Elon Musk’s X is throttling traffic to news and websites he dislikes | The site formerly known as Twitter has added a five-second delay when a user clicks on a shortened link to the New York Times,…::undefined

    • essteeyou@lemmy.worldEnglish
      812·
      1 year ago

      If you’re on a work visa and you don’t want to get deported then you do what daddy Elon tells you.

        • Durotar@lemmy.mlEnglish
          643·
          1 year ago

          It’s easy to talk about integrity when you’re not in that position.

          • avater@lemmy.worldEnglish
            922·
            1 year ago

            I was in this position, no other job in sight, no safety net, nothing.

            I worked as an lead designer for a big german company and was asked by the head of ux/ui to design an interface to actively trick users and I refused to do it and came up with an alternative. I was yelled at for not doing my job and asked again to do “my fucking work”. I went to my laptop, printet out my resignation papers, handed it over to the ceo and left the building…sure the next 1 and half months were pretty fucky but that’s another story.

            In that same week a I had a job interview with another company, went there for a get to know day and happily signed my contract a week later and I have been with this company for 4 years now, moved my way up to head of design and I’m just happy.

            • zephyreks@lemmy.caEnglish
              201·
              1 year ago

              Do you understand how fucking convoluted and bureaucratically insane the US H1B visa system is?

            • Durotar@lemmy.mlEnglish
              102·
              1 year ago

              (a) survival bias (b) don’t take credit for what you did, you’re not a highly moral hero, it’s just how chemistry in your brain works; it’s perfectly normal to be egoistic, take care of yourself and not quit from the day 1 just because you don’t like what your boss asked you to do.

              • avater@lemmy.worldEnglish
                42·
                1 year ago

                okay got the meta, you are not allowed to post your story if you were in such a situation.

                I think we’re done here then.

    • Laukidh@infosec.pubEnglish
      13·
      1 year ago

      California passed its own net neutrality laws, but I think it only applies to ISPs.

  • aragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    351·
    1 year ago

    I wonder if anyone’s image has crashed from such highs to such pathetic lows. At the end of the day, it was all PR but he still had the admiration of many people just a few years back i.e before the Thai submarine fiasco. Now most people consider him a petulant child man with a massive fortune. The only good outcome of this fall has been a clear understanding that earning wealth is purely based on luck. It doesnt matter if it is millions or billions ,nothing comes due to our own genius. It is a combination of factors that result in wealth but it is mostly determined at your birth. May be this episode will humble others who might have taken a similar path due to their inexplicable wealth.

  • markr@lemmy.worldEnglish
    272·
    1 year ago

    This is a person who’s mission, every day, is how to make the world shittier for everyone. He asks himself, over his breakfast of Cap’n Crunch and a juice box, ‘how can I fuck things up today?’

  • alienanimals@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3311·
    1 year ago

    There’s Elon Musk spam on this community every day. Can we stop doing the billionaire’s PR for him?

    Downvote this garbage.

    • dub@lemmy.worldEnglish
      213·
      1 year ago

      While I agree, it’s good to know these ridiculous actions he takes. It’s not like it’s positive for him

      • alienanimals@lemmy.worldEnglish
        83·
        1 year ago

        Musk operates on the “There is no such thing as bad publicity model”. He doesn’t care if the news is bad or good so long as his name / businesses are in the 24-hour news cycle. It’s stupid, but he gets idiots to bring him more attention.

    • Hazdaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      202·
      1 year ago

      If 1/2 the clowns that endlessly post anti-Twitter/anti-Musk stories would just STOP USING TWITTER, the entire site would collapse. Sick of seeing that asswipe’s name, but I’m not on his goddamn platform. I don’t drive his shitty cars. I won’t fawn over every goddamn thing he does.

      How much of an absolute douche do you have to be to make Zuck look good in comparison?!

      You claim you hate the guy, but the fact that you have a Twitter account proves that was a lie.

  • YeetPics@mander.xyzEnglish
    121·
    1 year ago

    No time to fight that ginger robot when you’re fighting the urge to ruin everything around you.