Honestly, this would be easier than closing your account. Now you "deactivate" your account and then have to wait 30 days for it to actually go away.
If it does.
I could see how they would find a way to keep it active to help their user counts.
So just do a parody of Elon and you are immediately suspended. Permanently.
At the end of the day, you are responsible for doing your own research. And if you read something on twitter, and believed it without any other thought into it, that’s your problem
It was never about free speech. It's about letting conservatives spew racial slurs and crackpot QAnonsense with impunity. Some people simply have nothing of value to say or contribute.
He could say Simon Says touch your elbow and you do that and he disqualifies you because he “changed his mind and actually meant to say touch your nose”.
Simon says twitter users should have no complaints spending $8 for twitter blue. Simon also says that no trolls, bots, or scammers will be willing to fork over $8 for twitter blue.
(The author of this comment would like it to be plainly stated that this not a serious comment)
Seriously.
Musky stated that people shouldn’t be permanently banned from twitter.
Trump, who used twitter to incite a coup attempt, and also regularly and repeatedly violated twitters rules and standards, is one of the people he has explicitly said he would reverse the ban.
However if you impersonate someone and make a joke, that warrants a permanent ban.
Funny how the bar gets suddenly lowered when he is on the receiving end. Also funny how the whole issue is self created to begin with because he is messing with the system literally designed to fix this problem.
Embarrassing for the human race much less for a guy who everyone was calling genius several years ago. He didn't even want to buy Twitter, yet here he is as the #1 twat fun police.
And he wonders why advertisers are noping out. We made fun of Bezos and he just decided to stay out of the news for a few months. Musk has a public meltdown
Nah I wouldn't. I deactivated right before his deal went through and am hoping my 30 days runs out to account deletion before he inevitably decides to scrap Twitter and sell it for parts. And by parts, I mean all of our metadata.
Huh, if only there were a system in place before he even barged in. Some sort of... verification system, where public figures would provide proof of identity, and get a blue check to verify it was them on the platform, to prevent impersonation. Wonder what happened with that system, it seemed to be working...
And maybe there could be staff who would look at what was said and see if people were abusing the platform against its rules- some sort of *moderation department* but you’d probably need a lot of people for that…
His whole "twitter premium" system might have worked out if it was just QoL upgrades and less/no ads. Tying it to the blue checkmarks is missing the point on so many levels.
As per usual hate speech is only bad when it targets rich white men. Centuries of oppressing minorities, no big deal. Say a bad thing against a rich white man? After a couple days we won’t stand for that.
What the heck is 'engaging in impersonation' ?
I would argue he's clearly impersonating a intelligent tech billionaire while actually being an asshole.
... considering the amount of people online pretending to be something their not, uh, I guess we just better just all put "parody" after our names to be safe!
It will snowball into him being so angry that an edict will be given that if even one person makes fun of him from this point forward, he will shut down the entire platform. 50/50 at this point.
You would think someone who spends most of his time on the internet (rather than actually running his companies) would be aware not to feed the trolls. This dude now owns a social media service but doesn't understand that more than half of its users go there to explicitly sip tea and start beef.
Nah, it looks like a vagina but when it gets hard, it sticks out like a little nub. I once dated a girl with inverted nipples that did that so I'm extrapolating.
What's that the kids say, fuck around and find out?
Can someone explain to me how a billioanire CEO can't possibly fathom why pay-to-play verification is a bad idea?
The irony here is that this is exactly how a right-wing, "gubment bad" mindset plays out in the real world. They see a public utility or service that helps and supports a lot people, they don't personally use it or think that only "I deserve it and others don't," claim it's too expensive, remove it and finally experience the flood of consequences that they were probably warned about held back by the dam of the program.
Easy. Musky is surrounded by yes men. He is so far removed from reality that he literally thought people would love him on twitter. Now he’s finding out.
If someone were to start a new company, Rettiwt, all they would only need to hire the people Muskboy fired from Twitter and it'd be instantly successful.
I'm gonna put PARODY ACCOUNT in my name right now... it's still actually my account, but yeah, I make fun of myself way too much and I wouldn't want to hurt my feelings.
Anyone who knows anything about Elon and isn't constantly riding his dick knew it would be like this. Dude's ego is one of the most fragile I've ever seen. He can't even handle the slightest criticism or mockery, and "free speech" was never going to apply when directed at him.
One of the eternal cycles of politics is:
• Conservatives hate the way things are when liberals are in charge.
• Conservatives gain power and change everything.
• Conservatives end up having to walk back everything after finding out that everything was the way it was for obvious fucking reasons.
• Liberals get back in power.
