Twitter to allow Musk to speak at an all-hands call

[jlw]

Originally published at: Twitter to allow Musk to speak at an all-hands call | Boing Boing

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[mr_raccoon]

Twitter workers will be able to submit questions for him to answer starting Wednesday.

Mr. Moderation Of Speech Is A Bad Thing is absolutely scared of being hit by a curveball.

[Senorwences]

lol just what this guy needs, more attention.

[anon55735979]

Woah, goddamn, the rot is everywhere isn’t it?

[gracchus]

That should go over well, especially when he’s asked to defend his demand that all his employees spend 40-hours a week in the office.

[sqlrob]

@jlw

One worker, who told Insider they are not put off by Musk, dubbed the reaction to him at Twitter “Elon derangement syndrome.”

Why do I think the candidate they voted for in the last two elections has a distinct orange patina?

[ValiantAP6]

The Terminator is melting

[anon52120741]

[brokenwords]

Is “head of people” are real thing?

[lorcan_nagle]

@sqlrob

Why do I think the candidate they voted for in the last two elections has a distinct orange patina?

The funny (for certain values of fun) thing is that every time someone is accused of X derangement syndrome it’s by someone who’s fannish behaviour towards the subject could also be described as deranged, if you’re into such labels.

[euansmith]

[gracchus]

@brokenwords

Is “head of people” are real thing?

It’s trying to soften the old title of “Head of Human Resources” for the tech industry, but the HR Culture is still very much present.

[sqlrob]

Right. I’ve only frequently seen it used applied to one other individual. Offhand, I can’t even think of any other cases I’ve seen it, this is the only time I recall that I’ve seen it applied to someone else.

[gracchus]

@lorcan_nagle

The funny (for certain values of fun) thing is that every time someone is accused of X derangement syndrome it’s by someone who’s fannish behaviour towards the subject could also be described as deranged, if you’re into such labels.

Exactly. The original coinage by neoCon bad-faith artist Charles Krauthammer was just such a case.

Bush Derangement Syndrome

BDS was originally coined by Krauthammer to attack Howard Dean, Barbra Streisand, and Bill Moyers in a pathetic attempt to equate them to full-on conspiracy theories about Dubya like Cynthia McKinney’s endorsement of 9/11 “truth,” and it soon became a convenient way for wingnuts to handwave away any criticism of Bush.

[KathyPartdeux]

@sqlrob

@jlw

One worker, who told Insider they are not put off by Musk, dubbed the reaction to him at Twitter “Elon derangement syndrome.”

Why do I think the candidate they voted for in the last two elections has a distinct orange patina?

Sure, he says that now. Wait until after you have to work for him.

[sqlrob]

Maybe, maybe not. Fanboyism excuses a lot of behavior.

[lorcan_nagle]

@sqlrob

Right. I’ve only frequently seen it used applied to one other individual. Offhand, I can’t even think of any other cases I’ve seen it, this is the only time I recall that I’ve seen it applied to someone else.

Aside from Trump, I’ve seen people on social media use it to try and shut down criticism of a certain political streamer who claims to be left-wing but sure has a lot of reactionary fans…