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Elon Musk wants to take on Banking and YouTube with X

Posted on 10/27/23 at 2:07 pm
Posted by rickgrimes
Member since Jan 2011
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Posted on 10/27/23 at 2:07 pm
On Video:

Looks like he is starting with YouTube. From yesterday's All-hands meeting at X on the anniversary of Elon's take over:



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On Banking:

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“When I say payments, I actually mean someone’s entire financial life,” Musk said, according to audio of the meeting obtained by The Verge. “If it involves money. It’ll be on our platform. Money or securities or whatever. So, it’s not just like send $20 to my friend. I’m talking about, like, you won’t need a bank account.

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This post was edited on 10/27/23 at 3:38 pm
Posted by FearTheFish
Member since Dec 2007
4297 posts
Posted on 10/27/23 at 2:08 pm to
Seems a little late to the game, but okay Elon.
Posted by LSUAlum2001
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Member since Aug 2003
48006 posts
Posted on 10/27/23 at 2:10 pm to
quote:

Seems a little late to the game, but okay Elon.


It is never late if it is a good idea.
Posted by trussthetruzz
Marquette, MI
Member since Sep 2020
9236 posts
Posted on 10/27/23 at 2:10 pm to
Will be successful if they can bring a working x app to smart tv’s. I love watching videos posted to x but it’s a pain in the arse to airplay it to the tv everytime and have your smartphone locked on the X app. Cannot airplay video and use phone on other apps simultaneously
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
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Posted on 10/27/23 at 2:11 pm to
Elon is known for springing ideas on his teams publicly. Looks like he did that to Yaccarino here, but its surprising that wouldn't be going on behind the scenes already.
Posted by DownSouthCrawfish
Lift every voice and sing
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 10/27/23 at 2:13 pm to
quote:

Heading into the first joint all-hands meeting with Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino at X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday, employees were asked to submit questions ahead of time.
quote:

The all-hands Thursday was the first time that both Musk and Yaccarino had addressed employees together. They didn’t answer any of their questions.
of course
Posted by Giantkiller
the internet.
Member since Sep 2007
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Posted on 10/27/23 at 2:16 pm to
quote:

Elon Musk wants to take on Banking and YouTube with X


Look, it would be easy to discount it because people announce these grandiose ideas all the time. But Elon is a different kind of guy. He bought Twitter with big plans for it. And if anybody can take it to the next level, it's gonna be this guy.
Posted by Broski
Member since Jun 2011
78808 posts
Posted on 10/27/23 at 2:16 pm to
I love how the dude makes twitter less user-friendly and more buggy, but now he wants to expand it.

Sorta like Trump only running for president because Obama roasted him at the correspondence dinner, I'm convinced Elon bought twitter and is slowly dismantling it because the previous regime blocked him from it that one time.
This post was edited on 10/27/23 at 2:19 pm
Posted by aubiecat
Alabama
Member since Jul 2011
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Posted on 10/27/23 at 2:19 pm to
Elon has been hinting at this for quite a while. It has always been a dream of his to have an everything platform.
Posted by Broski
Member since Jun 2011
78808 posts
Posted on 10/27/23 at 2:20 pm to
quote:

Elon has been hinting at this for quite a while. It has always been a dream of his to have an everything platform.



Well then he shouldn't have fricked with what was already working with twitter and just use that as the base and expand from there.
Posted by spaceranger
Member since Jan 2017
1625 posts
Posted on 10/27/23 at 2:21 pm to
Elon wants everyone to watch Xvideos
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
29942 posts
Posted on 10/27/23 at 2:24 pm to
I am all for competition but I hope this doesn't push content creators father into the "shorts" format.

YT is a big foe to vanquish or even erode but content creators don't have any exclusivity requirement with YT so they could just put their entire catalog on X if they wished unless YT changes their agreement to something like Twitch had.
Posted by SirWinston
PNW
Member since Jul 2014
99789 posts
Posted on 10/27/23 at 2:39 pm to
I'd highly recommend the new biography of him by Walter Isaacson. He's an amazing guy. Of course Isaacson is obligated to smear him at times and address some of the criticisms of many on the left, but overall it's seemingly a fair portrait.

Anyway, one of the things about Elon is that this was always his idea for PayPal. It's just that he and Thiel had to sell to get the capital for their other ideas. Now he's trying to come full circle with his original "X" idea by using Twitter.

Also interesting was seeing his personal politics have drifted towards the right lately to the dismay of his left-leaning brother and others. I think Elon always was more right-leaning at heart, but his dad is pretty far right and is a huge a-hole, so that seemed to cause Elon to feel obligated to embrace left-leaning views just to not be like his dad IMO.
This post was edited on 10/27/23 at 2:43 pm
Posted by WB Davis
Member since May 2018
2327 posts
Posted on 10/27/23 at 2:52 pm to
Because Xitter under Musk is doing so great

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Posted by chryso
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
13500 posts
Posted on 10/27/23 at 3:03 pm to
You know that once you download it you don't have to download it again, right?
Posted by prplhze2000
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2007
56638 posts
Posted on 10/27/23 at 3:06 pm to
It was working but couldn't make any money
Posted by NIH
Member since Aug 2008
119371 posts
Posted on 10/27/23 at 3:08 pm to
When did you become a big lib?
Posted by SaintEB
Member since Jul 2008
23525 posts
Posted on 10/27/23 at 3:10 pm to
quote:

Elon wants everyone to watch Xvideos



But do you need put in your ID to watch Elon's Xvideos?
Posted by junkfunky
Member since Jan 2011
35684 posts
Posted on 10/27/23 at 3:18 pm to
quote:

Seems a little late to the game, but okay Elon.


For an everything app? They don't exist yet.
Posted by Barbenheimer
Member since Jul 2023
66 posts
Posted on 10/27/23 at 3:40 pm to
quote:

I’m talking about, like, you won’t need a bank account.”

It’s kind of like Apple Pay run by the full faith and credit of Sam Bankman Fried.
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