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Oh look, another article giving him the attention he so craves.
Can we just not?
I mean arguably its moreso giving Wikipedia the attention it deserves and can materially capitalize up the ass. Sorry, this is one Elon Musk Show episode I can get behind. Its for the public good even if his intentions are inverse to that. Wikipedia is way fucking bigger than Elon Musk imao
As much as it sucks, this is newsworthy. Not taking him seriously is how Twitter got ruined. Well, super-ruined anyway. It was already kinda crap.
No, cause Wikimedia wouldn't let him buy it in a million years
It's really not. Him making a serious offer and then actually having to buy Twitter was notable tech news. Him musing about Wikipedia is not.
Him musing about Twitter was how it started.
No it's not. He flirted with (and was encouraged to) joining the board of directors, and then called up Jack Dorsey to make a legitimate, and ultimately binding offer to buy the company.
This isn't remotely the same thing. This article does nothing more than feed a troll.
And he joked about it even before that.
And? If he makes a legitimate offer and it goes through, that's potentially tech news.
Taking it seriously is the only way that's even likely to happen, so you're proving my point.
Uh, no. This isn’t a fairy tale where wishes make it come true.
What are you talking about?
We're pointing and laughing, that's different.
How do you point and laugh at something without giving it attention?
We may be giving him attention, but it's not like we're clicking his ads or buying his stocks (stocX?).
So? It's still keeping him famous and therefore increasing his influence.
Ignore who?
That's the ticket.
Yup, hasn't worked so far.
No I've started voicing the notion that we should collectively stop sharing content that does nothing but give him the attention he wants.
Sadly that seems to mean engaging with mouth-breathers looking for a gotcha moment.
Nope, just people that try to argue that somehow me downvoting and advocating for not posting these articles drives more attention to Musk than just ignoring them. That's some brain-dead logic right there.
And of course ZeroCool@feddit.ch deletes their comments after realizing how dumb they were. Tale as old as time.