Elon Musk's X sues advertisers over alleged 'massive advertiser boycott'

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/elon-musks-x-sues-advertisers-alleged-massive-advertiser-boycott-twitt-rcna165404

by gamblor956 • 2 years ago

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skhunted• 2 years ago

I mentioned to someone I game with that I was no longer following the NFL since there are too many things about it that I find repugnant. He responded with, “Oh, cancel culture…” I didn’t engage with this response but I found it quite bizarre. Do these people think I’m obligated to engage with companies/people that I find morally repugnant?

Does Musk really feel entitled to a portion of every major corporation’s advertising budget? It’s weird that he thinks everyone else ought to change their values to accommodate him and not the other way around.

kstenerud• 2 years ago

His behavior is perfectly normal given his circumstances. We had similar behavior from the hyper-rich in the 1920s. Once you're this far above the rest, it's hard not to feel like a god.

mdhb2• 2 years ago

That didn’t work out great for the record. https://www.economist.com/culture/2022/04/30/the-german-indu...

jrflowers• 2 years ago

Does Musk really feel entitled to a portion of every major corporation’s advertising budget?

Musk has at times disclosed that he thinks that he is literally the only person in existence[0]. His version of bongrip k-hole solipsism[1] entitles him to unlimited wish fulfillment and reality manipulation. It also explains his recent foray into great replacement theory and his attempt to manifest a race war in the UK through his tweets this week[2].

0 https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/...

1 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism

2 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ydddy3qzgo

mdhb2• 2 years ago

Presenting the latest and greatest idea from “The Free Speech Platform”.

It’s truly difficult to explain in words how embarrassing the video from their CEO is. You really have to see it yourself in order to believe: https://x.com/lindayaX/status/1820838625245880634

quantified• 2 years ago

It's as though she doesn't know Gab, Parler, Truth Social, Telegram, and all the other places that her people can express themselves even more freely exist.

Her soul is gone.

Zigurd• 2 years ago

Evidently not a joke. I guess if money is speech, silence is collusion?

If he can't extract $50B from Tesla because the Delaware chancery court isn't a time machine, and he's lost all the money he put into Twitter, a cash crunch is possible. If the big rocket doesn't look like it will be rapidly reusable enough to even try in-orbit refueling in the next couple of launches, that could stress anyone's checking account.

ChrisArchitect• 2 years ago

[dupe] Some more discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41173217

Elon Musk's X sues advertisers over alleged 'massive advertiser boycott'

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