Crypto bro's won't be happy.
Apple will want to be careful how many techies it p1sses off
Apple will want to be careful how many techies it p1sses off
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Excellent but sobering financial article on Twitter from Stephen Bartholomew.
Pretty grim reading.
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Pretty grim reading.
The foundations of Elon Musk’s digital town square are wobbling
There are signs that Elon Musk is trying to restructure the mountain of high-cost debt he took on to acquire Twitter, with his own actions post-acquisition further undermining the platform’s already-shaky finances.
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Volume up with half the staff is all that needs to be noted. Also the part about advertisers fleeing.Excellent but sobering financial article on Twitter from Stephen Bartholomew.
Pretty grim reading.
The foundations of Elon Musk’s digital town square are wobbling
There are signs that Elon Musk is trying to restructure the mountain of high-cost debt he took on to acquire Twitter, with his own actions post-acquisition further undermining the platform’s already-shaky finances.
Still early days yet. But Elon should recognise that him tweeting on twitter has historically always ended in a cluster fluck.
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Musk now looking for a CEO, in his words, fool enough to take the role.
He said the loan he took out on Twitter alone has added $1.5 billion to the platform costs, that implies a 12% interest rate.
He said revenue tracking for 3 billion but it was 4.5 billion before he took it over.
If he got all the 140,000 subscribers to pay the Twitter Blue $8 a month that would only bring in $13.5 million. A drop in the water.
I can't see a way out of bankruptcy
... but it is Elon Musk so let's see if he can turn it around.
Considering that Tesla took years and a few near bankruptcies to get to a position of profit. I would expect similar out of twitter.
There seems to be deep structural problems there, from staff to software. It was literally a company run by employees (woke entitled ones at that). So no wonder it was such a mess.
It's going to be a money pit for the foreseeable future. Monetisation for users is the sure bet, just not sure how it's done.
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Twitter does serve up some useful if surprising results.
I wonder what will be written after another 20 years?
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I wonder what will be written after another 20 years?
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Apple makes irrational decisions like that ( former Apple fanboi )
i think they trip over their imaginary egos with their misplaced arrogance , at every high profile opportunity
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maybe Elon is more tech savvy than Cook , it would need a huge capital expenditure to bring Apple back from just being another over-priced brand
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arguably that makes me 20 years behind the times ( although i use you-tube when i absolutely have to )
thanks for improving my Christmas
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still have my 'wind-tunnel ' , plenty of techies already P--ed off , there is a whole 'jail-break ' community and has been for over 10 years
since many techies know their way around Unix and Apple is now just another PC or device .....
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kinda partial to Iggy-Pop (hint )are you bored...
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but juveniles lurking so can't play my extreme heavy metal
only lightweight stuff like this
RAGE OF LIGHT - I Can, I Will (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
RAGE OF LIGHT "I Can, I Will" Trance Metal / Melodic Death Metal from Switzerland I CAN, I WILL DIGITAL TRACK AND LYRICS AVAILABLE HERE : https://rageoflight.bandcamp.com Also available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Amazon MP3 and other digital stores. ORDER OUR ALBUM "IMPLODER" HERE (the...
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gave rcw1 a headache... ha ha h ah ha ha hakinda partial to Iggy-Pop (hint )
but juveniles lurking so can't play my extreme heavy metal
only lightweight stuff like this
RAGE OF LIGHT - I Can, I Will (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
RAGE OF LIGHT "I Can, I Will" Trance Metal / Melodic Death Metal from Switzerland I CAN, I WILL DIGITAL TRACK AND LYRICS AVAILABLE HERE : https://rageoflight.bandcamp.com Also available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Amazon MP3 and other digital stores. ORDER OUR ALBUM "IMPLODER" HERE (the...
where did you find that one??
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in the 'family-friendly ' section
have wide-ranging tastes ( which normally evades mainstream popular music )
but i suppose being resistant to 'frights ' is an edge in the stock market
now this is a little scary , but seasonal and not so loud
DARK SARAH "A Grim Christmas Story" LYRIC VIDEO
Created and shared with the permission of Dark Sarah (Heidi Parviainen ex- Amberian Dawn). Please support the creation of the debut Cinematic Metal Album by Dark Sarah that will feature: Kasperi Heikkinen (U.D.O,Merging Flare) guitar Jukka Koskinen (Wintersun) bass guitar Lauri Kuussalo (...
