Twitter adopts 'poison pill' to prevent Elon Musk takeover

[TimHauck 2,745]

4 minutes ago, Strike said:

Yeah.  It takes more time to edit a quote than to simply copy and paste it.  He's just making up excuses now to try to avoid the obvious reason he edited the quote - to change it's meaning to benefit him.

Can you copy and paste part of a tweet?  

[Horseman 2,438]

I wonder what would happen to them if everyone stopped responding to clowns like Hauck who post here like it's their only purpose in life.

[Hardcore troubadour 15,285]

Just now, Horseman said:

I wonder what would happen to them if everyone stopped responding to clowns like Hauck who post here like it's their only purpose in life.

Let’s find out. 

[BirdGang 385]

49 minutes ago, Horseman said:

So you can get that post count in?  Because we all know you don't have anything better to do.

Tim is gonna Tim. 

[Hardcore troubadour 15,285]

Just kidding in 3,2…

[jerryskids 6,737]

2 hours ago, TimHauck said:

 

Forgot to add in the prior post that at this point it also seems unlikely the dude climbed on the hood, which is what reminded me of the Smollett incident 

This is your proof?  Roth swears in an affidavit that he heard about the Hunter laptop in a meeting from the FBI, and you say "no email, no proof$#@!  But here you make a loose connection that Strike nicely debunked.

Did Musk fock your dog or kick your wife or something?  For somebody who barely uses Twitter, you seem more butthurt by Musk than Taylor Lorenz.  Maybe take a break and assess things.   

[TimHauck 2,745]

23 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

This is your proof?  Roth swears in an affidavit that he heard about the Hunter laptop in a meeting from the FBI, and you say "no email, no proof$#@!  But here you make a loose connection that Strike nicely debunked.

Did Musk fock your dog or kick your wife or something?  For somebody who barely uses Twitter, you seem more butthurt by Musk than Taylor Lorenz.  Maybe take a break and assess things.   

Roth did not say he heard it from the FBI.  To quote Strike, “you are bastardizing the quote.”  (Sorry if that wasn’t your exact phrasing Strike)

”Loose connection,” lol.

[jerryskids 6,737]

17 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

Roth did not say he heard it from the FBI.  To quote Strike, “you are bastardizing the quote.”  (Sorry if that wasn’t your exact phrasing Strike)

”Loose connection,” lol.

I didn't say he did, I said he heard it in a meeting with the FBI.  Which of course, you interpret as somebody from Twitter talked about it in a meeting with the FBI, and the FBI... did what?  Just sat there?  Obviously they didn't refute it.

Anyway, it is a loose connection, but your MDS is too strong.  Anything he does you reach as far as necessary to make him look bad.  I was kidding about the wife or dog of course; it makes more sense that you are upset that people might question vaccines or other government policies, and that might mess with your cognitive dissonance.

[TimHauck 2,745]

1 hour ago, Horseman said:

I wonder what would happen to them if everyone stopped responding to clowns like Hauck who post here like it's their only purpose in life.

This is why this forum is an echo chamber.  Righties outnumber everyone else at least 5:1, and half the time you guys just ignore people that disagree with you

[jerryskids 6,737]

Also, a question:  can one of our centrists explain why the FBI and other agencies met with Twitter, when apparently all communication needed to be done via email?  I've learned here that they couldn't possibly have discussed anything not captured by written evidence.  TIA.   

[TimHauck 2,745]

1 minute ago, jerryskids said:

I didn't say he did, I said he heard it in a meeting with the FBI.  Which of course, you interpret as somebody from Twitter talked about it in a meeting with the FBI, and the FBI... did what?  Just sat there?  Obviously they didn't refute it.

Anyway, it is a loose connection, but your MDS is too strong.  Anything he does you reach as far as necessary to make him look bad.  I was kidding about the wife or dog of course; it makes more sense that you are upset that people might question vaccines or other government policies, and that might mess with your cognitive dissonance.

So you mean you should have said “with” instead of “from” here?  Apology accepted. Btw he never said anything about the laptop, just Hunter.

