strangesmells02 (u/strangesmells02)

All advertisers are gone - it seems like most advertising is some absolute crap. No way it brings any real money. Linda Yaccarino was recently caught lying (or rather, presenting the state of affairs in Elon's way) - suggesting and even naming some big brands that are supposedly back, while they are not (or spend 0.1% of their previous spending).

Creators revenue sharing seems to be a 'fake it till you make it' attempt - with first payouts an order of magnitude higher than the last ones. And of course, it's completely opaque - nobody has any idea what the payouts are really based on. But hey, Twitter open sourced 'the algorithm' ! Even Elon fans appear to complain and realize that they may have been mislead.

We are definitely witnessing history in the making. A guy, that 4 years ago had a legitimate shot at becoming an absolute legend, decided to push his 'optimism' way too far (for which, I believe, he will end up in prison) and then on a whim, to buy Twitter for $44B, only to burn it to the ground.

strangesmells02 · 2 years ago

He didn't pay 44 billion for Twitter.

He paid 44 billion to restore free speech.

I think his cause is more noble than sheer capitalism

Edit: down vote and hate all you want... mark my words .. Elon is going to go down in history as a visionary, a hero and a champion of free speech.

a bunch of angry ex-twitter employees on hacker news is not an accurate representation of reality

strangesmells02 commented on X says it is worth $19B, down from $44B last year nytimes.com/2023/10/30/te... · Posted by u/c420

strangesmells02 · 2 years ago

That's the cost of free speech apparently.

Elon's cause is more noble than sheer capitalism.

Advertisers don't want to be on a platform that allows honest, open communication. A sterile non-controversial platform is much safer for them.

At some point as our rights and our freedoms in this country slowly erode, we're going to be grateful to have Twitter and to Elon Musk for being one of the last platforms to put our freedoms over sheer capitalism.

strangesmells02 commented on New York Times tech workers to strike this afternoon bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/bwestergard

strangesmells02 · 2 years ago

I tried to get a job working for the New York times tech department they treated me like absolute ass.

Glad they're getting ripped off.

strangesmells02 commented on Autism and responding to authority (2019) neuroclastic.com/autism-a... · Posted by u/verisimi

nullindividual · 2 years ago

Another way to phrase this from an Autistic PoV to an authority figure:

You are no better than I.

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That really upsets certain people.

The Monty Python and the Holy Grail scene with the peasants debating supreme authority with King Arthur is a good representation of this.

NB: This isn't a SovCit situation where one doesn't recognize society around them, nor does it imply resisting authority as a Sovcit might want do.

And of course, no autistic person is the same. Symptoms, limits, and so on are different for everyone.

strangesmells02 · 2 years ago

I'm always struggled with these types of people who think they're better than you and expect you to treat them as such.

The weird part is if you show them up or prove that you're better than them in some way they become extremely ass kissing.

I find it disingenuous and nauseating and it seems that a lot of people are like this if not most people.

Maybe this is just the normal human hierarchy at work and I have autism and I don't connect with it.

I just try to treat everyone equally. I guess I'm the weirdo.

strangesmells02 commented on Google to invest up to $2B in Anthropic reuters.com/technology/go... · Posted by u/fofoz

fidotron · 2 years ago

The simplest is Google's caste of middle managers are more obstructive to the company than enabling it.

strangesmells02 · 2 years ago

Caste is an accurate word to describe it.