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NoMoassNeverWas t1_ja9v3bl wrote

Reply to comment by Inside-Insurance-508 in Elon Musk Regains His Spot as the World’s Richest Person || The Tesla CEO has benefitted from a 100% rally in the electric carmaker’s stock by DangerStranger138

I don't think Twitter is making much money but seeing ads return definitely shows how much of a 15 min lifespan these false outrages carry. I'm beginning to think if you just hide out for a few days, the internet will move on to something else and forget trying to cancel you.

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Bluemoo25 t1_jaack2j wrote

Here's a quote from Churchill about dictators that definitely applies in more situations than that of a dictator:

A modern dictator with the resources of science at his disposal can easily lead the public on day-to-day destroying all persistency of thought and aim so that memories blurred by the multiplicities of daily news and judgement are baffled by it's perversion.

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ChampionshipLow8541 t1_jac9p2y wrote

I can think of quite a few people who must have taken that to heart.

Sometimes, it would be better if smart people didn’t utter their epiphanies - so as to not lead lesser men to act upon them.

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Pursuit_of_Yappiness t1_jaa1ok9 wrote

Because advertisers don't care about what you've said; they care about what you might say.

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KyivComrade t1_jaachk7 wrote

New advertisers take their place, though they'll pay less and that's what'll hurt Elons bottom line. He wants much money for ads but he only gets some mmolney so he's mad as usual...tweeting conspiracy nonsense

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BenSemisch t1_jadvk9k wrote

The ads may be returning but are the users? A lot of top creators have left the platform because of Musk and with Musk's leadership leading to a more lax moderation style on political stuff I don't see the website improving for the average user who doesn't want to see political shit on their feed nonstop.

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