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https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173422311/elon-musk-npr-twitter-reassign
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https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173422311/elon-musk-npr-twitter-reassign
ImmaCatImmaSexyCat
Is this really a "bombshell?" We already knew he was blackmailing journalists into using his platform. Turns out he has no problem with impersonating others so long as it benefits him. Cunt.
PeeterGrant
I remember when horrible ghouls like Elon made sure to fly under the radar. Now they leave thick black contrails everywhere they go.
amiurume
Elon Musk is an increasingly dangerous person.
blasphememez
There's a credible threat: "do what I say or I'll make my site a useless cesspool of disinformation!"
sc2010
Penal Code 524 attempted extortion is “any person that attempts by any threat under Penal Code 519 to extort property or other consideration from somebody. It's punishable by county jail or state prison time for up to one year and a fine of up to $10,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.”
StormWingDelta
lol they should post that just for giggles. XD
JahNoodles
Elon like that crazy ex
thereitis101
Publish the emails
deetatron
ElbowDeepInYou
Sounds like Musk has a serious case of NPR living rent free in his brain.
THEcableguy
The dude who introduces himself as ceo and "founder" of tesla. Bro we know you just bought it out, sit down man. He looks high as fuck all the time.
AxellTheDragon
Corrodias
Let him do it, then sue for trademark infringement and business impersonation.
ThatShiftyMonkey
With malice. Since it was threatened and premeditated.
rerickson5133
The man tucker wants to partner with. Hope they both fall down this whole and never climb back up
bl0ke
Tweet the emails.
imeanYUUUGE
Musk: Why wont anyone play with me?!?
HandoB4Javert
NPR
dethloc
The “You suck” email really is the chefs kiss. Nothing says I’m a crybaby man child quite like a you suck email
Mikeiller
He's got a bot that automatically sends the poo emoji to any news source that asks him questions
graehall
Huge abuser energy, he must be a fucking nightmare to be around
CraftyGiant
His own children hate him, at least one is changing their name just to avoid being a Musk.
amtronic
Elon is an asshole.
NonstopRampage
E-hole
CaptCrobar
Every major company needs to pull out of Twitter, every celebrity, government agency, all of them.
Ryanator50
Let Twitter die.
StochasticTraveller
I keep forgetting he's still alive. But anyway, according to EM's own behaviour, the correct response from NPR would have just been the poop emoji.
fearlessfloyd
They should call his bluff. He needs them - and their content and audience - more than they need Twitter.
Noraver
Just send “💩” as a response.
fearlessfloyd
Well played!
n0n53n53
That's why he's throwing the baby fit, because he spread lies about them and they stopped using his shitty site. Now he's threatening them if they don't start posting again.
Rufferstuff
If NPR is not tweeting they are not providing any content or audience for Musk, so he doesn't need them. This is the cry of a manbaby that you will play the way they want or they will take their toys and go home.
benreilly10
Doubt that they're going to start again
dbox
I hope not
LeftRightThere
NPR and PBS stopped using Twitter which is what started this after Elon personally labeled them state sponsored media.
kickarr
Correct. They announced a couple weeks ago they would no longer be using Twitter
BenHobson
I have to follow up, but I think Canada's CBC did the same, for the same reason.
fractalsphere
They should just tweet screenshots of the email
binaryspike
With verifiable SPF and DKIM headers on display so he can't claim it's fake.
Skawomplious
NPR is trying very hard not to wrestle with a pig - they don't wanna get dirty, they just want to do their thing.
mity0k23
NPR a should use their Twitter for regular but infrequent reporting on musky shenanigans and the awfulness of Twitter. Put one intern on the Twitter beat.
