the Musk - Dorsey connection

[BootinUp]

Sherrilyn Ifill
@SIfill_

Btw for those talking abt Musk’s heinous tweet & advertisers. READ THIS. It scared me, I’ll admit, but a lot of it makes sense. Thanks
@davetroy
. Especially today,this piece is helpful.

Link to tweet

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Dave Troy
@davetroy

🚨The bad takes about Musk, Dorsey, and Bluesky were just too much. So I wrote up this Q+A as an explainer about what's going on. It's much deeper and more complex than people realize. Please take the time to read and comprehend. 🙏

Link to tweet

https://davetroy.medium.com/no-elon-and-jack-are-not-competitors-theyre-collaborating-3e88cde5267d

No, Elon and Jack are not “competitors.” They’re collaborating.
Elon Musk’s deal to buy Twitter has been met with surprise, derision, and gnashing of teeth — and an overwhelming amount of well-intentioned but poorly-informed commentary and analysis.

As someone who has followed the company closely since its inception and has had a chance to talk in depth about technical topics with Jack Dorsey and the company’s other founders over the years, I have a different view.

Here’s a series of common questions regarding the deal and the relationship between Dorsey and Musk about which I see the most errors and misconceptions.

Q: Jack Dorsey is launching “Bluesky,” a new social network to compete with Twitter. I’ll just join that instead!

A: Sorry to disappoint, but Dorsey played a key role in Musk’s deal to take Twitter private. The two are good friends. And Bluesky is an initiative launched by Twitter. In April, Dorsey wrote, “In principle, I don’t believe anyone should own or run Twitter. It wants to be a public good at a protocol level, not a company. Solving for the problem of it being a company however, Elon is the singular solution I trust. I trust his mission to extend the light of consciousness.”

[dalton99a]

1. Musk will also own Bluesky

Just watch

Don't forget it took eons for Dorsey to ban Trump

[msfiddlestix]

2. well that's effed up. thanks for the insight.

[SheltieLover]

3. Kicking for visibility

[BootinUp]

4. I know right, I feel ill.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. Too many pro-Putin, pro-MBS sociopaths control too many gateways to communications.

[OneGrassRoot]

6. Yep. n/t

[lostnfound]

7. Interesting

[Cha]

8. TY Bootinup.. and Thanks for letting

me know so I didn't walk around all Disillusioned about Blue Sky!

Those MuskRatFuckers Need to Go Down.

They're Not too Big to FAIL!

[Emrys]

9. K&R for topicality n/t

[Emrys]

10. BootinUp - would you consider posting this Medium article on Editorials & Other Articles?

It looks like a few people here are holding out hopes for Bluesky, and the post wouldn't disappear down the page on that forum as quickly as it will on GD.

Or I'll maybe post it there myself if you don't want to.

[BootinUp]

11. Please feel free

To post it and Ty.

[Emrys]

12. Done!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016335715