Elon Musk Is Destroying the Myths of Silicon Valley in Front of Our Very Eyes (jacobin.com)

Dingbatt:

I would suggest anyone who gets their vital medical information from social media is subject to Darwin’s effect.

neb:

Dingbatt:

 

I would suggest anyone who gets their vital medical information from social media is subject to Darwin’s effect.

 

Nonononono, soccermom23 on Facebook said if you get your kids vaccinated their arms fall off so it must be true!

And what happened to the 50% of us would be dead within 12 months of being vaccinated ?

sir1963:

neb: Nonononono, soccermom23 on Facebook said if you get your kids vaccinated their arms fall off so it must be true!

 

And what happened to the 50% of us would be dead within 12 months of being vaccinated ?

neb:

sir1963:

 

 

 

And what happened to the 50% of us would be dead within 12 months of being vaccinated ?

 

They've been replaced by crisis actors. wakeupsheeple65, also on Facebook.

Wow, millions of crisis actors just waiting for their turn to come up.

Wonder how you spot them, I have never met any of them

sir1963:

Wonder how you spot them, I have never met any of them

neb: Nonononono, soccermom23 on Facebook said if you get your kids vaccinated their arms fall off so it must be true!

Fortunately, this is not a problem for SOCCERmom23.

Before Musk's Twitter takeover when conservatives were complaining they were unfairly being banned, the argument from the left was as a private company they can do what they want. I agreed then, and I agree now. It's pretty hypocritical for so many to change the basis of their argument just because the outcome no longer aligns to their politics.

Twitter is a cesspool, and I don't use it. But if it's meant to be a platform to allow people to share their thoughts and opinions then you have to take the bad with the good.

We'll see if it falls over due to the massive staff cuts, just as we'll see if it loses too many subscribers to stay viable, or whether any of the advertisers it lost come back, etc. It's far too early to draw any conclusions.

The New York Times - Hate Speech’s Rise on Twitter Is Unprecedented, Researchers Find

02 Dec 2022

Before Elon Musk bought Twitter, slurs against Black Americans showed up on the social media service an average of 1,282 times a day. After the billionaire became Twitter’s owner, they jumped to 3,876 times a day.

 

Slurs against gay men appeared on Twitter 2,506 times a day on average before Mr. Musk took over. Afterward, their use rose to 3,964 times a day.

 

And antisemitic posts referring to Jews or Judaism soared more than 61 percent in the two weeks after Mr. Musk acquired the site. ...

 

These changes are alarming, researchers said, adding that they had never seen such a sharp increase in hate speech, problematic content and formerly banned accounts in such a short period on a mainstream social media platform.

 

“Elon Musk sent up the Bat Signal to every kind of racist, misogynist and homophobe that Twitter was open for business,” said Imran Ahmed, the chief executive of the Center for Countering Digital Hate. “They have reacted accordingly.”

 

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The New York Times - Hate Speech’s Rise on Twitter Is Unprecedented, Researchers Find

02 Dec 2022

Before Elon Musk bought Twitter, slurs against Black Americans showed up on the social media service an average of 1,282 times a day. After the billionaire became Twitter’s owner, they jumped to 3,876 times a day.

Slurs against gay men appeared on Twitter 2,506 times a day on average before Mr. Musk took over. Afterward, their use rose to 3,964 times a day.

And antisemitic posts referring to Jews or Judaism soared more than 61 percent in the two weeks after Mr. Musk acquired the site. ...

These changes are alarming, researchers said, adding that they had never seen such a sharp increase in hate speech, problematic content and formerly banned accounts in such a short period on a mainstream social media platform.

“Elon Musk sent up the Bat Signal to every kind of racist, misogynist and homophobe that Twitter was open for business,” said Imran Ahmed, the chief executive of the Center for Countering Digital Hate. “They have reacted accordingly.”

Dingbatt:

 

MikeB4: I can’t say I like or hate as I have never met him. However, he is a billionaire and he does what billionaires must do and that is accumulate another billion. The billion already accumulated is never enough. I can’t say I hate him but his actions are obscene. Personal opinion.

 

Yes. And with his billions he has

 

disrupted the car industry,

 

privatised space exploration,

 

invigorated home energy solutions,

 

reimagined mass rapid transit.

 

Which one of those actions do you consider obscene? Or is it solely because he speaks his mind and wants others to have the right to do the same (hate speech excepted)? Or that he voted Democrat last time but has stated he would vote Republican the next time? (The OP still hasn’t addressed why he included this).

 

Basically, he is able to put into practice what ordinary day-dreamers with no money wish for. A kind of “If I was King, I would do this…….” attitude.

 

As opposed to other, equally socially awkward oligarchs, who use their wealth solely to accumulate more and to exert influence.

 

Not a fan, but not particularly a hater either.

 

he has done none of those things.

They make 1% of the cars, so their sharemarket is grossly over priced

Space-x is also grossly overhyped.

Home energy solutions, well the batteries are made by Panasonic and their roof tiles were faked.

Hyperloop was thought of 100 years ago and discard for good reasons.

He makes Elizabeth Holmes look like an amateur .

Go look at Thunderfoots videos, he debunks everything Musk has done based on science and engineering

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrwkNp_AOjQ&t=935s

sir1963:

 

And what happened to the 50% of us would be dead within 12 months of being vaccinated ?

 

and not have children

i pointed this out to the antivax on some forums and just get shot down by them changing the subject and going on about new lies

there is no point wasting oxygen on these people