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> letting a billionaire like him take one of the biggest megaphones in the world private as a personal playground is one of the worst things that could have hap

by zdkl 4y ago

> letting a billionaire like him take one of the biggest megaphones in the world private as a personal playground is one of the worst things that could have happened I don't really have an opinion about mr Musk or his intentions, but I truly fail to see any downside with this deal. Either he does in fact make the twitter platform a generally more positive/useful/pleasant/... experience, or twitter's function will eventually be filled by other apps, maybe even new ideas.

UncleMeat 4y ago
> or twitter's function will eventually be filled by other apps, maybe even new ideas Why would it? People have been complaining about facebook/twitter/etc for ages and competitors haven't turned out to be less harmful. Why is the idea that Musk forces his values into Twitter and that this makes the platform worse not a possibility?
bmitc 4y ago
Musk does not have a history of acting like a grownup and has used Twitter to defame, bully, argue, get involved in foreign wars, manipulate markets, etc. all because of greed, ego, or because someone disagreed with him. I sincerely don’t understand how him taking over Twitter can be viewed as a good thing. I could be here all day listing the people he has publicly insulted on Twitter. He has attacked people, often experts in their field like Noam Chomsky or the cave rescuer, because they held positions that disagreed with his usually amateur and attention hogging takes. For one, Trump seems to finally be receding into the background, and I can guarantee he gets his account back when Musk takes over. That alone is enough to view this as a net negative.
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago
  > don’t understand how him taking over Twitter can be viewed as a good thing Worst case, he runs it into the ground and we live in a world without Twitter. Win win.
  - bmitc 4y ago
    I don’t think that’s the worst case.
    - JumpCrisscross 4y ago
      > don’t think that’s the worst case I have a tough time imagining the other worst case not prompting regulation. Maybe it overthrows our political system! I don’t know, there are certainly some politicians who command from Twitter and will be hurt or helped by Musk. (Probably, invariably, helped.) But that seems less likely than Congress creating a rule book and regulator for social media.
f38zf5vdt 4y ago
Successful social media is positive, useful, and pleasant?

by zdkl 4y ago

UncleMeat 4y ago

> or twitter's function will eventually be filled by other apps, maybe even new ideas Why would it? People have been complaining about facebook/twitter/etc for ages and competitors haven't turned out to be less harmful. Why is the idea that Musk forces his values into Twitter and that this makes the platform worse not a possibility?

bmitc 4y ago

Musk does not have a history of acting like a grownup and has used Twitter to defame, bully, argue, get involved in foreign wars, manipulate markets, etc. all because of greed, ego, or because someone disagreed with him. I sincerely don’t understand how him taking over Twitter can be viewed as a good thing. I could be here all day listing the people he has publicly insulted on Twitter. He has attacked people, often experts in their field like Noam Chomsky or the cave rescuer, because they held positions that disagreed with his usually amateur and attention hogging takes. For one, Trump seems to finally be receding into the background, and I can guarantee he gets his account back when Musk takes over. That alone is enough to view this as a net negative.

JumpCrisscross 4y ago
> don’t understand how him taking over Twitter can be viewed as a good thing Worst case, he runs it into the ground and we live in a world without Twitter. Win win.
- bmitc 4y ago
  I don’t think that’s the worst case.
  - JumpCrisscross 4y ago
    > don’t think that’s the worst case I have a tough time imagining the other worst case not prompting regulation. Maybe it overthrows our political system! I don’t know, there are certainly some politicians who command from Twitter and will be hurt or helped by Musk. (Probably, invariably, helped.) But that seems less likely than Congress creating a rule book and regulator for social media.

f38zf5vdt 4y ago

Successful social media is positive, useful, and pleasant?