Elmo’s Folly

Watching a 4chan troll evaporate $44 billion has never been more entertaining

There are two components to Musk’s catastrophic behavior regarding his acquisition of Twitter. The first is intentional. Elmo is a pro-Putin 4chan troll and his ultimate goal is owning libs and creating anarchy. So he loves all the hand-wringing and chaos.

This:

Michael Edison Hayden @MichaelEHayden

Maybe Elon Musk is an accelerationist

However, he also has $44 billion at stake, and a lot of it isn’t his. That’s a lot of money, even for Elmo, so it stands to reason he would try to not burn it all in a bonfire right from the beginning. And yet… that’s precisely what he’s done.

Twitter has two main sources of revenue — advertisers and Twitter Blue.

Elmo managed to kill both in a single day. After a comical “town hall” that was supposed to reassure advertisers, half of Twitter’s executive team quit, including the head of “Trust and Safety” Yoel Roth — who was assigned to lie about how safe and friendly Twitter is now. 🤭

Zoë Schiffer @ZoeSchiffer

NEW: A senior member of Twitter’s legal team just posted this message in Slack:“Everyone should know that our CISO, Chief Privacy Officer and Chief Compliance Officer ALL resigned last night. This news will be buried in the return-to-office drama. I believe that is intentional.”

Then this morning, the much advertised “$8” blue check system was shut down.

Elon Musk @elonmusk

@Youssofal_ @BiasedGirl $8

Maybe temporarily, but that’s the point… who fucking knows? 🤷‍♂️

Zoë Schiffer @ZoeSchiffer

NEW: Twitter has suspended the launch of Twitter Blue and is actively trying to stop people from subscribing "to help address impersonation issues," per an internal note. 1/

Elmo is manifestly unqualified for any position of authority. He has no empathy, no shame and feels no responsibility to anyone but himself. He’s a carnival barker, a charlatan, and a clown whose way was paved by Peter Thiel, Dana Rohrabacher and Vladimir Putin.

This morning Elmo is just straight up talking like Q:

Elon Musk @elonmusk

As Twitter pursues the goal of elevating citizen journalism, media elite will try everything to stop that from happening

That’s not to mention the blatant and numerous appeals to neo-Nazis, including posting a picture of a Nazi soldier, spreading white nationalist 4chan memes, and his constant interaction and validation of neo-Nazis like Cernovich, Posobiec, Ian Miles-Cheong and countless others.

You see, Elmo wants you to believe this is all part of his big, big plan to make Twitter more exciting! LOL.

Elon Musk @elonmusk

The awesome irony of the situation is that the media writing about Twitter/me failing nonstop is driving massive growth in Twitter!

Musk is a bright, antisocial, 12-year child on the autism spectrum with hundreds of billions of dollars, a 4chan habit, and no adult supervision beyond Putin.

Good times. Everyone get a Mastodon account and follow me please. :) @jimstewartson@mastodon.online

Elmo won’t like it. 😬😅

What Happens When a 4chan Troll Becomes the Richest Man in the World

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