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No idea whether Notes is going to be any good but it's out and I'm there
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Hey guys, I'm out
Fuck this
Goodbye
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Let me be very, very clear about how this is going to go down
I'm going to squeeze every last ounce of utility out of this account
Then I'm going to set it on fire
At this point all goodwill is gone
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Great article and not just because it quotes me
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I've decided to click through and see what's on the other side; it appears to be a limited release and you have to apply
Wonder if I'll get approved
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Great article on today's stupidity, and not just because it quotes me
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Look I don't care whether you like my writing, personally, or not. Human beings have been telling stories since they could speak. We have been creating beauty out of words since there were words
Long after your computers are rusting in the ground there will still be stories
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I'm trying to figure out why I'm so deeply fucking furious about this response and I think it's because Musk clearly views writing as a valueless vanity project. It's why he wants to teach robots to do it. It's why he thinks we should pay to do it
Because it's a hobby. Not work
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Not only is Musk not a genius he may actually be the stupidest person to ever live
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So instead of writing articles on a paying platform I should pay $8 a month for privilege of writing articles
Lol lmao ok
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Update: Taibbi got a response
"When I asked how I was supposed to market my work, I was given the option of posting my articles on Twitter instead of Substack"
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Concerning
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Thinking about when Laura Loomer stalked Gavin Wax (as an adult).
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Making a thread of Sub Stack posts before Elon bans URL shorteners, sorry.
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I don't actually believe you sold out. However much money you got, I think you really believe you're doing God's work here
You aren't. Or you are, but only halfway and not very well
Take the L
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This world is rotten. You could have burned it all down. I would have worshipped you like a god. A lot of us would have, I think
RIP
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You know what would have been awesome, Matt? If you'd done the Twitter files--taken your time and fact checked and done them RIGHT--then turned around and savaged the hand that fed you for doing the same damn thing to Musk
You'd have been my hero, Matt
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Matt Taibbi understood the way money crushes dissent and destroys things, he's the guy who coined "vampire squid" for Goldman Sachs. It's excruciating to see him ruin that legacy by shilling for a different vampire
It's a good scoop. Was it worth it, to do it the way you did?
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Taibbi is an amazing writer who's done incredible work in his career and I support a deep dive into ways three-letter agencies are manipulating public opinion
But he did it sloppy and has made no move to hold Elon to account for his own bullshit
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"We can't criticize the left!" lol bro idk about you, but I'm not in a fucking cult, so yeah, I actually can criticize liars and grifters on the left.
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European users should report this here:
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Replying to @Tupp_Ed and @Suw
Info: competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/antitrust/proc
And the specific email for complaints: mailto:comp-market-information@ec.europa.eu
Or the main form is Form C in the Annex at the end:
eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/
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Hey I know you're getting shit on a lot this morning but sincerely, I'm asking: you have a substack and make a lot of your money on substack, this is OK with you?
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Normally, when one has a monopoly on a very large market, one does not actively alienate that market from multiple angles
It's a little bit like if Comcast shut its doors and set its infrastructure on fire. No one likes Comcast but they cannot be replaced overnight
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Elon Musk is systematically dismantling everything useful about this website in a way that exposes exactly what's useful about it and what isn't
He is also showing us what happens when a social media company does not die a natural death but instead leaves a functionality vacuum
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"Why are you taking a picture of the tweet instead of linking it so I can fact check" well you see, you cannot interact with QTs of posts with s*bstack links in them either
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If Elon Musk does not reverse course on this policy in one week (April 14th) I'm leaving this platform for good
I waste an unconscionable amount of time on here but my excuse is that it really does drive traffic to my Substack. Without that perk this site is just digital cocaine
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Hello! Exciting new development straight from the diseased mind of Elon Musk: because this post links to Substack, you cannot like or reply to it (as of 10:00 AM ET)
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“Additionally, there are reports that any link with “substack” in its name is now blocked on Twitter.”
If true, this place just turned into a time waster and not a useful tool!
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