Pet peeve: I don’t like when media outlets do this. CNBC *KNOWINGLY* messaged a defunct email address at Twitter that they KNOW is programmed to respond with this emoji (and has been for 8 months).
Just email Musk directly for comment. We all have his contact info. It’s such a farce to email a dead email acct you KNOW will return this emoji then act like it’s some sacrilege and write it up in this way.
@wogan @taylorlorenz It's an almost zero-cost, no-risk way to force an apology. Best way to undermine a story.
If they're really lucky the publication digs in its heels, and then it becomes a whole messy fight that comes to obscure the original report entirely.
@OutOnTheMoors Philosophically, I like rules that require us to bend over backwards to include comment from the subject of critical reporting – even if that gives bad people too much airtime.
Practically, I have often appreciated – mostly in hindsight – being forced to do so.
It's easy to get lost in the hunt, to convince yourself that people are evil, to caricature.
That serves nobody, Even a straight-up hit piece is stronger for nuance.
The media, in this case, did it on purpose specifically so they could write this tweet. Most journalists are absolute garbage and want clicks more than getting at the truth.
I guarantee you, CNBC will do this again and pretend it's the first time.
@taylorlorenz
Now what would be good reporting is for CNBC to track down the ex-Twitter comms person who set up the poop auto-reply.
What was the story there. How do they feel about Twitter now?
@taylorlorenz (1 of 2) Hi Taylor,
Considering Elon Musk’s latest reply to you via Twitter he doesn’t seem to be interested in real damage control when confronted for any of the Christ awful things he deliberately does and his penchant for hemmoraging massive amounts of money, not paying bills and complaining about the financial state of Twitter.
Luckily you are reporting on his incompetence with the power of a not easily silenced by money company, as Sam Biddle of Gawker was by Peter Thiel.
@taylorlorenz (2 of 2) In many ways, considering how the emperors clothes have been ripped away from the facade that is Elon Musk, he absolutely deserves to have that auto response reported time and time again. His actual response would seem to be along those lines anyway, and it’s another indication of how awful he is.
Jimmy Kimmel is right: “it has been interesting, over the years, to watch you blossom from the electric car guy into a fully-formed piece of shit @elonmusk”(Twitter, 10/30/2022)
@taylorlorenz The only legitimate use of that e-mail address is a tailored interview. What are Musk's plans for Twitter? 💩 What does he think of the users who pay him a monthly fee for verification? 💩
After decades of arguing that it's sometimes OK to take someone out of context, and this golden opportunity is sitting right there.
I think that if Twitter has an official channel for the press than it should be used to request for comments when the news regards the company and not the person specifically.
Yes, they could also try other contacts if they really want to try, but if Twitter knowingly chooses to keep the bot account than the effort to reach out for comments should come from them.
But it doesn’t deserve the highlight, it’d probably be better to just have a note that they reached for comments and were declined.
@mcelhearn @taylorlorenz In a saner world, this fact would be sufficient to condemn the sender of the emoji as juvenile and not worthy of being a "serious" multi-billion/million dollar company. There may still be people who read it that way.
Unfortunately, there are far too many people who probably see it as an amusing troll.
@taylorlorenz cargo cult?
“Emulate the purported behavior of successful people
This is the key to the cargo cult. To enjoy the success of another, just mimic his rituals.”
(I’ amazed at how much that’s wrong or plainly useless in humanity can be explain with that single phrase)
https://web.archive.org/web/20030812081806/http://klausler.com/cargo.html
@taylorlorenz anyone who responds to any email with a poop emoji is behaving like a spoiled child.
Civilised adults say things like "this email address is not in use please contact ...".
I support and applaud anyone who points this imbicilic behavior out everytime and i strongly encourage any remaining advertisers to rethink whether this is a company that represents their values cos it sure does not represent mine.
@taylorlorenz I know what it is. I am not stupid.
Someone at twitter has decided to let it send poop emojis. There is no law of nature forcing them to do that. It's a choice. A shitty disrespectful and arrogant choice that deserves to be called out until someone grows up or goes out of business.
The behaviour we ignore is the behaviour we accept.
@taylorlorenz Hi there, Taylor 👋 I wonder if taking Musk's 'distruptor, entrepreneurial' ethos may be the way for MSM to respond? Taking an old school, 'thinking out of the box, dynamic' Musk approach may make the point white tacitly reaching out for conciliation with him.
Given my line of thinking, what about sending him an actual jiffy bag with an actual poop in it?
There you go, you see, not all genius has to be attached to billionaires 😉
Take care, and all the best from the UK. Dave 👋
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