Twitter Inc. made headlines this week when it suspended the account of Aaron Greenspan, a well-known critic of Tesla Inc. and its CEO Elon Musk. See Next: This Startup Invented Programmable, Drinkable Plastic That Dissolves In Water In 60 Hours Greenspan, founder of PlainSite, found his online presence abruptly disrupted on June 13. The suspension of his account, which had more than 24,000 followers, raises questions about freedom of speech and online censorship. Ironically, Twitter claims defen
Aaaand done. Now I’ve deactivated all my Twitter accounts too. ¯\(ツ)/¯
This #shitpimple …Jeez… I can’t even stand to be associated with the platform now.
Edit: I just realized that the article is rage bait and that those two things have no connection to one another but still, I stand by my words and actions. I don’t need Twitter in my life.
This article is factual yet also rage-bait. Suspending accounts is something he’s doing now. Contacting employers of people working at car companies and investment firms is something he did five years ago. The article does not say he is contacting the employer of accounts he is suspending now; they leave you to infer that by placing both facts in the same headline but separate paragraphs.
Even before gaining control of Twitter, Musk would take a proactive approach to addressing criticism.
Back in 2018, The Wall Street Journal reported that Musk actively monitored Twitter for tweets containing the hashtag $TSLA, often used by Tesla short-sellers. Musk would reach out to executives at companies to investigate employees who were potentially publishing negative tweets about his electric vehicle company.
During that time, Musk reportedly emailed former Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess in July 2018, questioning whether one of Diess’s employees was using Twitter to criticize Tesla anonymously. Business Insider later reported that Volkswagen determined the tweets were posted by the employee’s brother.
Musk also allegedly texted Lawrence Fossi’s employer. According to the WSJ, on July 23, 2018, Musk sent a text to the top executive at Fossi’s company, asking the boss whether he knew his employee, known on Twitter as Montana Skeptic, “was obsessively trashing Tesla via a pseudonym,” as disclosed in the report.
Musk would reach out to executives at companies to investigate employees who were potentially publishing negative tweets about his electric vehicle company.
I can see “f off elon” resulting in elon suspending their twitter account. But any other answer past. “What the hell are you telling us for”. Is unforgivable.
Ah, yes, Elon, thank you for informing me that Charlie said that you suck. It was about time for me to realize that Charlie is an incessant critic who deserves to be terminated immediately without prior notice or discussion. CHARLIE, COME HERE. *gunshots sound*
So much for free speech absolutism. I don’t have to watch sports, as Musk fans going through the mental gymnastics to justify this is entertaining enough.
Everyone who claims to be that is nothing but a hypocrite. It’s pretty much almost always someone who’d love to shut you and your opinions up for good who actually touts this constantly.
Recordings from the home’s smart doorbell appeared to show the delivery driver, whom Mr Jackson said was the same race as him, misheard an automated response from the device asking: “excuse me, can I help you?”
Seriously, that’s what it was? They’ll ban him for that?
Yeah. People lying about racism towards them (or as they called it “mishearing”) can ruin other people’s lives. Getting deprived of Amazon services for one week could be considered being lucky if we think about what happens to some people after such false accusations.
That dude 100% deserved it. Not for anything he said but for being a tech career guy and wiring his house up so hard he couldn’t open it without Alexa. He wouldn’t have been able to open it without wifi either.
If you’re going all in on smart home shit, you should ALWAYS buy the products that work when the internet goes out, or when the local IoT network shits out.
Example, fuck Hue lights. Gets Caseta switches that are wired in and can be used like real switches. Don’t get a smart lock that requires a phone or a wireless pays. Get one that also has a keypad that is hardwired directly into the lock and has a normal key hole. Carry the key just incase.
Such an whiny, insecure, little boy. Imagine you’re getting a call from him because one of your employees trashed Tesla on Twitter. I would wonder where the camera is, because this shit couldn’t be real.
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Such a hard working, self-made Billionaire. Amazing. Utter thundercunt.
Thundercunt sounds too cool, he’s a limp twatwaffle
…or a putrid #ShitPimple
I like that one. An oozing cockholster
Self-made billionaire with self-made hair
So much for free speech. The worst part is there will still be a brigades of mindless idiots and scumbags who will defend him.
