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Pete Ross Junior

(404 posts) Mon Oct 31, 2022, 10:18 AM Oct 2022

OK so Musk deleted the slanderous Tweet about Mr Pelosi ...

Damage done.

I will not link anything, but easy to find many instances if you care to.

It is now a fixture of the Republican narrative, and they say Musk "caved".

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OK so Musk deleted the slanderous Tweet about Mr Pelosi ... (Original Post) Pete Ross Junior Oct 2022 OP

Deleted the tweet. Did not post a correction or apology. He is a small man Walleye Oct 2022 #1

In charge of a big soocial media company. CentralMass Oct 2022 #3

I hope he loses shitpot loads of money. Walleye Oct 2022 #4

Mission accomplished: they got the message out to their base.... keithbvadu2 Oct 2022 #2

Talk to me when they've canceled the hashtags GopherGal Oct 2022 #5

Silicon Valley's golden rule: "Never ask permission, only forgiveness." usonian Oct 2022 #6

Walleye

(31,062 posts)

1. Deleted the tweet. Did not post a correction or apology. He is a small man

Reply to Pete Ross Junior (Original post)

Mon Oct 31, 2022, 10:22 AM

Oct 2022

CentralMass

(15,265 posts)

3. In charge of a big soocial media company.

Reply to Walleye (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 31, 2022, 10:57 AM

Oct 2022

Walleye

(31,062 posts)

4. I hope he loses shitpot loads of money.

Reply to CentralMass (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 31, 2022, 10:59 AM

Oct 2022

The oligarchs don’t seem to understand that large public concerns and corporations actually need the goodwill of the people to survive

keithbvadu2

(36,933 posts)

2. Mission accomplished: they got the message out to their base....

Reply to Pete Ross Junior (Original post)

Mon Oct 31, 2022, 10:33 AM

Oct 2022

Mission accomplished: they got the message out to their base....

Cokie's Law - about politics and media coverage...

Cokie's Law states that it does not matter if it is true or not. It's out there.

Cokie Roberts journalist, author, reporter

Then they can apologize in a much smaller forum. (If they do)

GopherGal

(2,010 posts)

5. Talk to me when they've canceled the hashtags

Reply to Pete Ross Junior (Original post)

Mon Oct 31, 2022, 11:08 AM

Oct 2022

#pelosigaylover
#pelosigate

And made a prominent retraction/apology.

I won't hold my breath.

usonian

(9,898 posts)

6. Silicon Valley's golden rule: "Never ask permission, only forgiveness."

Reply to Pete Ross Junior (Original post)

Mon Oct 31, 2022, 11:19 AM

Oct 2022

https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=17295221
IMO, Musk is impulsive, reckless and unconcerned about consequences of his decisions and actions.
Pix at the link of things blowing up thanks to faulty "rushed out the door" software.

Facebook's motto: "Move Fast and Break Things"

notorious for conducting psychological tests on users, without asking permission, or even notifying them,
notorious for Cambridge Analytica

Musk for alleged extreme labor conditions, sexual harassment (being investigated), ignoring CA covid rules, alleged S.E.C. violations by tweeting recklessly and endlessly.

Musk, Zuckerberg et. al. are completely reckless, and totally unconcerned about consequences of their decisions and actions.

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