[kwlug-disc] The Fediverse is complicated

[CrankyOldBugger]

You know, I enjoyed the good ol' boy's talk more than I thought I would...
So much for my preconceptions...

I have a feeling, though, that Mr. Musk will eventually pull through and
come out of this with some coin in his pocket.  The man does know how to
make money.


On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 2:49 PM Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:

> Quoting Khalid Baheyeldin (kb at 2bits.com):
>
> > The social media companies are private entities and want to make
> > money.  That money comes from advertisers. If there is too much
> > objectionable content, they will cease to advertise. It is like "no
> > shirt, no shoes, no service".
>
> "Beau of the Fifth Column" (journalist Justin King of Florida) had a
> shrewd if homespun explanation, two weeks ago, about Space Karen and
> his rapid destruction of Twitter, Inc.'s revenue model:  As King points
> out, Mr. Musk destroyed (_even a fortnight ago_) advertisers' perception
> that the bird site is a "brand safe" place to advertise.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byazeV3gfis&t=353s
>
> Since then, Mr. Musk actually threatened (in writing) the company's
> advertisers in various tweets, speaking of raining legal ruin upon them
> for, in his eyes, disloyalty.
>
> I'm suddenly reminded of Jahn Rentmeister point's, back in ancient Web
> 1.0 days (1996) about the Germans having a motto that "No one has ever
> won an argument with a customer."  http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Web/opti.html
>
> BTW, what you're hearing, there (on YouTube), is apparently genuine
> rural-Florida diction and a rural-Florida accent -- with a first-class
> mind behind it.  Which I'll admit surprised me (on account of unfair
> stereotype problems on my part).
>
> --
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