Oh, noes!!! Elon Musk is threatening "a thermonuclear name & shame" targeting advertisers who leave

[highplainsdem]

I'm sure they're so scared...

Link to tweet

Elon's also changed his title to "Twitter Complaint Hotline Operator" - after he was called that to ridicule him for responding instantly to whining by RW politicians and pundits - and changed his location to "Hell" - which is what he made it.

But he's so cute, especially with the profile photo of Itty Bitty Baby Elon.

[underpants]

1. Let's be clear - the V neck t-shirts aren't a good look

Just saying

[TheBlackAdder]

29. Just reinforces that Twitter is being managed by a maniacal CEO.

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If he's whacked enough to call out those who leave, what if advertisers stay?
Will he call them out for not spending at the same or higher levels?

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[RockRaven]

2. So... The solution to inadequate advertiser revenue is extorting prior advertisers?

Well, if that doesn't attract new advertisers, what will?

[MustLoveBeagles]

3. Call a Whambulance dude

[TheBlackAdder]

30. To me, it also sounds like a shakedown for cash. You either spend money or I'll harm your business.

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Sounds kind of blackmaily to me.

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[MustLoveBeagles]

31. It is

He whines just like the orange menace.

[PJMcK]

4. Musk is a douche

That is all.

[Treefrog]

19. He sure is. But he sure has got people all in a tiz!

The much desired blue check is for sale! Oh my god! The horror! The humanity!

At least people are posting dozens of Musk/Twitter threads instead of the usual 'what trump is doing today' threads.

[Irish_Dem]

5. Trump/GOP/Putin/Oligarchs threaten to destroy anyone who gets in their way.

[catrose]

6. I promise to patronize any named businesses.

[Shellback Squid]

7. a scarlet "A" for the advertisers who leave, and wear it proudly

[EleanorR]

8. "So we can start to makeup for lost revenue now."

We?

Pretty clear the right sees twitter as their newest propaganda outlet and musk as providing murdoch-like assistance.

[highplainsdem]

14. Good point.

[Cha]

9. Yeah, you do that, asshole.. fucking

blubber mouth.

[highplainsdem]

10. LOL! Keith Olbermann responds:

Link to tweet

[sakabatou]

15. +10

[PortTack]

11. He's just another trump. Revenge, greed, avarice and an overly inflated sense of self importance

[getagrip_already]

12. There is a legal term for that....

I think it's called extortion.

The common name for it though is stupid.

If I were planning a marketing budget, would I put a line item for a guy who is threatening his customers?

[BlueIdaho]

13. "The beatings will continue until morale improves."

If I were a corporate social media director I’d say the time for getting out is right about now.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. Advertisers who leave Twitter because of Musk's policies are UNashamed & properly so.

They're fine with the "name and pout and cry and try to shame" game.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. "Name & shame" is free advertising for companies with morals & consciences. Shout their names!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. Cesspools damage brands more than snarky attempts at "shaming". . . . nt

[tishaLA]

20. His behavior is why they're leaving

and he believes that behaving even worse is going to solve his problem?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

21. This is a very stupid idea

[tanyev]

22. Oh yeah, that'll work.

*snort*

[jmowreader]

23. Quick question

Is a “thermonuclear name and shame” anything like “double secret probation”?

Let’s cut to the chase: if I’m responsible for placing millions of dollars of ad spending, I am NOT going to buy 4chan…and that seems to be what Musk wants to turn Twitter into. Musk’s thermonuclear name and shame could very well be the catalyst to a mass Twitter advertising exodus. MAYBE he’ll get lots of people selling Bakker Buckets, gun holsters and water purifiers, but it would take a lot of MRE dealers to equal Ford’s spending.

The big question is, how long are the people whose $44 million bought Twitter going to let this go on?

[questionseverything]

28. Billions 44 billion

[jmowreader]

33. Oh yeah, sorry

Which means they’re 1000x less likely to put up with Elon Musk putting their money at risk for very long.

[prodigitalson]

24. and give me 8 dollars nt

[orleans]

25. who is mike davis? nt

[highplainsdem]

26. The RWer we can "thank " for Kavanaugh and other disasters. Former chief counsel

for nominations when Grassley headed the Senate Judiciary Committee.

[questionseverything]

27. He needs to start paying for content

Maybe double to the check people

But every tweet is content, right?

[Emrys]

32. Is he going to shame them by calling them pedos?

He got away with it once, but I don't think it's a good idea to push his luck again.

Which probably means he'll do it.

[dalton99a]

34. "They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen.

They will be met with fire, fury and frankly power, the likes of which this world has never seen before.”

[dmr]

35. What's wrong with this guy?

I would think he'd take over quietly, observe, and learn. Not come in like a gangbuster know-it-all.

He's a bully, and an abuser. I'm glad I don't know him in real life.

[Buns_of_Fire]

36. Will he escalate to farting in their general direction? nt

[tinrobot]

37. What? He's going to call Nike a bunch of poopyheads or something?

Running a social media company is not at all like making cars, buddy.

Better brush up on your social skills.