. But if advertisers get nervous about Musk’s management and flee the platform, it could see losses every year in the multiple billions of dollars.

To say the least, Musk's proposed X Application will need to catch on rapidly in that scenario.

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#2989847 31-Oct-2022 09:12

kingdragonfly: Elon Musk & The Longtermists: What Is Their Plan?

Sabine Hossenfelder

Longtermism is a currently popular philosophy among rich people like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Jaan Tallinn (believes we live in a simulation).

What do they believe and what are the pros and cons? I sort it out for you.

Thanks for that - a very interesting video.

Depending on my mood, if things are going badly in the world I tend to swing between extremes.

Either a horror at all of the suffering that billions are dealing with every day;
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an awareness of the sheer insignificance (in the greater scheme of things) of us squabbling on our pale blue dot, knowing that both the greatest and worst of us will be an obscure footnote in the history books 1000 or 100,000 years from now.

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#2989963 31-Oct-2022 11:28

I hope he shuts it down. Ghastly thing. Ideally Facebook, Wikipedia and Google are next on his list.

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#2989979 31-Oct-2022 12:10

Geektastic: I hope he shuts it down. Ghastly thing. Ideally Facebook, Wikipedia and Google are next on his list.

Wikipedia? That's a.... controversial opinion. Any particular reason why?

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#2989984 31-Oct-2022 12:21

Gurezaemon:

Geektastic: I hope he shuts it down. Ghastly thing. Ideally Facebook, Wikipedia and Google are next on his list.

Wikipedia? That's a.... controversial opinion. Any particular reason why?

I know, it's like calling for book burning of encyclopedias. Why ? Too many inconvenient facts?

Most of the posters in this thread are just like chimpanzees on MDMA, full of feelings of bonhomie, joy, and optimism. Fred99 8/4/21

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