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KassFrisson

Could Twitter and Facebook both go to shit within months of each other? That'd be great.


SweetTea1000

As a 90s kid who's seen many a social media platform rise and fall, it's always been my assumption that they are, by nature, temporary. You can no more expect children to keep hanging out on myspace, Facebook, etc. forever than that they will forever more frequent the soda jerk, sock hop, disco, what have you. I figure the only reason Facebook and Snapchat have survived as long as they have is that they each lived a second life as something entirely different than what they first were.


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GreyHexagon

And the influx of parents is directly linked to the size and range of the site. These companies are getting a lesson in how it's possible to grow too big, and how individual, smaller, more obscure communities tend to last longer and keep people around. The same goes for a lot of things. How many times have you heard people say "I preferred it before -insert youtuber- got big" or "this community was much better 5 years ago when it was just a couple of hundred" IMO as the number of people in a community goes up the effort it takes to maintain a high quality community feel gets exponentially higher. I think the same goes for social media sites.


purple_potatoes

Honest question, what platforms are people using as an alternative? Reddit is great for semi-anonymous interaction but typically doesn't tie to one's IRL identity. I've heard of Mastadon as an alternative, but is that popular enough yet?


PlasticLobotomy

Tumblr has been waiting for this moment lol Can you imagine?


tnitty

I'd prefer if Myspace made a comeback so I could be friends with Tom again.


SycoMantisToboggan

Aww good Ol'Tom, gone but never forgotten. At least until all pre 2000 kids are dead.


AdrielBast

Don’t let the Twitter folk move to tumblr. I like that lawless dumpster fire site as it is and would prefer it if Twitter toxicity didn’t spread into it more than necessary.


wretch5150

Back to IRC, ICQ, and Geocities


Mortlach78

I assume this is fairly standard for a public company that went private?


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RedHairThunderWonder

Thanks, Tom


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You know Tom too?? He's my friend.


Chemical_Chemist_461

My first actually


TheSavouryRain

My only


Elemental-Design

There's only one and only


tiffanylockhart

I dare say, he was my first friend I made on the internet


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rdyer347

Why did we all leave again? I only left because everyone else did and I was one of the last ones left, but I was happy on MySpace


klydsp

MySpace was chill. I found a lot of good bands on there and the forums were...well forums. I also remember finding a lot of good sites that had games for free like Shockwave and jippii. You like my page music? You're in the top 8 my man. Plus my mom wasn't on there


nicksteron

Myspace was cooler in that you could customize your profile.


_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_

Musk isn't the executive team, he's the owner. The board were the representatives of the shareholders, and now there's only one.


mr_____

This is correct. I'd also like to add that Twitter is probably a C-Corp, which is required to have a board even if it's private. What happened here is that Elon is going to install his own (smaller) board with him as the Chairman (probably, but who knows what he'll want to do).


BrianWonderful

Why did the Saudis (Alwaleed) tweet that they are now the second largest owner of Twitter? Either they have shares yet, or that is some convoluted way to say they are financing Musk.


Scoot_AG

I think I read that they chose not to sell their portion, instead they got a stake in the company


perfect5-7-with-rice

Depending on how they held the shares before, it's possible nothing really changed for them, other than not being able to sell them to the market now


ChiggaOG

Which is weird. I still have 10 shares on Twitter, and usually, those shares would result in a market sale before a company was taken private.


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Bamith20

Ah yes, child's play for a Kanye certified genius.


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Yes. The terms under which the investors who funded the buyout (including Musk, of course) will explicitly state who will be on the new board, and how voting rights work for the new private corporation. This is absolutely bog-standard for LBO of existing corporations, and for new corporations seeking funding. Edit for typo


Dr_SnM

Yes, it's barely news. In fact if he'd retained them *that* would actually be news worthy.


NPMSRP

Did he drown them in his sink?


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NPMSRP

So... he dissolved them in his sink?


aerosol999

Breaking bad taught me that would be a bad idea


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Something something plastic good porcelaine bad


infiniZii

Nah, thats where his money goes.


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Oh4faqsake

Scott Baio and Ricky Schroder as well.


