increasingly, I believe that the destruction of Musk's Twitter is crucial for the preservation of American democracy. I was neutral on this until the past few days. But it's now obvious that his intentions -- and actions -- are aimed in part at promoting right-wing extremism.
The Murdoch family is still the greater threat, but Musk looks set to supersede them as a force for evil.
@dangillmor I agree save for one point. The Murdoch family is still constrained by the need for advertiser revenue so they cannot go monkey shit. Musk has no such constraints.
But the bottom line is Twitter was not a profitable business before the buyout. That means they were surviving on cash flow to pay the bills and their employees - musk has killed that cash flow in a huge way.
No cash flow means bills don’t get paid and I don’t think any of his investors are going to float him cash to get through the month… and their credit rating is crap now too.
Unless he’s going to start writing checks the sh!t is gonna hit the fan shortly
@kbsez @ablackcatstail @dangillmor FWIW, I’ve never seen more ads on the bird site than I do now. Maybe they pay less? I wouldn’t know. However, saying they’re gone or even reduced is factually inaccurate.
@Stoneycase @kbsez @ablackcatstail @dangillmor I think the people who are getting ads now are smaller, more obscure, and often lower-paying groups.
From what I have heard even Scientology ads are starting to appear.
@ablackcatstail @mathlover @kbsez @dangillmor I have blocked multiple accounts from: Amazon, and Disney. Fairly large advertisers. Def lots of financial institutions and yep, blocked the Scientology one.