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Twitter likely to take idiots offer to buy them for $43 billion

I'd like to keep the Twitter name in place in the thread title -- it's how we've known of this online service until recent days.

BTW, Elon Musk ought to do what Google and Facebook have done, treat X as a sort of holding-company brand, while keeping Twitter's name going, like Alphabet for Google and Meta for Facebook.
 
Politesse said:
Can we change the thread title to accurately reflect the degree of stupidity we have currently, somehow, attained?
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Technically, the OP title is historical and speaks to who was dealing with Musk and is still accurate.
 
lpetrich said:
I'd like to keep the Twitter name in place in the thread title -- it's how we've known of this online service until recent days.

BTW, Elon Musk ought to do what Google and Facebook have done, treat X as a sort of holding-company brand, while keeping Twitter's name going, like Alphabet for Google and Meta for Facebook.
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That was meant as a joke, just to be clear.
 
It's entertaining to watch my two X's fight. I'm glad I'm not invested in either relationship.
 
Jackboots!

Elon Musk is suing a nonprofit that researches hate speech on social media, accusing it of driving away advertisers from his company X, formerly known as Twitter.
(Apology if this was already posted)
 
ZiprHead said:
Elixir said:
Jackboots!

Elon Musk is suing a nonprofit that researches hate speech on social media, accusing it of driving away advertisers from his company X, formerly known as Twitter.
(Apology if this was already posted)
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Reporting the truth is the defense against this.
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One can hope that the researchers can countersue for damages and legal costs.
Maybe get with the firm that represented Dominion?
They've got a clue and a track record.

Tom
 
Twitter Threatens to Sue Center for Countering Digital Hate Over Research - The New York Times - "The Center for Countering Digital Hate said it had received a letter from X, Twitter’s parent company, accusing it of trying to hurt the social platform with its research."
Musk's X sues nonprofit that fights hate-speech | Reuters - " Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday sued a nonprofit that fights hate speech and disinformation, accusing it of asserting false claims and encouraging advertisers to pause investment on the platform."
X marks the lawsuit: Elon Musk's social media company sues nonprofit highlighting site's hate speech | AP News - "With offices in the U.S. and United Kingdom, the center regularly publishes reports on hate speech, extremism and harmful behavior on social media platforms like X, TikTok or Facebook. The organization has published several reports critical of Musk’s leadership, detailing an increase in anti-LGBTQ hate speech as well as climate misinformation since his purchase."
 
New ‘X’ Sign on Twitter’s Headquarters in San Francisco Is Under Investigation - The New York Times
An “X” sign, installed on the roof of the company’s headquarters in San Francisco as part of its rebranding, lacked proper permits, officials said.

“A building permit is required to make sure the sign is structurally sound and installed safely,” Patrick Hannan, a spokesman for the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection, said in a statement on Sunday. “Planning review and approval is also necessary for the installation of this sign.”

An inspector went to the Twitter headquarters on Friday to notify the company that it was in violation and to request access to the roof to inspect the sign, according to a complaint filed with the city.

Twitter representatives told the inspector that the sign was a “temporary lighted sign for an event,” the complaint said.

Inspectors with the city attempted to gain access to the roof a second time on Saturday, but “upon arrival access was denied again by tenant,” the complaint said.
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After Investigation and Complaints, Twitter Removes ‘X’ on Headquarters - The New York Times
The sign was installed on Friday to reflect the company’s new branding and spurred immediate concern. Over the weekend, the city received 24 complaints, which included concerns about its structural safety and flashing lights.

One complaint described “extremely intense white stroboscopic light” that was “causing distress and nausea.”

Another wrote that the sign looked “really unstable,” adding that “a decent earthquake is going to send that thing down on the street!”
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Elon Musk’s Quixotic Quest to Turn X Into an ‘Everything App’ - The New York Times - "Mr. Musk, the owner of Twitter, is the latest Silicon Valley mogul to pursue an all-in-one app, the kind that has thrived in Asia but not elsewhere."
Four years ago, a billionaire tech executive leading one of the world’s pre-eminent social platforms laid out a vision to transform it into an app that could do it all. In an online manifesto, he wrote that the app would not only be central to written communications but have audio, video, payments, commerce and more.

The idea was akin to that of an “everything app” espoused recently by Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter. But the dream belonged to Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and chief executive of Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. In a 2019 blog post, Mr. Zuckerberg outlined how he would turn WhatsApp into an app that could be a platform for many “kinds of private services.”
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Also mentioning Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and Snap CEO Evan Spiegel as wanting to do that.
Yet those efforts fell short, with the tech executives unable to replicate the magic that has abounded in Asia with “super apps” like China’s WeChat, Japan’s Line and South Korea’s KakaoTalk. U.S. tech giants have instead run into cultural differences, regulatory scrutiny and a splintered financial system that has made the quest to build such apps more difficult.

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In the United States, people are “accustomed to single-service apps, which makes moving to a multiservice app a bit disorienting,” said Dan Prud’homme, an assistant professor of business at Florida International University. “To some extent, U.S. customers don’t like feeling that they are too beholden to a single firm for their everyday needs.”
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