RIP Twitter

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n_huffhines said:
Ehhh...they weren't showing an accounting profit, but Dorsey and co. got rich before Elon bought it. They built it up from nothing, went public, and then it was overvalued specifically because of the monetization issue. They never had to figure out how to monetize it properly because boy genius bailed them out. Not sure about Twitter going into bankruptcy or what the future holds, but seems like Musk is going to eat the losses of all the problems from the past.
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Twitter isn't a social media company as much as it is a data company. Facebook, before this stupid ass META initiative, was great at monetizing data.

Twitter doesn't need visionaries like Dorsey and Musk running the company, they need someone who knows how to run a data company....
 
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GAVol said:
The amount of energy being expended over Elon Musk and Twitter is bordering on being a mental disorder.
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I admit I have a hard time following it. There doesn't seem to be much of substance except Musk promised one thing and delivered another. Even so, there is admission it is his company to do with as he pleases.
It also seems the Twitter pearl clutchers of today were the "go start your own platform"-ers from a few years ago.

My biggest takeaway is it appears Lefties believe media belongs to them and it is sacrilege if they lose any media turf they view as theirs.
 
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McDad said:
I admit I have a hard time following it. There doesn't seem to be much of substance except Musk promised one thing and delivered another. Even so, there is admission it is his company to do with as he pleases.
It also seems the Twitter pearl clutchers of today were the "go start your own platform" from a few years ago.

My biggest takeaway is it appears Lefties believe media belongs to them and it is sacrilege if they lose any media turf they view as theirs.
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As much as I admire libertarian ideals, the reason they will always lose is because the left has zero respect for basic human rights. They never have, they never will- they are mini totalitarians at war, and I am coming to the conclusion that we can only fight fire with fire until a better balance (or a more polite society) is restored. If we don't, they'll overrun us all.
 
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ButchPlz said:
As much as I admire libertarian ideals, the reason they will always lose is because the left has zero respect for basic human rights. They never have, they never will- they are mini totalitarians at war, and I am coming to the conclusion that we can only fight fire with fire until a better balance (or a more polite society) is restored. If we don't, they'll overrun us all.
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You see libertarian and liberal (the left) as the same?
 
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McDad said:
You see libertarian and liberal (the left) as the same?
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No, I see that leftists will always steam roll over libertarians, because libertarians will, by default, always be a scattered, hands off type "movement" while the left grows and grows into a monster. By the time libertarians are willing to move on anything the machine is already tearing up their front yards.
 
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ButchPlz said:
No, I see that leftists will always steam roll over libertarians, because libertarians will, by default, always be a scattered, hands off type "movement" while the left grows and grows into a monster. By the time libertarians are willing to move on anything the machine is already tearing up their front yards.
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Understood. Thanks for the clarification.

Never thought about it like that.

I see our monster growth as coming from both sides, though.
 
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McDad said:
Understood. Thanks for the clarification.

Never thought about it like that.

I see our monster growth as coming from both sides, though.
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Certainly it is, and I find most Republican politicians repulsive as well. But in practical terms, the left in this country is the big, obvious monster that has to be slayed first. And we can see in how they're all reacting to this Twitter stuff that they're little angry children that will only respond to being spanked. So we need to get to spanking.
 
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ButchPlz said:
Certainly it is, and I find most Republican politicians repulsive as well. But in practical terms, the left in this country is the big, obvious monster that has to be slayed first. And we can see in how they're all reacting to this Twitter stuff that they're little angry children that will only respond to being spanked. So we need to get to spanking.
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As much as I can agree in principle, the country is too far gone. We have passed the point of no return.

I doubt I'll still be alive when the feces hits the fan. But I do hate it for my kids and grandkids.
 
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GAVol said:
The amount of energy being expended over Elon Musk and Twitter is bordering on being a mental disorder.
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None of this is all that serious, but it's the most interesting story of the year to me. And I try to avoid putting energy into issues that bum me out (particularly issues that don't change and will never go away, like debt and spending). This story is so fun. It's prime material for a docuseries (that would probably turn out to be too biased to watch).
 
