I saw the penis headline one and rolled my eyes until I saw it was a parody from The Onion.
This one’s just really boggled my mind:
I’m surprised Exxon doesn’t use the spelling æsthetics. For æsthetic reasons.
By removing the headlines from links, does that mean that links like this:
Would just show up as this?
I can see the benefit to Musk for an article like this one, but overall this seems like it would be a terrible change.
Anyone who posted a news article for the headline will just throw in the headline. (Or post a pic of the article) And, if Twitter was still important, they’d change their official lead image to include text.
I knew Musk was nuts, but now I’m thinking he might be insane.
And for a brief moment, every online news source starts their articles with a picture of a poop emoji.
Nah, they should go with a super-unflattering pic of Elon.
Isn’t that just any pic of Elon?
And that’s far more disgusting than feces, they don’t want to completely lose their remaining customers.
I did tee that one up. But my understanding is that there are specific pics of him that he is especially unhappy about. Weaponize those.
As Musk knows well, the trouble with X/Twittær alternatives is numbers, natural reluctance to change, and reconsidering just how helpful these things are.
It would mean X/Twitter users would have to take a few seconds to write out and explain what they are linking to.
There was that thing about offering to rescue some people trapped in a cave, which I alluded to earlier:
Journalist Nick Martin, who covers the hate and extremism beat, reports on Mastodon that Elon’s neo-twitter cut a check for $165.52 to neo-Nazi Angelo John Gage. For you know, engagement.
Reminder: there are apps such as MoveToDon that cull your twitter account and transfer those you follow to Mastodon. Article: New tool 'Movetodon' makes it easier to find your Twitter friends on Mastodon | TechCrunch
Seems like Elmo didn’t like the article:
I’ve always said something similar. He’s way more interested in being “the guy that changed the world” than actually doing anything that changes the world. That’s why he has so many half-cocked ideas that go nowhere, he just loves talking about how the world is going to be so different thanks to him.
Talking of Star Wars, Elon Musk reminds of something one might find down at the Mos Eisley Cantina on Tatooine…
How dare you compare Rebel hero Nien Nunb to that amorphous narcissist?
It works with Jabba too:
I’m good with this if Grimes strangles Elmo on his sail barge with the same chain he locked her up with.