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Post by pjaye on Oct 30, 2022 15:14:24 GMT
Elon Musk has officially taken over twitter, do you think he'll let Trump back? Should Trump be allowed back?
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Post by ntsf on Oct 30, 2022 15:15:13 GMT
no.. but I think elon will take twitter down.. and it will not have the same effect as before.
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Post by pjaye on Oct 30, 2022 15:16:32 GMT
I hope he doesn't - but unfortunately I think he will.
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Post by snowsilver on Oct 30, 2022 15:23:24 GMT
I thought I had read a news story that he has already offered to let Trump back on, but Trump thanked him and refused saying he was going to stay with his own platform.
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Post by papersilly on Oct 30, 2022 15:26:38 GMT
Trump has his own wanna-be Twitter that's failing right now. If he goes over to real Twitter, it's lights out on Truth social because his followers will follow him over. So then who will be left on TS? Talk about another failed venture for him.
I'm sure he's dying to be back on Twitter but he's trapped at Truth Social right now. Too many of his cronies invested in that company and they'd be pissed if he left for Twitter. Even if he was on both platforms, he is essentially on Twitter.
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Post by carhoch on Oct 30, 2022 15:41:58 GMT
I have no doubt that Elon would let him but if Trump come back it would imply that his platform Trust Social is a bust and I don’t think his ego can take it.
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Post by Bridget in MD on Oct 30, 2022 15:46:33 GMT
I think he let Kayne back on, so I wouldn't be surprised if he let Trump on too
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Post by seaexplore on Oct 30, 2022 16:35:25 GMT
I have a twitter but don't use it. I've heard it's gotten really bad in the last few days with the mean tweets again.
I'm sure he's already offered to let Trump back on. I don't really care because, for me, twitter doesn't play a role in my life.
I do think that if Trump goes back to twitter, he'll close his social media nuthouse and take them all over there with him. Elon may be in for more than he bargained for if that happens.
I'm REALLY seeing who the people I am friends with are tho. In the past few days SEVERAL of the people I know have PURPOSELY signed up for twitter BECAUSE Musk owns it. No thanks.
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Post by cmpeter on Oct 30, 2022 16:46:12 GMT
I thought this opinion piece was really interesting and spot on in terms of exactly what Elon will be able to do with respect to who he adds back to Twitter. Welcome to Hell, Elon
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Post by mollycoddle on Oct 30, 2022 17:05:22 GMT
I thought this opinion piece was really interesting and spot on in terms of exactly what Elon will be able to do with respect to who he adds back to Twitter. Welcome to Hell, ElonThis tracks with what I have been reading. And it makes sense. There has been a lot of info on how difficult it is to control social media. And if he doesn’t control it, advertisers will leave. There are a number of conservative platforms, and I am puzzled by why conservatives are so interested in Twitter. It isn’t’t nearly as big as FB. Lefties will block RW trolls or leave. I just don’t understand the interest.
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Post by epeanymous on Oct 30, 2022 17:07:16 GMT
I am sure he will.
I am keeping an eye on what is happening, like I am sure everyone else is. So far, my experience there has been the same as before the transfer.
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Post by aj2hall on Oct 30, 2022 17:18:13 GMT
Use of the n-word spiked by 500% after the takeover was announced. I think Elon said there will be a governing board so he can deflect blame to them if he allows Trump back on www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/10/28/musk-twitter-racist-posts/Musk on Friday tweeted that he would make “no major content decisions or account reinstatements” until the convening of a new “moderation council.” He promised that the council would have “widely diverse viewpoints” but offered no other information about who would be on it, how its members would be selected, what authority it would have or whether its views would be binding on the company.
The Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI), a group that analyzes hundreds of millions of messages across social media, said use of the n-word on the app spiked nearly 500 percent over the 12 hours after Musk’s deal was finalized.
Musk has said he would end lifetime bans, including Trump’s, on the basis that they weaken Twitter’s role as a platform for free expression. Trump, however, told Fox News on Friday that he would stay on his own company’s smaller Twitter clone, Truth Social, even if he was invited back, adding, “I don’t think Twitter can be successful without me.”
