1887

4y

This why @Kenig

PleaseDelete

4y

lol they didnt even change their @

it was instantly recognizable on twitter

Lou

4y

If only there was some system on twitter that verified the identity of high profile users

K DOG 99

4y

Not very free speechy

krishna bound

4y

Well, there's a lot of layers to it. It's important to understand the kind of underbelly paradigm of silicon valley to really understand why he's doing this. It's unfortunately not as simple as like "he did this to further a political agenda" or "he bought twitter to own the libs" or "he bit more than he can chew because of his ego" something. First off, you have to look at who co-financed the buyout; other co-purchasers include the Saudis Foreign Wealth Fund/Public Investment Fund and Larry Ellison from Oracle.

Since the early 00s, SIlicon Valley has gone in many different directions. It's not really a secret that the Tech Industry is largely a front for the FIRE industry; behind Big Tech is Big Finance, particularly Banks & VCs. The same is not particularly true of every industry - FIRE (Finance, Insurance, Real Estate) does play a role elsewhere inherently, particularly in Media & Entertainment, but it's not the basis of those industries like it is with Big Tech. The thing is that there's a big power struggle within Tech, and in order to understand this you have to understand that most of the real higher ups in tech are hardcore idealogues who truly believe in very distinct political diatribes. People like Marc Andreesen, Peter Thiel, etc. This isn't to say they have the "same" politics, but they're aligned in one general belief - the general public is bad, public interest is bad, society is broken, and western institutions since the 90s have been fundamentally flawed and are increasingly destroying the fabric of society. This is, to a degree, a literal representation of the tug of war between Tech & FIRE. Most higher ups in Tech desperately want to separate their industry from FIRE because they believe their ideological cohorts can change social paradigms if they control institutions, which otherwise are leading society toward destruction.

When you see people like Jack saying he supports the buyout, it's because he has the same belief - he's said many times he regrets twitter going public. This isn't just as simple as them being against liberalism/democrats or something - it's more that they see his modern liberalism as a mask for exploitative interests from FIRE (whether or not this is true is a different discussion, but they certainly aren't approaching it from the right angle lol). The "new Tech" belief is that the other way to conspire against institutional interests is to essentially own institutions yourself, since there is no such thing as "neutrality" - even the ideas of "democratized platforms" always are underscored by a certain idea of wanting certain ideologies or content to thrive. It's a quasi-libertarian belief which really only has existed since the 80s. People like MBS from Saudi have placed bets on anti-FIRE institutions because they believe the future of industry is in taking advantage of the mercantile state structure of the US; i.e. the more diversity in institutions in a multi-polar world, the more money there is as opposed to singular homogeneity. There is an overtly political aspect to it, it's the same reason Saudi is now investing in stuff like NEOM - it's not just about pure economics.

Musk is friends with people like Thiel, etc. - hell he literally founded Paypal with them. The so-called "Paypal Mafia" in Silicon Valley is powerful, and the inner circle share a lot of ideological beliefs, but it wasn't until 2016 when they started really recognizing institutions and began meeting to work out the best means of waging financial wars on institutions. A large part of this was Thiel's discussions with Bannon liaised through the Trump Administration & RNC, but also Marc Andresseen's involvement in solvent wealth funds for the Paypal Mafia, which is partially linked back to people like Curtis Yarvin & Nick Land (unironically), who. I know a lot of people who work in these circles - this move for privatization of twitter to swap wider public investor financial interest with privatized ideological motive is only the beginning of a much wider move from these types of tech inner circles. Andresseen tried doing it w/ Clubhouse but the same thing happened where he saw other VCs get involved and then Clubhouse was no longer a secret club for ideologically similar people; he regrets getting other investors involved, but they're planning moves next by further media buyouts and involvements.

btw Zuck & Meta have nothing to do w any of this, Zuck is straight up a lone wolf in all of this and has no connection to this conspiracy lol.

1887

4y

Ok but that's not the policy, and it isn't recognizable on notifications

Undecided

4y

PRIVATE COMPANY

afterimage

4y

Thank you a lot for typing this out. I wanted to read it a few times over to understand It better but I think I get a grasp. When you talk about Big Tech icons and the struggle for wanting to actually own institutions, is a benefit from this greater financial gains for plutocrats like Elon? I guess it’s kind of broad net to highlight the benefits of owning these type of institutions but is it more material gain, greater influence in policy making/public influence or a combination of them? And for “them” I mean Elon, shareholders, ceos, anyone in the higher echelons of big Tech that would be in favor of this.

PleaseDelete

4y

then change the way notifications look or make it like tik tok where you cant really change your name after being verified without losing the badge

there are tons of possible solutions that a creative person would try out but people were making fun of the s***poster memelord Elon Musk so he permanently banned them lmfao

K DOG 99

4y

PUBLIC TOWN SQUARE

1887

4y

The only reason to not put (Parody) in your name (assuming you're a parody/satire of someone) is if you're trying to actually impersonate them.

You're defending wanting to pretend to be someone else, I can't believe it.

Undecided

4y

then make your own platform loser

PleaseDelete

4y

absolutely not. Identity theft is a crime

its just so dam funny. Mans paid 44 billion to become a ktt mod (no offense)

Lou

4y

If only there was some system on twitter that verified the identity of high profile users

Olaf

4y

But since the blue tick is now a payed privilege and not a certification, nobody has their real identity on Twitter, so there's nothing to steal.

PleaseDelete

4y

then change the way notifications look or make it like tik tok where you cant really change your name after being verified without losing the badge

there are tons of possible solutions that a creative person would try out but people were making fun of the s***poster memelord Elon Musk so he permanently banned them lmfao