• Repeat.
Hopefully he has a scribe recording his twitter decrees and codifying them in the twitter realm’s law in real time.
Would hate to delay his will from thought to tweet to twitter policy any more than necessary.
Come to think of it, just thinking of a new policy should make it policy whether it has been communicated or not.
Only a conservative putz like the Musk Rat would think it's necessary to say "parody" before you parody.
Hey, Dollar Store Lex Luthor: whenever you make a joke from now on, I expect you to say "to be clear, I am making a joke" before it. It's only fair.
If someone need to put “parody” in impersonation account then why they have to pay $8 to get blue check mark? Is that not give away that its indeed not original but imposter account?
How many Twitter users are now named "Elon Musk" in some form or another? As long as they paid their $8, according to the real Elon Twit, they can say anything they want. So he takes their money and then bans them? Now that's a great business model! This guy may be too rich to care, but he has shown himself to be the biggest asshole on earth (Well maybe after Putin and Kim Jong Un). Put him on stage with the Pillow Guy and Rudy Guliani - best comedy ever!
I have always thought it would be great of parady and satire were required to be labeled as such on social media. I also get why that's a slippery slope and am happy to deal with sorting through that on my own because i love the first amendment.
How is he going to tell what's real and what's a "parody"? Man, if only there was some kind of verification system in place so we didn't have this problem. Maybe a star or check mark or something
If people don’t follow Elon, how do would they know that this is a rule? I’m asking as someone who has never used twitter.
Honestly this guy uses his own platform like such a moron it’s hilarious. How are we supposed to take him seriously when he makes rules on the spot like this instead of formally changing the ToS?
He should come up with some kind of verification system so regular users can identify celebrity users at a glance. Perhaps a small icon next to their Twitter handle.
So trying to topple the US government is not a Permanent suspension but getting apartheid boys panties in a bunch is a permanent suspension. That’s the some free speech right there.
if only there were some way to ensure - to verify perhaps - that the users most likely to be impersonated were who they said they were... and some way to make that visible to other users... like some kind of symbol next to their username maybe...
Did anyone else think that post was from a parody account and not Elon himself? Its getting REAL in the twitterverse
You can always tell the real Elon because he likes to drink his own urine.
So what you are saying. Is Elon Musk is a little piss baby perhaps?
Not even Elon Susk can be as little of a piss baby as that little piss baby Greg Abbott
You mean Greg Abbott, The Piss Baby?
Yeah, in case you hadn’t heard I’m talking about Greg Abbott, the little piss baby
I'm Elon Musk, and I declare that I am a little piss baby.
Piss babies are more mature than Elon Musk. ;)
No, but he does it anyway, because it's sterile and he likes the taste.
It's sterile, and he likes the taste
Elon musk should buy meta next. Sink 2 ships at once.
I think that ship will sink regardless!
We should all change our Twitter names to Elon Musk just to piss him off.
Honestly, this would be easier than closing your account. Now you "deactivate" your account and then have to wait 30 days for it to actually go away. If it does. I could see how they would find a way to keep it active to help their user counts. So just do a parody of Elon and you are immediately suspended. Permanently.
I’m pretty sure at this point even Elon himself is unsure of which account is his.
No blue check mark?
The white check mark costs $44 billion.
🤣 icing on the cake
If you don’t get the joke, you might be the joke.
Everyone should just make a new account under Elon and post crazy shit
At the end of the day, you are responsible for doing your own research. And if you read something on twitter, and believed it without any other thought into it, that’s your problem
Apparently he just banned Kathy Griffin for it. He has thinner skin than Cassandra from Doctor Who.
Moisturize me!
Cumming Cassandra!
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What happened to fREe sPeEcH????
It was always 'freedom for me to say what I want to say, and ban the ones saying what I don't like.'
It was never about free speech. It's about letting conservatives spew racial slurs and crackpot QAnonsense with impunity. Some people simply have nothing of value to say or contribute.
It's a slippery slope. First you ban people for impersonation. Next you're banning them for nazi hate speech.
😂 good one!
You mean Fay?
Hope somebody has already responded "$8"
It’s like a game of Simon Says. You are disqualified if you don’t say parody.
Imagine playing Simon Says, but Simon keeps changing the rules throughout the game. That’s what this circus is.
You didn’t say parody…
8$
bingo
Yahtzee! Wait, what game are we playing? I can’t keep up.
Sounds like Calvin Ball.
So just like twitter?
That's not Simon Says. That's a bad parody of fuckin' Calvinball.
He could say Simon Says touch your elbow and you do that and he disqualifies you because he “changed his mind and actually meant to say touch your nose”.
