Hacker News: hn2017

Musk on path to turn Twitter into the next MySpace or Yahoo, co-founder suggests

hn2017 — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 22:42:11 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/musk-on-path-to-turn-twitter-into-the-next-myspace-or-yahoo-co-founder-suggests/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36265281

Points: 9

# Comments: 3

New comment by hn2017 in "Own-goal football (2022)"

hn2017 — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 17:21:05 +0000

Wiki article

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbados_4%E2%80%932_Grenada

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/74831-barbados-vs-grenad...

Note this isn't possible in today's rules, afaik

New comment by hn2017 in "Climate scientists flee Twitter as hostility surges"

hn2017 — Wed, 24 May 2023 15:08:34 +0000

> In another analysis, prominent climatologist Katharine Hayhoe monitored responses to a tweet on climate change that she published twice, as an experiment, on separate dates before and after Musk’s takeover.

> She counted the hostile comments and examined them for signs they came from bots – automated accounts that researchers say are pushing mass misinformation.

> Inauthentic accounts can be identified by analysis tools such as Bot Sentinel.

> Replies from apparent trolls or bots increased 15 to 30 times over a two-month period compared with the previous two years, Hayhoe tweeted in January 2023.

> in the past few months, since the takeover and changes at Twitter, the amount, vituperativeness, and intensity of abuse has skyrocketed

New comment by hn2017 in "Twitter Is a Far-Right Social Network (The Atlantic)"

hn2017 — Tue, 23 May 2023 22:13:11 +0000

> Now the site itself has unquestionably transformed under his leadership into an alternative social-media platform—one that offers a haven to far-right influencers and advances the interests, prejudices, and conspiracy theories of the right wing of American politics.

https://web.archive.org/web/20230523210556/https://www.theat...

Twitter Is a Far-Right Social Network (The Atlantic)

hn2017 — Tue, 23 May 2023 22:13:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/05/elon-musk-ron-desantis-2024-twitter/674149/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36051497

Points: 28

# Comments: 17

New comment by hn2017 in "Elon Musk will kill his own ‘everything app’"

hn2017 — Tue, 23 May 2023 18:05:26 +0000

> Three barriers exist for Musk to succeed with his “X” idea. The first is, people outside of Asia don’t like “super apps.”

>Second, as I’ve detailed before, Musk is proving incompetent about media, both social and mainstream.

>And third, Elon Musk is becoming too reviled a person to succeed with an app that works only if nearly everyone buys into it.

>Musk seems to be embracing increasingly radical views — the kind one gets from trolls, shitposters and Russian disinformation agents on 4chan.

Elon Musk will kill his own ‘everything app’

hn2017 — Tue, 23 May 2023 18:05:25 +0000

Article URL: https://mikeelgan.substack.com/p/how-elon-musk-will-kill-his-own-everything-4fa

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36048320

Points: 3

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New comment by hn2017 in "The proto-fascism of Elon Musk"

hn2017 — Fri, 19 May 2023 20:06:49 +0000

Anything that can be done regarding this? Imagine if Paul Graham was defending a white supremacist murderer or spread anti-Semitic rhetoric or saying things were psyops conspiracies, would that be quickly outlawed and flagged here?

New comment by hn2017 in "The proto-fascism of Elon Musk"

hn2017 — Fri, 19 May 2023 20:03:06 +0000

Exactly, just see the brainwashed masses who believe in Qanon conspiracy, which Trump and Musk both amplify. It's an alternate reality.

New comment by hn2017 in "The proto-fascism of Elon Musk"

hn2017 — Fri, 19 May 2023 20:00:30 +0000

He has started embracing white supremacists, far right politicians and even qanon conspiracy theories. it's a terrifying and dangerous situation for something as influential as social media (as if it wasn't bad enough)

New comment by hn2017 in "Elon Musk Just Can’t Stop Posting Antisemitic Tweets"

hn2017 — Fri, 19 May 2023 14:36:05 +0000

It's sad that Musk has been radicalized. It's ok to admit it.he can't accept the fact the Texas shooter is a white supremacist.

New comment by hn2017 in "Elon Musk Just Can’t Stop Posting Antisemitic Tweets"

hn2017 — Fri, 19 May 2023 02:57:29 +0000

> Musk also responded to tweets spreading other Soros conspiracy theories, including false claims that Soros, a Holocaust survivor, helped roundup Jews for the Nazis, and claims that Soros is somehow linked to the Rothschilds, an entirely separate antisemitic conspiracy theory about Jewish bankers which the Soros’ conspiracies have largely replaced.

Elon Musk Just Can’t Stop Posting Antisemitic Tweets

hn2017 — Fri, 19 May 2023 02:57:29 +0000

Article URL: https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3m443/elon-musk-george-soros-antisemitic-tweets

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35997208

Points: 12

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New comment by hn2017 in "Elon Musk Says George Soros, Who Just Dumped His Tesla Stock, ‘Hates Humanity’"

hn2017 — Wed, 17 May 2023 03:05:11 +0000

> The Twitter owner has turned into a full-fledged right-wing conspiracy theorist

Elon Musk Says George Soros, Who Just Dumped His Tesla Stock, ‘Hates Humanity’

hn2017 — Wed, 17 May 2023 03:05:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-george-soros-hates-humanity-1234736134/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35970798

Points: 20

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New comment by hn2017 in "When a Shitposter Runs a Social Media Platform"

hn2017 — Tue, 16 May 2023 20:21:59 +0000

> Elon Musk’s ownership of Twitter is forcing us to come to terms with a new reality: a social media platform where the person running it is himself spreading the misinformation.

When a Shitposter Runs a Social Media Platform

hn2017 — Tue, 16 May 2023 20:21:58 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thebulwark.com/elon-musk-when-a-shitposter-runs-a-social-media-platform/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35967246

Points: 8

# Comments: 1

New comment by hn2017 in "Elon Musk Flirts with Conspiracy Theories About Texas Mall Shooting"

hn2017 — Wed, 10 May 2023 13:39:16 +0000

That's not even close to the main issue. The issue is he is spreading false stories involving far right-wing conspiracies, in this case involving neo-nazis

New comment by hn2017 in "Elon Musk Flirts with Conspiracy Theories About Texas Mall Shooting"

hn2017 — Tue, 09 May 2023 22:45:17 +0000

> Responding to a tweet that referred to this fact as a “psyop” — short for a psychological operation, usually employed by counterintelligence military personnel — Musk said it was indeed “the weirdest story ever or a very bad psyop!”

Elon Musk Flirts with Conspiracy Theories About Texas Mall Shooting

hn2017 — Tue, 09 May 2023 22:45:17 +0000

Article URL: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/elon-musk-conspiracy-theory-texas-mall-shooter-1234732103/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35881323

Points: 12

# Comments: 9