Valerie B was amazing this weekend… On Sun, 6 Nov 2022 at 5:00 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
> > https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1586104694421659648?s=46&t=6TgMnQGd2wfmCoWEyFZWyg > > “Comedy is now legal on Twitter” - Elon Musk 8 days ago > > Then this happened: > > Over the last 24 hours, several verified accounts changed their names to > “Elon Musk” and began Tweeting endorsements of progressive politicians and > mocking all things Elon Musk related. Valleri Bertinelli was particularly > amusing. Long story short, Musk suspended countless users and has created a > new policy that prevents people from taking advantage of his stupidity. > > Included amongst those permanently banned: Kathy Griffin > > > https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1589390597798125568?s=46&t=6TgMnQGd2wfmCoWEyFZWyg > > > On Tue, Nov 1, 2022 at 10:20 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Remember that for twitter the advertisers are the clients and the users >> are the product. If the power users who drive engagement find the service >> to be unbearable whether due to vicious trolling or impersonators, they >> will leave, their followers will leave, and advertisers will abandon the >> platform. >> >> If hate speech overwhelms the platform, advertisers will abandon it. To >> make Twitter what it was took a lot of money and effort. Trying to make >> radical changes in a short period will probably wreck it and Elon’s >> business record shows he’s not completely in the dark about how to keep it >> running, which means he’ll go back on a lot of these pronouncements. >> >> I say “who cares?” because twitter has no institutional depth. There’s a >> small number of people who based their businesses on Twitter and they’ll >> suffer if it gets wrecked. But the vast majority of users can abandon the >> platform and wait for engineers to develop a better one. The strength of a >> social media platform is in its networks, not its software. >> >> On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 7:19 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 4:05 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Who cares? Even people with brains make unfortunate decisions in their >>>> business and have to backpedal if they want to be sustainable. >>>> >>> >>> Not sure whether the “who cares” is hyperbolic, but there is a >>> reasonable argument to be made (being made by many) that Musk bought >>> Twitter deliberately to wreck it, just to amuse himself. But even if he is >>> just making a bad business decision, forcing people (in particular >>> government officials) to pay for verification will end the argument that >>> Twitter (or any social media) is a public utility. >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 4:53 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> And Verified members *will lose* their status if they don't renew it. >>>>> >>>>> https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/twitter-verified-users-subscription-price-blue-check-mark-musk-1235418285/ >>>>> (link) >>>>> >>>>> B >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/7fc0ad7e-738c-4c3f-8c0e-3be44530b4ben%40googlegroups.com >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/7fc0ad7e-738c-4c3f-8c0e-3be44530b4ben%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiFYehUDr_tUxhRvCqnuuVx21RdhERu%3DDJSz9cBXN2V%3Dow%40mail.gmail.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiFYehUDr_tUxhRvCqnuuVx21RdhERu%3DDJSz9cBXN2V%3Dow%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> Kevin M. 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