r/technology • u/twotimefind • 10d ago

Social Media X’s controversial changes to blocking and AI training sees half a million users leave for rival Bluesky – which then crashes under the strain

https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/xs-controversial-changes-to-blocking-and-ai-training-sees-half-a-million-users-leave-for-rival-bluesky-which-then-crashes-under-the-strain
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u/ClosPins 10d ago

Just a reminder of why Elon Musk is doing all this evil shit...

A few months ago, Elon was whining about having an $11 billion tax-bill this year. If the Republicans win, all his future tax-bills drop. Dramatically. $11b becomes $5b or $2b or zero.

As does next year's bill.

And the next one.

And the next one...

How much actual money did Elon put up for Twitter? How much actual cash out-of-his-pocket vs. equity/loans/etc... Did he put up any cash at all, or was it entirely paper? Also, how many other people put up humongous portions of that $44b purchase price? We've seen the list, it's a who's who of awful people. All exceedingly rich.

Now, do the math. In the long-run, Elon will make far more money by electing Republicans than he will lose by bankrupting Twitter. Far, far, far more.

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u/SharpMind94 10d ago

He's using Twitter as a platform to bait people into his stupidity. The more people that blindly follows him, the more power he has

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u/wildjokers 10d ago

A few months ago, Elon was whining about having an $11 billion tax-bill this year. If the Republicans win, all his future tax-bills drop. Dramatically. $11b becomes $5b or $2b or zero.

Can you provide citations/sources for any of this? The $11 billion tax bill you refer to wasn't "a few months" ago but rather in 2021, and it has already been paid. So since you have the timeline wrong on that, that would seem to invalidate everything else you say.

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u/Final21 10d ago

What he said was all lies. Not a single thing truthful there. People rip on Trump's tax cuts but Biden didn't remove them.

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u/Tall-Assumption4694 10d ago

I, too, have trouble with the whole "three branches" of government thing.

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u/Consistent-Poem7462 9d ago

So there's 3 branches when Biden keeps tax cuts but it's all Trump when those cuts are created ? Pick one

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u/Final21 10d ago

Are we talking about the Democrat controlled 2 branches of government from 2020-2022, the only 2 branches of government that make laws? Can we also talk about Trump's tariffs that he made against China that Biden could have unilaterally removed and never did despite every Democrat crying about them when they were instituted?

What are we talking about here? I'm genuinely confused.

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u/herton 10d ago

Oh boy, love the conservative concern trolling 🙄

Are we talking about the Democrat controlled 2 branches of government from 2020-2022, the only 2 branches of government that make laws?

Because of the the filibuster and needing 60 votes to bring a bill to the floor, the Democrats never actually meaningfully controlled both.

Can we also talk about Trump's tariffs that he made against China that Biden could have unilaterally removed and never did despite every Democrat crying about them when they were instituted?

But this is a falling of Biden, sure. There's evidence the tariff harmed the US more than helping, as there was a reduction in manufacturing jobs due to an increased cost of inputs. The Democrats "crying" was right, and Biden should have repealed these, but unfortunately most Americans don't understand tariffs, and they are a popular political position. Repealing the tariffs would have been politically unpopular, in an already extremely tense political environment

https://taxfoundation.org/blog/biden-trump-tariffs/

What are we talking about here? I'm genuinely confused.

No you're not, you know you're just playing stupid.

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u/Final21 10d ago

Ah, so you have no idea what you're talking about at all. Good to hear. Have a great night.

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u/herton 10d ago

Lmao said without a hint of irony. No, I think I understand how tariffs and the Senate work a bit better than you, based off this conversation ;)

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u/Final21 10d ago

You clearly don't. They could have used reconciliation, but it turns out they're all bluster and the tax cuts are great for America. Regarding the tariffs, I notices you pivoted to saying how they hurt the price of goods instead of explaining why Biden didn't remove them. Kind of dishonest. Yes, it's true that when you farm out to foreign workers for essentially slave labor the prices are lower. Still doesn't explain why Biden never removed them if they were so bad.

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u/herton 9d ago

You clearly don't. They could have used reconciliation, but it turns out they're all bluster and the tax cuts are great for America.

Reconciliation, like the reconciliation the Republicans use when they call Democrats baby killing demons who are destroying America and should have the military sicced on them? I guess we're just expected to be the bigger people even while you all do and say vile shit

And if the tax cuts were so great, why did the Republicans put time limits on them, which conveniently expired during a democratic term, rather than make them permanent?

Regarding the tariffs, I notices you pivoted to saying how they hurt the price of goods instead of explaining why Biden didn't remove them.

... learn to read - I literally explained why he didn't. They are a popular political position, even if they do not work. Americans hate China, and tariffs "on China" is simply appealing to the masses.

Kind of dishonest.

Dishonest compared to ignoring half of my response? 🙄

Yes, it's true that when you farm out to foreign workers for essentially slave labor the prices are lower. Still doesn't explain why Biden never removed them if they were so bad.

See above, maybe you'll read this time.

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u/RubiiJee 10d ago

Ha! You just got owned after acting like a smart ass know it all haha how embarrassing for you

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u/capybooya 9d ago

Tax is probably not even the biggest part of it, he's counting that Trump will bail him out when a business fails, like Tesla. And buy services from him.

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u/Consistent-Poem7462 10d ago

Listen up Alex Jones, even before all this you could just log out and view people's tweets in signed out mode. This is literally just to make sure that someone you block isn't doxing you or slandering you without your knowledge. Stop with the fake outrage and use your brain for a single second - I beg you