How Can Elon Musk improve Twitter? Any Suggestions? (Maybe *I* Have Some, Do You?)
@mythociate (21432)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
November 26, 2022 1:55pm CST
I'm a little bit annoyed by Twitter ... not necessarily by 'the owners- & administrators of Twitter,' and not really by 'people who use Twitter' except that they are so-often encouraged to use Twitter "wrong."
(Maybe that's just me; not having enough opportunity to yell at kids to, "GET OFF MY LAWN!" I have to yell at them, "Don't Be That Way on the Interwebzes!")
When I first joined Twitter, I saw it as a way to 'go out in public without BEING 'out in public' (i.e. not having to be 'properly dressed & prepared' like you do when you're going out).'
Now---well, I'm a part of the Writers Community there; but that seems to mean 'people who want you to buy their books & read their writing' more than 'people who want to socialize with other writers.'
(I'm a bit of a hypocrite there, as I've been "wrongly steered" the same way---most of my posts to Twitter are basically 'links to my blog (which I hope the others want to read).')
My news-sources (comedy, liberal commentary ... same-difference) use Twitter heavily. And it seems that it'll stay that way for the forseeable future (I even searched for "news sources that DON'T use Twitter," and Bing mostly brought up 'reasons why the news SHOULD use Twitter!')
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/the-absolute-best-ways-to-follow-the-news-on-twitter/
'My news-sources' tell me that Elon has fired many (if not most) Twitter-employees; I don't even know what they were there for---As far as I know, Twitter's just 'a big database of people's old Tweets.'
The thing that's bothering me about it is "the people posting on there just to sell products." I try to sell products there too, but ... like, there's this one lady there who the ONLY posts I've seen her make are 'retweets of people begging for "pin-for-pins" (where you retweet THEIR pinned-tweet, and they retweet yours).'
Maybe I could start by 'pinning' (stationing at the top of my Twitter-page's list) a link to THIS discussion. Any other suggestions (for helping to SUPPORT Twitter, not -for ignoring it like many would probably suggest)?
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@DWDavis (25805)
• United States
26 Nov 22
If Musk truly wanted a better Twitter, he would have stayed with cars and rocket ships. His entire purpose in buying Twitter was to reinstate banned accounts. The biggest banned account holder he reinstated turned his back on Musk and said, "No, Thanks."
Elon has no idea how to run a social media company. He's a spoiled, bored, unloved, rich man, desperate for attention, and doesn't have the option of running for President because he was born and raised an apartheid-loving South African.
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@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
27 Nov 22
Why can't he run it like one of his incredibly successful companies?
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@DWDavis (25805)
• United States
27 Nov 22
@mythociate Musk doesn't understand the dynamics of an enterprise like Twitter, a company that doesn't actually produce a product. He bought it to get in good with the right-wingers. Remember, he was raised in apartheid, fascist South Africa back in the days of white rule, and it's the lens through which he still views the world.
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@LadyDuck (471968)
• Switzerland
27 Nov 22
@DWDavis He was born in Pretoria, but moved to Canada when he was only 18 years old. He applied for Canadian passport and obtained it as his mother was Canadian. From Canada it was easy for him to move to the United States. He has a big ego and he thinks to be the most intelligent man on earth. I still have to understand why Tesla shares were so much over valued.
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@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
27 Nov 22
What if he secretly gave it to you & used his evil genius to tie your entire financial future to your success-or-failure with it?
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@jstory07 (139761)
• Roseburg, Oregon
27 Nov 22
@mythociate That would be impossible and he could not pay me to take it.
@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
27 Nov 22
@jstory07 Would you let TRUTH SOCIAL take it over?
@DWDavis (25805)
• United States
27 Nov 22
I'm in the writing community on the bird, too. You can find me @DWDavisRSL.
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@JESSY3236 (20046)
• United States
29 Nov 22
I never got used to using Twitter and I stopped reading on there. So about a week ago I got rid of my account on there.
@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1 Dec 22
So, do you get your 'social interaction' from "real society?" I wonder if I would still 'use Twitter' if I had real people to interact with.
Or are you using some other social site?
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
27 Nov 22
I wish you well with your Writers Community. I have never been on Twitter much. Never really appealed to me. And always had other things going on. I have read about some good things happening there. Many bot accounts have been removed. It is very common for a new owner to fire the existing employees. He is very successful in other business ventures. Some are just jealous as usual. Anyway, I hope these changes help with your postings.
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@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
27 Nov 22
@solidcodes Have you heard how much money Twitter has MADE since Elon started?
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@solidcodes (1765)
• Philippines
27 Nov 22
@mythociate
44 billion for Twitter only? LOL
The priice is too much
and looks like Twitter is dying.
I remember Elon almost went bankrupt trying to launch a rocket into space.
and now he wasted billions of dollars without using his brain anymore LOL
