# Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter - now the Pit edition (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** elon-musk\ **Created:** [August 13, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634 "2024-08-13T00:48:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**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:** [September 20, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/381 "2024-09-20T14:06:34Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Is this troll like 90 years old? Probably more like 9 years old, found that term somewhere and thinks it’s really cool to insult people with a special insult nobody else knows. ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/382 "2024-09-20T14:25:28Z")
Okay, having a couple of days to cool down and sober up, and I came off way too strong in my initial post there. I’m sorry. That being said, I stand by my point. Musk is undergoing a self-inflicted fall from grace of a magnitude heretofore unseen. There’s plenty of actual substance there to mock him with. To watch this thread fall to the level of some weird in-club of fragile masculinity and bravado is extremely disappointing. The excuses and rationale being bandied about here (“we’ve been doing for a while now”, “some other guys started it”, “Elmo the puppet is actually pretty cool so it’s not really an insult”) are not impressive. You’ve got nothing to stand on, aside from pointing out what an asshole I am. Anyway, I’ll withdraw and y’all can keep on keeping on. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/383 "2024-09-20T14:32:22Z")
> [@Randolph](#): > > That being said, I stand by my point. And you’re still completely, totally and quite stupidly wrong. You’ve had your ass handed to you repeatedly in this “debate” and your conclusion was that your TONE was off? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/384 "2024-09-20T14:48:06Z")
> [@Mighty\_Mouse](#): > > your conclusion was that your TONE was off? They weren’t wrong about that. That wasn’t all they were wrong about, but they were also wrong about tone. Except that tone was actually pretty appropriate for The Pit, so maybe they weren’t wrong about that, just everything else. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/385 "2024-09-20T15:01:56Z")
We apologize if the quality of our mockery does not meet your standards, honorable sir. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/386 "2024-09-20T15:06:41Z")
> [@Randolph](#): > > (…) Musk is undergoing a self-inflicted fall from grace of a magnitude heretofore unseen. Gee, I just hope the 48 billion compensation package he got from Tesla in June helps him feel better about himself. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/387 "2024-09-20T15:11:50Z")
It’s weird how that’s an obscene amount of money but at the same time I suspect it’s meaningless to Elmo. The real win is feeding his ego by browbeating the board and defeating his opponents in court. Beyond that, he can already afford anything his gross tastes desire. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/388 "2024-09-20T17:01:21Z")
Got a new nickname for y’all: > > **Full text** > > [@StephenKing](https://x.com/StephenKing) > > Just repeating: Muskl doesn’t believe the conspiracy theories and fake facts he posts; it’s just an effort to pump viewership on Twitter. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/389 "2024-09-20T19:52:06Z")
NBC: Musk, “boosted content from creators and accounts tied to Tenet Media at least 60 times.” Tenet Media was the Russian front organization cutting checks to sympathetic influencers. Reports that the US Department of Justice indicted Tenet surfaced earlier this month. > **[How Elon Musk amplified content from a suspected Russian election...](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/elon-musk-shared-tenet-content-thought-part-russian-plot-rcna171520)** > > Musk, apparently unaware of the company’s Russia funding source, engaged with content from Tenet Media and its creators at least 60 times. Josephine Lukito, scholar of Russian disinformation at the University of Texas at Austin’s journalism school: > “As the owner of a social media platform, Musk certainly should be vetting content he shares more. But it doesn’t surprise me that he is not apologetic about this, as Musk has, in the past, shared misleading or inaccurate information without, seemingly, any concern,” Lukito said in an email. (Musk has shared [misleading claims](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/elon-musk-uk-civil-war-far-right-riots-keir-starmer-southport-rcna165316) about anti-Muslim riots in the U.K. and inaccurate information [about voting](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/misinformation-migrants-illegally-registered-vote-rcna149557), for example.) ---
**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:** [September 21, 2024, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/390 "2024-09-21T04:04:56Z")
The SEC is asking a judge to sanction Elmo for blowing off a court-ordered deposition. > **[SEC says Elon Musk should be sanctioned if he keeps dodging Twitter depositions](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/20/sec-says-musk-should-be-sanctioned-if-he-keeps-dodging-twitter-depositions.html)** > > The SEC asked a federal judge to sanction Elon Musk if he continues to delay a deposition regarding his 2022 Twitter buyout. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/391 "2024-09-21T13:51:57Z")
Cards Against Humanity is suing Melon Husk for $15 million for illegal dumping at one of the card game’s properties in Texas. [https://www.wavy.com/news/national/cards-against-humanity-says-its-suing-elon-musk-for-15-million/](https://www.wavy.com/news/national/cards-against-humanity-says-its-suing-elon-musk-for-15-million/) ---
**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:** [September 21, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/392 "2024-09-21T22:36:30Z")
Elmo is now complying with the judge’s orders in Brazil. > **[X is capitulating to Brazil’s Supreme Court](https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/21/24250697/x-complies-brazil-supreme-court)** > > X could be unblocked soon. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/393 "2024-09-24T05:28:03Z")
Musk wants to modify twitter’s block rules. > **[X will let people you’ve blocked see your posts](https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/23/24252438/x-blocked-users-view-public-posts)** > > Elon Musk has said blocking “makes no sense.” > X will now make your posts visible to users you’ve blocked. In [a reply on Monday](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1838285460440862861), X owner Elon Musk said the “block function will block that account from engaging with, but not block seeing, public post.” > Currently, X displays a “You’re blocked” message when trying to view the profile of a person who’s blocked you. In addition to blocking all posts, it also prevents you from seeing their replies, media, followers, and following list. This… is bad. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2024, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/394 "2024-09-24T05:32:25Z")
Remember that he sees everything and makes all his decisions from the perspective of his own experience as a user on the platform. So if he blocks you because you’re calling him on his bullshit, he wants to still be able to push that bullshit at you. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/395 "2024-09-24T06:12:12Z")
So he’s moving to the style of blocking we have here on the SDMB? ---
**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:** [September 24, 2024, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/396 "2024-09-24T06:43:38Z")
Deleted – I misunderstood what Elmo was on about. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/397 "2024-09-24T06:47:32Z")
Isn’t this how the Dope works? You can still see my posts even if I block you, its just I can’t see yours. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/398 "2024-09-24T07:36:12Z")
Isn’t that what the Mute function did? You didn’t see any content from that person but they could still read your posts. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/399 "2024-09-24T12:37:45Z")
Yes, exactly. We will now have two ways to mute if this actually happens! Such an improvement! ---
**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:** [September 24, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634/400 "2024-09-24T17:02:24Z")
[![](https://image.upilink.in/ib/TXeAEwJoiswqBLN_1727191906.jpg) ](https://image.upilink.in/ib/TXeAEwJoiswqBLN_1727191906.jpg) What an absolute loser. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-2/1005634.md?page=21)