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Have you considered looking away?

kayodelycaon 3y ago
It’s really hard to not look at a train wreck in progress. Especially when it comes with a large drink of schadenfreude and a bucket of virtual popcorn. I’m sad for what the destruction of Twitter and the people it affects, but at least the fireworks are cool.
- jmeister 3y ago
  >fireworks Usually this is too vacuous of a criterion for comments on any other topic on HN. For some reason any post on Twitter has pages and pages of “yikes” “derp”, people gossiping about “Elon” like he’s their wayward cousin. Pathetic.
  - ggm 3y ago
    So, what's your take? Give us the vibe, the feel of it. What's the upside plan here?
    - jmeister 3y ago
      This is too insignificant for a “take”. It doesn’t change anything substantial for me or most existing Twitter users.
  - bandyaboot 3y ago
    > Have you considered looking away?
  - rsynnott 3y ago
    > people taking about “Elon” like he’s their wayward cousin What is the proper form of address for naughty ol' Mr Car?
  - ryandvm 3y ago
    He is our wayward cousin. Elon is a cautionary tale about what can happen when a slightly clever, asocial, ADHD, internet troll finds himself with more money than God. He is the archetypal HN user gone off the deep end. This is like a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Future for most of us.
    - berkes 3y ago
      I'm afraid I see many similarities with that older wayward cousin, John McAfee. I truly hope Musk finds help, or finds that his coffers are harder to deplete than Johns, but it's not looking good. "we", the hacker-crowd, indeed have some lessons to learn here.
oneeyedpigeon 3y ago
Have you considered that some people may be unable to do so without losing their job?
- jmeister 3y ago
  Example? Who are these people forced to use Twitter?
  - oneeyedpigeon 3y ago
    Anyone in any kind of social media role, pretty much. And, although not literally forced, many others cannot ignore the advantage the platform brings: writers, gamedevs, journalists, etc.
- ggm 3y ago
  I've only known one person brave enough to stand up to a toxic ceo in an "all hands" in 40 years of working. It's surprisingly hard to do. Nobody is really trapped but it can be very hard to just walk. I didn't. I wish I had.
rsynnott 3y ago
Why on earth would I look away from such an absurd spectacle?

It’s really hard to not look at a train wreck in progress. Especially when it comes with a large drink of schadenfreude and a bucket of virtual popcorn. I’m sad for what the destruction of Twitter and the people it affects, but at least the fireworks are cool.

jmeister 3y ago
>fireworks Usually this is too vacuous of a criterion for comments on any other topic on HN. For some reason any post on Twitter has pages and pages of “yikes” “derp”, people gossiping about “Elon” like he’s their wayward cousin. Pathetic.
- ggm 3y ago
  So, what's your take? Give us the vibe, the feel of it. What's the upside plan here?
  - jmeister 3y ago
    This is too insignificant for a “take”. It doesn’t change anything substantial for me or most existing Twitter users.
- bandyaboot 3y ago
  > Have you considered looking away?
- rsynnott 3y ago
  > people taking about “Elon” like he’s their wayward cousin What is the proper form of address for naughty ol' Mr Car?
- ryandvm 3y ago
  He is our wayward cousin. Elon is a cautionary tale about what can happen when a slightly clever, asocial, ADHD, internet troll finds himself with more money than God. He is the archetypal HN user gone off the deep end. This is like a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Future for most of us.
  - berkes 3y ago
    I'm afraid I see many similarities with that older wayward cousin, John McAfee. I truly hope Musk finds help, or finds that his coffers are harder to deplete than Johns, but it's not looking good. "we", the hacker-crowd, indeed have some lessons to learn here.

oneeyedpigeon 3y ago

Have you considered that some people may be unable to do so without losing their job?

jmeister 3y ago
Example? Who are these people forced to use Twitter?
- oneeyedpigeon 3y ago
  Anyone in any kind of social media role, pretty much. And, although not literally forced, many others cannot ignore the advantage the platform brings: writers, gamedevs, journalists, etc.
ggm 3y ago
I've only known one person brave enough to stand up to a toxic ceo in an "all hands" in 40 years of working. It's surprisingly hard to do. Nobody is really trapped but it can be very hard to just walk. I didn't. I wish I had.

rsynnott 3y ago

Why on earth would I look away from such an absurd spectacle?