Fogbow

RTH10260 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 05, 2022 1:08 pm PS. such stuff has become famous under the moniker of Bloatware

Foggy wrote: ↑Wed Oct 05, 2022 11:36 am If by an X App, he means an overarching social media app that will be so popular it will become the only app anyone uses, replacing even the telephone, then buying Twitter is a metaphysically absurd decision, because the X App will need to be open source, and free, and Twitter will lose its value.

But he can always claim he meant something else.

Shit volcano

May be used to describe a person or object that spews out excesses of crap in verbal or physical form.

Word derives from a combination of the relatively harmless cuss shit and volcano; which until just recently wasn't considered quite as negative a word as it currently is (post Icelandic volcano ash cloud malarkey).

Musk lawyers say Twitter refusing new $44B bid for company

Elon Musk’s lawyers said Thursday that Twitter is refusing to accept the Tesla billionaire’s renewed $44 billion bid for the social media company and are asking a Delaware court to halt an upcoming trial.

Musk made a renewed offer to take over to company earlier this week, hoping to end a protracted legal dispute that began when Musk tried to back out of the April deal and Twitter sued.

Representatives for Twitter did not immediately respond to messages for comment.

Twitter said earlier this week that it intends to close the deal at the agreed-upon price, but the two sides are still booked for an Oct. 17 trial in Delaware over Musk’s earlier attempts to terminate the deal. On Wednesday, the judge presiding over the case said she will continue to press on toward the trial because, at the time, neither side had formally moved to stop it.

Musk’s attorneys said the trial should be adjourned to leave more time for Musk to secure the financing.

“Twitter will not take yes for an answer,” said the court filing signed by Musk attorney Edward Micheletti. “Astonishingly, they have insisted on proceeding with this litigation, recklessly putting the deal at risk and gambling with their stockholders’ interests.”

RTH10260 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 4:29 pm could it be, that with invetors reportedly backing out, Twitter does not believe in Elon Musks declarations and wants to make sure the law suit sticks around just in case ?

Now, on the eve of trial, Defendants declare they intend to close after all. 'Trust us,' they say, 'we mean it this time,' and so they ask to be relieved from a reckoning on the merits," Twitter wrote in a filing that opposed Musk's motion to stay the trial. "To justify that relief, they propose an order that allows them an indefinite time to close on the basis of a conditional withdrawal of their unlawful notices of termination coupled with an explicit reservation of all 'claims and defenses in the event a closing does not occur.' Defendants' proposal is an invitation to further mischief and delay."

Kanye West’s Instagram and Twitter accounts locked over antisemitic posts
The rapper has also drawn heavy criticism for donning a ‘white lives matter’ T-shirt during Paris fashion week

Sam Levine in New York
Sun 9 Oct 2022 20.58 BST

Kanye West has now had both his Instagram and Twitter accounts locked after antisemitic posts over the weekend.

Twitter locked his account Sunday after it removed one of West’s tweets saying he was going “death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE” because it violated the service’s policies against hate speech.

“I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE The funny thing is I actually can’t be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew also You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda,” he tweeted on Saturday in a series of messages. The tweet has since been removed and West’s account locked.

“The account in question has been locked due to a violation of Twitter’s policies,” a spokesperson for the platform told BuzzFeed News.

The social media company Meta also restricted West’s Instagram account after the rapper made an antisemitic post on Friday in which he appeared to suggest the rapper Diddy was controlled by Jewish people, an antisemitic trope, NBC News reported.

The controversial rapper who legally changed his name to Ye recently drew heavy criticism for donning a “white lives matter” T-shirt during Paris fashion week. He also dressed models in the shirt containing the phrase that the Anti-Defamation League considers a “hate slogan”.



https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/ ... itic-posts

KickahaOta wrote: ↑Sun Oct 09, 2022 9:54 pm Throwing the Twitter moderation floodgates wide open would tank the userbase, tank the advertising revenue, and tank the value of the company.
Maybe you think that Elon would be okay with that. I doubt it, but let's assume it for the moment.
But Elon's gone scrounging for a lot of financing to make this deal work (assuming that it works).
It's highly, highly unlikely that all of those financiers would also be perfectly content with the value of their investment plummeting.
There would be lawsuits. Oh, the lawsuits.

KickahaOta wrote: ↑Sun Oct 09, 2022 9:54 pm If you're looking for a silver lining:

Throwing the Twitter moderation floodgates wide open would tank the userbase, tank the advertising revenue, and tank the value of the company.
Maybe you think that Elon would be okay with that. I doubt it, but let's assume it for the moment.
But Elon's gone scrounging for a lot of financing to make this deal work (assuming that it works).
It's highly, highly unlikely that all of those financiers would also be perfectly content with the value of their investment plummeting.
There would be lawsuits. Oh, the lawsuits.