Re: Elon Musk bought Twitter.
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2023 4:06 pm
He's gone full in anti Vax now.
I had a bad feeling about twitter outcome when I started this topic.Marylandolorian wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 7:42 pm World’s richest man in charge of the world’s most influential platforms, what can go wrong?
https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-a ... 023-10-04/US ad revenue at Musk's X declined each month since takeover -data
Oct 4 (Reuters) - Monthly U.S. ad revenue at social media platform X has declined at least 55% year-over-year each month since billionaire Elon Musk bought the company formerly known as Twitter in October 2022, according to third-party data provided to Reuters.
The company has struggled to retain some advertisers since the takeover, as brands have been wary of rapid changes under Musk's ownership. X's chief executive, Linda Yaccarino, is expected to meet on Thursday with bank lenders who helped finance Musk's acquisition to outline the company's business plans, according to a person familiar with the plans.
U.S. ad revenue dropped by 78% in December 2022 compared with the same month the previous year, the steepest monthly decline since the acquisition, according to ad analytics firm Guideline, which tracks advertising spending data from major ad agencies.
Ad revenue in August, the latest data available from Guideline, declined 60% year-over-year. X declined to comment on the data.
I don't think it's a surprise, or a coincidence that Tesla have finally, finally stopped promising FSD, after Musk promising it was just around the corner, for at least the last 6 years.The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating the range of Tesla’s electric vehicles after reports surfaced that the company was relying on exaggerated numbers.
In documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Tesla said that it had “received requests for information, including subpoenas from the DOJ, regarding certain matters associated with personal benefits, related parties, vehicle range and personnel decisions.”
Earlier this year, Reuters reported that Tesla had received so many customer complaints about range that it created a special “diversion team” to cancel their service appointments. Customers were incensed that their Tesla vehicles were falling well short of the advertised range, sometimes by as much as half the number of miles that they were purported to get on a full charge.
https://www.ft.com/content/647b4c4d-f4d ... 943b6995e7= "The FT"
IBM pulls adverts from X after report finding they ran next to Nazi content
Tech company’s move is the latest setback to Linda Yaccarino’s efforts to convince brands Elon Musk’s platform is safe
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And Disney.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ ... wsuit-muskA judge has found “reasonable evidence” that Elon Musk and other executives at Tesla knew that the company’s self-driving technology was defective but still allowed the cars to be driven in an unsafe manner anyway, according to a recent ruling issued in Florida.
Palm Beach county circuit court judge Reid Scott said he had found evidence that Tesla “engaged in a marketing strategy that painted the products as autonomous” and that Musk’s public statements about the technology “had a significant effect on the belief about the capabilities of the products”.
The ruling, reported by Reuters on Wednesday, clears the way for a lawsuit over a fatal crash in 2019 north of Miami involving a Tesla Model 3. The vehicle crashed into an 18-wheeler truck that had turned on to the road into the path of driver Stephen Banner, shearing off the Tesla’s roof and killing Banner.
The lawsuit, brought by Banner’s wife, accuses the company of intentional misconduct and gross negligence, which could expose Tesla to punitive damages. The ruling comes after Tesla won two product liability lawsuits in California earlier this year focused on alleged defects in its Autopilot system.
Judge Scott also found that the plaintiff, Banner’s wife, should be able to argue to jurors that Tesla’s warnings in its manuals and “clickwrap” were inadequate. He said the accident is “eerily similar” to a 2016 fatal crash involving Joshua Brown in which the Autopilot system failed to detect crossing trucks.
“It would be reasonable to conclude that the Defendant Tesla through its CEO and engineers was acutely aware of the problem with the ‘Autopilot’ failing to detect cross traffic,” the judge wrote.
The beautiful thing about all of that interview is the way he keeps looking to the audience and expecting applause, and getting either silence or laughter (and it’s not Orville laughter).
He does the big dramatic slow repeat of GFY to an even lower response than he got the first time. Total inability to read the room, probably because as you say, he genuinely does think he is superior to everyone.Biffer wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 1:23 am
The beautiful thing about all of that interview is the way he keeps looking to the audience and expecting applause, and getting either silence or laughter (and it’s not Orville laughter).
The arrogance and entitlement are hugely on show here. He clearly thinks his mind is superior to the market.
He's deluded... what's his personality type, he's mildly autistic or something similar, yeah?Kiwias wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 1:47 amHe does the big dramatic slow repeat of GFY to an even lower response than he got the first time. Total inability to read the room, probably because as you say, he genuinely does think he is superior to everyone.Biffer wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 1:23 am
The beautiful thing about all of that interview is the way he keeps looking to the audience and expecting applause, and getting either silence or laughter (and it’s not Orville laughter).
