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2022-05-17 Cyber

'Twitter does not believe in free speech': Undercover Project Veritas recording reveals Twitter engineer saying platform censors the right but NOT the left, everyone who works there is 'commie as f**k' and they 'hate' Elon Musk

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-05-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Yes

Posted by Rex Mundi 2022-05-17 10:50|| 2022-05-17 10:50|| Front Page Top

#2 "not worry about profit"
They been loosing money for years. Their money stream appears to be 'burn through cash, sell overpriced stock, repeat'. I kinda wondered why a successful billionare like Musk would want to get involved in it.

Posted by ed in texas 2022-05-17 11:16|| 2022-05-17 11:16|| Front Page Top

#3 ...he hasn't forked over the $$$ yet. He may be playing with them, allowing them to destroy themselves.

Napoleon Bonaparte — 'Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.'

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-05-17 12:43|| 2022-05-17 12:43|| Front Page Top

#4 The entire premise of the dotcom boom was "making money is no longer necessary." After the dotcom crash, the premise was refined to, "get funded and sell out before investors realize you have no plan to make money."

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-05-17 12:50|| 2022-05-17 12:50|| Front Page Top

#5 I kinda wondered why a successful billionare like Musk would want to get involved in it.

Good question. Maybe it isn't about the money. Platforms like Twitter and Facebook have become the modern town square. Right now they are under the control of people who really do not have America's best interests at heart. Removing that control would be a noble thing, even more so than terraforming Mars.

He may be playing with them, allowing them to destroy themselves.

Could be. There does seem to be a meltdown in progress. Estimated bot count has gone up from 5% to 20%. At the very least, that is going to affect the sale price.

Posted by SteveS 2022-05-17 13:54|| 2022-05-17 13:54|| Front Page Top

#6 The issue is whether you view management's job as maximizing returns to stockholders or maximizing benefits to "stakeholders". "Stakeholders" has no clear definition, but sort of means "people the right kind of people like". Or if you prefer, "Bullshit talks and money walks."

Posted by Matt 2022-05-17 15:22|| 2022-05-17 15:22|| Front Page Top

#7 The game only gets better.

My guess the next gambit is to talk about moving it to Texas.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-05-17 15:58|| 2022-05-17 15:58|| Front Page Top

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