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n_huffhines said:
None of this is all that serious, but it's the most interesting story of the year to me. And I try to avoid putting energy into issues that bum me out (particularly issues that don't change and will never go away, like debt and spending). This story is so fun. It's prime material for a docuseries (that would probably turn out to be too biased to watch).
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Tom Cruise could star as Elon Musk in a Movie. Docuseries would be too boring.
 
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Disgraced ex-FBI official turned Twitter general counsel Jim Baker signed letter THANKING Bureau officials for convincing social media network Hunter Biden laptop story was fake, latest Twitter Files reveal

Disturbing new Twitter Files have revealed how an ex-FBI officer turned Twitter lawyer held a secret one-on-one briefing with the Bureau before pushing the social media network to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story.

The revelations from journalist Michael Shellenberger Monday show how the FBI pushed Twitter staffers to receive top-level security clearance in July 2020.

They wanted to grant the firm's staffers that access to show what they claimed were threats posed to the November 2020 presidential election by foreign interference.

At one point, FBI agent Elvis Chan acted surprised at being reminded that Twitter's general counsel Jim Baker was the FBI's former general counsel, and held that very clearance.

On September 15 2020, another FBI agent, Laura Dehmlow, requested she be allowed to give Baker a top secret briefing with no other staff present.

Baker's shameless attempts to discredit the Hunter Biden laptop story - which has since been proven to be accurate - where also shared by Shellenberger.

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Jim Baker, who before serving as deputy general counsel for Twitter held a similar role for the FBI

FBI official turned Twitter counsel Jim Baker thanked Bureau for suppressing Hunter Biden laptop | Daily Mail Online
 
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Franklin Pierce said:
Disgraced ex-FBI official turned Twitter general counsel Jim Baker signed letter THANKING Bureau officials for convincing social media network Hunter Biden laptop story was fake, latest Twitter Files reveal

Disturbing new Twitter Files have revealed how an ex-FBI officer turned Twitter lawyer held a secret one-on-one briefing with the Bureau before pushing the social media network to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story.

The revelations from journalist Michael Shellenberger Monday show how the FBI pushed Twitter staffers to receive top-level security clearance in July 2020.

They wanted to grant the firm's staffers that access to show what they claimed were threats posed to the November 2020 presidential election by foreign interference.

At one point, FBI agent Elvis Chan acted surprised at being reminded that Twitter's general counsel Jim Baker was the FBI's former general counsel, and held that very clearance.

On September 15 2020, another FBI agent, Laura Dehmlow, requested she be allowed to give Baker a top secret briefing with no other staff present.

Baker's shameless attempts to discredit the Hunter Biden laptop story - which has since been proven to be accurate - where also shared by Shellenberger.

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Jim Baker, who before serving as deputy general counsel for Twitter held a similar role for the FBI

FBI official turned Twitter counsel Jim Baker thanked Bureau for suppressing Hunter Biden laptop | Daily Mail Online
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THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE...NOT ACCEPTABLE

Pure insurrection of our Republic by the Bureaucracy..
 
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The United States Government, and it's citizens, should not be doing ANY sort of business with a known American traitor. PERIOD. Everything this man has touched is suspect. ALL OF IT. Why does PUTIN still have a twitter? 95BCCE4C-76DE-4DAF-B448-3C26D5DEAAB6.jpeg
 
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IluvdoubleD's said:
The United States Government, and it's citizens, should not be doing ANY sort of business with a known American traitor. PERIOD. Everything this man has touched is suspect. ALL OF IT. Why does PUTIN still have a twitter?
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Why are you worried about the US Government and Twitter now when you were silent on the Hunter censorship by Twitter and MSM? Don't clutch the pearls now, you did this.
 
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