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moonshinegnomie

(4,075 posts) Thu Nov 24, 2022, 05:15 PM Nov 2022

The man child musk will let all banned people return to twitter

Link to tweet

?s=46&t=j5ZeibTw5LVaLcMSnEw42A

Soon business schools will use twitter as an object lesson in how to destroy a company and will compare musks takeover to when time Warner bought aol

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The man child musk will let all banned people return to twitter (Original Post) moonshinegnomie Nov 2022 OP

a historical comparison BootinUp Nov 2022 #1

This must hasten the exit of even more advertisers, right? RockRaven Nov 2022 #2

people are petitioning apple and google to remove the app from their stores moonshinegnomie Nov 2022 #5

correct Skittles Nov 2022 #8

Twitter's in the shitter. lpbk2713 Nov 2022 #3

If he wants to promote Twitter as a right-wing hate site, more power to him. Chainfire Nov 2022 #4

I'm glad I deleted my account and the app kimbutgar Nov 2022 #6

Broken which laws? intrepidity Nov 2022 #7

BootinUp

(51,645 posts)

1. a historical comparison

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Thu Nov 24, 2022, 05:20 PM

Nov 2022

Richie Holland :verified:
@richieholland@ravenation.club

Musk asks #Twitter users in a new poll if should he release suspended accounts.

link to mastodon post

RockRaven

(19,755 posts)

2. This must hasten the exit of even more advertisers, right?

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Thu Nov 24, 2022, 05:21 PM

Nov 2022

Think of every loathsome troll who has ever been kicked off of Twitter... You want your ads appearing next to their tweets? Are those the associations you are trying to create in the public's minds?

moonshinegnomie

(4,075 posts)

5. people are petitioning apple and google to remove the app from their stores

Reply to RockRaven (Reply #2)

Thu Nov 24, 2022, 05:28 PM

Nov 2022

i dont think either company wants to be associated with the dumpster fire

Skittles

(172,893 posts)

8. correct

Reply to RockRaven (Reply #2)

Thu Nov 24, 2022, 06:12 PM

Nov 2022

they cannot risk such associations

lpbk2713

(43,299 posts)

3. Twitter's in the shitter.

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Thu Nov 24, 2022, 05:22 PM

Nov 2022

And Musk is a loser.

Chainfire

(17,757 posts)

4. If he wants to promote Twitter as a right-wing hate site, more power to him.

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Thu Nov 24, 2022, 05:27 PM

Nov 2022

Lets see how it works out for him.

kimbutgar

(27,558 posts)

6. I'm glad I deleted my account and the app

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Thu Nov 24, 2022, 05:40 PM

Nov 2022

Twitter will be even more of a cesspool of hate and violence.

intrepidity

(8,595 posts)

7. Broken which laws?

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Thu Nov 24, 2022, 05:46 PM

Nov 2022

For a global company, I can't even begin to fathom the complexity of this issue.

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