How About THIS, Elon? You Buy Twitter, and Convert It to a Fact-Free Speech Zone...

[TrollBuster9090]

...and we'll create thousands of fake news sites, showing fake scientific 'evidence' that Teslas cause impotence, testicular swelling, magnetism, and uncontrollable flatulence.

[Sherman A1]

1. Not sure if that would require much effort

Based upon what I see from the Twitter posts here it is mostly hyperbole and a bunch of self appointed experts.

[Sympthsical]

6. "Musk is going to make a dumpster fire into a different kind of dumpster fire!"

I mean, ok. Not sure why I'm supposed to be exercised about this. So the flames will be slightly different colors.

Don't get me wrong - I'm absolutely here for the drama of it all. A platform where 90% of the posts comes from 3% of the users is somehow this stalwart of all democracy, and this is the worst thing ever.

It's a thing for people glued to social media all day, certainly. Not sure why anyone else would care.

I know I care because it's funny as shit. I cannot believe I have no popcorn in the house for this.

[Sherman A1]

10. Dumpster Fire is an Excellent description of Twitter.

Well Said!

[Elessar Zappa]

7. It's influential, unfortunately.

This is a win for disinformation.

[Sherman A1]

9. Influential is sorta of a nebulous thing

I don't see it as influential at all. I see it as mostly BS and that is my charitable take on it. Happily I don't have a Twitter Account as I never saw it as that terribly important. My hope is that it will result in fewer Twitter linked posts here and I can only see that as beneficial to the discussion, separating more of the chaff from the wheat.

[GoCubsGo]

2. No need to make up anything about Tesla.

He's already up to his eyeballs in it over the fallout from the faulty "driverless" software.

[exboyfil]

5. And the self dealing in the Solar City acquisition

[GoCubsGo]

8. Yep. I can't help but think he bought Twitter to cover for other failures.

As I recall, there were multiple instances where his machinations have kept him out of bankruptcy. I won't be surprised if this turns out to be another example of that.

[Initech]

3. Ooh I like it! Fight fake news with fake news!

How come that hasn't been our strategy before?

[samnsara]

4. oh that will b fun!

[Duppers]

11. 😂