# 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:** 246
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4904 "2023-05-20T21:11:09Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > The idea that people in politics should assign ‘worth’ to people then treat them unequally because of their differing ‘worth’ is repugnant. Everyone should reject that. Everyone should, and yet the Republican party is doing all they can to drive trans people from public life (and worse in many cases), prevent black people from voting, prevent young people from voting, throw poor people off assistance and health care, and much more. ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4905 "2023-05-20T21:19:55Z")
This doesn’t jive with your belief that young software developers should debase themselves for a chance to work for someone the likes of Elon Musk. Sure seems like you’ve granted him special status. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4906 "2023-05-20T21:20:32Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > > [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > > > The idea that people in politics should assign ‘worth’ to people then treat them unequally because of their differing ‘worth’ is repugnant. Everyone should reject that. > > Who the hell mentioned people in politics? The same person who keeps mentioning tribal politics driving dislike for Elmo: @Sam_Stone. Or to be generous, the strawmen he makes voices in his head. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4907 "2023-05-20T22:44:05Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > It’s simply this: Freedom is everyone’s right. You don’t lose it when you are poor OR rich. I never think in terms of who is ‘worthy’, just what their rights are. It’s the height of arrogance to assign ‘worth’ to people you don’t know based on some characteristic, immutable or not. So when Musk deliberately denies others their rights, you speak out against that travesty, right? Because free speech absolutism is absolute. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4908 "2023-05-21T00:06:26Z")
Narrator: He did not. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4909 "2023-05-23T23:36:42Z")
Ron DeFuhrer is launching his presidential campaign with a voice chat with Elmo. > **[Ron DeSantis Is Launching His Campaign on Twitter With Elon Musk. Does That...](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/ron-desantis-for-president-elon-musk-genius-move-or-idiotic.html)** > > Let’s exercise our constitutional right to free speech and discuss. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4910 "2023-05-24T22:47:31Z")
> **[Twitter repeatedly crashes as DeSantis tries to make presidential announcement](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/05/24/elon-musk-ron-desantis-2024-twitter/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjUyMjE2OTk5IiwicmVhc29uIjoiZ2lmdCIsIm5iZiI6MTY4NDkwMDgwMCwiaXNzIjoic3Vic2NyaXB0aW9ucyIsImV4cCI6MTY4NjE5Njc5OSwiaWF0IjoxNjg0OTAwODAwLCJqdGkiOiI5NTE0ZWE5My01ZjBlLTQwOWYtYWM0Zi0wZTQ0ODAxNjBkZmMiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vdGVjaG5vbG9neS8yMDIzLzA1LzI0L2Vsb24tbXVzay1yb24tZGVzYW50aXMtMjAyNC10d2l0dGVyLyJ9.NbWuMD_uzd6Wpl4s1RYHqBc99KexE85EoGPvPjVkFlk&itid=gfta)** > > “We’ve got just a massive number of people online,” Elon Musk said. “So the servers are straining somewhat.” > Twitter repeatedly crashed on Wednesday as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) was set to make his presidential announcement over Twitter Spaces with the site’s new owner Elon Musk… ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4911 "2023-05-24T22:49:59Z")
Elonorama has probably stiffed the hamster chow provider. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4912 "2023-05-24T23:00:25Z")
Maybe he should have tried a more traditional venue: [![](https://images.dailykos.com/images/967206/large/FourSeasonsVenue.jpg) ](https://images.dailykos.com/images/967206/large/FourSeasonsVenue.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4913 "2023-05-24T23:40:35Z")
Snerk. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4914 "2023-05-24T23:41:12Z")
I’m curious to find out from our resident simps why these crashes were actually a super smart plan all along. I figured the world’s greatest software developer could have handled this situation. If I had to guess, I assume the talking point / lie will be something among the lines of no service could have supported such a massive audience. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4915 "2023-05-24T23:42:43Z")
Obviously he is making Twitter availability scarce which will increase the price the market will bear. Blue check is now $9 ($12 on Apple)! ---
**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:** [May 24, 2023, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4916 "2023-05-24T23:44:02Z")
[![](https://imageproxy.ifunny.co/crop:x-20,resize:640x,quality:90x75/images/e97b563e4fe18ccf8d8ecc12c25be29f091555767998f72f780cedfe77096aa3_1.jpg) ](https://imageproxy.ifunny.co/crop:x-20,resize:640x,quality:90x75/images/e97b563e4fe18ccf8d8ecc12c25be29f091555767998f72f780cedfe77096aa3_1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4917 "2023-05-25T00:05:55Z")
Agile Announcement! ---
**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:** [May 25, 2023, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4918 "2023-05-25T01:05:34Z")
The _Washington Post_ has the Twitter glitch in the Tech section, but it’s currently the lead headline on the CNN website: \*\*Twitter glitches overshadow DeSantis announcement \*\*. Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving pair of redneck assholes! 😁 ---
**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:** [May 25, 2023, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4919 "2023-05-25T05:26:37Z")
Can we _please_ now finally throw away that infantile Musk-worshipping nonsense about how firing eighty percent of the company and gutting the firm’s technical and operational knowledge base hasn’t seemed to impact the site’s level of functionality? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4920 "2023-05-25T05:34:03Z")
Looks like somebody just isn’t getting the 20000ft view ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4921 "2023-05-25T10:21:20Z")
> [@Chingon](#): > > I’m curious to find out from our resident simps why these crashes were actually a super smart plan all along. I figured the world’s greatest software developer could have handled this situation. > > If I had to guess, I assume the talking point / lie will be something among the lines of no service could have supported such a massive audience. Couple stories I’m hearing: 1. The offering was so incredibly popular that it mELtEd tHe sErVeR !!11! 2. Also it was so popular with jealous haters that they DDoS attacked it, in which case it was obviously a psyop. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2023, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4922 "2023-05-25T10:43:51Z")
BREAKING: Area 4th Grader Pisses Self On Playground at Recess, Brags That Everyone Is Looking At Him > ---
**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:** [May 25, 2023, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4923 "2023-05-25T12:03:46Z")
Elmo: “I call it ‘massive attention’.” It sure is, Elmo. With headlines like these, politicians and influencers from all over will be flocking to Twitter to make their major announcements! 🤣 It’s such great news, in fact, that Elmo has probably fired another 100 employees over this. > **[‘Complete failure’: DeSantis’ 2024 bid plagued with Twitter glitches](https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/05/25/complete-failure-ron-desantis-2024-bid-tripped-up-by-chaotic-twitter-chat-with-elon-musk)** > > Ron DeSantis has entered the 2024 US presidential race, but his live chat with Elon Musk on Twitter didn't exactly go as planned. > **[DeSantis' Twitter launch disaster shows Musk's platform isn't ready for prime...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/25/media/desantis-twitter-musk-reliable-sources/index.html)** > > Rupert Murdoch must have been all smiles on Wednesday evening. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=245) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=247)