Expecting him to stop talking is like the SEC trying to regulate his tweets. It isnt really going to work.
I said the opposite of what you imply I said. I said he is not capable of shutting up even when it's in his own best interest or in the best interest of Twitter or Tesla for him to do so.
But more importantly, this is exactly my point. "Many people want him gone from Tesla because he changed from being Dr-Ironman to being Mr-Twitter and he can no longer be trusted."
This was not your point. Your point was:
the only reason people want him to resign from Tesla is because of the media noise 24/7 reporting. What you quote above was my vehement disagreement with your point.
But on the note of "especially for someone trying to run a social media platform that depends on appealing to a wide range of users and advertisers", you should do a reality check here. The majority of people are not in the extreme sides and will ultimately like not needing to be afraid of talking about something that someone doesnt agree with.
Wow! This might have been a naive pipe dream before Elon took over Twitter but it has absolutely nothing to do with the reality of Twitter after his brief stint of ownership.
Hate Speech’s Rise on Twitter Is Unprecedented, Researchers Find
Hate speech dramatically surges on Twitter following Elon Musk takeover, new research shows
etc etc
Letting back in Nazis and white supremacists while kicking off reporters for doing their job and reporting on Elon (no mention of ElonJet) is pretty much the exact opposite of the safe public town square Elon promised before reality smacked him in the face. Kicking off people based on a whim or based on retro-active rules change does not create a safe environment where people feel free to speak their mind without being afraid of saying something that Elon might disagree with. The reality Elon created is the exact opposite of the pipe dream he fed you.
The idea that only left wing extremists dislike hate speech, Nazis, and white supremacists is absurd. Half of Twitter's advertisers have already fled (as of Nov. 26). Maybe the people who run all those companies also need a "reality check" and need to be convinced that bad is good and hate is love.
I am not really sure what Elon selling TSLA shares has to do with him saying that he will make sure shareholders benefit from twitter long-term. Perhaps you are glazing over the long-term part?
Ah! The Lucy solution. Even though they lose $.02/bottle, they will make up for it with volume. The highly leveraged buyout saddled Twitter with significant debt that adds about $1B per year in outgo. The number of advertisers has been cut in half which was the major source of income. Elon seems more deranged and erratic by the week.
How on Earth will Elon turn Twitter around from this crash dive so it has any relevance at all in the long term? This question is not entirely rhetorical. If you see any paths to a brighter future for Twitter under Elon's leadership, please share them with us. Selling $3.5B of TSLA every month while Twitter continues to flounder does not benefit Tesla's shareholders.
Elon's pledge without providing any plausible way he can make good on the pledge while at the same time once again selling more TSLA for Twitter is an extraordinarily bad look. It highlights how crippling and disqualifying his inability to shut up really is.
By the time most people become adults they learn the lesson that
actions speak louder than words. Musk loses credibility when his empty words are apparently contradicted by his actions. The timing of the sale and his words make it much less likely that concerned shareholders will buy the pie in the sky of his words. It does not matter if the pies are glazed or not.
I knew the whole Twitter thing was going to be a fiasco as soon as it came up last spring. Partly because Elon showed he was utterly clueless about free speech and moderation. But I held out a sliver of hope that he would learn from his mistakes and eventually turn things around. Unfortunately he keeps doubling down on alienating people and telling colossal lies. He refuses to own up to his massive mistakes. This recent combination of pledge and sale shows he is continuing to double down on bluster and is nowhere near learning from his mistakes in a way that will help him turn this mess around.
echo upsetting both sides
This old chestnut. It seems Elon is preferentially upsetting one side while placating and catering to the other. Pissing off a large group of people is not a coherent business model for this line of work. It absolutely does not work when your business depends on appealing to a wide audience and to advertisers. The truth is Elon has done the exact opposite of what was in that "safe public square" pipe dream he sold you. Instead of learning from his mistakes Elon has embraced the dark side:
- anti-science
- anti-trans
- anti-free-speech
- anti-democracy
- pro-hate
- pro-antisemitism
- pro-Nazi
- pro-white supremacy
- pro-wacky right wing conspiracies
This looks bad to the vast majority of people, not just to extreme liberals. Again, I would love to hear how this extremism is part of a recipe for Twitter to maintain relevance in the long term. I can back up everything in this list with specific examples based on Elon's words, his actions, and who he is taking advice from.
