BillStime Posted November 8, 2022 Posted November 8, 2022 I can’t understand why advertisers are bailing from Elon?
B-Man Posted November 8, 2022 Posted November 8, 2022 Huh. Surprise! Twitter growth hits record in Musk's first week despite celebrity departures https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2022/11/08/surprise-twitter-growth-hits-record-in-musks-first-week-despite-celebrity-departures-n509030 1
B-Man Posted November 8, 2022 Posted November 8, 2022 A report from The Verge shows us that internal documents from the company reveal that since the Elon Musk acquisition of the company, user activity and growth has spiked significantly. https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/7/23445476/elon-musk-twitter-user-growth-all-time-high-advertisers Why, it would almost appear as if people are hungry for a free and open arena of ideas without the oppressive sword of censorship looming from on high. 1
The Frankish Reich Posted November 8, 2022 Posted November 8, 2022 4 minutes ago, B-Man said: Why, it would almost appear as if people are hungry for a free and open arena of ideas without the oppressive sword of censorship looming from on high. What, PPP ain’t good enough for those snobs? 1 1
The Frankish Reich Posted November 8, 2022 Posted November 8, 2022 On 11/7/2022 at 2:34 PM, reddogblitz said: I am hoping for a R win of HOR and D win Senate or vice versa. Keep both sides from being able to pass the crazy stuff they both want to. Not vice versa. Dems deserve to lose the House - they took a narrow Presidential win in 2020 and acted as if they had a mandate to enact a left agenda. The course correction was inevitable. But Republicans can’t be trusted with the Senate. If some Democrat (I hope not Biden) wins the electoral college in 24 we can’t risk the Senate trying to negate the will of the people by post-election shenanigans. I’m sorry it’s come to this. The pre-2020 me would’ve been happy to see a Republican majority in the Senate now. Not anymore. 1
reddogblitz Posted November 8, 2022 Posted November 8, 2022 1 minute ago, The Frankish Reich said: Not vice versa. Dems deserve to lose the House - they took a narrow Presidential win in 2020 and acted as if they had a mandate to enact a left agenda. The course correction was inevitable. Totally agree on this part. The won the president, a small majority in HOR, and really no majority in Senate yet as you say, they acted like they has a super majority and could cram down all the stuff they've Benn wanting to do for 40 years. Their majority wasn't even big enough to get all their own people to vote for it.
Doc Posted November 8, 2022 Posted November 8, 2022 (edited) On 11/7/2022 at 4:34 PM, reddogblitz said: I am hoping for a R win of HOR and D win Senate or vice versa. Keep both sides from being able to pass the crazy stuff they both want to. The R's can't pass anything they want even if they win both Houses. They won't have a veto-overriding majority in either House. Edited November 8, 2022 by Doc
Demongyz Posted November 8, 2022 Posted November 8, 2022 6 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said: Not vice versa. Dems deserve to lose the House - they took a narrow Presidential win in 2020 and acted as if they had a mandate to enact a left agenda. The course correction was inevitable. But Republicans can’t be trusted with the Senate. If some Democrat (I hope not Biden) wins the electoral college in 24 we can’t risk the Senate trying to negate the will of the people by post-election shenanigans. I’m sorry it’s come to this. The pre-2020 me would’ve been happy to see a Republican majority in the Senate now. Not anymore. I think you have too little trust in the Republicans. Pretty sure all of them voted to certify. Unlike the Dems in 2016.
ChiGoose Posted November 8, 2022 Posted November 8, 2022 50 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said: But Republicans can’t be trusted with the Senate. If some Democrat (I hope not Biden) wins the electoral college in 24 we can’t risk the Senate trying to negate the will of the people by post-election shenanigans. I’m sorry it’s come to this. The pre-2020 me would’ve been happy to see a Republican majority in the Senate now. Not anymore. Not only that, but it'll mean that basically no justices get confirmed for the next two years because the GOP only believes in power. They will leverage that power to keep as many vacancies as possible (no matter the harm) in case they win the White House in 2024.
The Frankish Reich Posted November 8, 2022 Posted November 8, 2022 8 minutes ago, ChiGoose said: Not only that, but it'll mean that basically no justices get confirmed for the next two years because the GOP only believes in power. They will leverage that power to keep as many vacancies as possible (no matter the harm) in case they win the White House in 2024. Good point. The McConnell-Garland trick was a low point for an institution that I thought couldn’t go any lower.
ChiGoose Posted November 8, 2022 Posted November 8, 2022 47 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said: Good point. The McConnell-Garland trick was a low point for an institution that I thought couldn’t go any lower. Well, you see, you can’t seat a judge in an election year and that’s why we can’t even interview Garland. Also, you can seat a judge whenever you want, so we need to get Amy Coney Barrett on the court in a matter of weeks. 1
ChiGoose Posted November 9, 2022 Posted November 9, 2022 22 minutes ago, Wacka said: Meta canned about 11K people today. I guess spending billions of dollars on recreating Second Life wasn’t the most fiscally responsible move. 1 1
The Frankish Reich Posted November 9, 2022 Posted November 9, 2022 12 minutes ago, ChiGoose said: I guess spending billions of dollars on recreating Second Life wasn’t the most fiscally responsible move. They make my kid use VR goggles for a college foreign language class. Something about it lowering your inhibitions in trying to converse in a new language. They all think it’s the stupidest thing they’ve ever had to do for any class since kindergarten. If you’ve lost the 18-21 year olds, who are you gonna convince? The day my job tries to replace the horrors of Zoom calls with Meta VR avatars is the day I retire. 1 1
Orlando Buffalo Posted November 10, 2022 Posted November 10, 2022 7 hours ago, BillStime said: Things are going well in Muskville Along this line- why do people see a checkmark and think "this must be a smart honest person" or even really the person? Stupid people care about the checkmark and we can't do enough to protect them from themselves.
ChiGoose Posted November 10, 2022 Posted November 10, 2022 Tell me again how all of Twitter’s problems are due to liberal boycotts campaigns:
BillsFanNC Posted November 10, 2022 Author Posted November 10, 2022 39 minutes ago, ChiGoose said: Tell me again how all of Twitter’s problems are due to liberal boycotts campaigns: How about you give us all a heads up on when plan to stop posting strawmen? I won't hold my breath. I mean cmon man, Musk has told us Twitter has and will continue to make mistakes. It's right up your alley dude! 1
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