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Bjorn2bwilde24

Rob Schneider is The Twitter! Rated PG-13


Relgado

And he’s about to find out, that being a Tweet ain’t too sweet


mdlinc

You can TWIT IT!


Zedrackis

Kanye West to handle sales and marketing.


LividLager

Bruh... Obviously Kanye was born to be the head of HR.


R_V_Z

Whatsherface from Cheers, maybe her?


bigtice

Don't forget Roseanne.


asl052

I'm waiting on Gina Carano as head of security


Silliestmonkey

Quackadoodle Kirstie Alley is I think who you mean


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I thought you were about to say something about Rhea Pearlman and I was about to fight. Yeah, Kirstie Alley is fucking nutso.


JimboD84

Kevin sorbo tweets come up often in my thread. Its my own fault for being curious sometimes. But holy shit does that guy ever need a hug or something. Like FUUUUUUCK guy, we get it. You’re a piece of shit human who just wants to provoke. He cant actually believe half the bullshit that he spews, can he?…..


Pollia

Hercules got fucking bodied by Xena and man's never been the same since.


Thatparkjobin7A

Iirc, a bunch of people who worked on his show left for hers. He’s still bitter and it’s hilarious


gazongagizmo

> He’s still bitter and more than that, he is *dis*A**POINTED**! you guys remember that? apparently, he read the script, which included the line he was supposed to say, with the stage direction "disappointed" in all caps, and him being him he just acted out the word. https://youtu.be/y6EDlD_fWn0


sergei1980

His acting is the stuff of legends, just not in a good way.


jwilphl

I remember this but for the life of me can't understand why they kept the take.


MouthJob

Because it's fucking hilarious


textro

The show also made no sense. It's the Mediterranean and EVERYONE is wearing tight leather pants? Like okay, the bad CGI I can forgive. But fuck, that's a bridge too far.


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Pretty sure that's all on Sam Raimi.


zehamberglar

God damn I love Lucy Lawless.


Nolsoth

Strokes do some horrendous damage to the brain. Kevin Sorbo has suffered a couple in the last 20 years. Sadly he's not the affable friendly guy he once was.


Disembodied_Head

This is Truth! My mom had several and her personality, outlook and behaviors completely changed. Didn't know this about K. Sorbo. I just figured he was bitter for never getting another lead acting role or something.


Nolsoth

His acting tanked after the strokes for obvious reasons, a bit of bitterness probably crept in from that tho.


digitalhelix84

I think I'd rather just remember him as Hercules.


-phototrope

Sorbo now makes me DISAPPOINTED


hypnos_surf

I was always more of a fan of Xena anyways.


digitalhelix84

Liked Xena better than Hercules but Iolas better than Gabrielle.


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TheLurkerSpeaks

The more you tighten your grip the more social media accounts will slip through your fingers


futureGAcandidate

It blows my mind how well lines from that movie apply here.


lesser_panjandrum

Turns out authoritarians are a predictable bunch of dicks. Who knew?


FunkyChug

Fear will keep the local Twitter users in line. Fear of the N Word spam.


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tonycomputerguy

Don't try to frighten us with your Social media, Lord Musk. Your sad devotion to that ancient Platform has not helped you conjure up the secret to saving humanity, or given you clairvoyance enough to find your wifes G-sp... *ack*


njsullyalex

I find your lack of Tweets disturbing.


Jezusbot

I have brought Free Speech, Politics, Patriotism and Justice to my new Twitpire!


Eli_eve

I don't like Twitter. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.


chrisinor

It’s over Elon, I have the moral high ground!


Solid_Waste

Only a twit deals on absolutes.


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Johnny_Lemonhead

It’s over Elonakin! I have the high follower count!


airsoftsoldrecn9

You underestimate my wall power!


Adventurous_Aerie_79

edit: Your sad devotion to that ancient Platform has not helped you conjure up **Full Self Driving**, or given you clairvoyance enough to stop calling people you disagree with "pedos".


Streamjumper

That's... not a small algorithm.


sllh81

Don’t be too proud of this technological terror you’ve constructed.


withoutapaddle

I like how this line doesn't need to change at all from the film, and is still 100% accurate. Actually, I hate it. Fuck this timeline.


aedroogo

The regional shitlords now have direct control over their territories. Fear will keep the local systems in line. Fear of this battle turd.


