• @null@slrpnk.net
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    2 years ago

    Oh look, another article giving him the attention he so craves.

    Can we just not?

    • @cheese_greater@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      I mean arguably its moreso giving Wikipedia the attention it deserves and can materially capitalize up the ass. Sorry, this is one Elon Musk Show episode I can get behind. Its for the public good even if his intentions are inverse to that. Wikipedia is way fucking bigger than Elon Musk imao

    • gregorum
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      2 years ago

      As much as it sucks, this is newsworthy. Not taking him seriously is how Twitter got ruined. Well, super-ruined anyway. It was already kinda crap.

      • @null@slrpnk.net
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        22 years ago

        It’s really not. Him making a serious offer and then actually having to buy Twitter was notable tech news. Him musing about Wikipedia is not.

        • gregorum
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          -12 years ago

          Him musing about Twitter was how it started.

          • @null@slrpnk.net
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            12 years ago

            No it’s not. He flirted with (and was encouraged to) joining the board of directors, and then called up Jack Dorsey to make a legitimate, and ultimately binding offer to buy the company.

            This isn’t remotely the same thing. This article does nothing more than feed a troll.

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                2 years ago

                And? If he makes a legitimate offer and it goes through, that’s potentially tech news.

                Taking it seriously is the only way that’s even likely to happen, so you’re proving my point.

        • SharkAttak
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          02 years ago

          We may be giving him attention, but it’s not like we’re clicking his ads or buying his stocks (stocX?).

          • @null@slrpnk.net
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            12 years ago

            No I’ve started voicing the notion that we should collectively stop sharing content that does nothing but give him the attention he wants.

            Sadly that seems to mean engaging with mouth-breathers looking for a gotcha moment.

              • @null@slrpnk.net
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                12 years ago

                Nope, just people that try to argue that somehow me downvoting and advocating for not posting these articles drives more attention to Musk than just ignoring them. That’s some brain-dead logic right there.