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I dont understand why regulars are so mad. He literally owns twitter. He can do whatever he wants to do with it. Regulars dont have to engage , if you dont like it , leave. Its that simple.
I dont use twitter myself but regulars going crazy about all these stunts doesnt make any sense.
I own a white Toyota and I paint it red. Nobody can do anything about it because I own the Toyota. Same is the case with twitter .
People are probably upset that a platform that they have been using for years is turning to shit. Also, Musk cannot do whatever he wants to do with Twitter, he has to consider government regulations and rules from Apple or Google.
Sure but regulars getting upset is least of his concerns
Your comment was about not understanding "why regulars are so mad." It might be difficult to accept, but some people care about different things than you do.
While I think you car analogy is flawed, maybe a bus analogy would be better?
Anyway, I think the biggest complaint is really about what the site was, what it was for, and now what he’s done to the site to destroy all of that. It’s not the first time something with a lot of users, readers, fans, etc absolutely hated when a new direction or ownership of a company ruined everything they loved about the company.
People have spent YEARS of their lives on that site. It wasn’t my main jam, easy to delete for me, but it was a source of news and what’s happening right now. But for some people, especially those with a following, it was their main voice and this dumb billionaire manbaby is just destroying it.
While you're correct that he owns Twitter and can do what he wants with it, your analogy doesn't work. Nobody else uses your Toyota and the colour provides no functionality. Twitter has been the platform for breaking news and political discussion for years now.
A better version of your analogy would be if you replaced the exhaust on your Toyota with one that pumped out visible smog. You let people hire it for a drive, as you did before. But they drive around our homes.
Originally, we could say "You can't drive here anymore!" but now you let them drive anywhere regardless. Oh, and some of these drivers now play Hitler speeches through the sound system while they do donuts on our driveways.
He couldn't care less about you and me. So why dont we get on with our lives. I got 9-5 tomorrow so going to sleep now. You guys take care.
So, because you don't care, nobody else should care?