Re: Elon Musk.....seems his deadline has now passed.

If you have a high opinion of him and you see what's going on with Twitter right now, you'll be inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt. And you might average his Twitter failure with his Tesla/SpaceX successes and conclude that he's still a phenomenal person. Especially because if he's been sort of a dumbass this whole time and you've considered him brilliant, well that reflects on your judgment.

It's also true that the mob is fickle. People are already predicting redemption stories in the press two years from now and people will probably eat that up.

To me the way he's handled this whole Twitter thing has been exceedingly strange and a comedy of errors from the jump. And it's absolutely a reflection of his intelligence and his judgment. He literally tweeted, "Please note that Twitter will do lots of dumb things in the comings months." So far that's been true! I agree vehemently with his prediction!

Maybe he's not the same person he was in the early days of Tesla, I don't know. These are the questions we have to ask now, if he was really brilliant all along or maybe it was a combination of ambition, luck, and being surrounded by the right people.

As a layperson, it's obvious to me how misguided it would be to abandon content moderation on Twitter, especially from a business perspective. I'm not sure what he thought would happen. And to change the purpose of the blue check without expecting exactly what happened to happen... it's difficult to believe someone of even average human intelligence wouldn't see that coming. And lastly, the way he's handled staffing - from huge instant layoffs to arbitrary ultimatums and firing people via tweet - it doesn't come across like the actions of a business genius. Or a regular genius. Or even an average person. If he were as smart as people say, then you have to wonder what's really going on right now.

The idea that the negative reactions and assessments are politically motivated are an unfortunate misreading of the situation.

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Nov 18, 2022, 8:42 AM

he's TRYING to do. But the WAY he's doing it is all wrong. To start with, you don't sign a document and agree to purchase a company that's essentially never turned a profit, for $44 billion, BEFORE securing financing. So when they held his feet to the fire on his signature and agreement, he then tried to back out. A court said no. He's no stranger to courts btw. So there's the first red flag. Not the type of guy I'd want to work for. Too impulsive IMO.

But nevertheless, he's forced to make a bad investment because of his impulsivity. Fine. Now most good business leaders, of any company, would go to work and initially not change a thing, and learn how the company works. Who is critical, and who plays solitaire or reads fanfiction on their phone all day. THEN you selective fire them. And even then, you almost never fire 50% of the company, but whatever. Also, you generally don't fire them via email with a cute meme picture. You let their manager fire them, and provide a reason for the firing. NEXT, you generally don't send out an email with a form to sign, with the remaining 50% of employees, demanding they work harder or whatever, or they're fired.

The way he sees Twitter is his biggest mistake, I promise. His biggest problem is HE HAD THE MONEY PERSONALLY to purchase Twitter, without financing. He doesn't want to sell his Tesla stock, and devalue Tesla more, to pay for Twitter. This is why he went to SAUDI ARABIA seeking financing from his usual sources. They balked as his Tesla stock had already been hit, meaning Musk had to spend money he didn't want to spend.

There are two ways to change a culture. You have the Jesus approach, or the Hitler approach. Both work, but one works better than the other. And then finally you have the irony. The biggest tool Musk had to pump and dump, which has netted him and countless others billions, is now crumbling under his leadership. Maybe ultimately, that's the goal. I dunno.

Oh, and looking into the future, with a skeleton staff, there's absolutely ZERO WAY they can moderate Twitter with the staff they have. Sure, you can have the app and servers run with maybe 50 people. BUT, you will need thousands to moderate content, otherwise you're setting yourself up for a massive liability (it's already happened with Eli Lilly). Someone shorted their stock, paid $8 for a "Certified Blue" check or whatever, then posted garbage causing Eli Lilly stock to plummet by millions. And here's the kicker, if you are in charge of verifying accounts, and you verify a fake account, and then that fake account causes monetary damages, then you are liable. I promise you the most difficult job at Twitter, that required the majority of their staff and is arguably the most important, was moderation and verification.

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Elon Musk.....seems his deadline has now passed.

No man, he's thinking 5 moves ahead.

Yes. His intelligence is regularly a point of contention.***

I agree. The guy could rape my mother and

I bet he didn’t even get your $12 Covid stimulus.

Elon is gonna be okay.

No stanning, dude has flaws for sure.

Not really my point or my position at all, but

Look, if it makes you feel better,

YOUR mother?

Sounds like you want to blow him.***

you are oddly triggered by Elon***

A bunch of entitled, overpaid twitter employees got called

Looks more like it's Phony Stark who's getting the

I understand that 75% of employees decided not to be

I'm curious at how you arrived at this narrative.

Somehow this all turned political.

Yes, that's the minute the entire left began hating him.

I don;t have any political lean against Elon one way or

I don't hate him.

Without Musk, I never would have been able to buy things

I just don't think the narrative jives with reality at all.

I don't think his employees' reaction to him is political.

Part of that is my point.

Re: Part of that is my point.

So I guess we're somewhat agreeing here.