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Elon Musk’s “extremely hardcore” Twitter

by ArmandGrillet on 1/17/23, 11:52 AM with 17 comments

• by warning26 on 1/17/23, 9:32 PM

  > He has purged thousands of employees, implemented ill-advised policies, and angered even some of his most loyal supporters.

  This is the most baffling part of Elon's entire acquisition; even many of his most ardent supporters now hate him. Surely he should have realized that installing himself as King of Twitter could only end poorly. I suppose that's what happens when you're surrounded by yes-men.

• by kenjackson on 1/17/23, 5:20 PM

  I'm surprised by the takes here. Its an interesting story, admittedly taken from the perspective of those impacted by the layoffs, but that's made pretty clear in the article.

  While I'm no Elon fan, I've enjoyed reading his articles about his positive experiences at Tesla, understanding there is another side to the story. Likewise, I'm sure there are those still at Twitter that would have a different take, but this article is interesting in its own right.

• by readonthegoapp on 1/18/23, 4:25 AM

  i wasn't gonna read it but i wanted a little junkfood reading.

  a few fun parts:

    She launched into a technical explanation of the ­company’s data-center efficiency, curious to see if he would follow along. Instead, he interrupted. “I was writing C programs in the ’90s,” he said dismissively. “I understand how ­computers work.”
  

  strong flex.

    Shevat thought Sacks seemed bored — he spent most of the meeting checking his phone. “He didn’t want to understand anything,” Shevat says. It made him want to cry, especially since he had actually been eager to work with Musk. “I would have worked really hard for him,” he says.
  

  leopards. face.

    She had printed out a few lines of Python rather than her actual code repository. (“Python is more at Musk’s level,” she says.) 
  

  ouch. and, python takin strays.

  my take: seems like an accurate review of all the sordid details, including musk's stochastic terrorism, round eleventy.

• by karmakaze on 1/18/23, 12:23 AM

  I don't think there's anything new or "inside" here. Seems like a rehash of older news stories. I got tired of reading and looking for anything.

• by CyberDildonics on 1/17/23, 2:27 PM

  "Twitter’s staff spent years trying to protect the social media site against impulsive billionaires who wanted to use the reach of its platform for their own ends, and then one made himself the CEO."

  Just in case the single word title Hardcore didn't help understand what the article is about.

• by labrador on 1/19/23, 2:37 AM

  The last line really hit me. It just drips with contempt. I just finished watching Malcolm McDowell play a psychopath in the film "Gangster No. 1" and the mindset seems very similar. I'm not calling Musk a criminal, it's the contempt for other human beings that seems similar.

• by cwillu on 1/17/23, 2:31 PM

  Actual title (according to the rss feed and the <title> tag) is: Inside Elon Musk’s “extremely hardcore” Twitter

• by sam_goody on 1/17/23, 1:21 PM

  I am not a Twitter user, and vote independent, so no dog in this race.

  But this is a hugely lopsided take.

  A hit piece by the people that WANT Twitter to die now that it is in Elon's hands, and will do everything in their power to advance that goal.

  I read it even though it's by a party with an open slant, because you have to keep an open mind and hear what both sides say.

  tl;dr - "Elon, you idiot! You don't know what you're doing! Hey, everyone, how can you keep on using Twitter?!"

• by JohnnyHerz on 1/17/23, 10:26 PM

  Only read if you are like minded and crave an echo chamber.

  The few salient points in this critique of Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter are completely lost in the overt biases of the author and publication.

  Acting as if pre-Elon Twitter wasn't already doing "unconscionable" things to choke off free speech - while claiming Elon Twitter is Satan incarnate in that regard is laughably partisan.

  The critique of Elon's public musings and actions based on a specific idealogy could just as easily be turned back on the author.

  dreaming of unbiased journalism...