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What was Elon Musk’s strategy for Twitter? A fired Trump White House staffer offers a tantalizing clue (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The text messages described a series of actions Musk should take after he gained full control of the social media platform: “Step 1: Blame the platform for its users; Step 2: Coordinated pressure campaign; Step 3: Exodus of the Bluechecks; Step 4: Deplatforming.”

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[+] [email protected] 348 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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[–] [email protected] 95 points 2 years ago (3 children)

That and reddit which is why they shit the bed the exact same time. It's coordinated.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago

Also probably why Threads ever existed in the first place, in hopes of killing an uncontrolled venue in its infancy

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No it’s not. The free money dried up and Reddit wants to go public. It’s no more nefarious than that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

People don't get how much the modern internet grew because of shitty interest rates.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

His donor was himself, Saudis only made up about 4% of the investment. He's not making money off ruining Twitter, he's just an idiot who got lucky in the dotcom bubble. Stop giving him so much credit because you like conspiracies. The evidence here is some MAGA nutjob sent Musk text messages... really?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's not a conspiracy that Elon runs interferance for conservatives and extremists and even Russia. It is not a conspiracy that he doesn't like lefties and immediately proved it when he got the platform.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

But it is a conspiracy that he bought Twitter with the intention of running it into the ground for the sake of those groups. He bought it because he got into an internet pissing match and when he tried to back out they threatened to sue his ass into the ground. The dude is a fucking idiot edgelord, it isn't surprising that the only people he has left around him are similar.

You can bet your ass he'll claim that was his goal the whole time though. Try to seem like a secret auper genius to anyone who will listen.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Strategic Propagandist …………………….|………. Useful Idiot

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I’ve been saying this for a while and have been called a conspiracy nut; or at minimum that it’s “unrealistic”.

Well. Sweet vindication.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Likewise. The guy is obnoxious, but you'd have to be pretty dense to believe he wants Twitter to succeed by any conventional metric.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not just them hedge funds are in on it. Anyone with money to lose has chipped in a few billion to the cause

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

You can make money off of stocks dropping. It's called shorting an option.

[–] [email protected] 71 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The musky chodelet continues to surprise no one.

He wants trump elected again. Which would be an existential threat to the USA.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It would be the end of the USA as we have known it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have to say, the first 4 seasons of the Shitshow were pretty epic. You just have to watch it from a safe distance, such as 3000 km or more. If making 4 more seasons costs one country, I’m not entirely sure if it’s too much or a bargain.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

One man's epic is another man's loss of 10 years off of his life.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Yes. I’m aware that if you’re not watching it from a safe distance, it’s obviously not going to be very safe or enjoyable. My condolences.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Bit dramatic, no? It'll just be a few years of catch-up... AGAIN

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Step 5: ... Step 6: Profit