EVNow
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I don’t know … he seems to be happy to link to QAnon type conspiracies. Who is going to fact check that ?
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Elon & Twitter
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He’s already been taken to the woodshed on that one. If he continues to post like that, then I’ll say he hasn’t learned his lesson. But for right now the jury is still out.
In my mind the turning point would be his visit to NYC on 1 Nov (if I remember correctly) where most of his focus was on the advertising vs technical side. This was when it was reported that some ad agencies and GM (General Marketing) decided to postpone their Twitter ad campaigns.
Of course this is all wishful thinking...he has proven me naive multiple times in the past.
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If Tesla needs a permit for anything at the Shanghai factory and the CCP wants its critics gone from Twitter, what do you think is going to happen? If they want their own propaganda posts elevated, what do you think is going to happen?
It might not be something as obvious as "get our critics off of Twitter". It could be something less obvious like "make sure our critics' posts don't show up in people's feeds"...and "we want people who retweet our propaganda to get triple the attention per retweet".
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ElectricIAC
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If anything, he should ban GM from advertising on his platform since they are direct competitor to Tesla which is another company of his.
“You don’t quit because I’m firing you!”
well... twitter is directly owned by Elon and any check GM cuts for advertisement goes to a company owned by Elon. Many corporations have the habit of not supporting a direct competitor. If Mercedes would own Pirelli ... I doubt BMW would be buying Pirelli tires...
bkp_duke
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ZenRockGarden
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Elon has been visiting that same woodshed for his Twitter posts for years, with no sign of it affecting his behavior going forward.
ElectricIAC
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Has anyone here considered that perhaps Elon’s Tweets appear to have a Howard Stern effect? (Old HS, not the current one)
People who like him or are indifferent want to know what he’s thinking, people who hate him want to know even more and will hang on his words.
People who like him or are indifferent want to know what he’s thinking, people who hate him want to know even more and will hang on his words.
I doubt it for all the same reasons that people have posted already. It's like pushing the same button over and over again and expecting a different result.
Even if so, don't most people here want Elon spending more time working on Tesla and less time working on Twitter? How is he supposed to do that if he's personally overseeing projects at Twitter?
Moderator Note: Did a batch cleanup, some babies probably went with the bath water. Political arguing unrelated to Elon, etc. You all know the rules. Thanks.
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Daniel in SD
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bkp_duke
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We do know if you are work-from-home your odds are much worse, as Elon clearly stated that will stop. So those people in the WFH group probably know their status already.
ElectricIAC
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bkp_duke
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Elon Musk has directed Twitter’s teams to find over $1 billion in annual infrastructure cost savings by cutting cloud services and extra server space
Elon Musk has directed Twitter Inc's teams to find over $1 billion in annual infrastructure cost savings by cutting cloud services and extra server space, according to two sources familiar with the matter and an internal Slack message seen by Reuters. The company is aiming to find up to $3...
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Zero surprises here.
Twitter uses AWS for a lot of services, I wonder how much this will impact AMZN's quarterly numbers.
I wonder if they were already given an option (this week) to return. Some WFH employees probably have other protections that would be a concern for immediate layoffs.
I’ll be unsurprised if if is close to 50%. Labor expense is huge.
ElectricIAC
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Lol. So for $8 / month the risk of outages are also sharply increasing with reduced server capacity to be there during peak traffic demand days… sounds like a brilliant concept. Charge more, cut server capacity and 1/2 the staff… growth business !
Elon Musk has directed Twitter’s teams to find over $1 billion in annual infrastructure cost savings by cutting cloud services and extra server space
Elon Musk has directed Twitter Inc's teams to find over $1 billion in annual infrastructure cost savings by cutting cloud services and extra server space, according to two sources familiar with the matter and an internal Slack message seen by Reuters. The company is aiming to find up to $3...
Zero surprises here.
Twitter uses AWS for a lot of services, I wonder how much this will impact AMZN's quarterly numbers.
ElectricIAC
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