Thursday, August 10, 2023

Lament, Grave-Dancing or Warning?

I frequently read some very online writers, especially in the entertainment media, who lament and warn that Elon Musk will destroy Twitter -- or X as he calls it these days. Some of the stories gush schadenfreud at the predicted death of the company because Mr. Musk is pretty into letting people say what they want on his recently-acquired platform. Such users are very into letting people say what such users want and nothing else. Personally I don't care how it dies, I just want it dead. In the meantime, I can't figure out how I am supposed to approach a multibillionaire's purchase of a specific set of lines of code how he treats his purchase. My gut is to roll with the fact that this year marks 300 years since the birth of Adam Smith and just let a private individual do what he wants with what he bought as long as it's not illegal.

Besides, this is the only X I care about anyway

2 comments:

Brian J. said...

INXS X is not bad, either, with the hits "Suicide Blonde" and "Disappear".

Friar said...

Very much agreed.