Why doesn’t Elon charge people who don’t use Twitter, it’s a faster-growing market segment.

@MissingThePt

"If you mine Bitcoin, you use a lot of electricity to run computers to perform calculations to get Bitcoins for yourself, which you can sell for money. But this is bad for the environment, because it uses electricity that is probably generated in ways that release carbon. If you were to stop mining Bitcoin, conversely, that would be good for the environment. Can you get paid, though, for not mining Bitcoin? Oh yes, modern finance has solved that one too"

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-08-10/you-can-sell-the-bitcoins-you-don-t-mine

You Can Sell the Bitcoins You Don’t Mine

Also Morgan Stanley succession, VC platforms, activist hedge funds, Yellow’s value, the size of the pepperoni market and bribe refunds.

Bloomberg
@MissingThePt
Нет, ну действительно!
Почему бы и нет?
Или, Сказ о том, как прокакать сорок ярдов за один год.
https://mastodon.social/@MissingThePt/111089063327601956

@MissingThePt
He will, just as soon as he realizes he thought of it before you did.

And then he'll fire one of the people that does things when they can't figure out a way to make it work.

@MissingThePt
🤫 Don't say that out loud, "he" might hear you.😆
@MissingThePt as Monty Python once said: “I’d tax all foreigners living abroad”
@MissingThePt Great idea but the implementation details elude me. Care to elaborate on them?
@MissingThePt the easiest way to defeat #bots is with a captcha system like #hCapture. It what will be on the contact form of our #wordpress website.

@MissingThePt

I want to agree with you, I really do.

The reality is that Elon is probably gonna be fine with Twitter, might even make money after all this. The reason is us.

Too many people think they have to live in his circle instead of getting into better geometry.

I'm completely out, but millions of people aren't. Just to be clear: UAW *paid* for a check. Elon revoked it because he didn't want to platform them.

He reinstated and gave Trump his check for free.

Artists still pay him.

@MissingThePt

Doesn't he do that with his Tesla super chargers?

@MissingThePt agreed. Step 1/ If you don't pay using your twitter account, then you have to pay more...

Step 2/ Once everyone uses twitter. Just charge everyone. This is needed as nobody would pay you otherwise at this point.

Maybe Elon thinks he is already at step 2.

@MissingThePt Unfortunately, the law doesn't allow to charge for not using something. I'm sure Elon Musk in his infinite business wisdom will find a way to do it.
(Note: Sarcasm)

@MissingThePt

Here's how it will go:

There will be a small HIPPO (Humanitarian Involuntary Personal Participation Obligation) of USD 5.00. For the privilege to disregard the big "𝕏" and access another social media site a small surcharge of only USD 20.00 will apply.

@MissingThePt if he does this,he'll find an abusive message from me,and I will be on here more. Please point me in the direction of British politics!

@MissingThePt At least the people who don't use xTwitter are real. You'd think that the only activity on xTwitter is #Musk and bots, and I'm not sure about #Musk.

I don't know for sure. I left that disaster right after the payment for all my shares cleared. It's true. A fool and his money are soon parted.

@MissingThePt i was an x user even before the rebrand
@MissingThePt @chris Like you, someone is clearly not missing the point!
@MissingThePt Don't give him any ideas... 😂🤣😂🤣
X Users to Require Elon Musk to Pay Them to Keep Using It

Andy Borowitz jokes that users of X, the site formerly known as Twitter, will require Elon Musk to compensate them for their use of the platform.

The New Yorker
@MissingThePt Don't give him too much good ideas.. I'm happy on the fediverse now.

@MissingThePt

I've been saying Elon's trolls would love to pay for the option to MAKE non-paying accounts of their choice follow them, while removing the block button.

@MissingThePt sometimes I take a moment to consider before boosting but not this time
@MissingThePt enough trouble charging his car
@MissingThePt I just deleted my account with X, peace at last