The Twitter Rebrand

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Frustration wrote: ↑Fri Jul 28, 2023 7:29 pm
Mindworm wrote: ↑Tue Jul 25, 2023 5:12 pm That's what happens in real life when you let a Randian* ubermensch off his leash.
A Randian superman would be superbly competent, especially in his chosen field of expertise. What is Elon Musk good at, again?
Self-marketing.
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Which is why he's not a Randian superman. If anything, he's a Randian villain.
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No, a Randian villain would be altruistic.
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Almost like the worldview in her philosophy was uselessly simplistic and unrealistic.
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Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: ↑Sat Jul 29, 2023 3:04 am No, a Randian villain would be altruistic.
No, a Randian villain would promote altruism in order to make exploiting people easier - maximum villainy if they don't consciously understand their own hypocrisy.
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Rand believed that altruism was evil.
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Musk wants to eliminate blocking, saying "it makes no sense." That will certainly end my usage of TwitterX and probably many others as well.

Musk, BTW, has many blocked many accounts.
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No worries, that function is going to come back. For $5/month.
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The block thing could be an issue with Apple as they require social media apps to have a block feature for users.

If it ends up behind a paywall it will be another cut to the platform. Death by a thousand cuts is a painful thing to see.
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Someone finally told Musk how many people had him blocked I take it?
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