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(side note: I'm genuinely unsure where we are actually supposed to post about the politics of the tech overlords. I mean, it's not really news or politics, but it is technology even less)

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[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago

He was trying to scare Media Matters and forgot a) a lot of folks don’t like him and b) a lot of folks hate lying bullies.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago
[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Should we call this the Musk effect? Feels mean to involve Streisand.

[–] jwhardcastle@dmv.social 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Streisand Effect can be for vanity and secrecy. Trying to draw attention away from something the protagonist wants hidden brings more attention.

The Musk Effect can be for suck, for evil, for failure. Trying to draw attention away from evil brings more attention to the overwhelming amount of evil, of failure.

[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago

Works for me.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Wow that is a lot of racist hate speech.

Jack in the Box may want to rethink their Xitter account.

[–] nick@midwest.social -5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

While I am very happy to see twitter burn, I’m gonna be that guy:

Suddenly IBM isn’t ok with nazis? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust

I’m mostly being facetious, because I know things change and maybe that is why IBM is so zero tolerance.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

suddenly IBM isn't okay with nazis

suddenly

It was 90 years ago dude. Next up, you're gonna be shocked to find that Mistibishi makes cars and HVAC units instead of Imperial Japan kamikaze bombers.

[–] UFODivebomb@programming.dev -1 points 2 years ago