# Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter - now the Pit edition (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 25, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442 "2022-04-25T22:50:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 155
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3084 "2023-02-04T05:48:39Z")
That email was sent at 9:06 PM. So I see that this Evan Jones fellow is taking Elmo’s prescribed work ethic to heart and is working “intense long hours”. Probably has to, poor guy, he may be the only staffer left in the sales and marketing department. Fortunately, he’ll probably be fired soon when Elmo blames him for the failure of the gold checkmark scam, and he can get a real job. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3085 "2023-02-04T06:50:41Z")
Meanwhile, Elmo is already backing down on his API move because LOL CAT MEMES. > Another stroke of genius negotiation from the guy who slashed the price of his subscription service by 60% because he wanted Stephen King to like him. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3086 "2023-02-04T07:40:31Z")
Don’t you get it? Flailing around without a plan is Agile, or something. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3087 "2023-02-04T11:48:17Z")
Yes, Musk likes using “Agile” everything. Sadly, he has a dexterity score of 3. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3088 "2023-02-04T15:15:29Z")
I’d say that Chat GPT is probably a suitable replacement. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3089 "2023-02-04T21:25:13Z")
[Bloomberg tech reporter calls Elmo’s first 100 days “a flaming dumpster”](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-02-03/elon-musk-s-first-100-days-at-twitter-a-flaming-dumpster) … now where have I heard [that](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdnQk8WMrP0) before? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3090 "2023-02-05T16:50:57Z")
Talking about dumpster fires … the Bloomberg article (or website) seems to be one … I read the article and am not 100% certain it did end at: _… But then we’ll try to recover from them quickly.’ And that’s what we’ve done.”_ there is a lot of text (I am still in the top quarter of the scroll-bar) after that phrase, but that text seems to be unrelated to the article, which left me behind scratching my head… ---
**Author:** ![omenran](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omenran/32/3318_2.png) [@omenran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omenran)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3091 "2023-02-05T19:12:57Z")
It’s mostly cross promoting other articles and a few (instead of endless) ads at the bottom. I agree the article is not well delineated from the rest. There was a small block of text at the start of the page that had other headlines before the article started proper. It’s less annoying than articles spilt by ads several times and then will- on my phone- scroll into endless ads or a totally different article after some ads. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3092 "2023-02-05T23:55:54Z")
…Elon Musk claims Twitter is “trending to breakeven if we keep at it.” Thousands of bots and cultists believe him in the comments. > Twitter Takover News (your #1 News source on everything Twitter 2.0!!!) reports: > [@T(w)itter Takeover News](#): > > BREAKING: Twitter is now trending to breakeven financially. > > - Elon Musk > ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3093 "2023-02-06T02:53:38Z")
…New Zealand’s most notorious white supremacist, who served jailtime for sending the video of the Christchurch Mosque shooting to 30 people, describing it as “awesome”, who has repeatedly reportedly threatened to kill members of the public and police, and was allowed back onto Twitter this year after a “permanent” ban, yesterday posted on Twitter the home address of a New Zealand author who is has just written a book about NZ’s hostile underground network of extremists. The tweet has been reported multiple times, including by me, but a day later, still remains on the platform, with many people being informed that the report will not be actioned because it apparently hasn’t “broken any safety policies.” Me thinks Elon’s outrage over “real-time doxxing” may have been nothing but a tad performative. Just a tad. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3094 "2023-02-06T02:56:54Z")
Once you understand it’s his personal megaphone for his personal interests and whims, it will all make sense. Until then, it’s just batshit insane. Wait a minute; those two are the same thing. :forehead-smack: ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3095 "2023-02-06T07:37:08Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > posted on Twitter the home address of a New Zealand author …and: just got the response from Twitter. And the obvious doxxing “hasn’t broken their safety policy.” :: sigh :: Out of all the things that are breaking on Twitter, this kinda thing is absolutely the worst. It’s been escalated to the police by the author in question, and considering the profile this person has, in the past this would have been escalated to the appropriate people at the Twitter Trust and Safety Council: but that no longer exists. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3096 "2023-02-06T08:01:14Z")
@Banquet_Bear serious question - why do you stay on Twitter? Surely continuing to use it, despite things like this and all the other stuff you’ve highlighted, is not going to incentivise them to change what they’re doing? ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3097 "2023-02-06T09:17:16Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > @Banquet_Bear serious question - why do you stay on Twitter? …well I’m still posting _here_, and this place has made me more miserable than anything that has ever happened on Twitter. 😃 But NZ Twitter is still going strong. It’s a community of indigenous and trans supporting people and until they find somewhere else to go, I’ll just keep following along. My goal isn’t to incentivise change. Just sticking with the people who sometimes bring joy to my life until they either find a new place to go, or Elon brings it all to an end. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3098 "2023-02-06T10:41:29Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > well I’m still posting _here_, and this place has made me more miserable than anything that has ever happened on Twitter. Fair point. > [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > But NZ Twitter is still going strong. Aah, it’s like one of the good subReddits, I get it. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3099 "2023-02-06T13:04:10Z")
> “Hey, if I could get away with ‘FUNDING SECURED’, why not…?” ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3100 "2023-02-06T13:08:11Z")
He neglects to mention that it’s on a **[10,000 year time scale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-1-13-2023-is-longtermism-the-worlds-most-dangerous-belief-system/978173).** ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3101 "2023-02-06T13:23:59Z")
I’m glad to hear that Musk’s $44B investment is on track to make no money. I was rather concerned about the impact this vanity project might have on the finances of the world’s wealthiest man. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3102 "2023-02-06T14:16:07Z")
I have to say, simple searches are really turning up a lot of porn now. Also, I’ve been persistently blocking, promoted accounts, and now some real weird shit is coming through Also, I’ve been persistently blocking, promoted accounts on your suggestion, and now some real weird shit is coming through.😅 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/3103 "2023-02-06T18:42:27Z")
> **[Musk Pledged to Cleanse Twitter of Child Abuse Content. It’s Been Rough Going.](https://news.yahoo.com/musk-pledged-cleanse-twitter-child-132609146.html)** > > Child sexual abuse imagery spreads on Twitter even after the company is notified: One video drew 120,000 views. “Sewer rats,” as one regulator described bad actors, remain. TLDR, Twitter’s recommendation algorithm actively promotes content featuring child sexual abuse to users whose searches and viewing activity reflect an interest in this content. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=154) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=156)