Twitter’s new leaders charged with helping Musk execute “dumb things”
- Thread starter JournalBot
- Start date
Considering that the chief security, privacy, and compliance officers have all left or been terminated I take any notion of stability returning with a huge mountain of salt. More likely these people will be there to blow smoke up Muskbrat's ass, force implement his edicts on a now understaffed and overworked company, and to make meaningless apologies and smokescreens for all of Muskbrat's stupid decisions or statements both internally and externally
Upvote
174
(175
/
-1)
ColdWetDog
Ars Legatus Legionis
Remember how the 'adults in the room' were supposed to keep Trump from wandering too far off the rails? How well did that work?
Upvote
281
(283
/
-2)
Albino_Boo
Ars Tribunus Angusticlavius
But they were, all of them, deceived, for another Check Mark was made. In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, a master Check Mark was forged in secret to control all others. And into this Check Mark he poured his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life.
Upvote
204
(205
/
-1)
Watching Musk implode at Twitter has made me wonder if I've grossly underestimated Gwynne Shotwell. It's hard to believe the CEO of SpaceX is the same person as the CEO of Twitter, and the only explanation I can see for the difference is Shotwell.
Upvote
185
(188
/
-3)
Elon Musk (11/9/2022): "Please note that Twitter will do lots of dumb things in coming months."
Upvote
50
(50
/
0)
A big problem is that Trump then, and Musk now, get to choose the "adults" who are supposed to be guiding them.
Upvote
73
(73
/
0)
I'm eagering awaiting the Ars article saying this effort failed which is probably already being drafted.
Last edited:
Upvote
54
(54
/
0)
Yes, and the Tesla lawyers now clear all of Musk's Tesla tweets before he sends them.
Unless you physically confiscate the man's phone, this is literally an impossible task.
Unless you physically confiscate the man's phone, this is literally an impossible task.
Upvote
48
(48
/
0)
Up to 100% of revenue from subscribers, after all the advertisers leave and the only one paying $8 is Elon alone...
Upvote
27
(28
/
-1)
"We are building the best leadership team that money can buy here at Twitter. Jeff Skilling as co-CEO...Andy Fastow as Chief Financial Officer.....Elizabeth Holmes as Chief Research Officer.....Martin Shkreli as Chief Marketing Officer. All of these leaders are as ethical as I am, and equally capable at their jobs."
Upvote
62
(63
/
-1)
"Sacca said in the thread that rather than surround himself with sycophants, what Musk needs to succeed at Twitter are more people around him to “speak some truth to power and complement his bold and ambitious instincts with desperately needed nuance.”"
No. There is no "nuance" or "speak to power" with people who want me and people like me dead.
No. There is no "nuance" or "speak to power" with people who want me and people like me dead.
Upvote
181
(192
/
-11)
Fancy Internet Person
Ars Tribunus Angusticlavius
Musk's compromise is that the Klansmen will no longer have to write "Black People" on their sign."Sacca said in the thread that rather than surround himself with sycophants, what Musk needs to succeed at Twitter are more people around him to “speak some truth to power and complement his bold and ambitious instincts with desperately needed nuance.”"
No. There is no "nuance" or "speak to power" with people who want me and people like me dead.
Upvote
79
(80
/
-1)
Musk is or has been the head of 5? different companies over time, not a single one of them has reigned in his idiocy and childishness. Who's fool enough to believe, after all this BS before he closed the Twitter deal, this time it will be different? Perhaps the fools that plunged into this with him, and his sycophants... but anyone else should have a sanity check before believing any of this crap will change.
Upvote
31
(31
/
0)
This appeared on my new (thriving) mastodon feed ...
It's dead, that's what's wrong with it!"
It's dead, that's what's wrong with it!"
Upvote
89
(90
/
-1)
Hockey has body check
Baseball has bunt
I like things that rhyme
Elon Musk is a moron.
Baseball has bunt
I like things that rhyme
Elon Musk is a moron.
