My takeaway from that is Lebron could care less if people are slurring black people on Twitter.

In his own words, he skates over racial slurs. Sad!

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It’s why he had it scrubbed off the of his gate of his home so fast before anyone could take a picture of it

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Guy is being literally hunted every day.

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Yes, he has more important things to worry about.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

Why are people all upset about their blue check mark? Does it matter if you have one or not?

the irony is people probably bought their way into a blue check mark, but now that it's elon musk they refuse to pay for it.

it's funny to me that now people are complaining about this potential "fee" for an "upcoming shit show that is twitter". hah. as if twitter hasn't *always* been a shit show. that people were completely fine with being a part of.

i don't know that i buy this happens though. i remember the fake outrage when FB was tabling charging a subscription fee...and that went nowhere.

It makes sense that they would charge for it. People use those blue checkmarks to gain followers which can translate to $$. Why shouldn't Twitter get a piece since its their platform that acts as the vehicle for these people to monetize.

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That would make people with blue checkmarks the product and the customer.

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GO BEARS!!!

From Ben Thompson:
“Twitter is a very unpleasant product that most people do not want to use, but is extremely appealing and addictive to a small minority with significant personality flaws. This makes it a bad advertising business (not enough scale), but possibly a good subscription business (extremely addictive).”

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sometimes i wonder if Rick Wilson and Julie should get married, they seem like the perfect Twitter pair


i'll cop to looking at it, but i agree it's like the most awful thing out there

Fixed.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

He especially doesn't care if the people who are doing the slurring are Communist Chinese.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

This is why it's hard to not like Elon Musk. He has basically said "If you are using my service to run a personal brand or business then pay me $20, or $8 a month to do it" and people on twitter got so triggered including politicians who literally spend millions of dollars on ads on cable channels to say "My opponent wants to take away the rights of women to vote".

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

It's not exactly a brilliant business move. Twitter is popular because of those people. Their ad revenue is what it is because of those people. They're the product that Twitter sells to the masses. Otherwise, Twitter is no different from CFMB.

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GO BEARS!!!

It's $8 a month. What are the percentage of blue check mark people that can't afford $8 a month? It's not like you or me are even eligible for a blue check mark even if we want it. To get a blue check mark, you have to be "notable". Everyone who has one is building a personal brand online.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

It's not about being able to afford $8 or $20. Attempting to charge the very thing that helps you generate ad revenue will likely lead to lower overall revenue.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

I don't think many of them will leave because of $8 a month though. Are they going to jump to Truth Social?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

They could just use another platform to break news or share their thoughts. They also could go without the blue checkmark.

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GO BEARS!!!

Welcome to the Republican Party, friend.

Your mail-in ballot is NOT on its way. Because we vote in person on Election Day, as the Good Lord intended.

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The other platforms have all been pretty terrible. Even Trump basically has to tweet from pdfs posted to his website with his letterhead on it.

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It’s odd seeing the people big mad about that. Stephen King can still tweet if he wants to, AOC can still tweet if she wants to. Talk about the tempest in a teacup

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Add in $8 for blue checkmark

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This sounds like a pretty horrible idea but I'm not a billionaire so maybe he knows how to run a business.

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He’s just doing it to own the Libs

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

it's a horrible idea to make people do work if you're paying them to do work ?

yes crazy man!!

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

I was mostly referring to the idea of just firing 50% of your workforce within a week after taking over especially as you've reportedly pushed a very aggressive schedule for features to be added to twitter.

The better employees will leave if they get to work from home either part of the time or full time so while it's a valid policy it's going to make it very difficult to get things done.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

oh, things are gonna get done don't you worry

personally i hope Musk runs twitter into the ground and it goes away

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'Your AT&T Universal Card has arrived'? Oh God, Kick-fucking-ass, I got a Master Card! I don't believe it, man. Life is kinda cool sometimes.