Elon & Twitter

[UkNorthampton]

Pretty good thread here

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@JuddLegum: 1. ABOUT LAST NIGHT I participated in a Twitter space hosted by @katienotopoulos w/a lot of journalists When I joined @Jason, one of Musk's apparatchiks, was badgering @drewharwell, a suspended reporter,...…

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"The suspended journalists had not reported on Musk's real-time location!" - some of the accounts have been asked to remove tweets to be unbanned. Some accounts have removed the tweets, others have appealed. Some of the tweets seem to have been links to their own hosting of the information/jet tracking account, to the Jet account on twitter (which seems harsh, but might allow others to find it elsewhere if it has the same name - context is needed) and to other places where the account posted.

So one of the key arguments may be false, ie some suspended/banned accounts did tweet links to the information (which the FAA go to some lengths to hide by providing temporary IDs to some aircraft, changing monthly).

This seems a reasonable response by someone who is appealing the ban:-

https://twitter.com/x/status/1604168556165271557

My view? Over-zealous search for references to the jet-tracking account plus some who did act wrongly by linking to their own hosted version. Tweets which allowed others to find the information elsewhere were flagged - not sure if by design or not. Reasonable - maybe.

Many of the comments seem supportive of the bans.

I don't think this post of mine is biased in supporting my general pro-Elon view - it can be interpreted in several ways. I just thought I'd put it here for context.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1604119305855139841

 

[patsfan02360]

Seen the name thrown around. What of it?

Read about him. If you’ve got time.

 

[ElectricIAC]

"The suspended journalists had not reported on Musk's real-time location!" - some of the accounts have been asked to remove tweets to be unbanned. Some accounts have removed the tweets, others have appealed. Some of the tweets seem to have been links to their own hosting of the information/jet tracking account, to the Jet account on twitter (which seems harsh, but might allow others to find it elsewhere if it has the same name - context is needed) and to other places where the account posted.

So one of the key arguments may be false, ie some suspended/banned accounts did tweet links to the information (which the FAA go to some lengths to hide by providing temporary IDs to some aircraft, changing monthly).

This seems a reasonable response by someone who is appealing the ban:-

https://twitter.com/x/status/1604168556165271557

My view? Over-zealous search for references to the jet-tracking account plus some who did act wrongly by linking to their own hosted version. Tweets which allowed others to find the information elsewhere were flagged - not sure if by design or not. Reasonable - maybe.

Many of the comments seem supportive of the bans.

I don't think this post of mine is biased in supporting my general pro-Elon view - it can be interpreted in several ways. I just thought I'd put it here for context.


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https://twitter.com/x/status/1604119305855139841

Yeah, umm. That’s how Twitter suspensions work.

 

[UkNorthampton]

Read about him. If you’ve got time.

Presumably you've heard of the All-In Podcast? Plenty to learn from that. It's top of many podcast charts (according to Jason Calacanis).

3 of the 4 are long-time friends of Elon.

2 D supporting (maybe 3? But I think David F might not care) and one "token R", Usually lots of friction between Jason (D ex-journalist) & David Sachs R (but not a fan of one or more previous presidents). Both Jason & David Sachs have been helping with Twitter (informally, as & when).

The fourth member is Chamath (D) - seems like his D financial gift cancelled out David Sachs' R gift. Point is, they're all mates despite differences & David Sachs 2 greatest moments seem to be

1) Beating Peter Thiel at chess (ultra competitive) back in Paypal days
2) Beating Magnus Carlson & partner at chess with his partner (recently)

 

[Black Francis]

We are all free to make up our minds as to whether this conduct makes any sense. To me it doesn't. It's the whims of a billionaire crybaby, with a long history of misrepresentation, shifting in the wind. Addressing his personal vendettas.

If you think otherwise, c'est la vie.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1604100275345788935

 

[JRP3]

Yes, Kia is coming out with some really nice stuff.

