Elon Musk $44 Billion Twitter deal

[TheDaddy]

Think I might be on the brink of giving up with it, nothing works properly anymore including the verification system, shame as I've got a huge following but I don't know if I can be arsed wasting my time with it's nonsense for much longer

Taliban buying blue ticks ;

The Taliban have started using Twitter's paid-for verification feature, meaning some now have blue ticks on their accounts.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64294613

Still really annoyed they killed third-party apps, their app is horrible and keeps trying to push other people's posts on me.

Just dump it.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Mick

If Trump isn’t interested, then why did he urge people to vote on the poll on his TS site?

His Narcissistic tones, will get the better of him and he’ll return for the attention, I think.

Vicious rumour donny is coming back...

Originally Posted by Paul

Just dump it.

I want to do so, and am slowly using it less (their apps really are horrible and the MacOS one doesn't even work properly! ) but need an alternative for football and tech news. Twitter is still the best for that breaking news.

My ‘for you’ section is now full of Elon Musk tweets

Originally Posted by Damien

My ‘for you’ section is now full of Elon Musk tweets

At least it’s stopped defaulting to “for you”. Or at least it has done on my app. For a couple of weeks after it first appeared I was having to check and change it regularly. But I’ve not had it switch itself away from “following” for a while now.

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by Chris

But I’ve not had it switch itself away from “following” for a while now.

They release an app update to fix that after lots of complaints

Originally Posted by Damien

General fall in tech stocks that were overvalued during COVID. The average drop since the start of the year is 30%. Tesla is also more vulnerable than Apple/Microsoft/Google as so much of its promise was unproven, based on the idea it could eventually dominate the electric car space, and that's being undermined by the progress of the traditional car makers. People are starting to correctly see Tesla as a car company rather than a technology company and it's undermining its value.

The drop in the last month though - 35% instead of the average of 8% for other companies - is being put down to concerns over Musk's dedication to Telsa and his erratic behaviour. He also sold a lot of stock himself over the last month which spooks existing shareholders obviously.

I think personally the order of importance is:

1. Telsa was overvalued, other car companies are catching up, people don't see Tesla dominating in the way they had hoped
2. General Stock Market Correction
3. Musk

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/16/tesl...e-crashes.html

Tesla recalls 362,758 vehicles, says Full Self-Driving Beta software may cause crashes

- Tesla is recalling 362,758 vehicles and warns that its experimental driver-assistance software, marketed as Full Self-Driving Beta, may cause crashes.

- The recall notice was posted on the website of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Thursday.

- Tesla will deliver an over-the-air software update to cars to address the issues, the recall notice said.

The FSD Beta system may cause crashes by allowing the affected vehicles to: “Act unsafe around intersections, such as traveling straight through an intersection while in a turn-only lane, entering a stop sign-controlled intersection without coming to a complete stop, or proceeding into an intersection during a steady yellow traffic signal without due caution,” according to the notice on the website of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The FSD Beta system may also have trouble responding appropriately “to changes in posted speed limits,” the notice said…

… Tesla lets thousands of drivers try new and unfinished driver assistance features on public roads in the U.S. through FSD Beta. The technology does not make Tesla electric cars autonomous, nor safe to drive without a human at the wheel ready to brake or steer at any second — despite the brand name.

Only Tesla owners who have the company’s premium FSD driver assistance system installed in their cars can join the FSD Beta program. That option now costs $15,000 up front or $199 per month in the U.S. today.

Impressive business model - get the users to pay to debug your software…

[Mad Max]

Driverless cars, nah, no thanks.

[Mr K]

Originally Posted by Mad Max

Driverless cars, nah, no thanks.

I don't know, can't do worse than actual drivers these days, particularly if they 'drive' an Audi.

Originally Posted by Mr K

I don't know, can't do worse than actual drivers these days, particularly if they 'drive' an Audi.

Vorsprung Durch Technik envy…

[heero_yuy]

Originally Posted by Mr K

I don't know, can't do worse than actual drivers these days, particularly if they 'drive' an Audi.

Silver BMWs surely.

They're the ones who regularly try to T-Bone you.

[Mr K]

Originally Posted by heero_yuy

Silver BMWs surely.

They're the ones who regularly try to T-Bone you.

True or tailgate you for getting in their way by doing the speed limit.