ThatShiftyMonkey
I would be in favor of them reengaging with Twitter, with the sole purpose of repeatedly posting how awful twitter is, like 1440 times a day.
n0n53n53
or just keep using it like they ... not using it. If more legitimate businesses followed suit the problem will resolve itself
happyguide
No they are doing exactly the right thing. Any use of Twitter gives the alt right money. Stop all use. Any use of Twitter is unethical
mity0k23
Then they need to very publicly and repeatedly distance from it. Cuz dormant handles can be reused. So far the standard for activity is logging in, but musky can change it to posting on a whim.
historycat
Thank you, Elon! For destroying the myth that CEOs deserve to be paid ungodly amounts because they are somehow better and smarter than the rest of us.
comacomacomacomachameleon
i dunno, I trust that Jaime Dimon knows what he's doing...
neverpostsoriginalcontent
Seriously, it's just incredible how dumb this dude is.
Marcielle
Sadly, even dumber is everyone who has the chance to(a surprisingly amount), yet doesn't lynch him. This man holds ungodly levels of influence on the world. Forget twitter, or Spacex, or tesla, his bank account alone is enough to sway the course of nations with a few 'donations'. Dozens of people come within braining with a chair distance of him daily and just tolerate his existence...
rowzdowr
I feel like Musk is the dumb man's Smart Man the same way Trump is the poor man's Rich Man.
AlecCorvander
I think CEO’s are geniuses actually (not Musk), but also a genius of one thing is not genius of another. Their expertise is exploitation, harassment, and PR. Exclusively. We can do without such genius.
CloakedFigure
He had such an opportunity to be a cool billionaire and decided to take the asshole road instead. Fuckin’ shame.
HasteTheFool
What's a billionaire? A moron who doesn't know how to spend money properly. What's a cool billionaire? An oxymoron who doesn't know how to spend money properly.
CloakedFigure
Oh shit, that’s good.
BrickShakes
Do people even still use twitter ? It's the new boomber platform joining facebook in being irrelevant.
Jimbo64
I'd delete mine but I can't remember the sign on information. I may have a couple of accounts for some reason.
Talligan
When I saw some people I used to respect rocking twitter blue unironically that's when I left
ChaosBobio
It is mostly used by corporations and celebrities as a free PR board.
Californiajackson
Boomer here. Tried it a bit several years ago. Couldn't figure out its relevance even then.
tzahtman
Yes people still use it. Even the post you're responding to is a Twitter post.
GuitarBobMonterey
Boom-ber https://mario.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/9/9e/Bobomb_-_MarioPartyStarRush.png/1200px-Bobomb_-_MarioPartyStarRush.png
GerbilHereReportingLiveFromRichardGeresAss
What's the alternative? The one that people actually use and is growing. I'll gladly switch over.
BillyM00n
Check out Blue Sky as well. https://bsky.app
zxwaffen
A waitlist for a beta is probably not a good alternative for anything.
StrongBadEMale
Depends on what you use Twitter for. If it's talking to your friends, Discord. If it's art/artists, Patreon or Newgrounds. If it's memes and topical humor, Reddit. If it's aggregated alerts from schools and businesses, RSS or just make a dedicated email account. If all you need is 160 characters worth of tantrums, YouTube has a Shorts section. (I don't actually know what people USE Twitter for, honestly - ask nine people, get ten answers.)
irishpopeye
https://joinmastodon.org/
Ryanator50
Depends what you use it for. I used to post insane joke concepts or show theories to Twitter. Now I do that on Tumblr.
INeverReadTheTOS
"Reassign it to another company" wouldn't that be... like... LITERAL fake news?
vladkornichyk10183
Hdhdhr
cdlong
Yes. It's projection all the way down.
Dimind
I would assume that means he would sell the @NPR handle to another company with those three letters in their name.
crodrigues
the childiest of manchilds, that is how elon musk will always be remembered to me.
NuclearMonk
No....Navy Procurement Regulations have been just itching to get into Twitterspace.
ImmaCatImmaSexyCat
Turns out Musk likes impersonation!
DorgEndo
Umm, free speech absolutist and fascists noises and then your Tesla explodes
newsguycraigevans
Sounds like fraud and possibly defamation
Neurisko
There's no such thing as verification anymore, aside from them verifying you have $8. Check marks don't mean anything anymore, you have to know the person's real Twitter ID to spot the many subtle fakes these days.
newsguycraigevans
Mikeiller
there's actually been quite a call for people to block anyone that IS verified
Narfwak
and now they're just automatically verifying anyone with enough followers so that you can't do that or risk blocking people you actually like. it's such a scummy shitshow
DaveSamsonite
He’s almost as much of a crybaby as the orange monster.
