Automaker CEO Elon Musk Strips UAW Twitter Verification as Union Strikes Against Big Three
Automaker CEO Elon Musk Strips UAW Twitter Verification as Union Strikes Against Big Three
A UAW official said the union’s paid Twitter account was verified until Friday morning, hours after the strike began.
He's a fucking child
147Unfortunately there are a lot of people that will see this as a "chad'' move.
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Haha what a fucking loser.
117I honestly think using twitter is a mark against someone at this point.
82Yeah, I actually like how several businesses I know are no longer touching or using that hellscape. Hell or Twitter is where nazis go.
22Absolutely. For a while I had sympathy for people who used it as their main business platform, but they've had time to adapt by now.
9Like when they are wearing MAGA gear
3It’s still the best place for breaking Sports news so until the beat writers move off I’m gonna keep lurking.
-2You're being downvoted but this is very true. And Twitter has sometimes made it difficult to see those Tweets when you don't have an account.
A number of sports journalists have joined Threads though. I don't care for Meta, but I'm still rooting for Threads as an alternative to Twitter so there would be a less scummy way to get sports updates.
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It's to the point that he might actually have benefitted the UAW by doing this.
It might well have reached the point that he's so widely recognized as a shallow, childish, fatuous, vindictive douchebag that he's a sort of reverse bellwether - his opposition to someone or something actually leads to increased overall support and his support leads to increased overall opposition.
61Oh no! Musk did a naughty on his White Supremacy social media.
57Hey Tesla auto workers, I’m so sorry to hear that every single one of you suddenly came down sick for the foreseeable future. I hope you get better precisely when the UAW strike is resolved!
57This motherfucker. I hope he chokes.
EDIT: godamnit I was trying to respond to the meta thread. Sorry gravitas, not you.
13No worries!
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Union busting jackass...
47Elon is a piece of shit.
43It'd be interesting to see what Twitter/X's terms of service contract says about buying the blue checkmark (I can't be bothered to spend time on it). I'm sure there's something like "we can strip your checkmark if you don't pay us, if you maliciously impersonate someone, etc", but I can't imagine them having a clause saying "we can strip you of your checkmark if our racist narcissist CEO has a hissy fit, so there!" I'd love for UAW to sue X and Musk over their $8 checkmark, win, and then walk away from X and Musk.
37There’s probably a vague bullet point at the end, like on job descriptions. “Other duties as necessary.”
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Does he think, like, anybody at all actually gives a fuck?
27Look at it this way, this could have been a headline about the issues the union is striking over. Instead, it's a headline about a billionaire playing with internet checkmarks.
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What a small, pathetic little man..
15oh nooo not my twitter verifactionnnnnn
15Just as a reminder, if Nazism wasn't allowed on twitter, then Elon Musk would have to ban free speech like this.
Edit: Satire folks
11Fat coward piece of shit.
9Why are you insulting fat people by associating them with him?
Or cowards?
Or pieces of shit?
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How petty of him.
8Well deserved. why make yourself self a prisonner when you have the freedom to move to a better alternative
2Anyone know how to get around the paywall?
1I didn't notice a paywall, but 12ft.io is pretty good at getting around them.
3Thanks.
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