OT Musk/Twitter - The Great Experiment

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  1. riverman

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    you cut and paste these, right? You do you bro....I'm old school...my son got to college pretty much without using either Facebook or Twitterverse! I believe he was using that ancient thing called the post office or that new fangled email thingy.... I think it's ok for a phone to be a phone too so, there's that you young whippersnapper! I don't need to "follow" anybody. I can understand your job on the road how it helps
     
  2. calvin natt

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    No but we hate car accidents. And Twitter as a stand-alone is great. But the lies and hate - those are car accidents.
     
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    Everything can become toxic. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram... One person that became famous is probably counteracted by a person that became suicidal or depressed. There are two sides to every story.
     
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    Hmm...
     
  6. yankeesince59

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    OK, I will so stipulate that may be a possibility...but that may also suggest that I'm a closet Red Sox fan, .........NAHHH !!!
     
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    I post a little bit in facebook and I only follow hot women on Instagram. Great pictures. I can't stand Twitter. Stupid app in my opinion.
     
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    Elon Musk caught rubbing shoulders with notorious 'corrupt' Russian propagandist
    Tesla billionaire Elon Musk was in Qatar watching the World Cup final yesterday when he posed for selfies with alleged Russian propagandist Nailya Asker-Zade during the game


    Twitter boss Elon Musk has been caught rubbing shoulders with a 'corrupt' Russian propagandist, it is claimed.

    The Tesla billionaire was in Qatar watching the World Cup final yesterday when he posed for pictures with Nailya Asker-Zade, who is claimed to be one of the most infamous Russian propagandists.

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    The Russian television presenter was investigated by Alexey Navalny's Foundation Against Corruption group and is already sanctioned by Canada and the UK.

    Asker-Zade, 35, is one of Vladimir Putin's key allies and is the girlfriend of the despot's private banker Andrey Kostin, whose business and personal life has also been restricted for his role as Putin's "piggy bank".

    The selfie comes just hours after Musk promised to step back from running Twitter after he asked followers whether he should quit in a poll.

    https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/elon-musk-caught-rubbing-shoulders-28770636.amp

     
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    Trump is being allowed back on Facebook/Instagram before he's back on Twitter. Where's the outrage?
     
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    Musk’s Twitter Has Just 180,000 U.S. Subscribers, Two Months After Launch

    Around 180,000 people in the U.S. were paying for subscriptions to Twitter, including Twitter Blue, as of mid-January, or less than 0.2% of monthly active users, according to a document viewed by The Information. The tiny number signals the challenge Elon Musk faces in turning the subscription product into a major source of revenue.

    The U.S. number is about 62% of Twitter’s global subscriber total, the document says, which implies Twitter has 290,000 global subscribers.

    https://www.theinformation.com/arti...0-000-u-s-subscribers-two-months-after-launch
     
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    This greedy bastard is now increasing Starlink internet service for the second since I first signed up a year ago.

    I am supposed to have full fiber optic service available in my area in another 2 months...and when I do, I'll immediately sell my "dishy", cables, router, and my Starlink account on Ebay.
     
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    How much a month is it and what is the speed?
     
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    Sly, Starlink originally promised 300 MBps last January @ $99 a month with no caps but I never got over 250 and am now getting about 150...then last June they raised it to $110 per month, citing "covid" and "supply chain issues"...and last week, without justification, they sent me an email saying it will again be increased again to $120 0r $130 depending on the service area I was in.

    ...fucking bandits.

    Or did you mean the full fiber optic service?...if so, it will be $90 for 2 GB ps.
     
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    No, the Starlink.

    Thanks.
     
  20. yankeesince59

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    Gotta believe that these price increases are a way for Musk to recoup some of his recent Twitter losses.
     
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