As Twitter, renamed X, faces increased scrutiny in the EU and usage falls, Elon Musk has floated drastic action.
    • King@lemmy.world
      31·
      1 年前

      The joy of having my life improved by not being forced to use twitter… oh wait I already dont, find some real problems

  • ttmrichter@lemmy.worldEnglish
    38·
    1 年前

    Don’t stop with Europe, Dilbert Stark! Get out of Africa, Asia, South America, Oceania, and eventually North America as well!

    • Empricorn@feddit.nl
      402·
      1 年前

      “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”

      The simplest explanation is an out-of-touch billionaire who got rich off other people’s ideas and spent his life surrounded by yes-men had an idea that he could reverse the course of a declining social media corporation. He boasted about this, and apparently even convinced himself, enough to make a half-hearted (yet legally binding) offer. He then learned he would lose billions if he backed out of the deal.

      Those are the facts. The rest is a fine conspiracy theory, but there’s just no clear, provable evidence. He hasn’t personally benefited in an obvious way, either before the sale, or since. No one can prove the Saudis, Koch Brothers, Trump, or anyone else put him up to it.

      Though I’m totally willing to hear evidence I might have missed…

      • The Snark Urge@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        1 年前

        I expect you’re right. Planning and executing such a race to the grave over several years might be beyond him.

        • stillwater@lemm.eeEnglish
          22·
          1 年前

          Okay, so which media have you seen doing this thing that guy is asking about?

    • Salvo@aussie.zoneEnglish
      21·
      1 年前

      Twitter is too egalitarian for him and his financiers. And tweaking. ThE AgOrIThM for political gain was too much temptation for his financiers.

      Mastodon was just the spanner that could be the downfall of their Evil Plan. Zuck tried to detail Mastodon with Threads, but that is going nowhere too, especially in the EU.

  • Th4tGuyII@kbin.social
    26·
    1 年前

    With it very quickly starting to become a cesspit, please do. Maybe then more Europeans would adopt Mastodon to get their Twitter fix.

  • Clent@lemmy.world
    22·
    1 年前

    How to create a failed social media platform.

    First start with a popular social media platform.

    Then let Musk run it for a couple years.

  • ribboo@lemm.eeEnglish
    14·
    1 年前

    Oh so this is this week attention grabbing statement from Musk regarding Twitter?

    All he wants is attention. This is not happening, like most of stuff he has said during the last months. Paywall and whatnot.

    Move on and ignore the guy.

  • umbraroze@kbin.social
    111·
    1 年前

    How things used to work 15 years ago, in general:

    Government: “You must do the responsible thing!”
    Billionaire: “I’ll just move my business to some other country.”
    Government: “Noooo!”

    How things work for Elon Musk:

    Government: “You must do the responsible thing!”
    Elon: “Fine, I’ll make it so that this service isn’t available on your entire continent.”
    Government: “…”
    Elon: “You were supposed to go ‘Noooo!’”
    Govenment: “…”
    Elon: “Not having access to Twitter is a bad thing, isn’t it?”
    Government: “…”
    Elon: “Guys?”
    Government: “…Just go, it’s not like anyone cares about the damn thing.”

  • Th4tGuyII@kbin.social
    2·
    1 年前

    With it very quickly starting to become a cesspit, please do. Maybe then more Europeans would adopt Mastodon to get their Twitter fix.

    • Pietson@kbin.social
      41·
      1 年前

      AFAIK, the name is from back when Reddit still had a positive view of the guy. The subreddit was created as a counter to all the posts painting him in a good light. Nowadays I don’t see the point of this community anymore though.