How Twitter? - Page 14

beyelzu · #**326** 11-19-2022, 02:19 AM

I saw this posted on fb.

Quote:

Elon should have just bought 4chan. It would have been a lot cheaper and it’s already got everything he wants.

-FX- · #**327** 11-19-2022, 02:41 AM

Idiot nonsense

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**328** 11-19-2022, 03:44 AM

ELON MUSK: So on the left you see Cheems, and on the right is Doge. Both are Shibes, or Shiba Inu dogs. Methinks I have too many of these saved in my Meme Folder, I get them from a subreddit called Dogelore...

SAUDI HITMEN: pic.twitter.com/oK9qmG4m3e
— Institute of Gremlins 2 Studies (@G2Institute) November 18, 2022

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**329** 11-19-2022, 08:10 AM

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**330** 11-19-2022, 08:22 AM

JoeP · #**331** 11-19-2022, 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kamilah Hauptmann

Engineer explaining why he left:

It’s not because I want Twitter to fail or think the site is about to collapse. Some think it will, maybe but I dunno. I wasn’t in infra and those people were incredible, the systems are resilient.

Remember what happened when the queen died while SMF1 was down? Ya, nothing
— Peter Clowes (@peterclowes) November 18, 2022

thrad

So many musker techbros in the comments.

DO NOT READ THE COMMENTS

JoeP · #**332** 11-19-2022, 10:38 AM

Elon Musk Calls for Remaining Twitter Coders, Engineers to Meet Him

If legit, and it looks like it, Musky has even less grip on how tech works than I suspected.

BrotherMan · #**333** 11-19-2022, 10:53 AM

Send him screenshots of salient code.

JoeP · #**334** 11-19-2022, 11:35 AM

We have some salient code right here. #smiliesearchhardcore

viscousmemories · #**335** 11-19-2022, 12:28 PM

Idk man, last time he was here this platform was used to incite an insurrection, multiple people died, the Vice President of the United States was nearly assassinated, and hundreds were injured but I guess that’s not enough for you to answer the question. Twitter poll it is https://t.co/TVEkEH7faR
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 19, 2022

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**336** 11-19-2022, 01:50 PM

9 uncomfortable truths about engineering and tech right now.

How Twitter might play out, the ramifications, and what Elon’s calculus might be.

Disclaimer: Don’t shoot the messenger. I’m relaying observations through a lens of engineering for over a decade & managing engineers.
— Louie Bacaj (@LBacaj) November 18, 2022

Thrad

JoeP · #**337** 11-19-2022, 07:38 PM

Interesting thrad. But if the first few points are true, if it's so much easier to build social networks now than it was (seems reasonable), why not build a new thing *then* buy the Twitter user base?

We haven't seen anything to justify optimism yet. This smells of a techbro sock.

(A literal sock, not a sock puppet.)

JoeP · #**338** 11-19-2022, 08:05 PM

So here's my hypothesis on the whole Musk twitter deal. 1/
— skullsinthestars @drskyskull@mastodon.social (@drskyskull) November 18, 2022

A slightly more cynical take. Summary: Musk believes his own bullshit.

Ensign Steve · #**339** 11-19-2022, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoeP

Elon Musk Calls for Remaining Twitter Coders, Engineers to Meet Him

If legit, and it looks like it, Musky has even less grip on how tech works than I suspected.

I don't have tons to add, but like ChuckF, I am compelled to emphasize that this is very, very entertaining.

My fancy new job at the tax software factory is pretty straightforward and boring, and I love to start my work day with a coffee and a scroll through the latest Twitter drama. No cap it legitimately puts me in a great mood. :lol:

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**340** 11-20-2022, 01:15 AM

Meta: He was going to do it anyway. This absolves him (in his head) of any responsibility for his decisions.

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**341** 11-20-2022, 03:22 AM

pic.twitter.com/E1ZJwCUQfN
— Ron Kaminski (@Rlkaminski) November 20, 2022

specious_reasons · #**342** 11-20-2022, 03:25 AM

Just logged out of Twitter, deleted the app on my phone, and removed the bookmark.

Oh - wait, need to log back in and disable the account. Shit.

Kamilah Hauptmann · #**343** 11-20-2022, 05:20 AM

Not that it ever stopped him:

"According to filings made by Truth Social with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Trump is 'generally obligated' to post on Truth Social, and cannot post a message to another site for 6 hours after first posting on Truth Social." https://t.co/UBcweoqZp9
— Aman Batheja (@amanbatheja) November 20, 2022

-FX- · #**344** 11-20-2022, 07:03 AM

I wish I could power my car and home with commie lib woke outrage, I would never run out of juice.

-FX- · #**345** 11-20-2022, 07:05 AM

There is more than a little Schadenfreude over the suffering of libtard fuckheads who literally were dancing in the streets with Schadenfreude over their victims for several years.

That's an extremely convoluted sentence, and I apologize.

mickthinks · #**346** 11-20-2022, 12:08 PM

commie lib woke outrage

Is it possible that you cannot discern the difference between outrage and contempt? Who am I kidding?—of course it is! Good luck trying to unfreeze your lost soul by setting light to my deep disdain!

-FX- · #**347** 11-20-2022, 05:12 PM

If you had expressed outrage, anger and a sense of wrongness over the extreme violence and repression during the plague years, I might have a small measure of compassion for you.

Did you express any?

mickthinks · #**348** 11-20-2022, 07:20 PM

Have you understood nothing?

-FX- · #**349** 11-20-2022, 08:08 PM

I knew you wouldn't answer a simple question.

If you, a person, show me posts, even just one, where you reacted to the violence, terror and horror inflicted upon people, by criminals, violent, murderous criminals, backed by the media and the sitting President of the US of A, I would have compassion for you, rather than Schadenfreude

Crumb · #**350** 11-20-2022, 08:40 PM

I have completely lost the plot of this one.