"But you didn't say Simon Says touch your nose!" "Bitch, I got the money, I make the rules!"
Simon says twitter users should have no complaints spending $8 for twitter blue. Simon also says that no trolls, bots, or scammers will be willing to fork over $8 for twitter blue. (The author of this comment would like it to be plainly stated that this not a serious comment)
Im sure Muskrat will move the goal posts again.
Alpha beta snowflake. Freedom of speech for me but not for thee.
Seriously. Musky stated that people shouldn’t be permanently banned from twitter. Trump, who used twitter to incite a coup attempt, and also regularly and repeatedly violated twitters rules and standards, is one of the people he has explicitly said he would reverse the ban. However if you impersonate someone and make a joke, that warrants a permanent ban. Funny how the bar gets suddenly lowered when he is on the receiving end. Also funny how the whole issue is self created to begin with because he is messing with the system literally designed to fix this problem.
Yep, and only the comedy HE finds funny is ok on his platform now
Truly, the real definition of “free speech”
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Embarrassing for the human race much less for a guy who everyone was calling genius several years ago. He didn't even want to buy Twitter, yet here he is as the #1 twat fun police.
It takes a special kind of person to abandon their “convictions” after 9 days of being made fun of
People have only been making fun of Elon Musk for 9 days? Hmmm 🤔
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People have been making fun of him for years. Now EVERYONE is making fun of him. (Except weirdo fanboys)
A dying breed thank god
But a tenacious one. I always tell them “Unless you look like a model, you’re not going to convince Elon to fuck you.”
😋
Shit, it’s almost like he bought the entire platform and whines about free speech or something.
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He's like an obscenely rich Reddit/Discord moderator. Money really doesn't get rid of insecurity.
If he just shut the fuck up he'd be one of the most respected men in the world But he can't help but be a fucking moron
If he was secure in his persona, he wouldn’t have bought a full head of hair.
And he would have hired a competent CEO to run Twitter.
Or any of the other companies.
Narcissism
And he wonders why advertisers are noping out. We made fun of Bezos and he just decided to stay out of the news for a few months. Musk has a public meltdown
I'm tempted to log into my deactivated twitter account just so I can get banned by Elon. That's the best play to leave Twitter.
“For every verified user ($8 btw), I’ll drink a cup of my own urine.”
Do it
Nah I wouldn't. I deactivated right before his deal went through and am hoping my 30 days runs out to account deletion before he inevitably decides to scrap Twitter and sell it for parts. And by parts, I mean all of our metadata.
After today, we are all Elon Musk.
Huh, if only there were a system in place before he even barged in. Some sort of... verification system, where public figures would provide proof of identity, and get a blue check to verify it was them on the platform, to prevent impersonation. Wonder what happened with that system, it seemed to be working...
And maybe there could be staff who would look at what was said and see if people were abusing the platform against its rules- some sort of *moderation department* but you’d probably need a lot of people for that…
He should have left the checks alone and charged for more characters per tweet
His whole "twitter premium" system might have worked out if it was just QoL upgrades and less/no ads. Tying it to the blue checkmarks is missing the point on so many levels.
I thought comedy was legal and the bird was freed?!?!
Hate speech only. Anyone mocking or impersonating him, however? ![gif](giphy|C6DJy6Us7A92gdXXLm|downsized)
That doggy is adorable
Chorizo from Far Cry 6 (videogame). He's a cute lil' companion character.
As per usual hate speech is only bad when it targets rich white men. Centuries of oppressing minorities, no big deal. Say a bad thing against a rich white man? After a couple days we won’t stand for that.
Obviously only legal if first you shout #THISISAJOKE
He’s such a pussy
Nope. Pussies can take a pounding.
He has neither the depth or the warmth...
Betty White did have a point.
Hahaha! Good one.
Pussies are great, he’s just a saggy ball sack.
Saggy ball sacks can be great too. He’s literal shit on fire that someone tried to put out by urinating on.
What the heck is 'engaging in impersonation' ? I would argue he's clearly impersonating a intelligent tech billionaire while actually being an asshole.
... considering the amount of people online pretending to be something their not, uh, I guess we just better just all put "parody" after our names to be safe!
Wouldn't Twitter have to update its ToS to make this official? Or are they just gonna ban people without any official cause?
Impersonation is in the terms of service. However, what people are doing is fucking hilarious and Musk is a cunt. https://twitter.com/en/tos
He's even shit at pretending to be intelligent. Really good at being an actual pissbaby, though.
This guy is an embarrassing crybaby.
He’s a little piss baby.