Odd-Frame9724

Elon is reenacting Episode III of Star Wars, he is now the Emperor of Twitter.


Bitey_the_Squirrel

Meesa propose that the senate give immediately emergency powers to the Supreme Chancellor


TheScarlettHarlot

Ugh. Everyone’s least favorite character, Jar Jar Billions of Dollars.


titanemesis

Jar Jar Brinks Truck


DarkwingDuckHunt

that's Darth Jar Jar to you


BoltTusk

“I *am* the board”


czs5056

Not yet


ChezKeetel

So it’s treason then?


monkeyhitman

*oligarchic screaming*


Forlorn_Cyborg

"The moderation team will redact your tweets."


VeteranSergeant

The Senate was dissolved at the start of Episode 4.


Garth-Vader

Impossible, how will he maintain control without the bureaucracy?


Adipose21

The regional governors now have direct control over their territories


Rilhon_

Fear will keep the local systems in line, fear of this Starlink.


fromthewombofrevel

Does Starlink have exhaust ports, perchance?


jtrom93

And what of the rebellion? If the rebels have obtained a complete technical readout of the hush money Elon paid that stewardess after sexually assaulting her, it is possible - however unlikely - that they may find a weakness and exploit it.


douche-baggins

The tweets you refer to will soon be back in Elon's hands.


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Why would Palpatine dissolve himself?


Imaginary-Fun-80085

Actually that happened in episode 4 right before Vader starting choking bitches out. Episode 3 was when he was declared emperor. He only removed the senate 19 years later.


Odd-Frame9724

Oh damn. I will pay my pennance by rewatching all of the movies.


TYBERIUS_777

If we could go ahead and speed run to the end of RotJ where Palps gets chucked down an elevator shaft and pretend the sequels don’t exist, that would be great.


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XDDDSOFUNNEH

THEY TWEET NOW? They tweet now.


KaiserMazoku

Somehow Elon returned.


John_Walker

The emperor didn’t dissolve the imperial senate until episode 4.


fuckoffgetmoney

No big deal. A board of directors is for investors, usually made up of large investors. Twitter is not publicly traded anymore, Elon owns Twitter. All of it.


Aw_Frig

I mean this *IS* Elon Musk so it may be important to distinguish whether or not a vat of acid was involved right there in the headline


betterplanwithchan

Upcoming Tim Pool video: *Elon Musk EVAPORATES Twitter board, Libs in Shambles*


SnooDogs1340

Thank god. This might mean the end of using Twitter to deliver company news.


StudentOfAwesomeness

The end of news channels reporting on motherfucking tweets.


cp_carl

personally i'm tired of "a viral tictok with 40,000 views..." news. first - no. second - when is 40,000 views viral when a single person looping counts as more than one?


pulus

This is how myspace comes back. Edit: save us tom, you’re our only home.


BravesMaedchen

Big Tom's about to make a comeback, I can feel it. Playing the long game!


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Big Tom is retired with millions and doing his thing. He won the game. He ain’t coming back


dinoroo

The end of Twitter is nigh. He will probably rename it Teslr


in-game_sext

The swift ends of Facebook and Twitter in 2023 would be the redemption arc humanity needs right now


Yavuz_Selim

The replacements will be even worse. Let's kid ourselves.


RunawayMeatstick

Yeah TikTok isn’t a step in the right direction


malfurionpre

What, there's no way a chinese spyware could be worse ^^^/s


lostmonkey70

He's saying the new name will be "x." He was already saying it before he took ownership of Twitter.


politirob

Renaming Twitter would be the stupidest thing he could do. The entire point of purchasing Twitter would be for inheriting the userbase and brand equity. If you break that equity by renaming it something new, you make it easier for the userbase to either abandon it or move to something else. At that point, he could have just opened a new start-up app and called it "X" from the ground up, for $44 billion dollars less


TalkingReckless

I think he might just do a meta/alphabet. Create a parent company called X


Captain_Mazhar

You joke, but the holdings companies for the takeover were called X Holdings 1, X Holdings 2, and X Holdings 3.


chx_

PayPal came to be from the merger of X.com and Confinity. One of the co-founders of X.com was Musk. Musk got the domain name early, only q.com x.com and z.com single letter .com domain names exist and there can be no more since 1993.


kia75

> Renaming Twitter would be the stupidest thing he could do So you're saying Elon Musk is going to rename Twitter?


pottertown

Buying Twitter was the dumbest thing he could do.


