Twitter is now X

[Pemalite]

ConservagameR said:

Pemalite said:

No. And you are correct, they can do what they want.
But by that same token, I am entitled to criticise them, all day long.
Free speech remember? Or is it only Free-Speech that -you- agree with?

Correct, you can criticize, but to become so critical of Twitter all of the sudden, as some have, makes one question why when it wasn't utopia before.

All of a sudden? I didn't have much time for twitter before the buyout.

Don't make assumptions if you don't have all the facts lined up.

ConservagameR said:

Pemalite said:

Do you not see Elon's hypocrisy? Screeches about free speech, then gets upset when people express it?

Yes I do, that's exactly what I was talking about, and I'd guess he really doesn't care. The right is starting not to care and their hypocrisy is rising.

Then you don't have a legitimate argument.

ConservagameR said:

Pemalite said:

I don't use twitter anymore, I find it's purpose to be redundant these days.

Maybe you'll actually stick to that, and good on you. Most don't and go right back because they were never leaving in the first place.

I haven't used it in 5+ years, if anything there is less of a reason to go back now, than there was before...
I do actually have morals, which dissuades me further.

What other people do is obviously no concern to myself.

ConservagameR said:

Pemalite said:

Any company/owner/manager who forces employees to work 80 hours without compensation is a crap working environment. Never work for free, especially when your boss can dump 10's of billions of dollars on something, they can afford to pay that compensation.

I, and others elsewhere I've seen, assumed Elon would do something like this early on. Flat out firing people, legal or not, can potentially cause quite the legal backlash if they want to make his life miserable, so if he takes away some of the extra's while also instating some ridiculous but legal rules, many will just quit on their own accord. After enough time has passed and he feels he's cleaned house, then make the rules sensible and start hiring.

Maybe that's why he's doing it, maybe not, but Elon already dealt with this trouble at Tesla with serious unionization threats, so I have a hard time believing it's being done out of terrible business decisions or greed.

I have no issue with people being fired, it is a part of life, it's the other policies he is forcing onto others that I don't agree with. I.E. Forcing people to work without compensation.
It's not ethically right... And you defending that makes me question your own morals and ethics.

Elon thrives on drama, same with Trump. - It is how they sell themselves as a "brand". And they are damn good at it.

But it is all just drama... And they don't care who they step on in the process, it's just toxic.

Either way, we can be certain that Elon doesn't actually care about free speech, he talks a big game, but he doesn't deliver it.