46 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

This is your proof?  Roth swears in an affidavit that he heard about the Hunter laptop in a meeting from the FBI

 

[jerryskids 6,737]

Just now, TimHauck said:

So you mean you should have said “with” instead of “from” here?  Apology accepted. Btw he never said anything about the laptop, just Hunter.

 

Yes, you win.

So what do you think the FBI said in response to someone from Twitter saying it? (this is such a stupid assertion I feel dumber for typing it, but I guess I'll play).

[TimHauck 2,745]

1 minute ago, jerryskids said:

Yes, you win.

So what do you think the FBI said in response to someone from Twitter saying it? (this is such a stupid assertion I feel dumber for typing it, but I guess I'll play).

Yes, I think they said something like “we can neither confirm nor deny.”

Heck it’s even possible they just said something like “we don’t know, anything’s possible.”

[Horseman 2,438]

Jerry didn't get the memo.

[wiffleball 4,789]

91 pages...

[TimHauck 2,745]

27 minutes ago, Horseman said:

Jerry didn't get the memo.

Better go oil up the wife for her date with your neighbor 

[TimHauck 2,745]

15 hours ago, TimHauck said:

In twitter technical news, Elon claims he is getting rid of bots, but I’m not sure that’s true:  I first signed up for twitter over a year ago but eventually deleted it because I was spending too much time there (probably should do the same here and may as a New Year’s resolution, but I digress), but then re-signed up a few months back.   i really only read and never tweeted much, and the first go round I think I had like 20 followers including a couple bots.  This time around, I’ve only tweeted once so far (on a random crime post a few weeks ago), and in the past 2 days, I’ve been followed by like 60 Chinese bots.

Up to about 140 now

[TimHauck 2,745]

Maybe part of the reason Musk will probably step down as CEO, needs to focus on his companies that actually make products

 

 

 

[nobody 2,654]

Didn't Musk say he was going to run twitter for a few months and transition away when he first took over?  Why is this so controversial?

[Hardcore troubadour 15,285]

Disney is down big time too. 

[Shooter McGavin 618]

7 hours ago, nobody said:

Didn't Musk say he was going to run twitter for a few months and transition away when he first took over?  Why is this so controversial?

I don't remember him saying that, and it's not a big deal anyway.  What's funny is he put up a poll asking if he should step down.  He's a clown.

[EternalShinyAndChrome 4,046]

8 hours ago, TimHauck said:

Maybe part of the reason Musk will probably step down as CEO, needs to focus on his companies that actually make products

 

 

 

Twitter is a product.  It just wasn't a good one because it was run by censorship-loving liberal freaks.  He's trying to fix that.

[TimHauck 2,745]

Just now, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

Twitter is a product.  It just wasn't a good one because it was run by censorship-loving liberal freaks.  He's trying to fix that.

The users are the product 

[EternalShinyAndChrome 4,046]

Just now, TimHauck said:

The users are the product 

Is this some 4D chess you're playing?

[Shooter McGavin 618]

1 minute ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

Is this some 4D chess you're playing?

Dude is so stupid.

[EternalShinyAndChrome 4,046]

1 minute ago, Shooter McGavin said:

Dude is so stupid.

Agreed. Tim isn't the sharpest tool in the shed.  You're no Milwaukee Tool yourself either.  I mean, you ARE a tool but a dull and broken one at best.

[TimHauck 2,745]

3 minutes ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

Is this some 4D chess you're playing?

Advertising is how twitter makes money. 

[EternalShinyAndChrome 4,046]

1 minute ago, TimHauck said:

Advertising is how twitter makes money. 

The product is still Twitter.  Are we really having this conversation?

[Shooter McGavin 618]

3 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

Advertising is how twitter makes money. 

Hes not smart enough to understand.

[TimHauck 2,745]

30 minutes ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

The product is still Twitter.  Are we really having this conversation?

My initial reply was somewhat tongue in cheek, but I’d still call twitter more of a service than a product.

[jonmx 2,429]

20 hours ago, TimHauck said:

Maybe part of the reason Musk will probably step down as CEO, needs to focus on his companies that actually make products

 

 

 

Musk continues to stay focused on Tesla.  Tesla has continued to make advances in their products and have not missed a beat.  We are currently in a recession and with the fed over aggressively hiking rates, next year looks particularly bad for car sales from every manufacturer.  Ford is down  about 50 percent, and with Tesla much being higher growth company with higher P/E their stock has been hit harder.  Tesla is still going to have some rough months ahead, but when the economy shows signs of recovery, Tesla is going to skyrocket.  