Easykehl
In theory there are other ‘NPR’s that would like the handle. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPR_(disambiguation)
blonderengel
How about Nimble Panda Races?
KingXizor
NPR should give it to Natural Product Radiance. Just a daily science tweet to shut the fuck-nut up.
Feralkyn
...okay that makes much more sense
theoriginalandbestddps
Nebraska Penis Reconstruction
eronth
Yeah, but NPR already owns it, so that's a terrible way to handle it.
Drefantor
Niel Patrick Rarris
BlueSkinnedBeast
Neutered Pathetic Ratman
vegivamp
So Elon?
pixelsnader
Neal PeGrasse Ryson
MissSpelledTattoo
Nile Potamus River
fatcatdeadrat101
This problem could be solved instantly if everyone would just stop using Twitter.
Tatsumaru004
I'm not certain who was ever using Twitter. It's like just the comments section without the post to bring you there.
SgtHartman013
Never started and proud of it.
Nightcaste
NPR does a lot more than news. Comedy, storytelling, documentaries, a lot of different things. Granted their Twitter probably was mostly news
Tom40
Having never used Twitter, I guess I can say I stopped using Twitter before it was cool.
MarkySpaceMagnet
It sounds like @NPR was doing that, and that's why Musky is retaliating.
ExecutiveProducerWolfDyck
Or someone could kill Elon musk. That would actually solve a lot of problems.
StubbDubya
#Nostalgia. I am like the 7up commercials from the early 80's. https://www.google.com/search?q=never+had+it+never+will&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS1054US1054&oq=n&aqs=chrome.0.69i59l3j0i67i650j69i57j46i67i650j0i67i650j46i131i433i512j46i131i199i433i465i512j46i67i650.1499j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Tumescentpie
But people have grown used to using the nazi platform and refuse to move away due to slight inconvenience.
ineedausernamerightmeow
That approach worked well for COVID. Which is why it ended in 3 weeks.
bekindtoanimals
Exactly
UserSubmariner
Waiting for Jack to send me my bluesky codes. Then instead of tweeting I'll be skeeting. Elon can suck a chode.
ViscousCousCous
especially as a news source. it's an unregulated gossip site and doesn't deserve to be quoted for anything other than comedy
ageek3000
I have stopped using it, and as soon as bluesky is open to the public I will delete my twitter accounts and start using bluesky.
ispentwaytoolongthinkingaboutthis
BlahBlahTurtle
Twatter
GoodOleSaugeenShores
I deleted Twitter shortly after Musk took over. It was tough at first as I got all my breaking sports news there, but I'm over it
dasklaus
I've dropped twitter about eight years ago, but kept a spoonerism bot running, that I fed irregularly. Now I'm starting a career in science and oh boy, there's pressure to be there, to follow scientists involved in similar research.
bekindtoanimals
Resistance is futile
leodavinci1
Absolute proof that being well educated and intelligent does not equal being "smart".
middleagedman
I’ve done my part!
lindabelchersfirstcousin
Truth
Baalzak
I think that one's even worse though
JaceTiger
I think that meant "that's the truth" not the social engineering neo-Nazi propaganda machine
lindabelchersfirstcousin
Thank you. Social media is a cesspool
JaceTiger
Yeah, it can be. Easily and regularly, but that's because people suck and try to make it what it isn't. It should be a place to hang out with friends, not a soapbox to spout stupid shit (especially muhfking bullshit with no proof) but here we are in one of the worst timelines.
WrongUn
People will always use Twitter. I personally need it for my business, as much as I hate it. However much of a cunt Musk is, social media is vital to many businesses
a1b3117
I used it basically every day for 14 years. I haven't been on in 6 months now. I literally remember using TracFone minutes to check Twitter and separately driving around in remote areas trying to get a signal to load tweets to read by the campfire. I was an addict. Elon cured me.
