[kwlug-disc] Trust in Musk.. or go to NextCloud

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

On Thu, Nov 3, 2022 at 12:14 PM Chris Frey <cdfrey at foursquare.net> wrote:

> Ok, but none of that explains, at least to me, why people are jumping
> ship now.  If people don't want to pay for blue checkmarks, they won't.
> As long as the service remains free, they can stay.  So far, I haven't
> seen reports of the fail whale making a comeback, but it's early days.
>
> People seem to be panicking for other reasons than financial stability.
>
> Even so, let's follow the financial argument... if Twitter doesn't make
> money now, who was funding it before?
>
> In other words, why do people care if it is Elon Musk, massive debt,
> irrational exuberance, or the CIA that is funding their free Twitter
> experience, as long as they get to post?
>

Here is what author Stephen King responded with, and his thread with Musk.
I don't imagine that King would be poor if he paid $20, but it is something
that has been free for a decade.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stephen-king-elon-musk-charging-twitter-verification_n_63625b7de4b046b39ca36f82

And Musk has been impulsive and erratic. He accused one of the Thai cave
divers of
being a pedophile (without any evidence), and a few days ago, he amplified
a conspiracy
on the Paul Pelosi attack (then deleted the tweet).

So more reasons for people to feel antsy (rightly or wrongly).
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