[TimHauck 2,745]

2 minutes ago, jonmx said:

Musk continues to stay focused on Tesla.  Tesla has continued to make advances in their products and have not missed a beat.  We are currently in a recession and with the fed over aggressively hiking rates, next year looks particularly bad for car sales from every manufacturer.  Ford is down  early 50 percent, and with Tesla much being higher growth company with higher P/E their stock has been hit harder.  Tesla is still going to have some rough months ahead, but when the economy shows signs of recovery, Tesla is going to skyrocket.  

Do you think the economy could be impacting Disney stock as well?

[Hardcore troubadour 15,285]

I’m loving this new Twitter. 

[jerryskids 6,737]

2 hours ago, TimHauck said:

Advertising is how twitter makes money. 

There is a (now old) saying on the internet:  if you aren't paying for something, then you are the product.  

I heard a fascinating pod about how Google went down this ad-revenue path and that it basically drove the way the entire (almost) internet is monetized.  You can still scrape up some money with subscriptions, but it will never approach the volume of ad revenue, and as such VCs won't generally touch such alternate models.

I'll see if I can remember/find that pod.   

[jonmx 2,429]

1 hour ago, TimHauck said:

Do you think the economy could be impacting Disney stock as well?

Do people need loans to go to a movie?   I mean not counting popcorn.   A good movie people will go see.

[Raven Fan 362]

1 hour ago, jonmx said:

Musk continues to stay focused on Tesla.  Tesla has continued to make advances in their products and have not missed a beat.  We are currently in a recession and with the fed over aggressively hiking rates, next year looks particularly bad for car sales from every manufacturer.  Ford is down  early 50 percent, and with Tesla much being higher growth company with higher P/E their stock has been hit harder.  Tesla is still going to have some rough months ahead, but when the economy shows signs of recovery, Tesla is going to skyrocket.  

Huh, 3.2% Q3 GDP growth would dispute yet another one of your moronic posts.

Musk has hurt Tesla bigly with his low IQ appeal to conservatives and massive overpayment for Twitter.  The company and stock will never recover.  Tesla owned the election vehicle market for 10 years.

Not anymore plus many folks see Musk for the fraudster he is.  Buh bye Tesla stock. 

[TimHauck 2,745]

12 minutes ago, jonmx said:

Do people need loans to go to a movie?   I mean not counting popcorn.   A good movie people will go see.

They might need loans to go to Disney World at the current prices.  I’m sure that’s what’s going to hurt them the most due to people pinching pennies.

[TimHauck 2,745]

14 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

There is a (now old) saying on the internet:  if you aren't paying for something, then you are the product.  

I heard a fascinating pod about how Google went down this ad-revenue path and that it basically drove the way the entire (almost) internet is monetized.  You can still scrape up some money with subscriptions, but it will never approach the volume of ad revenue, and as such VCs won't generally touch such alternate models.

I'll see if I can remember/find that pod.   

Correct, that’s what I was getting at.  I saw an article that said supposedly for every $8 they get in twitter blue subscriptions, they’ll lose $6 in advertising 

[iam90sbaby 2,590]

4 minutes ago, Raven Fan said:

Huh, 3.2% Q3 GDP growth would dispute yet another one of your moronic posts.

Musk has hurt Tesla bigly with his low IQ appeal to conservatives and massive overpayment for Twitter.  The company and stock will never recover.  Tesla owned the election vehicle market for 10 years.

Not anymore plus many folks see Musk for the fraudster he is.  Buh bye Tesla stock. 

Elon Musk is dumb but you still haven't figured out how to make six figures in the country that it's easiest to make money in.

[Raven Fan 362]

9 minutes ago, iam90sbaby said:

Elon Musk is dumb but you still haven't figured out how to make six figures in the country that it's easiest to make money in.

LOL

I love when cultist come at me, an educated and successful lib with some income smacktalk.

Newsflash cultist,  I'm educated, hard working, and most importantly, not a cultist. 

I passed $100k LONG ago.