Ascyltos the DeerFeb 15, 2023
Scalzi

What a fragile, spoiled child this man is.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/14/23600358/elon-musk-tweets-algorithm-changes-twitter

Elon Musk created a special system for showing you all his tweets first

After his Super Bowl tweet did worse numbers than President Biden’s, Twitter’s CEO ordered major changes to the algorithm. Twitter engineers built a system designed to ensure that Musk benefits from previously unheard-of promotion of his tweets to the entire user base.

The Verge
Feb 15, 2023 at 2:07amWeb
Show threadRJDFeb 15, 2023
@scalzi I have a special system for not seeing any tweets..
Show threadAlkaFeb 15, 2023
@Rjdlandscapes @scalzi I thought I did too, but then I realised everyone here sits and talks about twitter all day.
Show threadRJDFeb 15, 2023
@AlkaVirus @scalzi aint that the sad truth
Show threadCleo of Topless TopicsFeb 26, 2023
@AlkaVirus
the Twitter migrants do. oldbie masto users don't 😜
@Rjdlandscapes @scalzi
Show threadJohn DumasFeb 15, 2023

@scalzi I had been planning on deleting my Twitter account. I hadn’t logged on since November.

Finally today, I clicked “delete account.”

Show threadJulie Liddell WhiteheadFeb 15, 2023
@scalzi Awwww. . .
Show threadDarwin WoodkaFeb 15, 2023
@scalzi Children are better behaved. He's an egomaniacal POS.
Show threadGummitchFeb 15, 2023
@darwinwoodka @scalzi Children are generally better behaved, but many children of rich parents are never taught that skill.
Show threadrailmeatFeb 15, 2023
@scalzi
The well know golden rule still prevails. He who has the gold makes the rules.
Show threadJohn BreenFeb 15, 2023
@scalzi As long as we are not discussing Kushner and the KSA on T*itter, the investors are getting their money's worth. And Musk gets to do...whatever he's doing...
Show threadAlexFeb 15, 2023
@scalzi so far my block is still in place…if it holds remains to be seen
Show threadPatrick McLaughlinFeb 15, 2023

@scalzi

I can think of nothing more appropriate for him than:

Show thread@BegoniaArizonaFeb 15, 2023
@scalzi Musk is not a child, we endanger ourselves underestimating him. He is a narcissist, but worse, he is a fascist, not a child.
Show threadtellyworthFeb 15, 2023
@scalzi I’m curious how successful Musk’s companies have been at hiring in the last few months. I can’t imagine wanting to work for that guy.
Show threadNiftyLinksFeb 15, 2023
@tellyworth @scalzi More over, I'm curious as to what has kept this sort of insane behavior in check at places like SpaceX. Shotwell, I presume, but what and who and how else?
Show threadNlroundaboutFeb 15, 2023
@scalzi Don’t forget dangerous.
Show threadJohnFeb 15, 2023
@scalzi the hilarious thing would be if the reason his twitter view count was going down was if everyone was muting/blocking him
Show threadJim JonesFeb 15, 2023
@jnavarra @scalzi the article states that that probably is why.
Show threadStephen GentleFeb 15, 2023
@scalzi Wow. I’d got sick of him being retweeted into my feed and muted him more than a year before he ended up buying Twitter… It seems very likely that many others had more recently, but surely this is just going to result in many, many more blocks and mutes in the remaining users?
Show threadDynomooseFeb 15, 2023
@scalzi pathetic
Show threadsolientFeb 15, 2023
@scalzi Wouldn't surprise me if his insecurity eventually results in him demanding the remaining devs remove the ability to block/mute him.
Show threadCourt Cantrell does not complyFeb 15, 2023
@solient @scalzi
Show threadRackuur Feb 15, 2023
@solient @scalzi I think this will happen :) Let's see how long it take.
Show threadSkiriki FyxeFeb 15, 2023
@solient @scalzi 100% this.
Show threadKrysalixFeb 15, 2023
@scalzi But, but he spent so much money to make himself the most important voice in the world! How dare people not wait with bated breath for his every tweet. He will NOT be overlooked! (Such a fragile, fragile man)
Show threadCurly WyerFeb 15, 2023

@scalzi

Fixed it.

