<div dir="ltr"><div>You know, I enjoyed the good ol' boy's talk more than I thought I would... So much for my preconceptions...</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 2:49 PM Rick Moen <<a href="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com">rick@linuxmafia.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Quoting Khalid Baheyeldin (<a href="mailto:kb@2bits.com" target="_blank">kb@2bits.com</a>):<br>
<br>
> The social media companies are private entities and want to make<br>
> money. That money comes from advertisers. If there is too much<br>
> objectionable content, they will cease to advertise. It is like "no<br>
> shirt, no shoes, no service". <br>
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"Beau of the Fifth Column" (journalist Justin King of Florida) had a<br>
shrewd if homespun explanation, two weeks ago, about Space Karen and<br>
his rapid destruction of Twitter, Inc.'s revenue model: As King points<br>
out, Mr. Musk destroyed (_even a fortnight ago_) advertisers' perception<br>
that the bird site is a "brand safe" place to advertise.<br>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byazeV3gfis&t=353s" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byazeV3gfis&t=353s</a><br>
<br>
Since then, Mr. Musk actually threatened (in writing) the company's<br>
advertisers in various tweets, speaking of raining legal ruin upon them<br>
for, in his eyes, disloyalty. <br>
<br>
I'm suddenly reminded of Jahn Rentmeister point's, back in ancient Web<br>
1.0 days (1996) about the Germans having a motto that "No one has ever<br>
won an argument with a customer." <a href="http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Web/opti.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Web/opti.html</a><br>
<br>
BTW, what you're hearing, there (on YouTube), is apparently genuine<br>
rural-Florida diction and a rural-Florida accent -- with a first-class<br>
mind behind it. Which I'll admit surprised me (on account of unfair<br>
stereotype problems on my part).<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Cheers, « Il n'est si homme de bien, qu'il mette à l'examen<br>
Rick Moen des loi toutes ses actions et pensées, qui ne soit <br>
<a href="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com" target="_blank">rick@linuxmafia.com</a> pendable dix fois en sa vie. » <br>
McQ! (4x80) -- Michel de Montaigne, Essais<br>
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