increasingly, I believe that the destruction of Musk's Twitter is crucial for the preservation of American democracy. I was neutral on this until the past few days. But it's now obvious that his intentions -- and actions -- are aimed in part at promoting right-wing extremism.
The Murdoch family is still the greater threat, but Musk looks set to supersede them as a force for evil.
@dangillmor I agree save for one point. The Murdoch family is still constrained by the need for advertiser revenue so they cannot go monkey shit. Musk has no such constraints.
But the bottom line is Twitter was not a profitable business before the buyout. That means they were surviving on cash flow to pay the bills and their employees - musk has killed that cash flow in a huge way.
No cash flow means bills don’t get paid and I don’t think any of his investors are going to float him cash to get through the month… and their credit rating is crap now too.
Unless he’s going to start writing checks the sh!t is gonna hit the fan shortly
@kbsez @dangillmor I kind of hope it dies. Personally, I'd like to see Gopher make a come back. I miss the Gopher protocol. I know ... I am dating myself here. 😹
@ablackcatstail @kbsez @dangillmor I don’t hope it dies. Twitter is the voice of the resistance, the voice of the disenfranchised all over the world. There will be no grand exodus from Twitter to one platform. Divided we fall.
@Kitchi @ablackcatstail @kbsez @dangillmor When the wealthiest man in the world takes over the voice of the resistance, the resistance is going to have to find another place to put their voice. Twitter isn't safe to use for this purpose anymore.
@knottedthreads @ablackcatstail @kbsez @dangillmor Millions disagree. 90% of it’s revenue comes from ads so it has little choice but to act in away that won’t imperil it’s revenue streams. This has been challenging so it may implode. It remains to be seen. Divided we fall. Ima staying.
@Kitchi @ablackcatstail @kbsez @dangillmor See also: Musk's behavior over the last few weeks. He's already lost half his ad revenue, and he's expressed a specific desire to eliminate the rest of it by moving to a subscription model. If you don't pay up, no one will ever see your tweets. This is a difficult business model to ask the resistance to operate in, no?
@knottedthreads @Kitchi @ablackcatstail @kbsez @dangillmor
Elon Musk is NOT the wealthiest man in the world. He took over a US corporation which was NEVER the voice of resistance. Stop worrying about "safety" on social media. Protect yourself from violent retribution from racist American whites who scapegoat American Blacks.
@knottedthreads @Kitchi @ablackcatstail @kbsez @dangillmor agree!!