Stefnos
naaa... i want to see how deep a hole Musk is goner dig himself
AceOfNines
I dropped both my accounts as soon as Musk assumed ownership.
bowman008
I have NEVER understood the appeal of this platform.
IrisSelamin
I deleted mine months ago and I do not miss it at all. If my distant family wasn't on facebook, that would also be gone.
ChickenVegetas
But I follow a lot of smut creators. How am I supposed to know when tabuley posts their latest stuff?
shyasen
Let him reassign the NPR tag to another company/person. The real NPR then makes public the Twitrer NPR isn't the real NPR and that would only exacerbate and prove Twitter's and Musk's illegitimacy further proving what an irrelevant & useless shit show Musk really is.
Ultratoxic
Then sue Twitter for defamation because they are knowingly allowing impersonation and the damage to reputation that would naturally follow.
shyasen
YES! THIS! SO MUCH THIS!
WaterUnderTheRocketAppliances
Then ol musky gets a few million dollar fine to shrug off, NPR account restored, and shit continues to be shitty.
Ultratoxic
Defamation cases are getting big money settlements these days. Fox just lost 700 million and more cases are coming.
Badprenup
Yeah but there's also an ocean of difference between the Fox cases and this hypothetical. One was a coordinated effort among dozens of executives, media personalities, producers, lawyers, and politicians. The other is one CEO being a baby. There's no way you can prove intent to defame by what is essentially just a threat to delete an account and change a handle.
rshini
he's potentially facing billions in fines from Germany for all the Nazi shit he's allowing, way more than he bought Twitter for
KirbyUOR
More info on this plz. I wanna hear about this!
BlairT1
I regret I have but one Twitter account to delete for my country
Sinisfun
DorgEndo
Nothing to stop us from making more and then deleting them...I think I know what I'm doing after work today!
ThomasThundersword
they’ll just say “look how big the influx is! it’s totally canceling out everyone who is leaving!”
crusender
There is less and less peoples on Twitter everyday.
TZO2k15
Was a long-time lurker there, and I JUST deactivated/deleted my account, as the fact that some racist prick can have a literal racial slur as his handle was the first, and last straw, fuck twitter!
SteveMND
We all focus on the stupid memes and nonsense, but people around here forget that Twitter was, up until Musk took over, still the primary social network on the planet and a LOT of critical business, journalism, and political activism work was globally done there for YEARS. People judging the worth of the platform based on stupid behavior of random users is like someone judging Imgur based solely on the Russian GTA screenshots that got posted.
Doctorfatherson
Business, journalism art and activism went on for much longer before Twitter.
xxPaulCPxx
I never was on Twitter at all, until I discovered some writers on the topic of the UKR War on Threadreader App, which sources from Twitter. Now I have 12 specific people I check on daily, not in Twitter but on Threadreaderapp.com for the latest war reporting.
n0n53n53
Yes it WAS. It isn't any more. MySpace WAS the pinnacle of social media until it wasn't.
SteveMND
And MySpace lasted until a better alternative came along, at which point people started jumping ship in droves. As soon as that happens with Twitter, we'll see it happen there as well. But there is no such comparable alternative yet.
baals
Tumescentpie
And now it is run by a nazi.
happyguide
Dude every single replies thread there is just bluecheck-MAGAhat alt right pushed up to the top now. It’s like if all the worst GTA whatever here got pushed up to the top.
SteveMND
Yeah, but the point is people are still trying to keep those things working BELOW that sea of Russian screenshots because it's critical to a lot of actual viable things and for a lot of actual serious people. There is no actual alternative to it out there yet, in terms of either scope of use, so telling people to just 'stop' is silly.
gesel
That was once true for Myspace too. Twitter is a zombie corpse now, more Dead Snow than Night of the Living Deb. People trying to keep it viable are delaying the inevitable and rewarding the insufferable. They are doing harm in the misguided belief that there's still a glimmer of good they remember flickering in the dead eyes. Time to bury the undead: the stink is oppressive and it is poisoning our water. The sooner the better.