The arrogance and entitlement are hugely on show here. He clearly thinks his mind is superior to the market.
Reading the room isn't going to be a particular strong point of hisIsaacson writes that Elon Musk’s psychology includes his difficulties in understanding other people’s emotions and his need for constant, intense stimulation as a means to ward off depression. Isaacson discusses the background that gave rise to this psychological makeup.
Because Musk was unusually smart as a child, he started school a year early, perhaps to his disadvantage. Musk had trouble making friends, in part due to his difficulty interpreting emotions and personal cues—a trait which Musk would later identify as a symptom of Asperger’s syndrome. Musk was regularly beaten at school. At home, both he and his mother endured Musk’s father’s relentless verbal assaults. Musk’s parents divorced when he was eight years old. And, because his mother worked long hours to support them, he and his siblings had to fend for themselves.
Isaacson hints that Musk’s emotional development was stunted in childhood as a result of his father’s abuse—to survive, Musk learned to shut down his feelings. This, in combination with his Asperger’s traits, taught Musk to interpret emotions differently than those without such harsh backgrounds. Musk’s closest friends describe his childlike joy when he’s enthused by new ideas or projects, as well as his deep well of feelings for his family and loved ones. However, Musk has trouble with the feelings of others, which he approaches from an intellectual standpoint. Isaacson writes that when Musk feels threatened, he still shuts his feelings down in a heartbeat while using shows of anger to deflect the threat.
wow... we live in the Mezoegoic EraGumboot wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 2:35 am I read a theory recently that Musk really wants to sink Twitter/X and blame it on the advertisers to position himself as the ultimate free speech martyr. Apparently all he'd need to offset his $44b (?) Twitter loss would be a small bump in the Tesla share price... and he'd be the new right-wing Jesus.
That was a Slate article I believe. I think there is some merit to their analysis, that is what Elon thinks will happen, but I'm skeptical it will play out that way.Gumboot wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 2:35 am I read a theory recently that Musk really wants to sink Twitter/X and blame it on the advertisers to position himself as the ultimate free speech martyr. Apparently all he'd need to offset his $44b (?) Twitter loss would be a small bump in the Tesla share price... and he'd be the new right-wing Jesus.
He was going on as well about how "these advertisers" will go down in history as the ones that destroyed twitter!Biffer wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 1:23 amThe beautiful thing about all of that interview is the way he keeps looking to the audience and expecting applause, and getting either silence or laughter (and it’s not Orville laughter).
The arrogance and entitlement are hugely on show here. He clearly thinks his mind is superior to the market.
He doesn't have Asperger's, he just says he has Asperger's; there's a big difference !Guy Smiley wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 2:19 am He's deluded... what's his personality type, he's mildly autistic or something similar, yeah?
EDIT... he's admitted to Aspberger's Syndrome
All the traits of a narcissistic sociopath!fishfoodie wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 10:24 amHe doesn't have Asperger's, he just says he has Asperger's; there's a big difference !Guy Smiley wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 2:19 am He's deluded... what's his personality type, he's mildly autistic or something similar, yeah?
EDIT... he's admitted to Aspberger's Syndrome
He lies as much as George Santos about himself, & this is just another lie, as he demonstrates none of the traits of an adult with Asperger's, but he does show ones you'd associate with a narcissist, & a cunt !
"Is your child hyperactive/Or is he perhaps a twat?" as Half Man Half Biscuit so sagely put it.fishfoodie wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 10:24 amHe doesn't have Asperger's, he just says he has Asperger's; there's a big difference !Guy Smiley wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 2:19 am He's deluded... what's his personality type, he's mildly autistic or something similar, yeah?
EDIT... he's admitted to Aspberger's Syndrome
He lies as much as George Santos about himself, & this is just another lie, as he demonstrates none of the traits of an adult with Asperger's, but he does show ones you'd associate with a narcissist, & a cunt !
I've been saying for a while that I think he and others like him want to sink it.Gumboot wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 2:35 am I read a theory recently that Musk really wants to sink Twitter/X and blame it on the advertisers to position himself as the ultimate free speech martyr. Apparently all he'd need to offset his $44b (?) Twitter loss would be a small bump in the Tesla share price... and he'd be the new right-wing Jesus.
He's done a lot for public perception of people with ASD.fishfoodie wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 10:24 amHe doesn't have Asperger's, he just says he has Asperger's; there's a big difference !Guy Smiley wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 2:19 am He's deluded... what's his personality type, he's mildly autistic or something similar, yeah?
EDIT... he's admitted to Aspberger's Syndrome
He lies as much as George Santos about himself, & this is just another lie, as he demonstrates none of the traits of an adult with Asperger's, but he does show ones you'd associate with a narcissist, & a cunt !