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Belle of the Ranch

Let's talk about Musk, Twitter, and downgrading....

Belle of the Ranch

Belle of the Ranch

Society & Culture

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Let's talk about Musk, Twitter, and downgrading....

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0:00.0

Well, howdy there internet people, it's Bo again. So today we are going to talk about

0:06.1

Twitter and polls and being downgraded and Tesla and how it all ties together.

0:17.0

For those who are not on Twitter and who are not aware of just the wild goings on. Recently Elon Musk tweeted out something to the

0:27.3

effect of should I resign in the form of a poll. A very clear majority of users who voted said yes.

0:38.0

Something like 10 million users said that they wanted him to resign.

0:45.0

In what is just a hilarious development after that, Musk was seen in a conversation on Twitter with somebody who

0:56.5

suggested that he only allows those people with blue checks to those are people who are paying to vote.

1:07.0

And in true voter suppression style it does appear that Musk found that to be a good idea.

1:18.0

And what I'm sure is unrelated news,

1:21.6

Tesla, the company has been downgraded by Oppenheimer and company.

1:27.0

One of the reasons here we believe banning journalists without consistent

1:33.9

defensible standards or clear communication in an environment where many

1:37.7

people believe free speech is at risk is too much for a majority of

1:41.8

consumers to continue supporting Mr. Musk slash Tesla.

1:46.2

Particularly people ideologically aligned with climate change mitigation,

1:50.9

who would be the people buying those cars.

1:57.0

There's also concern about a negative feedback loop, which is something we discussed on this channel initially,

2:06.0

where because of the content that is created by some of the people he has un-banned, some of the people he has unbanned, some of which are literal fascist, brands won't

2:19.4

want to advertise on Twitter. When the brands leave, they don't want to be associated with it, users

2:27.3

leave, which causes more brands to leave and it sends the company into a death

2:31.4

spiral. It appears that Oppenheimer believes this will

2:35.7

influence Tesla as well, which is an understandable belief because my understanding is that Tesla has dropped like

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