Will OremusAnyone who's spent time in smaller online forums has met a mod like Musk. You can tell it's gonna be a disaster from the moment they take over. Using their mod powers to settle personal scores, making up new rules to justify them, apologizing and reversing course, taking polls, offering to step down and then not doing it...
Bianca@willoremus Musk’s skill set didn’t transfer. No one wants to discuss it but his unmanaged bipolar disorder & Asperger’s are real barriers to grasping & managing a “social” media platform which requires an ability to understand & balance the needs of a diverse user base w competing interests & needs. It’s unfortunate his ppl didn’t help him either get out of the purchase or immediately appoint a publicly apolitical pro & a committee of seasoned pros to craft & manage healthy moderation policies.
@GoldenRuleLover interesting points. not gonna speculate on diagnoses. but i suspect “his people” learned long ago not to question or challenge him or else they wouldn’t remain his people for long.
@willoremus FWIW Elon is the source for those diagnoses. I suspect that you are correct about him being surrounded by yes people. His mother’s tweets in support of him demonstrate this.
@GoldenRuleLover fair point, he has been clear about his own asperger's diagnosis and afaik has said he "may" be bipolar. i just want to be wary of too directly attributing his actions to his neurodivergence or mental health conditions.
@willoremus Fair point. Sadly, I have a family member with both of those diagnoses and see how much they can impact mood, circular thinking, and impulse control. People with these challenges often have a difficult time accepting that they need regular meds and constant management.