The ongoing Elon Twitter saga: "insert demographic" melts down

unwashed potato! · 21 Jun 2023 at 18:29

C Kent said:
No, they should be free to respond in kind though.

Edit - what cereal? As I've no idea what you are on about

If I told you, I'd be gone for another week as he'd report it.

Add a y to someone's name and you're there.
Any way, getting off topic now.

Elon's a noob!

C Kent · 21 Jun 2023 at 18:35

unwashed potato! said:
If I told you, I'd be gone for another week as he'd report it.

Add a y to someone's name and you're there.
Any way, getting off topic now.

Elon's a noob!

Nope totally lost, snap/crackle/pop/tony the tiger/the quaker guy from porridge oats/don't think crunchy nut have a mascot do they?

I dont think naming a cereal is ban worthy is it?

i-bert · 21 Jun 2023 at 20:02

C Kent said:
Nope totally lost, snap/crackle/pop/tony the tiger/the quaker guy from porridge oats/don't think crunchy nut have a mascot do they?

I dont think naming a cereal is ban worthy is it?

It's a name he gave to Roar87. "Roary the tiger" or something like that......

you know, the way a ******* bully child would.

Tony Edwards · 21 Jun 2023 at 23:32

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1671532397395886081

Colonel_Klinck · 22 Jun 2023 at 08:03

So Elon and Zuckerberg might get in an octagon. Could we get so lucky that they kill each other? Nah no way we get that lucky.

JRS · 22 Jun 2023 at 08:40

Things going splendidly for Twitter in Australia then.

el Reg said:
The office of Australia's eSafety Commissioner has issued an official "please explain" to Twitter over its content moderation practices and whether it is enforcing its own policies against hateful conduct.

el Reg said:
The legal notice sent by the eSafety Commissioner therefore represents an escalation. The regulator is backed by the Online Safety Act, which requires service providers to follow "basic online safety expectations" designed to protect Australians from online abuse. The law also requires online services to respond to requests for information about how they're working to minimize harms to Australian users.

Failure to do so within 28 days can result in daily fines of around AU$700,000 ($450,000).

el Reg said:
As Elon Musk's rationale for massive job cuts was cutting costs, he and Twitter will not want a multi-million-dollar bill from Australia.

Recent history suggests Musk can't just shrug off action down under. Australia's government introduced the world's first legislation requiring Google and Meta to pay local news publishers for linking to their content, then stared down the tech giants as they threatened to withdraw some services.

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 22 Jun 2023 at 08:51

Colonel_Klinck said:
So Elon and Zuckerberg might get in an octagon. Could we get so lucky that they kill each other? Nah no way we get that lucky.

Personally I don't get the Zucks hate.
So team Zucks for me 100%.

Also; Musk tweeted: "I almost never work out, except for picking up my kids & throwing them in the air."
When; Meanwhile, 39-year-old Mr Zuckerberg has already been training in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and has recently won Jiu-Jitsu tournaments.

Please make it so!

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg agree to hold cage fight

Earlier this month, Meta showed staff plans for a text-based social network designed to compete with Twitter.

www.bbc.co.uk

IMO Musk will do a Musk and try to get out of it.
I don't think seeing Musk all oiled up in spandex shorts is going to be good for the worlds mental health

Em3bbs · 22 Jun 2023 at 08:54

"El Reg" lol. What year is this?

Freakbro · 22 Jun 2023 at 09:06

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
IMO Musk will do a Musk and try to get out of it.
I don't think seeing Musk all oiled up in spandex shorts is going to be good for the worlds mental health

I can think of at least one person who is probably getting excited!

MooMoo444 · 22 Jun 2023 at 09:16

52 year old manchild who doesn't even work out vs someone who has history of winning martial arts tournaments? Oof.

Chris Wilson · 22 Jun 2023 at 09:16

Freakbro said:
I can think of at least one person who is probably getting excited!

My wife is now a faithful fan of the virile Andrew Tate, interest in Tommy Robinson seems to have waned, but despite that she'll probably be taking a surreptitious peep, Elon is another she has often eulogised.

I'll ask her when she gets home from teaching...

JRS · 22 Jun 2023 at 09:31

Em3bbs said:
"El Reg" lol. What year is this?

2023. Same as it's been all year so far.

Sankari · 22 Jun 2023 at 09:38

Zuckerberg is weird as hell, and probably a cyborg sent from the future to enslave us all, but he is in remarkably good shape for a nerd.

By contrast, ol' Musky is a walking flesh puppet made of raw chicken and fat scraps:

Chris Wilson · 22 Jun 2023 at 10:30

Sankari said:

Eughh! My God.

Sorry, he's worth how much? HOW much???

Cor, not 'alf. What a guy...

Hi there Elon

How are you today?

Colonel_Klinck · 22 Jun 2023 at 10:30

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
Personally I don't get the Zucks hate.
So team Zucks for me 100%.

Also; Musk tweeted: "I almost never work out, except for picking up my kids & throwing them in the air."
When; Meanwhile, 39-year-old Mr Zuckerberg has already been training in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and has recently won Jiu-Jitsu tournaments.

Please make it so!

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg agree to hold cage fight

Earlier this month, Meta showed staff plans for a text-based social network designed to compete with Twitter.

www.bbc.co.uk

IMO Musk will do a Musk and try to get out of it.
I don't think seeing Musk all oiled up in spandex shorts is going to be good for the worlds mental health

Sorry but I completely get the hate for Zuckerberg. He holds incredible power in his hands has allowed it to be used to harm society and influence politics/elections all for $

Colonel_Klinck · 22 Jun 2023 at 10:32

Chris Wilson said:
My wife is now a faithful fan of the virile Andrew Tate, interest in Tommy Robinson seems to have waned, but despite that she'll probably be taking a surreptitious peep, Elon is another she has often eulogised.

I'll ask her when she gets home from teaching...

When you ask her if she likes Tate does she nod with each breath as you blow her up?

StriderX · 22 Jun 2023 at 10:37

Sankari said:
Zuckerberg is weird as hell, and probably a cyborg sent from the future to enslave us all, but he is in remarkably good shape for a nerd.

By contrast, ol' Musky is a walking flesh puppet made of raw chicken and fat scraps:

It's where he hides all his blood emeralds.

BowdonUK · 22 Jun 2023 at 11:13

JRS said:
Things going splendidly for Twitter in Australia then.

So the Australian government is wanting to punish social media for not following it's own rules?

I'm assuming this hateful content is legal.

People might not like these social media companies, or the people who run them. But if they don't stand their ground then it's over for any platform based in the west that relies on user generated content.

Though this case as come about because Twitter itself is enforcing rules that aren't required by law.

StriderX · 22 Jun 2023 at 11:18

BowdonUK said:
So the Australian government is wanting to punish social media for not following it's own rules?

I'm assuming this hateful content is legal.

People might not like these social media companies, or the people who run them. But if they don't stand their ground then it's over for any platform based in the west that relies on user generated content.

Though this case as come about because Twitter itself is enforcing rules that aren't required by law.

This kind of legislation is coming practically everywhere because people who cosplay as liberty enjoyers are cowards in comparison to the statist mothers pushing these laws to 'save the children' and would much rather pretend they're winning a fight on these platforms rather than winning the actual fight in parliaments.

Trusty · 22 Jun 2023 at 14:07

Cage match? :cry:

This is peak ridiculous!