Elon Musk $41B offer for Twitter

[Byker28i]

NY Times article on the leak. Suggests the code has been public for several months
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/26/technology/twit...

Edited by Byker28i on Monday 27th March 06:41

[dimots]

captain_cynic said:

There in lies the problem you see.

If someone as "samrt" as you could be so easily suckered in, how would the average person do?

I mean I got sucked in by the complaining on here enough to take a look at this example. It took less than a second to realise that the user on Twitter with the username ‘@monicalewinskai’ who…

1) was not using Monica lewinsky’s image
2) made no mention of anything to do with Monica Lewinsky
3) made no attempt to pass themselves off as Monica Lewinsky

…was not Monica Lewinsky.

[Gweeds]

dimots___ said:

I had a didficult time earlier understanding basic things but now I feel OK because I payed for blooooo tick.

Difficult.

Paid.

Hope that helps.

[Byker28i]

"I see no problem" says muskateer who said paid for would solve everything, whilst ignoring problems...

I'd just ignore him, I'm going to now, we just end up in circles.

Meanwhile the code release is interesting - disgruntled former employee who didn't get their severance pay?

[durbster]

dimots said:

2) made no mention of anything to do with Monica Lewinsky
3) made no attempt to pass themselves off as Monica Lewinsky

Dimots is right. An account called "Monica Lewinsky," with a username containing "monicalewinsky," clearly has no references to Monica Lewinsky.

[dimots]

Elon explaining why payments are a useful authentication layer to remove bots.

As I mentioned way earlier in the thread.

Also note the wise commenter who states that web 3.0 could solve this with wallet consent. Yes, blockchain can fix this too

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/16401990901128...

[dimots]

durbster said:

Dimots is right. An account called "Monica Lewinsky," with a username containing "monicalewinsky," clearly has no references to Monica Lewinsky.

If you're confused between which of these accounts is the one who sucked off a president you have my condolences.

https://twitter.com/MonicaLewinsky

https://twitter.com/Monicalewinskai

[dimots]

Gweeds said:

Difficult.

Paid.

Hope that helps.

Lol. No wonder you're so lost and alone on the internet.

[dimots]

Byker28i said:

Sigh - have to spell it out for Musks public defender.
You were defending Musks blue tick approach and paying for it - there's yet another problem and someone complaining about it?
One of those fake accounts is blue ticked...

Damn, you guys are that dumb? Ok, I'm gonna just leave you here, it's all making sense now.

Thanks underscore dimots.

[dimots]

dimots___ said:

I had a didficult time earlier understanding basic things but now I feel OK because I payed for blooooo tick.

Thanks for highlighting the level of awareness on this thread. It has explained a lot

[Gweeds]

dimots said:

Thanks for highlighting the level of awareness on this thread. It has explained a lot

You’ve now resorted to quoting yourself whilst knocking one out to both St Elno and Crypto.

Tragic stuff. He’s not going to sleep with you.

[dimots]

Gweeds said:

You’ve now resorted to quoting yourself whilst knocking one out to both St Elno and Crypto.

Tragic stuff. He’s not going to sleep with you.

[dimots]

dobbo changed his username to dimots with underscores. It took you all in. I don't think that's the effect he was expecting.

It highlights that maybe I am assuming too much. Maybe people are just stupider than I give them credit for. That being the case, I apologise. It explains everything.

[AW111]

dimots said:

Elon explaining why payments are a useful authentication layer to remove bots.

As I mentioned way earlier in the thread.

Also note the wise commenter who states that web 3.0 could solve this with wallet consent. Yes, blockchain can fix this too

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/16401990901128...

You clearly don't understand any of this - it's just magic words to you - "blockchain will solve everything".

[pquinn]

Gweeds said:

dimots said:

Thanks for highlighting the level of awareness on this thread. It has explained a lot

You’ve now resorted to quoting yourself whilst knocking one out to both St Elno and Crypto.

Tragic stuff. He’s not going to sleep with you.

Whole squadrons of parrots required today for those that missed the really obvious point / joke / trick.

Original point about verification of account IDs solidly proven.

[2xChevrons]

Did I hear/understand right that in the recent statement to (remaining) employees, Musk described twitter's performance trajectory as "an inverse startup"?

Is this when you start off with a $44bn Silicon Valley tech corporation with 7500 employees and end up with two guys with no money coding in a garage on a Commodore 64?

Is this is one of those new business euphemisms like "negative growth"?

[dimots]

AW111 said:

You clearly don't understand any of this - it's just magic words to you - "blockchain will solve everything".

You could very easily include a micropayment at registration which authenticates the user against a blockchain proof (e.g. a wallet).

As I have already stated way back in this thread the issue is NOT how to beat bots, it is how to authenticate real users without doxxing them. Beating bots is easy, you just need to authenticate every user in the way Linked in, Tinder or something like that does. However, that's not right for Twitter because of its free-speech ambitions. This is the problem Elon must crack, and it's a good one to be working on!

[dimots]

pquinn said:

Original point about verification of account IDs solidly proven.

The point being that only the stupid will be fooled?

[emicen]

BBC News article earlier saying the company is now worth less than half the $44bn paid.

Now in reality, it was never worth the $44bn paid, he did himself right over on that one, as much as it may mitigate some of the value loss.

In the same article, seemingly he has communicated to staff he sees a clear but difficult path to a valuation of over $250bn.

[Byker28i]

dimots said:

AW111 said:

You clearly don't understand any of this - it's just magic words to you - "blockchain will solve everything".

You could very easily include a micropayment at registration which authenticates the user against a blockchain proof (e.g. a wallet).

As I have already stated way back in this thread the issue is NOT how to beat bots, it is how to authenticate real users without doxxing them. Beating bots is easy, you just need to authenticate every user in the way Linked in, Tinder or something like that does. However, that's not right for Twitter because of its free-speech ambitions. This is the problem Elon must crack, and it's a good one to be working on!

So thats why Musk did away with 2FA then, unless of course you pay? It's about the money not the bots, because he's lost so much advertising etc.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/feb/21...

He also sacked all the content moderators who track abuse on Twitter, without any alternative in place.