Upvote
14
(24
/
-10)
Upvote
17
(17
/
0)
This isn't going to go well. I really feel like Twitter has already lost the ineffable "cool" sheen that makes social-media sites grow, and it would be a real struggle to get it back. (It was probably losing it anyway, but Musk has accelerated it.) Nobody wants to be associated with weird politics and unmoderated hate. And ideas like "put everything behind a paywall" just sound like the absolute dog's nads.
In other news, the new comment system is... kind of broken. Sluggish, doesn't seem to correctly remember last-viewed comments, and frontpage totals don't update.
In other news, the new comment system is... kind of broken. Sluggish, doesn't seem to correctly remember last-viewed comments, and frontpage totals don't update.
Upvote
54
(55
/
-1)
Ok, seriously though…
I think a lot of us knew it'd be a shitshow once this clown took over
I think a lot us hoped Twitter would crash and burn and do incredible damage to Musk
But did ANY of you TRULY think it would happen with this much severity, at this pace?
I think a lot of us knew it'd be a shitshow once this clown took over
I think a lot us hoped Twitter would crash and burn and do incredible damage to Musk
But did ANY of you TRULY think it would happen with this much severity, at this pace?
Upvote
59
(60
/
-1)
I just came here to ask who is going to tell the emperor he has no clothing. But this fills the same need.
Upvote
7
(7
/
0)
I'm all for the play by play following Twitter's recent hullabaloo, but it would be really great if Ars covered the viable alternatives out there that are gathering steam over the past few weeks. Some of us would rather just walk away from Musk twisting our arms.
Maybe an article about Mastodon, please? It's such a great tech article just from the way it differs in implementation and usage alone, aside from it's recent gain in popularity.
Maybe an article about Mastodon, please? It's such a great tech article just from the way it differs in implementation and usage alone, aside from it's recent gain in popularity.
Upvote
59
(59
/
0)
"Musk’s seeming preference to keep friends close and banish enemies from his circle..."
Sounds like Putin.
Sounds like Putin.
Upvote
16
(16
/
0)
Some people say we shouldn't throw the baby out with the bath water.
I say they've been desecrating the corpse of the baby for long enough.
Upvote
20
(20
/
0)
ColdWetDog
Ars Legatus Legionis
This site and no other was made by E. Musk
Who’d pawn his own grandmother not to get gored by its tusks.
Ruler of creeper, mortal and scallop,
This is a sleeper that packs quite a wallop.
The power, almighty rests in this check mark
The power, alrighty for bringing it down dark.
When broken and busted, it cannot be remade
Send remains NASDAQ, the postage is prepaid,
(Humble apologies to the authors of Bored of the Rings)
Last edited:
Upvote
13
(13
/
0)
And just like with Tesla, he'll make impossible promises, handwave away barriers that can't be surmounted, expect users to tolerate unethical moneygrabs, and grind employees and collaborators to dust trying to pyramid scheme into impossible deadlines.
Upvote
33
(35
/
-2)
As seen on Twitter
"When EM said that he wanted subscription revenue to be roughly equivalent to advertising revenue it never occurred to me that he would achieve that by actively working to reduce the latter."
"When EM said that he wanted subscription revenue to be roughly equivalent to advertising revenue it never occurred to me that he would achieve that by actively working to reduce the latter."
Upvote
52
(52
/
0)
"Product development seems to be Musk’s primary goal to make Twitter profitable, with Musk repeating a seemingly lofty goal to one day soon generate half of Twitter’s revenue from subscriptions."
There is not a chance in hell of that happening. Well, unless Twitter's revenue falls to about fifty bucks, then maybe.
There is not a chance in hell of that happening. Well, unless Twitter's revenue falls to about fifty bucks, then maybe.
Upvote
22
(22
/
0)
I feel like the idea here (on Musk/Twitter’s end) is to make me think Rezaei, Wheeler & Roth are going to help steady the ship. But what it actually does is make me assume that those three have drunk the Flavor-Aid and will ultimately end up like Charlie Brown
Upvote
20
(20
/
0)