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Elon Musk wants a second chance to fail at X (www.theverge.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 108 points 11 months ago (3 children)

We thank Elon for his effort in getting people to the fediverse 🙏🙏

[–] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago

Elon is doing more than most to showcase the failures of our systems and the downsides of billionaires

Thank you, comrade Elon

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The question is do we actually want everyone from twitter to be here?

[–] [email protected] 38 points 11 months ago

If the instances properly moderate according to their rules and ban rule-breakers, then yes.

The toxic users will coagulate into isolated instances instead

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I don't even want the people that are here to be here

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)

People here are mostly cool, But it does feel like more and more of the obnoxious redditors are discovering this place.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hey! I resemble that remark!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

You seem pretty cool actually.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This guy obnoxiouses.

Wait, no, that's not right.

Uh, instructions unclear, dick stuck in Reddit? How's that?

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

All you need to do is just post THIS

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

THIS

Edit: Thanks for the gold, kind stranger.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Yeah I can’t tell if the internet is just a pedantic place or if it’s the same people that made reddit insufferable coming here.

I know I just described the same thing…

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Make use of your blocks early, folks

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

We’re happy to serve 🙃

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Chad mindset

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

I was seriously considering twitter an option when he bought it, but thanks to his effort I am all in Fediverse.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I was never big on Twitter, I’m here thanks to Spez.

As much as I agree with the author, I’m also skeptical to bet against Musk.

On the other hand, Twitter is a mess he got himself into - not a project he actually pursued.

With that in mind I’ll give him (a very generous) 20-30% chance that X lives on to actually be a somewhat relevant platform of sorts and hasn’t gone belly up within the next two years.

Mostly because of the gravity Twitter had and the following that Musk has, not because the ideas seem like sound business concepts.