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re: Elon Musk exposed for lying about gaming achievements
Posted on 1/13/25 at 2:45 pm to DownSouthCrawfish
Posted on 1/13/25 at 2:45 pm to DownSouthCrawfish
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I don’t think it’s too crazy to wonder why someone of Elon’s stature would lie about some niche game while we’re on the gaming board.
Unless he's trying to get some kind of world record or monetary gain out of it, I don't care.
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Posted on 1/13/25 at 2:45 pm to imjustafatkid
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SpaceX, Tesla, Twitter, and Starlink are all success solely because Elon Musk is a good marketer.
How many of those did he found himself and build from the ground up?
you mentioned twitter, are you under the impression twitter is more successful now that it was before?
This post was edited on 1/13/25 at 2:47 pm
Posted on 1/13/25 at 2:49 pm to imjustafatkid
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He's done nothing, for sure. SpaceX, Tesla, Twitter, and Starlink are all successful solely because Elon Musk is a good marketer.
Holy shite you couldn’t be more wrong especially Twitter
Elon dick riders are as sad as those vapid idiots that have to follow everything the Kardashians do
Posted on 1/13/25 at 2:49 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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How many of those did he found himself and build from the ground up?
There is literally hundreds of hours of video on these topics. You don't have to ask these sorts of questions.
At the end of the day, the answer is all of those companies would be dead or reliant on the government (in Twitter's case) without Musk.
Given his track record, Paypal would probably be a much bigger company now if they hadn't pushed Musk out..
Posted on 1/13/25 at 2:49 pm to dawgfan24348
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Holy shite you couldn’t be more wrong especially Twitter
Twitter is the most obvious example, actually. They never turned a profit until he arrived.
Posted on 1/13/25 at 2:52 pm to imjustafatkid
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or reliant on the government
are you trying to argue the government isn’t still heavily heavily influential in those companies success? why do you think he’s gotten involved in politics in the first place?
Posted on 1/13/25 at 2:52 pm to imjustafatkid
quote:pretty sure he did that with his boosted Diablo account. The Poe account was also top 5 or 10.
Unless he's trying to get some kind of world record
So yea he’s faking high level accolades in a niche game while being worth 400b
Posted on 1/13/25 at 2:54 pm to imjustafatkid
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They never turned a profit until he arrived.
are they profiting now? what’s the long term projections for the platform other than as a hall of mirrors to push his pet issues?
what’s their user engagement today vs 2019?
i would actually give him a pass on such a relatively new investment tbh.
This post was edited on 1/13/25 at 2:55 pm
Posted on 1/13/25 at 3:00 pm to imjustafatkid
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his actual accomplishments and abilities
failing upwards?
Posted on 1/13/25 at 3:02 pm to dawgfan24348
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Elon dick riders are as sad as those vapid idiots that have to follow everything the Kardashians do
aka the woke right, worshiping billionaires who spend their time figuring how to lower living standards for the rest of us.
Posted on 1/13/25 at 3:05 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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are they profiting now? what’s the long term projections for the platform other than as a hall of mirrors to push his pet issues?
what’s their user engagement today vs 2019?
Don't know. All I know is it has turned a profit at least occasionally since he took it over, and it wasn't before.
Posted on 1/13/25 at 3:11 pm to imjustafatkid
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Don't know.
so you don’t actually know anything
got it
Posted on 1/13/25 at 3:15 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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so you don’t actually know anything
got it
No, I don't spend time researching Elon Musk's companies and don't invest in Twitter so don't keep up with their numbers. However, it doesn't really take a whole lot of research to know what's going on with companies that are always in the news like SpaceX, Tesla, and Twitter.
Twitter is apparently doing good enough that Facebook/Zuckerburg decided to copy Twitter's content moderation model, which is what turned Twitter around after Musk took it over. I imagine they wouldn't be doing that if they thought it would harm their business.
ETA: But please, continue believing Musk's track record of success is simply because he "fell upwards." I'm sure many people will view that as a reasonable position.
This post was edited on 1/13/25 at 6:45 pm
Posted on 1/13/25 at 3:16 pm to caro81
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failing upwards?
There is literally no way to have any knowledge of Elon Musk's accomplishments and come to this conclusion.
It's honestly shocking how many of you are willing to believe that to be true.
Posted on 1/13/25 at 3:23 pm to imjustafatkid
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There is literally no way to have any knowledge of Elon Musk's accomplishments and come to this conclusion.
im sorry we are insulting your boyfriend. it'll be ok. He will still be a billionaire at the end of the day. He's safe.
Posted on 1/13/25 at 4:05 pm to imjustafatkid
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(in Twitter's case) without Musk
Twitter revenue by year:
2018: $3,042 million in revenue
2019: $3,459 million in revenue
2020: $3,716 million in revenue
2021: $5,077 million in revenue
2022: $4.73 billion in revenue
2023: $3.4 billion in revenue
2024: $2.9 billion (estimated)
Estimate source
Twitter derives the vast majority of its income through ads. Musk hoped to offset a dip in advertisement through premium user subscriptions; however, those have failed to come even close to making up the lost ground.
Tesla was acquired by Elon in 2008; it did not become profitable until 2021.
He was much more successful in turning SpaceX and Starlink into profitable ventures, only taking a couple of years to reach an actual profit in each.
He has had misses and hits; the biggest thing about him is that his personal wealth has made it possible to keep some businesses going (like Tesla) while operating at a loss much longer than they would have otherwise.
It should be noted his a good businessman; the biggest critique is that he tends to try and use his interest in technology endeavors to portray himself as an expert on these things when he clearly is not.
You don't have to be an expert in the subject matter of the product you're selling to get rich at it; you just have to be able to market it.
Posted on 1/13/25 at 4:17 pm to imjustafatkid
stay woke brother, white knighting for billionaires will surely pay off for you
Posted on 1/13/25 at 4:21 pm to imjustafatkid
quote:People who already hate Elon, so they can pretend like this is why
Who cares?
Posted on 1/13/25 at 5:42 pm to Roaad
Have you ever heard Elon criticize Xi or the Chinese Communist party?
Of course not because he’s working on their behalf.
and dummies like you lap it up. it’s hard to watch.
Of course not because he’s working on their behalf.
and dummies like you lap it up. it’s hard to watch.
Posted on 1/13/25 at 6:45 pm to Grim
Oh no
Anyway
Anyway
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