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funnnieeeeeeeeeeeeeeein the 'family-friendly ' section
have wide-ranging tastes ( which normally evades mainstream popular music )
but i suppose being resistant to 'frights ' is an edge in the stock market
now this is little scary , but seasonal and not so loud
DARK SARAH "A Grim Christmas Story" LYRIC VIDEO
Created and shared with the permission of Dark Sarah (Heidi Parviainen ex- Amberian Dawn). Please support the creation of the debut Cinematic Metal Album by Dark Sarah that will feature: Kasperi Heikkinen (U.D.O,Merging Flare) guitar Jukka Koskinen (Wintersun) bass guitar Lauri Kuussalo (...
hate to have been married to her... would have ended up at the bottom of the sea too
ha ha ha ha ha
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i stayed single ( so far )
but yes you have to think carefully about some things ( but maybe cheating wasn't a good idea either )
have had to duck the collateral damage of friends who have strayed ( NEVER a good idea to be there when 'the affair ' is discovered )
but that lady has put out other interesting tunes
Dark Sarah - "Dance With The Dragon" feat. JP Leppäluoto
Crowdfunding for the new Dark Sarah album "GRIM" is on! Please contribute at: https://igg.me/at/grimbydarksarah Thank you for your support! Official music video for the track "Dance With The Dragon" feat. JP Leppäluoto. It is taken from the highly anticipated DARK SARAH´s second cinematic...
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Musk sacking a guy because he is disabled and then realising he has made a very, very costly mistake. Excellent article.
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Phony Stark Picks on the Wrong Guy, Attempting (and of Course Botching) an HR Exit Interview Live on Twitter
Thorleifsson, to put it mildly, is a rather remarkable and inspiring person.
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Twitter has quietly withdrawn from the voluntary EU disinformation code which most groups are part of including Meta.
Last month, the BBC found hundreds of Russian and Chinese state propaganda accounts were thriving on Twitter.
Some people believe this stuff and that includes many examples within the general section of Aussie Stock Forums where fake videos are constantly published.
Formal rules and possibly sanctions to cut in at August and Australia might join in. Risk rising.
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Last month, the BBC found hundreds of Russian and Chinese state propaganda accounts were thriving on Twitter.
Some people believe this stuff and that includes many examples within the general section of Aussie Stock Forums where fake videos are constantly published.
Formal rules and possibly sanctions to cut in at August and Australia might join in. Risk rising.
Twitter pulls out of voluntary EU disinformation code
"You can run but you can't hide," commissioner Thierry Breton warns Twitter over upcoming rules.
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I have no doubt other actors, including the USA, UK, Turkey Iran, Saudi Arabia, etc etc are also engaged in Fakery.Twitter has quietly withdrawn from the voluntary EU disinformation code which most groups are part of including Meta.
Last month, the BBC found hundreds of Russian and Chinese state propaganda accounts were thriving on Twitter.
Some people believe this stuff and that includes many examples within the general section of Aussie Stock Forums where fake videos are constantly published.
Formal rules and possibly sanctions to cut in at August and Australia might join in. Risk rising.
Twitter pulls out of voluntary EU disinformation code
"You can run but you can't hide," commissioner Thierry Breton warns Twitter over upcoming rules.
It would be a touch naive to believe that only the big two are involved in faking it.
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Meta pushed disinformation in the form of early covid vacancie "information"(by their own admission).Twitter has quietly withdrawn from the voluntary EU disinformation code which most groups are part of including Meta.
Last month, the BBC found hundreds of Russian and Chinese state propaganda accounts were thriving on Twitter.
Some people believe this stuff and that includes many examples within the general section of Aussie Stock Forums where fake videos are constantly published.
Formal rules and possibly sanctions to cut in at August and Australia might join in. Risk rising.
Twitter pulls out of voluntary EU disinformation code
"You can run but you can't hide," commissioner Thierry Breton warns Twitter over upcoming rules.
I think twitter has fact checking via "community" which in my opinion is better than some ministry of truth out of the government.
Governments have and will continue to push misinformation. I don't trust them anymore then I trust some random on the internet.