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Post by aj2hall on Oct 30, 2022 17:21:50 GMT
In related twitter news, Obama said this. I'm sure former is having a massive temper tantrum over all of the twitter news - stuck on his own failing platform, twitter doing just fine without him and Obama has more followers. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/29/obama-offers-closing-message-political-tensions-rise-us/And though he’s warned about the divisiveness of social media, he noted his own following on Twitter. “Turns out I still have, like, a lot of Twitter followers,” Obama said. “And that’s more than some people, although I don’t really talk about it all the time.” Obama has 133.4 million followers on the social media platform. Trump, before he was banned, had 88 million.
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Post by tampascrapper on Oct 30, 2022 18:01:14 GMT
Unfortunately I think he will 😡
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Post by aj2hall on Oct 30, 2022 19:46:32 GMT
Not a good sign of what's to come if Elon is already pushing misinformation himself www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/30/paul-pelosi-attack-misinformation-elon-musk/Elon Musk, right-wing figures push misinformation about Pelosi attack Twitter’s new owner sowed doubt about law enforcement’s account as suggestions of a ‘false flag’ flooded social media sites “There is a tiny possibility there might be more to this story than meets the eye,” he wrote Sunday morning, pointing his 112 million followers to a sensationalist account of the episode published by a site known for spreading right-wing misinformation.
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Post by librarylady on Oct 30, 2022 20:20:09 GMT
Elon has let him in. He can resume posting tomorrow, so I have read.
I think we will see Hellscape (Elon's words) as he/Elon tries to run the website.
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Post by worrywart on Oct 30, 2022 20:57:54 GMT
Elon is a nut job. Yes he will let him back and no, he should not.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Oct 30, 2022 21:30:27 GMT
No he shouldn’t but he will, if for no other reason because it will get other media attention.
I think any companies that care about their branding will tread carefully in the days ahead. No one is going to want to advertise there if things start really getting ugly. It’ll end up being all ads from the My Pillow guy, Home Depot and other companies that openly support Trump and his policies.
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Post by quinlove on Oct 30, 2022 21:48:01 GMT
I thought this opinion piece was really interesting and spot on in terms of exactly what Elon will be able to do with respect to who he adds back to Twitter. Welcome to Hell, ElonThank you for posting this. There was a lot of information.
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Post by pjaye on Nov 20, 2022 9:50:00 GMT
and as we all (except 1!) predicted - the answer is yes, he did
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Nov 20, 2022 12:11:32 GMT
Yes, posted that last night...
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Post by pjaye on Nov 20, 2022 12:37:00 GMT
Yes, posted that last night... Good for you. Considering I started this thread 3 weeks ago, I felt like I wanted to add this to it.
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Post by MorningPerson on Nov 20, 2022 12:41:35 GMT
….. and it’s being reported that Trump has no interest in getting back on Twitter. Poor Elon, now he’s being snubbed by Donald Trump.
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Post by littlemama on Nov 20, 2022 13:00:44 GMT
and as we all (except 1!) predicted - the answer is yes, he did And he did it based on a poll that only his followers would see. I deelted my account, not that I did much with it, but it's the principle at this point. Treating employees like shit, allowing that lunatic access to a wider platform... not going to support any of that in any way.
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Post by gar on Nov 20, 2022 13:05:02 GMT
….. and it’s being reported that Trump has no interest in getting back on Twitter. Poor Elon, now he’s being snubbed by Donald Trump. It doesn't get much worse than that!!
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Post by pjaye on Nov 20, 2022 13:06:34 GMT
….. and it’s being reported that Trump has no interest in getting back on Twitter. Poor Elon, now he’s being snubbed by Donald Trump. that might be what he's saying now, but I doubt he'll be able to resist for long.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Nov 20, 2022 18:12:55 GMT
….. and it’s being reported that Trump has no interest in getting back on Twitter. Poor Elon, now he’s being snubbed by Donald Trump. that might be what he's saying now, but I doubt he'll be able to resist for long. This is my thought too. He’s such an attention whore and narcissist that it won’t be long before the pull of being in front of all of his biggest fans again will be too much to resist and he’ll go back.
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Post by Laurie on Nov 20, 2022 18:30:32 GMT
and as we all (except 1!) predicted - the answer is yes, he did And he did it based on a poll that only his followers would see. I deelted my account, not that I did much with it, but it's the principle at this point. Treating employees like shit, allowing that lunatic access to a wider platform... not going to support any of that in any way. I don’t follow Elon and the poll was in my feed.
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Post by librarylady on Nov 20, 2022 19:49:39 GMT
Darn. I saw that poll, but ignored it. I thought it was a bunch of BS. I do not follow Elon Musk, the poll just was one of my items to view.
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