Is Elon Musk gambling his business empire?

[93Flareside]

My first thought when I read the CEO'S tweet about how they wanted to make it an everything-app including "video", was "xvideos.com" the porn site.

I think I’ve heard of that website.

 

[NecroJoe]

I think I’ve heard of that website.

Yeah, I only know about it because, you know how when you type an address into your web browser, and it auto-completes, because Microsoft and Google and Apple partnered that one time to make that one algorithm that just inserts randomized search queries for fun, like that "I'm feeling lucky" Google button? Yeah, that's what happened to me.

 

[calvinhobbes]

My first thought when I read the CEO'S tweet about how they wanted to make it an everything-app including "video", was "xvideos.com" the porn site.

One of my thoughts was: So they’re going for X-rated now? Pretty much the same as yours.

 

[ahpadt]

Just curiously searching 'x' on google...

Still no twatter on the hits even after page 7. Already had X Box, X.org and SpaceX (lollers) appear..

 

[jack_christie]

More Musk disinfo:

Twitter Deletes Fact-Check Of Musk Connecting Bronny James’ Cardiac Arrest To Covid Vaccine​

Twitter Deletes Fact-Check Of Musk Connecting Bronny James’ Cardiac Arrest To Covid Vaccine

Some users on the social media platform, including Musk, spread vaccine misinformation Tuesday, claiming Bronny James’ cardiac arrest may have been linked to the use of the Covid-19 vaccine.

www.forbes.com

 

[jack_christie]

 

[Blind_Io]

So it's a shakedown.

Brands that don’t buy enough Twitter ads will lose verification

Hard to not see this as a threat, right?

www.theverge.com

 

[Eye-Q]

Genius at work, someone already had @X

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Surprise, surprise: Twitter commandeers @X username from man who had it since 2007

 

[GRtak]

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/28/1190895690/x-logo-twitter-building-san-francisco

'X' logo installed atop Twitter building, spurring San Francisco to investigate​

Musk: "Permits? I don't need no stinking permits!

 

[ninjacoco]

The seizurevision effects are a new low, even for this douche.

https://twitter.com/itsmefrenchy123/status/1685177000913502209

 

[GRtak]

View: https://www.npr.org/2023/07/29/1190891082/twitter-x-account-owner-gene-hwang-elon-musk

After rebranding, X took @x from its original Twitter owner and offered him merch​

 

[Momentum57]

The seizurevision effects are a new low, even for this douche.

https://twitter.com/itsmefrenchy123/status/1685177000913502209

At first I thought you were talking about the right wings love affair with those videos that flicker but this is top stupid

 

[calvinhobbes]

Anti-hate speech group accuses Elon Musk’s X Corp of intimidation over legal threat

Center for Countering Digital Hate claims publication of hateful material on Twitter has risen since Musk took over

amp.theguardian.com

The free speech advocate is at it again.

 

[GRtak]

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/31/1191055173/twitter-x-sign-san-francisco-investigation-musk

Twitter's 'X' sign is taken down in San Francisco after neighbors filed 24 complaints​

That is a brilliant way to throw good money after bad.

 

[jack_christie]

Twitter under fire for reinstating account that posted child sex abuse​

Twitter under fire for reinstating account that posted child sex abuse

SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter came under renewed fire Thursday over its handling of child sex abuse imagery after it reinstated the account of a right-wing influencer who had tweeted an image of a toddler being tortured. After some of the account's more than 500,000 followers complained that the...

news.yahoo.com

 

[GRtak]

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/01/1191318468/elon-musk-sues-disinformation-researchers-claiming-they-are-driving-away-adverti

Elon Musk sues disinformation researchers, claiming they are driving away advertisers​

 

[jack_christie]

That was part of the reason for restricting access to the API

 

[NecroJoe]

X Blue subscribers can now hide the blue checkmarks they pay to have

Users are speculating the move is a response to the infamy of checkmarks following Elon Musk’s decision to change them to indicate Blue subscribers.

www.usatoday.com

"X Blue subscribers can now hide the blue checkmarks they pay to have"

 

[eizbaer]

Shame, it was such a nice tool to show you how far you had to scroll in the replys to get to the actually relevant ones, rather than the ones who paid to be promoted to the top. Now it's gonna be a clusterfuck.
Question is... if they do pay for that crap, are they actually ashamed enough to go and hide the fact?

also: the app has been called X on my phone for a week now, but the home screen still shows the blue bird logo

 

[NecroJoe]

From what I understand, there are legitimately people/organizations that would benefit a lot from the more powerful analytics and management m tools that come with it, yet wouldn't want the world to know they are giving money to Elon for it. I get it. But it's still fuggin hilarious.