tifosi77's thread of Musk

Postby **meow** » Sun Jun 04, 2023 9:30 pm

good for him keeping his sense of humor despite him losing nearly $30 billion dollars on the twitter deal to date

Postby **Troy Loney** » Sun Jun 04, 2023 9:35 pm

That post reads more like mocking conservative humor

Postby **MalkinIsMyHomeboy** » Sun Jun 04, 2023 11:41 pm

I wouldn’t be surprised if it was revealed that Musk retires those Babylon Bee headlines because they’re the same amount of unfunny

Postby **Shyster** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 12:36 am

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 10:32 am

Elon Musk recently said Twitter’s advertising business was on the upswing. “Almost all advertisers have come back,” he asserted, adding that the social media company could soon become profitable.

But Twitter’s U.S. advertising revenue for the five weeks from April 1 to the first week of May was $88 million, down 59 percent from a year earlier, according to an internal presentation obtained by The New York Times. The company has regularly fallen short of its U.S. weekly sales projections, sometimes by as much as 30 percent, the document said.

That performance is unlikely to improve anytime soon, according to the documents and seven current and former Twitter employees.

Twitter’s ad sales staff is concerned that advertisers may be spooked by a rise in hate speech and pornography on the social network, as well as more ads featuring online gambling and marijuana products, the people said. The company has forecast that its U.S. ad revenue this month will be down at least 56 percent each week compared with a year ago, according to one internal document.

These issues will soon be inherited by Linda Yaccarino, the NBCUniversal executive whom Mr. Musk named Twitter’s chief executive last month. She is expected to start the job on Monday, four people familiar with the situation said.

Ms. Yaccarino declined to comment through a spokesman. Mr. Musk did not respond to a request for comment.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/05/tech ... -musk.html

I've also noticed that even when I block promoted post accounts, that these blocks do not always last long. They usually show up later in the day, which is frustrating. I've been getting a lot of the weird kitchen and toy gadget Tweets in replies.

Postby **tifosi77** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 1:03 pm

"toy gadget"

mmhmm

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 1:59 pm

Yeah, I get these weird RC airplanes and car ads. Nothing fun like adult toys unfortunately.

Postby **NTP66** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 2:00 pm

Yeah, I get these weird RC airplanes and car ads. Nothing fun like adult toys unfortunately.

Funny, I started getting foam RC plane ads on FB last week, and honestly thought about buying one.

Postby **faftorial** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 2:29 pm

Do they still run on some sort of liquid fuel or did they move up to being battery powered?

Postby **NTP66** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 2:29 pm

Definitely easier to find battery powered ones these days, IMO.

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 3:06 pm

I had battery powered Tamiya R/C cars back in the 80s. Really fast, and charging was pretty quick. The gas ones were more expensive, so I didn't bother with those.

Postby **NTP66** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 3:16 pm

I had both the red and yellow versions of the Tyco Baja Bandit, and it was my favorite RC vehicle ever.

Postby **nocera** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 3:18 pm

I don't care what anybody says, this car was the ****.

Postby **Morkle** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 3:35 pm

I had the RC car that was a low profile racer or a lifted version of it if you hit a button on the controller. Last all of like 5-10 minutes per use.

Postby **NTP66** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 3:46 pm

Wait, we're discussing cool things in a thread dedicated to a Canaan. Damnit, DG

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 3:52 pm

I needed to clarify what ads I was getting on his platform

Postby **meow** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 4:21 pm

I don't care what anybody says, this car was the ****.

I had this. 4 hours to charge for 15 minutes of use.

Postby **tifosi77** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 5:11 pm

Yeah, I get these weird RC airplanes and car ads. Nothing fun like adult toys unfortunately.

One of the random pop culture/movie review YT channels I subscribe to recently ran a paid segment sponsored by Adam & Eve, and that screwed up my recommendations and social media targeted ads for like 2 weeks.

Postby **meow** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 5:30 pm

yeah sure

Postby **Shyster** » Mon Jun 05, 2023 9:47 pm

Wait, we're discussing cool things in a thread dedicated to a Canaan. Damnit, DG

I think you misspelled "genius polymath billionaire."

Postby **Shyster** » Fri Jun 09, 2023 5:11 am

Postby **nocera** » Fri Jun 09, 2023 8:37 am

That's actually a major shift and will have a pretty big ripple effect in the industry. I'm also currently working on an EV infrastructure course and only one of the engineers that I interviewed mentioned Tesla's network, so personally this news creates a lot of additional work. Damnit, Elon.

Postby **NTP66** » Fri Jun 09, 2023 10:25 am

Source of the post I've also noticed that even when I block promoted post accounts, that these blocks do not always last long.

I started seeing Pissbaby Jr. tweets yesterday even though I've muted him/her/it in the past. Had to do it again.

Postby **NTP66** » Sun Jun 11, 2023 7:59 am

Don’t want to honor a contract? Simply refuse to pay! It’s the American way.

Postby **Shyster** » Mon Jun 19, 2023 4:14 pm

The dust that "destroyed" Port Isabel has been analyzed. It wasn't concrete. It was sand.