Show threadWednesday DessauerFeb 15, 2023
@scalzi I deleted the app months ago, but now I want to log in on the web just to block him.
Show threadTim ClancyFeb 15, 2023
@scalzi I WILL NOT BE MOCKED
Show threadJim SnowdenFeb 15, 2023
@scalzi The Anthem Of Elon Musk, written several years before his birth. https://youtu.be/XRal6t6HjaA
Love Me - Stanley Moon (fixed)

YouTube
Show threadShannonFeb 15, 2023

@scalzi This problem is solved by blocking Elon Musk's account. Take back control and encourage your fans to do this too. We shouldn't be forced to read anything by Elon Musk just because he owns the website.

There is a movement now to block his account. I blocked it months ago and see nothing from him now.

#BlockElonMusk

Show threadJL RobersonFeb 15, 2023
@scalzi it's amazing to be so small on such a titanic scale
Show threadRackuur Feb 15, 2023

@scalzi I love this, it absolutly confirms what i believe about human kind.

The best thing the technicans can do is: Implement a system that engages automaticly with his tweets..Then he always gets a 80% to 95% affirmationen for his wisedom. Maybe a little bot army that autocheers..

Show threadMarkFeb 15, 2023
@scalzi I imagine this has further discredited the platform, exposed the deceit of algorithmic ranking, and earned Elon another wave of blocking and muting. Kind of amusing. The emperor is obviously wearing no clothes.
Show threadxs4me2Feb 15, 2023

@scalzi

It is his ultimate narcissist wet dream to be admired by everybody.

Show threadKiran BabuFeb 15, 2023
@scalzi Not the words I would use, to be honest. You're being very kind to him.
Show threadFroteeFeb 15, 2023
@scalzi Wow. Satire will have a really hard job with him going forward.
Show threadSpaceSjutFeb 15, 2023
@frotee @scalzi I keep saying that since.. 2016 latest, and somehow it keeps getting worse.
Show threadFroteeFeb 15, 2023
@spacesjut @scalzi Yeah ... truth really has become stranger than fiction in way too many cases 😐
Show threadSpaceSjutFeb 15, 2023
@frotee @scalzi "a branch of reality never meant for use in production"
Show threadMarthaFeb 15, 2023
@scalzi
I blocked him on Twitter.
I occasionally check back as I still have a number of friends who struggling with the choice of jumping or staying. A few days ago his Tweet turned up at the top - Blockety, block, block
Show threadSpacedlawFeb 15, 2023
@Island_Martha I blocked him LONG ago.
Show threadMarthaFeb 15, 2023
@Spacedlaw You mean Musk? Well he had never before appeared in my feed - 1st and last incursion
Show threadJenXFeb 15, 2023
@scalzi Concerning.
Show threadLisaFeb 15, 2023

@scalzi I hope Elon Musk crashes & burns

No pun intended.

The more he pisses the masses off, the more he may lose financing from those he depended on.

We can't allow Billionaires to TRY and rule our society.

#Democracy

Show threadStefan SchollFeb 15, 2023

@scalzi I have to think about that old Veritasium video "Is Success Luck or Hard Work?" again.

I'm flabbergasted about the success of Elon Musk's companies. Was it really luck?

Or are some enterprises just destined to succeed if someone is foolish enough to even try them?

Was he a genius and Twitter made him dumb? Was he always dumb?

Show threadRon PayneFeb 15, 2023
@scalzi Dude really just bought twitter so more people would see his tweets, didn't he?
Show threadBrett TamahoriFeb 15, 2023

@scalzi Elon's entire thing has been walking around with his metaphorical dick out and going "What are you going to do about it, I'm the richest man in the world so fuck you."

But people have gotten so used to it that nobody cares anymore, and are doing the worst thing they could to his tiny ego, ignoring him.

So now he's rebuilding Twitter so he can force his dick into your face.

He's become the byword for insecure manbaby.

Show threadbassplayerFeb 16, 2023

@scalzi

I don't care about musk or twitter. Just want to point out this article's whole source is from another article that is mostly hearsay and a magical document that has yet to be produced. The whole thing seems like disinformation to me. If it's true then it's sad that he is like that and he needs help. If it's not true and this is disinformation then it is sad we fell for it. I don't know which is worse

Show threadGinnyAFeb 16, 2023
@scalzi he’s the archetypal Bond Villan
Show threadkentpollardFeb 16, 2023
@scalzi How did we understand the world before the rump popularized "manbaby"