Yup, I really like the EV6, if the efficiency was better and they had access to the Tesla SC network it would be my top pick for a non Tesla vehicle.

 

[bkp_duke]

Yup, I really like the EV6, if the efficiency was better and they had access to the Tesla SC network it would be my top pick for a non Tesla vehicle.

But . . . it's so ugly. I'm not joking when I say that, after a Model 3/Y, it's just . . . ugh.

 

[JRP3]

But . . . it's so ugly. I'm not joking when I say that, after a Model 3/Y, it's just . . . ugh.

Interesting. Have you seen one in person? I think it's striking, especially in red. Parked next to one today in fact.

 

[UkNorthampton]

We are all free to make up our minds as to whether this conduct makes any sense. To me it doesn't. It's the whims of a billionaire crybaby, with a long history of misrepresentation, shifting in the wind. Addressing his personal vendettas.

If you think otherwise, c'est la vie.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1604100275345788935

Different tweets were the reason for the ban, at least for Steve Herman (he said so himself).

I choose not to repeat what's said later under that post, but Steve Herman tweeted out 3 tweets that were flagged for breaking terms of service - two links to the same account's info on two other social media platforms and also some other way to see it on twitter.

So, the analogy here might be if a racist or otherwise unacceptable post is linked to on a tweet - is it also covered? I think it would be, and should be.

 

[bkp_duke]

Interesting. Have you seen one in person? I think it's striking, especially in red. Parked next to one today in fact.

Neighbor up the mountain got one about 2 months ago. I've seen it a few times a week since then. Still can't stand it, in fact I like it even less every time I lay eyes on it.

 

[patsfan02360]

Read about him. If you’ve got time.

I’ll get you started. Why overpay at $54.20 per share ($44 billion friggin dollars!) for Twitter in the first place? Hmmm…

https://twitter.com/x/status/1603557013937872896

 

[UkNorthampton]

I’ll get you started. Why overpay at $54.20 per share ($44 billion friggin dollars!) for Twitter in the first place? Hmmm…

https://twitter.com/x/status/1603557013937872896

Can't see the tweet it replies to - I know I'm on the TslaQ blocklist - so probably that. No context to help me parse. Incognito didn't work - so some skulduggery.

 

[UkNorthampton]

This seems to lay out one aspect of social media's problems

 

[ElectricIAC]

Neighbor up the mountain got one about 2 months ago. I've seen it a few times a week since then. Still can't stand it, in fact I like it even less every time I lay eyes on it.

Won’t have to worry about them too much. They get $0 BEV credit until they comply or Congress capitulates.

 

[UkNorthampton]

We are all free to make up our minds as to whether this conduct makes any sense. To me it doesn't. It's the whims of a billionaire crybaby, with a long history of misrepresentation, shifting in the wind. Addressing his personal vendettas.

If you think otherwise, c'est la vie.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1604100275345788935

Flagged tweets aren't shown, so this collection of tweets were probably the tweets above/before the flagged tweets.

 

[Black Francis]

Lol, that would mean every owner was trapped in this episode

It's a Good Life (The Twilight Zone) - Wikipedia

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[SouthFLGuy]

YET. Many others have stopped and folded. He & Tesla are still working on what I consider to be the hardest problem any humans have ever attempted.

"He" is not working on anything right now except finding ways to tank Twitter.

 

[STS-134]

If Elon is on the plane he usually flies at this moment, I wonder if he was ordered to testify in Deutschland...

But . . . it's so ugly. I'm not joking when I say that, after a Model 3/Y, it's just . . . ugh.

Personally I am not a fan of the M3/MY minimalist interior. I like the way almost every other car looks on the inside compared to my M3. I bought this car because it drives well and the DC fast charging network on it uses the most easily is the best. But definitely not for the interior.

 

[JRP3]

Perfectly normal

https://twitter.com/x/status/1603957300468846592

 

[ElectricIAC]

Perfectly normal

Absolutely.