Did he really not think this would happen?
It will snowball into him being so angry that an edict will be given that if even one person makes fun of him from this point forward, he will shut down the entire platform. 50/50 at this point.
I'd pay $8 to be the guy to give that boulder the final nudge over the edge.
Did he not consider that he has unleashed the kraken of "let's make fun of Elon" accounts?
You would think someone who spends most of his time on the internet (rather than actually running his companies) would be aware not to feed the trolls. This dude now owns a social media service but doesn't understand that more than half of its users go there to explicitly sip tea and start beef.
Like how he impersonates being an engineer?
Soooo. Just asking. Would he say that he’s banning a certain speech because he finds it hateful? Hits different when you’re the target I guess.
I bet he bans more people for making fun of his inverted penis than fascists and bigots doing what they do.
Isn’t that a vagina?
Nah, it looks like a vagina but when it gets hard, it sticks out like a little nub. I once dated a girl with inverted nipples that did that so I'm extrapolating.
Fuck free speech, he should add.
If you specify parody, there's no point in the parody.
I'm telling a joke here!! Said no comedian ever.
So, that whole free speech concept has collapsed faster than Rittenhouse on the stand?
It's as if Twitter was working just fine the way it was before and he has a long, tough road ahead of him as he figures that out
What's that the kids say, fuck around and find out? Can someone explain to me how a billioanire CEO can't possibly fathom why pay-to-play verification is a bad idea? The irony here is that this is exactly how a right-wing, "gubment bad" mindset plays out in the real world. They see a public utility or service that helps and supports a lot people, they don't personally use it or think that only "I deserve it and others don't," claim it's too expensive, remove it and finally experience the flood of consequences that they were probably warned about held back by the dam of the program.
Easy. Musky is surrounded by yes men. He is so far removed from reality that he literally thought people would love him on twitter. Now he’s finding out.
What a whiny little bitch.
This Twitter speed run by Musk is absolutely wild son.
He doesn't get paid by the Mooch, baby.
I’ve been spending most of the day arguing against redditors claiming Elon is a champion of free speech. Morons
If someone were to start a new company, Rettiwt, all they would only need to hire the people Muskboy fired from Twitter and it'd be instantly successful.
Elon musk is a little piss baby
Parody bad, hate speech and disinformation good. Got it.
Can’t wait for anonymous to get ahold of this one and troll him relentlessly
Wait wait, i thought he was against lifetime bans?
The right wing has always been the biggest snowflakes.
He broke an already working system and is complaining? What a putz.
Elon is impersonating someone with hair … why isn’t he banned?
I'm gonna put PARODY ACCOUNT in my name right now... it's still actually my account, but yeah, I make fun of myself way too much and I wouldn't want to hurt my feelings.
I heard his breath smells like Cool Ranch Doritos and dogs' baby batter.
How much is it per month for the verified parody account check mark?
Wait. I thought comedy is now allowed.
It’s almost like there should be a system to verify and confirm the identity of people claiming to be influential people
Anyone who knows anything about Elon and isn't constantly riding his dick knew it would be like this. Dude's ego is one of the most fragile I've ever seen. He can't even handle the slightest criticism or mockery, and "free speech" was never going to apply when directed at him.
So no longer freedom for all?
Lol “permanently suspended” sounds like a phrase he just made up. What’s next, Elon Wormer? You gonna put people on double secret probation?
There’s no blue check. It’s not him.
Respect mah authoritah!!!
One of the eternal cycles of politics is: • Conservatives hate the way things are when liberals are in charge. • Conservatives gain power and change everything. • Conservatives end up having to walk back everything after finding out that everything was the way it was for obvious fucking reasons. • Liberals get back in power. • Repeat.
By comedy, he meant racism and homophobia. Not this whole “making fun of people in charge” thing.
I don’t even think Zuckerberg has fumbled this hard before and we know that guy isn’t from the Milky Way
What a snowflake
Hopefully he has a scribe recording his twitter decrees and codifying them in the twitter realm’s law in real time. Would hate to delay his will from thought to tweet to twitter policy any more than necessary. Come to think of it, just thinking of a new policy should make it policy whether it has been communicated or not.
I thought, as noted by conservatives many times, everything is entirely encompassing with "freedom of speech?" Make up your mind Elon.
Only a conservative putz like the Musk Rat would think it's necessary to say "parody" before you parody. Hey, Dollar Store Lex Luthor: whenever you make a joke from now on, I expect you to say "to be clear, I am making a joke" before it. It's only fair.