SteveMND
*scope OR use
happyguide
Every impression you give to Twitter right now gives money to fascists. Any use of Twitter is unethical at this point. I can forgive business and artists and such that still have to promote there, but if that is not currently you, and you are currently using Twitter, then stop. Any justification is just mental gymnastics. I would also like to point out that you would think that NPR falls into that former category, but they’re doing the right thing and so can you.
SteveMND
Also, NPR stopped POSTING on Twitter, they didn't stop USING it. They still have their accounts and use them to follow others -- which is why Musk's above threat is so reprehensible, as he's threatening to give away active accounts NOT because they aren't being used, but because they're not posting.
SteveMND
You do realize that "I understand that some users HAVE to use Twitter to reach people, but all those people that they are trying to reach should just leave Twitter" is an inherently contradictory statement, yes? Look, I don't disagree with you that it's a terrible situation any way you look at it. But until we actually get something to replace it, you can't expect people who need to use it to just abandon it in the meantime with no viable alternative. Trust me, we've ALL got accounts on all >
TZO2k15
My hatred for musk's Twitter is just that, up until the platform outlasts that fuckhead, then I can go back.
TheHillsHaveNostrils
"If your solution involves a step which goes 'if everyone would just do x' and 'everyone' simply won't just go and do that on their own, then what you have is not a solution, but rather wishful thinking."
thatsbadmmkay
By now, the only people dumb enough to get scammed by a blue checkmark are coincidently not the people who would leave twitter over blue checkmatk scamming.
donthaveonebrojustlurk
At the scale in question, you don't need everyone, you need a critical mass to make it less socially acceptable and less viable as a business. Like cigarettes.
donthaveonebrojustlurk
PS Twatter is significantly more leveraged and significantly less fundamentally sound than cigarette companies were.
TastyBrainMeats
I stopped using it and am trying to slowly convince friends to do the same
solsactual
Yeah I haven't missed it at all. Dropped it a little while back.
TheDaharMaster
I never used it to begin with
DapsterDan
Dropped Twitter and picked up Tribel. Don't know if it's better, but certainly can't be worse.
TastyBrainMeats
Mastodon, personally
Heisanevilgenius
Well, he did just provide a powerful incentive for businesses to stop using Twitter so that will help a little
Mustakraken
Man I dunno, I never got addicted to that hell site but if I found out something I like was taken over by bigots and used to spread their bigotry, I'd bail. You're essentially claiming boycotts never work, but... uh, they do though.
kwyjiboner
Exactly, you have to incentivize people to change. You can convince a person through reason, but people as a group need to be bribed.
turomar
A person is smart. People are dumb panicky dangerous animals.
Jeenius
And you know it
fatcatdeadrat101
Okay I'd settle with it no longer being a source of news and important information.
Strangedays2026
Equally impossible, same explanation as before.
esheikamiasiouri
Friends, the subset of people that follow NPR and the subset of people that would fall for a fake NPR handle on Twitter are propably disjointed! Lean back and enjoy this :-)
lokibringer
the problem is that some bad actor will tweet truly horrific shit that will then be spread by other bad actors "as proof" that the govt is evil or that Ukraine are nazis
MalePerson
Who ya quotin'?
drunkmastered
Someone that didn't do anything to help.
Funkypeeg
That's how a union works or any kind of functioning social group though.
thevoiddancer
Yeah, it makes it wishful thinking. Still doesn't make it wrong, tho.
Glitterfartjuice
I think you just explained the problem with libertarianism exactly.
BlairT1
Like grandpa always said “Shit in one hand and delete Twitter in the other. And see which one fills up first!” Grandpa was sage
gypsyspot
When I was a child, as children do, we would have little genie based thought experiments. A what would your wish be kind of thing. Everybody always saved their third wish for world peace. Today, I'd settle for, make people aware that medicine and science is generally good, or don't attack libraries, or even sadly, let people believe the earth is round.
Enoan
US post office should make an official social media, subject to all the same legal protections as mail. Twitter has shown that privately managed social media is not reliable for mass communication