# 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:** 314
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6266 "2023-08-17T00:46:58Z")
That’s a very classy move. A smooooooooooth move. Like school in the summertime. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6267 "2023-08-17T03:41:54Z")
Still, Tesla pulls off another win… > **[Texas approves plan to mandate Tesla tech for EV chargers despite opposition](https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/texas-approves-plan-mandate-tesla-tech-ev-chargers-despite-opposition-2023-08-16/)** > > Texas on Wednesday approved its plan to require companies to include Tesla's technology in electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to be eligible for federal funds, despite calls for more time to re-engineer and test the connectors. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2023, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6268 "2023-08-17T03:45:54Z")
So don’t bother with all that time-wasting “re-engineer and test the connectors,” eh? Never mind safety and silly stuff like that. What’s a few more car fires, after all? ---
**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:** [August 17, 2023, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6269 "2023-08-17T04:15:51Z")
More companies are pulling ads after Twitter ran their ads on a verified Nazi account. > **[Update: Under Linda Yaccarino, X is placing ads for major brands on a...](https://www.mediamatters.org/twitter/update-under-linda-yaccarino-x-placing-ads-major-brands-verified-pro-hitler-account)** ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6270 "2023-08-17T04:21:08Z")
News for those ignorant of the obvious? > **[Schrödinger’s Cage Match](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/08/musk-zuckerberg-rivalry-newsworthiness/675014/)** > > Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s rivalry is not worth your time. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6271 "2023-08-17T15:26:04Z")
In other not shocking news, NYU marketing professor with half a million followers jokingly criticizes Elmo in a tweet, offends the Great Man, gets locked out of twitter account. > **[An NYU professor with 560,000 followers says he's been locked out of his X...](https://www.businessinsider.com/scott-galloway-says-hes-locked-out-x-after-upsetting-musk-2023-8)** > > The NYU professor and public speaker said a mutual friend told him Elon felt "unfairly attacked" by him, but Scott Galloway declined a meeting. How does someone so petty get so powerful? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6272 "2023-08-17T15:28:37Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > How does someone so petty get so powerful? That’s like saying “How does someone so cheap and stingy get so rich?” They become powerful because they are petty little sociopathic shitheads who do anything to get and retain power. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6273 "2023-08-17T15:31:52Z")
Or, ya know, they choose to be born to the owner of an emerald mine. Why didn’t we all just do that? ---
**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:** [August 17, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6274 "2023-08-17T16:45:17Z")
My question is not how he became powerful. My question is whether another person so powerful, ever in history, has given off such intense and all-consuming “loser” vibes. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6275 "2023-08-17T18:14:56Z")
Trump beats him by a mile. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6276 "2023-08-17T18:42:44Z")
Musk is apparently intelligent. Trump is absolutely not. Their behaviour is very similar, though. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6277 "2023-08-17T18:57:47Z")
@Cervaise said “powerful,” not “intelligent.” ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6278 "2023-08-17T19:03:03Z")
Fair enough. I think Musk is more powerful (as much as Twitter/X has ‘power’) than Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6279 "2023-08-17T19:33:25Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > whether another person so powerful, ever in history, has given off such intense and all-consuming “loser” vibes. I imagine plenty of them would have if they’d had the ability to globally project their insecurities in real time. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6280 "2023-08-17T19:40:42Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I think Musk is more powerful (as much as Twitter/X has ‘power’) than Trump. As long as Trump has a hold over so many MAGA morons and so much political influence, that’s not even remotely true. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.E](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.e/32/8932_2.png) [@Mr.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.E)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6281 "2023-08-17T19:44:52Z")
Trump and Musk both got a similar leg-up from daddy. In terms of sheer charisma, I feel Trump has Musk beat. A significant amount of Trump’s success has come from convincing people he’s a shrewd businessman despite the ever mounting evidence that he’s just a cheap huckster. Musk made a good bet early on in the dot com boom, was forcibly cashed out, then made a couple more good bets. Does that make him smarter than Trump? Maybe, but when I look at Musk’s attempts at cons, like the Tesla Robot or Hyperloop, and I look at Trump’s cons like Trump University and his Atlantic City casino, all I see is two very similar charlatans peddling their wares. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6282 "2023-08-17T20:07:49Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > Musk is apparently intelligent. > > Trump is absolutely not. > > Their behaviour is very similar, though. Musk is intelligent in an _idiot savant_ kind of way – his intelligence operates in very narrow domains, and outside of those domains he’s an idiot. Trump is just a mentally defective moron by any measure in any circumstances. Musk becomes Trump-like when he tries to function outside his areas of competence, which is often. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6283 "2023-08-18T17:00:41Z")
Are you fucking kidding me? This will finally get me off the platform if it happens. ETA Actually, I can lock my account. That’s the way to go I think. > ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6284 "2023-08-18T17:02:57Z")
He’s probably sad about how many people are blocking him. Which they wouldn’t have to do if Twitter didn’t prioritize the shit out of his tweets regardless of their relevance to your account. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6285 "2023-08-18T17:05:10Z")
I also think his half assed revenue model does rely on people seeing tweets, and there are people who are auto blocking blue checks. I’ve certainly blocked a ton of ads. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=313) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=315)