It’s almost as if this Elon Musk guy is a giant cunt or something.
Aaaand done. Now I’ve deactivated all my Twitter accounts too. ¯\(ツ)/¯
This #shitpimple …Jeez… I can’t even stand to be associated with the platform now.
Edit: I just realized that the article is rage bait and that those two things have no connection to one another but still, I stand by my words and actions. I don’t need Twitter in my life.
In Germany, we call people like him Würstchen.
Wow, what a fragile moron. He can’t even handle criticism so he has to go and deactive their accounts and then call their Employers.
I think it’s funny really.
@Fmstrat omg, everyone get off Twitter. It’s literally a liability.
This article is factual yet also rage-bait. Suspending accounts is something he’s doing now. Contacting employers of people working at car companies and investment firms is something he did five years ago. The article does not say he is contacting the employer of accounts he is suspending now; they leave you to infer that by placing both facts in the same headline but separate paragraphs.
No love for Musk, avoid Twitter, etc.
Good to see we don’t read articles here either, lol
old habits die hard
And that’s why you always read the comments. so useful when someone takes the few minutes to summarize the actual content.
Exactly, only here for the comments, thats where the real content is 😜
Straight from the article, for anyone wondering.
So musk has been a blantant childish shitbag for years now, good to know
Funny how the people the most likely to be fucking you over get the most aggressive about shutting down free speech (that they don’t like)
Did any of them ever care?
“Let me speak to your manager!” - Karen Musk, 2023
“You absolute fool, I AM THE MANAGER!”
https://media.tenor.com/6esfvLKPTJQAAAAC/fool-you-fool.gif
That whole bit is so stupid, but it just gets more and more funny.
Really want to know what the employer said.
I can see “f off elon” resulting in elon suspending their twitter account. But any other answer past. “What the hell are you telling us for”. Is unforgivable.
Ah, yes, Elon, thank you for informing me that Charlie said that you suck. It was about time for me to realize that Charlie is an incessant critic who deserves to be terminated immediately without prior notice or discussion. CHARLIE, COME HERE. *gunshots sound*
So much for free speech absolutism. I don’t have to watch sports, as Musk fans going through the mental gymnastics to justify this is entertaining enough.
Musk fans, like most conservatives, seem unfailing adept at Doublethink
Everyone who claims to be that is nothing but a hypocrite. It’s pretty much almost always someone who’d love to shut you and your opinions up for good who actually touts this constantly.
100% shit is crazy
Isn’t this already happening? Man locked out of smart home for a week after delivery driver accuses him of being racist.
Also this.
Seriously, that’s what it was? They’ll ban him for that?
Yeah. People lying about racism towards them (or as they called it “mishearing”) can ruin other people’s lives. Getting deprived of Amazon services for one week could be considered being lucky if we think about what happens to some people after such false accusations.
That dude 100% deserved it. Not for anything he said but for being a tech career guy and wiring his house up so hard he couldn’t open it without Alexa. He wouldn’t have been able to open it without wifi either.
That’s not what happened. His Amazon devices were locked out, but he has HomeAssistant setup with various other IoT devices that worked fine still.
Yeah that’s just dumb.
The title there is awful. He wasn’t physically locked out of the house, he was locked out of the ‘smart home’ devices.
If you’re going all in on smart home shit, you should ALWAYS buy the products that work when the internet goes out, or when the local IoT network shits out.
Example, fuck Hue lights. Gets Caseta switches that are wired in and can be used like real switches. Don’t get a smart lock that requires a phone or a wireless pays. Get one that also has a keypad that is hardwired directly into the lock and has a normal key hole. Carry the key just incase.
Yeah I try to get Zigbee or Zwave devices as much as possible. None of my smarthome stuff relies on Alexa or Google to work.
Only just considering it? That’s some serious Stockholm Syndrome energy.
In Musks case it would probably be deemed not offensive enough.
Such an whiny, insecure, little boy. Imagine you’re getting a call from him because one of your employees trashed Tesla on Twitter. I would wonder where the camera is, because this shit couldn’t be real.
Ho, more dirty dealings.
Apparently he was unpopular with some other billionaires, who tried to escape from him in a submarine.
He was putting the squeeze on them.
Can we just abandon Twitter and Reddit en mass
Isn’t that what we’re doing?