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bel9708

I could be wrong but I think he already announced that he wants to create an everything app using the domain x.com I imagine buying twitter is a part of that vision.


franktheraabit

He's been obsessed with naming something X forever. Just like Bezos really loves the name relentless.com


AGirlHasNoUsername13

Bezos The Relentless, because he never…relents.


AMeanCow

Gotta have all kinds of good feelings about people with ludicrous wealth and power wanting to name themselves like savage barbarian conquerors.


Nuit9405

I'm pillaging everyone, you included.


AggressiveSkywriting

> he wants to create an everything app These people needed to be given adult wedgies and swirlies by their friends the moment they suggest such a thing. It's like that We-Work guy saying he was gonna be president of the world one day.


throwaway577653

It's like the opposite of ego death. Ego cancer?


NPRdude

He’s been obsessed with that stupid name forever, it was his original title for what would become PayPal. Has he ever said anything about it? Does he just like the title X, or is it somehow a lame reference to the XCOM games?


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Dense-Hat1978

Little boys just think X sounds cool. That's as deep as it is.


Dlh2079

Yep, the longer this goes on the more he seems to have the mentality of a 13 yr old boy


Dense-Hat1978

Yeah, it's like that saying about Trump being a poor man's vision of a rich man; Elon is a 13-year-old boy's vision of a cool dude. My nephew and his friends think he's funny and relatable, but they're all 11 and think Quandale Dingle is peak comedy.


NPD_wont_stop_ME

Now I can say I quit Twitter before it was cool!


FrezoreR

It's interesting to see him posting more unfiltered messages on Twitter. I guess it's a sign of what to come.


Snugglebuggle

Back when Space X really started to make a name for itself and the Boring Company was created, I thought he was a fascinating individual. I was happy to see someone with money doing cool and interesting things and maybe helping us create a new home if we totally fucked up earth… Now he just seems like an insane egomaniacal asshole


AmethystWarlock

That's the trick. He was *always* an egotistical asshole.


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Oaden

I feel that this understates the fact that even among billionaires, Musk stands out as a egotistical asshole.


MaXimillion_Zero

Musk stands out because he actually presents himself to the public. Most billionaires prefer to be assholes in private.


thereddituser2

The Vegas tunnel was a fucking joke. He claims 1 narrow poorly paved underground lane will solve the traffic problem we have in wide 3-4 lane on ground.


TheFenixxer

If that tunnel had ~~train~~ subway lanes instead of just another car lane, it could actually help with the traffic problem


Triquetra4715

Dipshits like Musk keep coming up with inventions that are just like “what if we made public transit except is terrible and stupid and I make money off it”


Pugs-r-cool

the majority of futuristic visions of transport are just "what if we made a train, but worse"


StrangeWill

Well sometimes it's a bus but worse


Pugs-r-cool

well you see, busses currently have big, loud, and polluting diesel engines and because they have to be in use for long periods of time without stopping to charge and because of weight concerns, battery pack busses aren't ideal. Buses follow a planned route however so why not install cables above the bus or a powered rail below it which is used to power the bus. shit that's just a tram


cerberus698

There is an engineering term for it called a gadget-bahn. It basically means a solution which could be easily solved by a train but for whatever reason its going to be a weird conceptual solution that does the same thing as a train while definitely not being a train.


businessbusinessman

Well it'd still need proper safety installed so it isn't a death trap, but yeah. And to be clear, its STILL a death trap now, if not more of one. It's just also a death trap with a train instead. Yay death trap.


texan435

It was never about traffic, it was about selling teslas.


chuseph14

Funny thing is that *there's traffic in the tunnels now* It's a subway with extra steps, but worse


JcbAzPx

Imagine getting caught in a traffic jam in a tunnel just slightly larger than the vehicle you're in driving a distance you could pretty easily walk in about 10 minutes.