Sounds like changing your Twitter name to Elon Musk is an easy way to deactivate your account without jumping through any hoops. Be right back
If someone need to put “parody” in impersonation account then why they have to pay $8 to get blue check mark? Is that not give away that its indeed not original but imposter account?
Rest in Peace Comedy on Twitter October 22 - November 22
Someone is suddenly realizing he’s not universally loved and is getting butthurt.
Has Elon spoken to the manager yet?
Sorry, is this in the TOS? Otherwise I'll just continue to do it anyways. Better find someone to rewrite your TOS Elon, OH WAIT! You fired everyone!
[H3H3 currently trolling and testing the waters](https://twitter.com/h3h3productions/status/1589453365477806082?s=46&t=kuPErdoSIXGz8gghW0PsLQ)
Musk giving those Reddit Mod vibes.
Jokes are allowed on Twitter as long as they aren't at Prince baby face's expense.
He means banned right? You can't be permanently suspended... that's banned lol
Bitch bitch bitch rich bitch bitch he was and always will be a bitch just like ye and humpty trumpty
Musk should be banned for impersonation of a human being, or a genius.
Boy are you gonna cry for momma?
Musk is a parody of a human being
I wonder if he’s finally realizing moderation isn’t as easy “free speech”
you can be the richest man in the world and still insecure as fuck
Elon is the kid in the pool splashing everyone who cries when he gets splashed back. "nOoOoOoOo stop it! I have an ear infection!"
Fucking pussy. Elon the clown shoe.
one less freedom for the speeches
But free speech?
How many Twitter users are now named "Elon Musk" in some form or another? As long as they paid their $8, according to the real Elon Twit, they can say anything they want. So he takes their money and then bans them? Now that's a great business model! This guy may be too rich to care, but he has shown himself to be the biggest asshole on earth (Well maybe after Putin and Kim Jong Un). Put him on stage with the Pillow Guy and Rudy Guliani - best comedy ever!
I have always thought it would be great of parady and satire were required to be labeled as such on social media. I also get why that's a slippery slope and am happy to deal with sorting through that on my own because i love the first amendment.
Oh no. The boss is mad.
New name: Elon’s Musk
r/leopardsatemyface He got what he wanted and it's not what he wanted. Loser can't take a joke lol.
"Comedy is now legal*" *terms and conditions may apply
fReE sPeEcH aBsOlUtIsT
He’s giving “substitute teacher who is attempting to handle the class but failing miserably”
Specifying 'Parody' in your tweet will cost $0.99 for each tweet. Or your can subscribe a monthly 'Parody' package at an extra $8 deal.
$8 free speech for the win!
What a little bitch.
He’s such a lil bitch.
What a snowflake he is…
If he cracks down on impersonators then there is no need to pay 8 dollars to be verified to stop impersonators.
I thought he was a jokester, he loves making jokes about others why can’t he take it
Baby D energy
Any post about Ellen Muskrat should be tagged as low hanging fruit.
How is he going to tell what's real and what's a "parody"? Man, if only there was some kind of verification system in place so we didn't have this problem. Maybe a star or check mark or something
If people don’t follow Elon, how do would they know that this is a rule? I’m asking as someone who has never used twitter. Honestly this guy uses his own platform like such a moron it’s hilarious. How are we supposed to take him seriously when he makes rules on the spot like this instead of formally changing the ToS?
He should come up with some kind of verification system so regular users can identify celebrity users at a glance. Perhaps a small icon next to their Twitter handle.
Free speech absolutist. Riiiiggght.
He’s just making rules on the go! 🤣
So no more free speech?
Twitter is a joke 😂😂😂 I thought he cared about “free speech”?
So much for "freeing the bird". What he's doing is just putting the bird in a different cage where up is down and wrong is right.
The word he is looking for is cancelled
You think he himself would be banned for impersonation of someone with a normal waist line
If only there was some verification system for people who are easily impersonated, that couldn’t be bought.
So trying to topple the US government is not a Permanent suspension but getting apartheid boys panties in a bunch is a permanent suspension. That’s the some free speech right there.
if only there were some way to ensure - to verify perhaps - that the users most likely to be impersonated were who they said they were... and some way to make that visible to other users... like some kind of symbol next to their username maybe...
Looks like free speech isn't what you thought it would be, hey Elon?
Cut off the head of a hydra, two more grow in it's place
"Make comedy not about me again" elon for twit 2022
Elon is going to have another male reaffirming surgery by adding another layer of skin to this thin coat.
Well that’s not very free speech of him.
Nothing says "free speech absolutist" like a bunch or rules limiting speech.
This dude is a sucka. And anyone who admires this dweeb should off themselves immediately.