emptywheelJan 17, 2023

This, from the long, must-read Verge article on the Birdsite, may explain why Twitter Files went so hard after Yoel Roth: He warned them that Elmo's Blue Check would lead to fakes like the Eli Lilly prank.

So Roth will spend the next year fighting off the House Oversight Committee (now stashed with insurrectionists) rather than talking to Eli Lilly's lawyers.

https://www.theverge.com/23551060/elon-musk-twitter-takeover-layoffs-workplace-salute-emoji

Extremely Hardcore

Twitter’s staff spent years trying to protect the social media site against impulsive billionaires who wanted to use the reach of its platform for their own ends, and then one made himself the CEO.

The Verge
Alan KyleJan 18, 2023
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Then the leopard ate the transphobe's faces.
Jan 17, 2023 at 9:35pmWeb
Show threadJohn InfanteJan 17, 2023
@emptywheel I love the flex of “Hey guys, I decided to stick my head up and make myself a target during a time that anyone with two brain cells could tell was a good one to keep a low profile!”
Show threadwpieperJan 17, 2023
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Show threadPaul RickterJan 17, 2023
@emptywheel One of the many telling details in that piece — the number of folks who think their feelings about EM are mutual.
Show threadRaven OnthillJan 17, 2023
@emptywheel it seems that Musk's companies have succeeded despite him, not because of him.
Show threadmccJan 18, 2023
@ravenonthill @emptywheel You'll notice a pattern where he tends to monofocus on exactly one of his companies at a time. I have a mental model that Musk companies sink into a hole while he's personally directing day to day operations, then gradually heal when he hands that company off to someone else to run, eventually regaining enough health they can survive another round of Musk micromanagement.
Show threadJon RJan 17, 2023
@emptywheel It’s an ill wind that blows no good instant karma.
Show threadNick BarnesJan 17, 2023
@emptywheel the notoriously transphobic leopard
Show threadSunsetJan 17, 2023
@emptywheel Honestly, the fact that #i-dissent even existed is proof that Twitter was a shithole of a company even before Musk took over.
Show threadBoethiusFeb 1, 2023
@sunset_snow @emptywheel nah. All companies have self righteous libertarian fools. All of them.
Show threadPatrick McLaughlinJan 18, 2023

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And the people cheered.

Show threadJordan KayJan 18, 2023
@emptywheel @Quinnae_Moon We see you Jonathan
Show threadTodd SmithJan 18, 2023

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Tech Brah: "I'm a valued lieutenant of Dear Leader!"

Musk: "What a strange way to say 'cannon fodder'..."