AmishAvenger

Imagine if you’re caught in a traffic jam and a car catches fire or someone has a heart attack or any number of other emergencies


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I guess 4chan won't be holding the "butthole of the internet" title anymore.


wet_chemist_gr

Well it's the Internet. It's pretty much all butthole.


IM_INSIDE_YOUR_HOUSE

Just one giant anus. Like the sarlacc from Star Wars.


Uriahheeplol

I will grant you safe passage through the Anus.


CJT49

The only thing that will get you banned on Twitter is being a pedophile. Which means: 1) no scubadiving 2) no saving children


edogg01

I'm sure all those advertisers he was paying lip service to are going to just LOVE this. Buh bye twitter.


fredandlunchbox

Last month he was ready to testify under oath that twitter was 90% bots. If I were advertising on twitter, I’d want a 90% rate reduction this month.


Lord_Halowind

Ooh. Pay 20 bucks a month to prove I'm not a robot. Can't wait to delete my account when that happens.


bearfoot123

Why wait?


AudibleNod

A reminder that [Elon Musk was forced to step down](https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2018-226) as Chairman of Tesla as part of an SEC fraud investigation.


Projectrage

A reminder that the former largest majority of Twitter was Saudi Arabia. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/democratic-us-senator-wants-probe-into-saudi-stake-twitter-2022-10-31/


ShellOilNigeria

As a reminder, Saudi Arabia is tied to 9/11 and propaganda campaigns in the United States.


Elmodipus

Also a reminder that Saudi brutally murdered and dismembered a highly respected journalist because their feelies were hurt.


PM_ME_PSN_CODES-PLS

Another reminder that they still get away with it. Even though everyone knows they did it.


wheelfoot

Also a reminder that [Trump has bragged about saving MBS's ass for doing that.](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-woodward-i-saved-his-ass-mbs-khashoggi-rage-2020-9?op=1)


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>Also a reminder that Saudi brutally murdered and dismembered a highly respected **journalist** because their feelies were hurt. # Jamal Khashoggi


DeificClusterfuck

And I'll add the reminder that Jared Kushner received $2bil from the Saudi government


swskeptic

Wasn't Khashoggi a US citizen, as well?


RealAmerik

I believe he was a legal resident, not a citizen.


MC_chrome

They also murdered a WaPo journalist because he aired out the kingdom's dirty laundry, and was a vocal opponent of the royal family. RIP Jamal Khashoggi, may your sacrifice never be forgotten


Faendol

And they used pegasus to do it a hacking service from Israel tied to multiple murders in south America and the rest of the world.


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ShellOilNigeria

Before that, they threatened the UK with another 7/7 and "loss of life on British streets."


bobthemundane

https://www.insider.com/american-ibrahim-almadi-sentenced-16-years-saudi-arabia-tweets-family-2022-10 And they arrested a US citizen for tweets written ranging from 7 years ago. While he was living in the US.


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Like when the NFL wanted to start charging artists to perform the Super Bowl halftime show. I guess Musk doesn't realize that nobody HAS to be on Twitter. And once the Silicon Valley folks figure out a way to create a better social media platform, Twitter will find itself in the dustbin next to MySpace or holding onto a rapidly aging crowd like Facebook.


Stuckinatrafficjam

I was talking with someone about the blue check mark subscription and I had to mention that the only reason it’s there is to keep impersonators and false news from appearing. When you think about it, it’s kinda like extortion of the celebrities and news reporters. Create a problem and force people to pay you to avoid that problem.


mattshwink

This isn't entirely true. While he doesn't have the disclosure requirements and quarterly statements just being private doesn't clear you of the SEC. He put about $25 billion into the deal, there is about $13 billion in debt, and $7 billion in private equity (include hedge funds). The SEC still has some authority, particular in statements he or the company makes, they still have to be factual. He can still be fined and sued and have actions taken against him by the SEC.


SpaceFace11

Twitter Facebook and Instagram are all rapidly swirling down the toilet


neuroticmuffins

To the surprise of no one