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Taylor LorenzToday was a wild day on #Twitter
Bernd Porr
๐ฆโ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ท๐๐๐๐๐บ๐ธ๐โฎ๏ธ@taylorlorenz The 1st president George Washington now has a Twitter account with a blue check.
Terence Eden@taylorlorenz This is just bizarre! I'm sure it's good for engagement.. right?
Darius Kazemi@Edent @taylorlorenz it's not the real brands, people are buying check marks and changing their profiles and tweeting this stuff
@darius Yes, I know.
I meant "This is driving lots of engagement to the Twitter website because people are watching a dumpster go on fire in real time. That's good in the short term, but probably not sustainable in the long term."
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@Edent ha, sorry. I deal with a lot of credulous people on the internet
lord pthenq1And he fired the people that could fix it!
Anonymous1231-dev 
@1231dev @taylorlorenz
I have friends in Twitter.
All the security team was fired. Like all of it! ๐คฃ
I have friends in Twitter.
All the security team was fired. Like all of it! ๐คฃ
Noah Callaway@taylorlorenz I wonder how much of this the red team Elon ignored predicted?
It seems like it's got to be pretty high, right? Like, all of this seemed...very predictable
Mark Harris@ncallaway @taylorlorenz Someone will leak it.
BRAD ESPOSITO
@bradesposito @taylorlorenz Ow, that's gonna smart.
TheDukeDK๐คฃ๐๐คฃ
Daniel
Mad Sci โด@taylorlorenz tbh Iโm a little surprised how quickly itโs gone to the dogs.
tsadilas@MadSci @taylorlorenz well I am surprised by the speed!!
Rami Grunbaum@taylorlorenz Yeah but Elon made at least $32.
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Matt@taylorlorenz
I am hoping that Eli Lilly sues Twitter, and Biden's FTC investigates EM's international ties. He is clearly the inept, ruthless capitalist anyone could see from a mile away.
The worst part is that Twitter had become the preeminent home for authoritative voices across the world in a number of niches, channels, governments, and interests. This should be a wakeup call for anyone who seriously believes that anarchy is a good idea. People are better off reading a book these days.
@MattInCincy513 @taylorlorenz Don't know about Lilly but the FTC is watching it very closely and has stated that they're "deeply concerned". They don't fuck about. Twitter is already on a Consent Decree, and today, they missed filing a required report. You don't blow off the FTC like Elon does the SEC.
@nzlemming
I agree with you...Bankruptcy is a true possibility if the newly stated goal of 50% subscriptions doesn't materialize.
The government review cannot arrive soon enough.
So surreal on that app.
I agree with you...Bankruptcy is a true possibility if the newly stated goal of 50% subscriptions doesn't materialize.
The government review cannot arrive soon enough.
So surreal on that app.
@MattInCincy513 It's crazy alright. And he can't say he wasn't warned. He's so out of touch with reality.
Marvin@MattInCincy513 @taylorlorenz lol what would Eli Lilly have to sue him over? It's the users who are responsible.
Christopher@MattInCincy513 @taylorlorenz
> This should be a wakeup call for anyone who seriously believes that anarchy is a good idea.
You... You... You're saying this on social media network that is anarchism in practice.
@Kichae
so people shouldn't talk about it, for fear that people are too dumb to know the difference between a discussion and encouragement. is that your point?
so people shouldn't talk about it, for fear that people are too dumb to know the difference between a discussion and encouragement. is that your point?
@MattInCincy513
How have you discussed it? You just raised the term, declared this to be a good example as to why anarchism bad, and done it in the most ironic way possible.
What was *your* point, exactly? What are *you* discussing? Because pretending you're contributing to some kind of discourse while just verbosely rolling your eyes isn't actually communicating anything of value.
Sean | Drowned in Sound@taylorlorenz interesting that the logo has been removed (DMCA take down?) but the tweet remains?!
MGoCoder@taylorlorenz This was so predictable. Musk is eitger a moron, or he is intentionally destroying Twitter.
Did the Saudiโs pay him to just destroy the company?
Lamont@MGoCoder @taylorlorenz exactly. I want to know the same. Or was it political? Or both?
@taylorlorenz the place is being vandalized. Itโs pretty sad (although occasionally also very funny)
Wiredfire 
@bbcmicrobot @taylorlorenz I did enjoy the Mario flipping the bird one ๐
Voyages1701@taylorlorenz I will be amazed if Twitter is still be operational by the end of the year to be honest.
Keith (karmajunkie)oh the zombiefied corpse of this one will be around for years and years to come, passed off from one PE firm to another like somebody trying to show off a copy of The Ring before Samara crawls out of a TV.
Myspace is still around, after all.
Ramsey Haddad
AURonline ๐ก@rwzh @taylorlorenz that was my absolute favorite
bangwin 
@taylorlorenz It was predictable that this would happen
Lance Homer@MattCuthbert @taylorlorenz hat tip to the people who did the Space X and Tesla ones. Hopefully they used methods to protect their identity. And hopefully the other brands sue the hell out of Twitter over brand damage.
Sara Lakatos@MattCuthbert @taylorlorenz schรถn wรคrs...
SandraB@taylorlorenz With those blue ticks we don't even have to look very hard to find the fun. The algorithm brings it to the top.
ThePsyOfLife@taylorlorenz Seriously, Musk should've done a little more due diligence before buying Twitter. This was predictable and very welcome.
Andy F@taylorlorenz it's such a blatant effort by EM to dismantle the platform. I hope the investors whose money he's wasting refuse to ever have anything to do with him again.
Dennis W. ForbesHanlon's razor comes into play, I think. EM truly thought he had easy fixes and probably has `good' intentions (from the EM perspective), only it turns out it isn't so easy.
Look at the monstrosity that is the CyberTruck, which was the bellwether. It's clear that Elon is surrounded by sycophants who coddle whatever irrational notions he has.
C0deboy ๐ง๐ปโ๐ป@taylorlorenz aipac account is so liar they said there is air line between there and Qatar
for world cup while there is no official declaration from Qatar about that
for world cup while there is no official declaration from Qatar about that
Cardboard Robot@taylorlorenz Dibs on NFTing the Chiquita tweet!
Viss@taylorlorenz its been a fever dream for sure
JoshTheBlack@taylorlorenz it's a 21st century eat the rich billionaire taste test smorgasbord on Twitter today.
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Ian Fleming Design@taylorlorenz this is glorious. Well done people.
Daniel Lรผcking
Jesper Andersen@taylorlorenz isโฆ is that something that would make those brands advertise on Twitter?
chow@taylorlorenz Creative users ;-)
Artem R ๐บ๐ฆ@taylorlorenz hilarious ๐
Jen McFarland@taylorlorenz $8 for a verification checkmarkโฆ what could possibly go wrong? ๐๐๐ #predictable
cynder@taylorlorenz the unhinged comedy of it is so wonderful. 44 billion dollar shitpost and its beautiful